...is Jim Arnosky.
His birthday was September 1st.
Let's hang on to that last bit of summer stretching into fall. It's a great time for some nature study in our Author Fiesta.
Jim Arnosky is a self taught writer, artist, and naturalist. He is a prolific author and illustrator, with well over a 130 books to his credit. His outstanding work has received many honors and awards including the Christopher Medal, Orbis Pictus Honor, ALA Gordon Award, and Outstanding Science book awards from National Science Teachers Associations.
We hope you will join us this month as we hone our naturalist skills and knowledge and share Jim's passion for nature through the books he has written and illustrated.
A great place to start is Jim Arnosky's website, which is full of nature facts, coloring pages, and book lists.
Cool! Love Jim Arnosky! I was just coming to guess him after seeing a list (in Google Calendar) of Children's author's birthdays and spotting him there :)
Posted by: Rachel | September 03, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Lovely! We're just now reading his Crinkleroot series for my 5 year old. It's really setting the tone for loving nature study!
Posted by: Jennifer Miller | September 03, 2008 at 03:40 PM
Perfect Mary! We picked up Crinkleroot's Mammals today and are beginning a preschool mammal study. His books will be a perfect compliment. Thanks!
Posted by: Gwen | September 03, 2008 at 04:49 PM
Perfect Mary! We picked up Crinkleroot's Mammals today and are beginning a preschool mammal study. His books will be a perfect compliment. Thanks!
Posted by: Gwen | September 03, 2008 at 04:50 PM
Very cool! We are right there with you!
Posted by: molly | September 04, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Sounds great! We are taking part again after taking most of the summer off :) Thanks.
Posted by: Alex | September 07, 2008 at 07:11 AM