SHORT BIO: Amy Krouse Rosenthal was. She divided her time. NOT SO SHORT BIO: Amy Krouse Rosenthal was a person who liked to make things. Some things she liked to make include: Children's books. (Little Pea, Spoon, DuckRabbit) Grown-up books. (Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life) Short films. (The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree) Guided journals. (The Belly Book) Something out of nothing. (see above) A longtime contributor to WBEZ and to the TED conference, Amy lived with her family in Chicago and online at whoisamy.com.