Welcome!
I am the author of more than 15 books for kids and young adults including:
* Snow Dance
* Farmer George Plants A Nation
* New York: the Empire State
* Joshua the Giant Frog
* Forensic Anthropology: the Science of   Talking Bones
I am also an instructor for the Institute of Children's Literature (ICL), a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Rochester Area Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (RACWI).

Visit me on my BLOG -- Telling Kids the Truth:  Writing Nonfiction for Children

Click on a book to read more about it.

Chosen by the Nebraska Farm Bureau as 2008 Best Agricultural Book for Children grades 4-5
My Book News:

*An Interview I gave on Cynsations, Cynthia Leitich Smith's blogspot.

* Farmer George on Youtube

* Farmer George selected for Keystone to Reading Book Award.

* Farmer George nominated for the Indiana Young Hoosier Award 2010-2011