Dr. Nancy Griffin Mims holds an Ed.D from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. She is Professor Emertia form the University of West GA and currently is full time faculty at Jones International University- Centennial, CO. Nancy taught and served as a consultant in Russia, India, and France. She holds Honorary Faculty status in St. Petersberg, Russia and Bombay Teachers Training College in Mumbai, India, Special opportunities, giving her the ability to study cultures of various counties and to learn the languages: French, Russian and some Hindi, came as a Fulbright Scholar to Russia 1996 and a Rotary scholar to India 1999-2000. She has traveled extensively in 29 countries for both business and pleasure. Most recently she served as the Director of Academics in Nashik, India and as the founder principal of Universal School Tardeo, which was the first all Apple school in India. Dr. Mims loves to travel, garden, study children's literature. folklore and myths , especially from Ireland, as well as to keep updated on the latest electronic gadgets. Nancy is married to Kenneth Mims. They live in a suburb of Atlanta with their three Chihuahuas who insist on running their lives and schedules. The Christmas Geese is her first published children's book. The Easter Geese is coauthored by her son, Erron. Two more for the Geese series are planned for completion in 2014.