Happy Pub Day, Save the…Rhinos!
Delighted to announce that Save the…Rhinos! is now available. Each of the books in these nonfiction series has an intro by Chelsea Clinton and is full of fabulous animal facts and true stories of conservation success.
The best rhino fact–a contented rhino (lots of grass, plenty of warm sun, no other bothersome rhinos around) makes a noise like this: mmmmmwonk.
May your day be full of mmmmmmwonk!
How To Kill a Tardigarde
I don’t know why you’d want to (they’re kind of cute, if also terrifying), but I’ve been researching tardigrades for a new book. And they are HARD to kill.
Heat? They can survive temps up to 300 F.
Cold? They’re fine at -200 F.
Pressure? They’d be perky at the bottom of the Marianna’s Trench.
Vacuum? They have been blasted into space and survived. Some laid eggs in space. Eggs that hatched.
They are tiny (1.5 millimeters long at most), harmless, and indomitable.
Read MoreJacket for Save the…Turtles!
The jacket for Save the…Turtles! is here! Looking very snazzy, with a dignified turtle against a vivid turquoise background.
One interesting thing I found out doing the research for this book–turtles are the only vertebrates with shells. Many, many animals have evolved shells for protection–beetles, clams, scorpions, lobsters. But it’s only occurred once among vertebrates. And that gave us the turtles, with an upper shell formed out of ribs and a lower shell out of what was once a shoulder bone.
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Clever little reptiles! (Not all little, either. A big leatherback could have a shell considerably larger than the hood of your car.)
Happy Book Birthday, Save the…Lions!
Delighted to announce that Save the…Lions! is on bookshelves this week. Find out why lions are the only large cats that live in prides and other fascinating facts about how they live and what we can do to protect them. (Also, I think this one has the best photos in the series. Lions are very photogenic.)
Read MoreSarah L. Thomson
A children’s book author publishing award-winning nonfiction, poetry, picture books and novels including…
“Readers will treasure the blossoming friendship between opposites in this whimsically illustrated tale. Short chapters and plenty of action make for an accessible and appealing reading experience. . . . Touching and inspiring.”
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