Barbara Peterson is the author of four books: The Button Boy, Johannes and Berta, Full Circle, The Button Boy's Journey--the three in The Button Boy Trilogy--and Under the Broccoli Canopy which was released in late March, 2026. Barbara grew up by the Four Mile Creek and picked blackberries in the woods around her Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin home. Many of her stories focus on memories of her early beginnings in the central Wisconsin area. If you are from Wisconsin, you may notice many of the