As a follow up to Árni and Birta's adventures in the Iceland: The Puffin Explorers three-book fiction series, author RA Anderson has gathered fun and interesting facts to teach young readers about puffins, the geothermal nature island of Iceland, volcanoes, glaciers, and much more.
Illustrated with professional photographs taken by the author during several research trips to Iceland, this vibrant photo book is bound to keep young readers enchanted while they explore this beautiful, faraway place and learn about the importance of caring for our planet.
RA Anderson is a wanderer who has lived all over, from California to Belize, and currently, home is a town called Rome, in Georgia that is! She grew up on horseback and sailboats--"the most amazing way to grow up!"
A lifelong passion for creative writing and photography became her life. Her award-winning photographs have been featured in table books, magazines, and front-page news, and her writing has been published in magazines, poetry books, and children's books. Her If Pets Could Talk series include; Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals and A Service Dog. Her newest children's series: Iceland, The Puffin Explorers Series; Puffins Take Flight, Puffins Off The Beaten Path and Puffins Encounter Fire and Ice. Her chapter book: Girl Sailing Aboard the Western Star is the engaging, poignant result of Annie's chronicle of her family's adventures in the Atlantic, drawn directly from Anderson's real-life story of living on a sailboat with her family. Her newest chapter book: The Last Crabtree Girl RuthAnne's own epistolary narrative, The Last Crabtree Girl, takes you on her journey from the first time she toddled up onto the back of a sleeping thoroughbred yearling to becoming a top world show competitor whose love and understanding of horses never faltered. This book is a glimpse of what it was like growing up with horses and ponies and the hard work involved in becoming a champion.
Three boys--her heart and soul--call her Mom. She and her husband--"my strength and passion"--are recent empty-nesters, leaving them more time to travel.
"My life is full, colorful, and exhausting, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. However, people seem to think my most impressive accomplishment is that I know how to work the manual settings on a DSLR camera!"