Being Frog
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Being Frog hops into stores Feb 2, 2020! Read the Kirkus starred review or the Publisher’s Weekly starred review or the starred review...
View ArticleSlowest Book Ever
“The Antidote for a Hurried Childhood” was what the Huffington Post called my middle grade nonfiction book, The Slowest Book Ever (Boyds Mills Press, release in April, 2016) in a sneak peek article by...
View ArticleSecrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of Whales, Elephants, and Birds
...on a ship off Hawaii, Christopher Clark lowers a special microphone into the ocean to listen to whales singing. He also analyzes secret recordings from hundreds of ocean microphones the navy uses to...
View ArticleTropical Rain Forest, Scholastic Science Readers
Frogs chirp. Parrots screech. Insects click. A piece of bark falls. You look up at a tree that is taller than a ten-story building. Howler monkeys hoot and roar.
View ArticleEl Niño and La Niña: Weather in the Headlines
Floods. Droughts. Heavy snow storms. Dying coral reefs. Dry deserts that suddenly bloom. In 1997 and 1998, dramatic weather events and weather-related events were in the headlines almost every day.
View ArticleThe Seven Continents series
Middle school students can learn the ecology of each continent in depth with this series of books: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Africa . . . . . . . ....
View ArticlePut On Some Antlers And Walk Like a Moose
Do you know a raccoon by its smell? A deer by its tracks? The difference between the call of a tree frog and the call of a bird? To find animals, many field scientists work like detectives, looking for...
View ArticleEndangered Birds of North America
To save endangered whooping cranes, people will do some seemingly zany things. in Wisconsin, a woman dresses up in a whooping crane costume.
View ArticleExploring Earth’s Biomes series
Desert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISBN 0-8050-2825-0 Temperate Deciduous Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISBN 0-8050-2828-5 Tropical Rain Forest . . . . . ISBN 0-8050-2826-9 Coral Reef ....
View ArticlePicture Book Month is November!
I’m honored to be a Picture Book Champion this year. See the calendar, essays, and activities this robust group has planned for November, 2013: www.picturebookmonth.com
View ArticleI Am Trying to Eat Like a Bear
All week long I will be trying to eat like a bear to celebrate, well of course, my new book with Steve Jenkins and Henry Holt Books for Young Readers: Eat Like a Bear! To follow my adventures, “Like”...
View ArticleHere Come the Humpbacks
SB&F (Science Books and Films) October issue gave Here Come the Humpbacks! a starred review and then a second star for being Editor’s Choice! It was also named an Outstanding Science Trade Book by...
View ArticleCommon Core Math Standards One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab
Among my books, the most widely used one worldwide is ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB. It’s been adapted for curricula from Australia to Canada. This book is classified as nonfiction although the text is...
View ArticleLet’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat
Studying seeds and plant life? Working on nutrition or ecology in preschool through second grade? I hope this will help. My newest book, Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat was released this week by my...
View ArticleLet’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat
Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat is a chant which introduces children to beans, nuts, grains, and spice seeds. Endmatter explains why seeds don’t grow inside our stomachs, why seeds are such great food, and...
View ArticleEat Like a Bear…with Stars
Eat Like a Bear, my book illustrated by Steve Jenkins and published by Henry Holt, just received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly. Kirkus reviews also gave it a starred review. I’m excited that...
View ArticleTurtle, Turtle, Watch Out! in Family Magazine
Good review of Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! and related books in and Ocean Alive Section of Family magazine and also on the website of reviewer Meribeth Shank. Hooray! Nice to be in good company.
View ArticleResources for Let’s Go Nuts: Seeds We Eat
Here are some resources to help readers and teachers use my new book, Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat (Release date August 27, 2013, Beach Lane Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster). Hope you find...
View ArticleHere Come the Humpbacks! Event Kit
Everyone is invited to download a free Whale Migration Game for classrooms, libraries, bookstores, and other mammal loving locales. The event kit encourages readers (ages 5-10) to imagine both the...
View ArticleShark Tank and Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! and Lionfish
When the new edition of my book, Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! was created, there was a lionfish on the top left corner of the cover. My reaction: WHAAAA? I’ve been snorkeling the reefs in the Caribbean...
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