Living on a Prairie (Rookie Read-About Geography)

A brief introduction to prairies, describing where they are located in the United States, the plants and animals found there, and how their use has changed over the years.

Author Jan Mader was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and lives in Columbus, Ohio. She spent several years working for a literacy program for children with reading difficulties. Dissatisfied with the books these children were given, she started writing fun stories for them, with which they could better identify. Soon her first book was published, and educational publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Scholastic began hiring her for projects. Jan is the owner of the "real" Tango, who has quite a story! Because Tango was not born with the traditional brown coat of a driving horse, he was going to