Discovering Black Bears, Mom's Choice Awards Recipient - Softcover

Margaret Anderson; Nancy Field; Karen Stephenson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941042375 ISBN 13: 9780941042376

Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications, 2007

Synopsis

Discovering Black Bears is a nature activity book that explores the natural history of the American black bear, its behavior and habitat. It also covers bear-human conflicts and how problems can be resolved. This engaging book, aimed at children of all ages, introduces the reader to real-life bear biologists, who have new insights into bear behavior. Discovering Black Bears has full color illustrations, a sheet of black bear stickers, and contains 20 activities designed to challenge children s minds.

About this title

About the Author

Margaret Anderson grew up in Scotland, where she graduated from Edinburgh University with honors in genetics. She worked as a biologist and statistician in England, Canada, and the United States. She now lives in Corvallis, Oregon with her husband Norman, an entomologist. She has written over twenty-five books both fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. O lla-piska: Tales of David Douglas is a finalist for the 2007 Oregon Book Award. Nancy Field has a B.S. in biology and science education from the Univ. of Wisconsin and a M.S. in wildlife biology from South Dakota State Univ. Since co-organizing the first Earth Day at South Dakota State University in 1970, she has aimed to help children develop a love for nature and an environmental ethic. She is the author of fifteen interactive nature books for children, several best sellers. Awards garnered by her various titles include Parents Choice Approval, Parents Media and the coveted Ben Franklin Award from the Publishers Marketing Association. She has taught at the junior high, senior high and several colleges, including Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Wash, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, Oregon and Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. She has taught college classes on the principles of biology and environmental education to future elementary teachers. She has three children and three grandchildren. She lives in Middleton, Wisconsin where her husband is a professor in forestry. Karen Stephenson s interest in biology started as a child, collecting insects with her father. She graduated from Reed College with a B.A. in biology and is at present studying pharmacy at Oregon State University. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon where she shares her love of natural history with her two young daughters, Fiona and Gillian. Discovering Black Bears is Karen s third book with Dog-Eared Publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941042375
• ISBN 13: 9780941042376
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Michael Maydak
• Number of pages: 40