商品簡介
In Camas and Sage: A Story of Bison Life on the Prairie, kids are invited to explore and discover the northern plains in a truly unique way: through the eyes and ears of a bison calf.
作者簡介
Longtime Missoula resident and PhD zoologist Dorothy Hinshaw Patent has devoted her career to writing nonfiction for children. Much of her writing has focused on the West and its history (for example, Homesteading, also from Mountain Press) and wildlife (for example, When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone). She enjoyed creating Camas and Sage: A Story of Bison Life on the Prairie, a story about a bison calf born on the American Prairie Reserve, and has written earlier nonfiction books about the iconic American bison, including The Buffalo and the Indians: A Shared Destiny. Dr. Patent has received many awards for her work, including the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award, the Orbis Pictus Honor Book Award, and the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award.Christina Wald has done illustration and design for a wide variety of toys, games, books, and magazines. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in industrial (product) design. In addition to illustrating Henry the Impatient Heron (Mom’s Choice Gold Award), Christina’s art has graced other children’s books, including Habitat Spy, Little Red Bat, Black Beauty, Big Cats, and Do Dolphins Really Smile? among many others. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband.
