Barbara Yaney

Barbara Yaney is an illustrator and toy designer who drew the 1982 Sesame Street coloring book First Day of School.

Yaney also worked for Children's Television Workshop designing toys, including a line of 1982 plush from Knickerbocker. She designed plush toys of the McDonalds characters, teddy bears for Harley Davidson, and Coca-Cola polar bear plush.