Arnold, Caroline 1944-
ARNOLD, Caroline 1944-
PERSONAL: Born May 16, 1944, in Pittsburgh, PA; daughter of Lester L. (a social worker) and Catherine (a social worker) Scheaffer; married Arthur Arnold (a neuroscientist), June 24, 1967; children: Jennifer Elizabeth, Matthew William. Education: Grinnell College, B.A., 1966; University of Iowa, M.A., 1968.
ADDRESSES: Home and offıce—10353 Rossbury Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90064. Agent—1076 Eagle Dr., Salinas, CA 93905. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Freelance writer and artist. Art teacher and substitute teacher in Yellow Springs and Xenia, OH, both 1968-69; New York Hospital, New York, NY, secretary, 1969-70; Rockefeller University, New York, NY, laboratory assistant, 1971-72, 1972-76; University of California—Los Angeles, laboratory assistant, 1976-79; University of California—Los Angeles Extension, instructor in Writers' Program, 1982—.
MEMBER: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People.
AWARDS, HONORS: Outstanding Science Trade Book citations, National Science Teachers Association-Children's Book Council Joint Committee, 1980, for Five Nests and Electric Fish, 1982, for Animals That Migrate, 1983, for The Biggest Living Thing and Pets without Homes, 1985, for Saving the Peregrine Falcon, 1987, for Genetics: From Mendel to Gene Splicing, Trapped in Tar, Koala, Kangaroo, Giraffe, and Zebra, 1988, for Llama, Penguin, and A Walk of the Great Barrier Reef, 1989, for Tule Elk, Hippo, and Cheetah, 1991, for Flamingo and Snake, 1992, for House Sparrows Everywhere, 1995, for Rhino and Lion, 1997, for Bat and Fox, and 1998, for Hawk Highway in the Sky: Watching the Raptor Migration; Children's Science Book Award honorable mention, 1983, for Animals That Migrate; Golden Kite Honor Book, Society of Children's Book Writers, 1984, for Pets without Homes; nonfiction award, Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People, 1985, for Too Fat? Too Thin?: Do You Have a Choice?; Saving the Peregrine Falcon was selected Children's Editors' Choice by Booklist, 1985, best book by School Library Journal, 1985, notable book by American Library Association, 1985, and received a special achievement award, PEN Los Angeles Center, 1986; Best Children's Books and Films selection, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1987, for Trapped in Tar and Koala, 1988, for A Walk on the Great Barrier Reef, 1990, for Orangutan and Wild Goat, and 1999, for Bobcats; John Burroughs Nature Award, 1988, for A Walk on the Great Barrier Reef; Orbus Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, National Council of Teachers of English, 1989, for Cheetah and Hippo;School Library Journal Best Books selection, 1992, for The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde, and 2001, for Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past.
WRITINGS:
NONFICTION CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Five Nests, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, Dutton (New York, NY), 1980.
Electric Fish, illustrated by George Gershinowitz, Morrow (New York, NY), 1980.
(And illustrator) Sun Fun, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1981.
Sex Hormones: Why Males and Females Are Different, illustrated by Jean Zallinger, Morrow (New York, NY), 1981.
Animals That Migrate, illustrated by Michele Zylman, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1982.
What Is a Community?, illustrated by Carole Bertol, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1982.
Where Do You Go to School?, illustrated by Carole Bertol, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1982.
Who Works Here?, illustrated by Carole Bertol, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1982.
Who Keeps Us Healthy?, illustrated by Carole Bertol, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1982.
Who Keeps Us Safe?, illustrated by Carole Bertol, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1982.
Why Do We Have Rules?, illustrated by Ginger Giles, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983.
What Will We Buy?, illustrated by Ginger Giles, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983.
How Do We Have Fun?, illustrated by Ginger Giles, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983.
How Do We Travel?, illustrated by Ginger Giles, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983.
How Do We Communicate?, illustrated by Ginger Giles, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983.
(And illustrator) The Biggest Living Thing, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1983.
Pets without Homes, illustrated by Richard Hewett, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1983.
Summer Olympics, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983, 2nd updated edition, 1988.
Winter Olympics, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1983.
Measurements: Fun, Facts, and Activities, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1984.
Maps and Globes, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1984.
Charts and Graphs, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1984.
Too Fat? Too Thin?: Do You Have a Choice?, Morrow (New York, NY), 1984.
Land Masses, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1985.
Bodies of Water, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1985.
Natural Resources: Fun, Facts, and Activities, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1985.
Saving the Peregrine Falcon, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1985.
Music Lessons for Alex, photographs by Richard Hewitt, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1985.
(With Herma Silverstein) Anti-Semitism: A ModernPerspective, Messner (New York, NY), 1985.
(With Herma Silverstein) Hoaxes That Made Headlines, Messner (New York, NY), 1985.
Bodies of Water: Fun, Facts, and Activities, illustrated by Lynn Sweat, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1985.
Pain: What Is It? How Do We Deal with It?, illustrated by Frank Schwarz, Morrow (New York, NY), 1986.
Genetics: From Mendel to Gene Splicing, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1986.
The Golden Gate Bridge, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1986.
Everybody Has a Birthday, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1987.
How People Get Married, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1987.
What We Do When Someone Dies, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1987.
Australia Today, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1987.
Coping with Natural Disasters, Walker, 1987.
Kangaroo, Morrow (New York, NY), 1987.
Giraffe, Morrow (New York, NY), 1987.
Zebra, Morrow (New York, NY), 1987.
A Walk on the Great Barrier Reef, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1987.
Trapped in Tar: Fossils from the Ice Age (Junior Literary Guild selection), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1987.
Koala, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1987.
Llama, Morrow (New York, NY), 1988.
Penguin, Morrow (New York, NY), 1988.
Saving the Tule Elk, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1988.
Juggler, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1988.
Ole Swenson and the Hodag, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1988.
Dinosaur Mountain: Graveyard of the Past, Clarion (New York, NY), 1989.
Hippo, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1989.
Cheetah, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1989.
The Terrible Hodag, illustrated by Lambert Davis, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1989.
Dinosaurs Down Under: And Other Fossils from Australia, photographs by Richard Hewett, Clarion (New York, NY), 1990.
Ostriches and Other Flightless Birds, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1990.
A Walk in the Woods, illustrated by Freya Tanz, Silver Press (Parsippany, NJ), 1990.
Orangutan, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY),1990.
Wild Goat, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1990.
A Walk up the Mountain, illustrated by Freya Tanz, Silver Press (Parsippany, NJ), 1990.
A Walk by the Seashore, illustrated by Freya Tanz, Silver Press (Parsippany, NJ), 1990.
Heart Disease, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1990.
A Walk in the Desert, illustrated by Freya Tanz, Silver Press (Parsippany, NJ), 1990.
Watch Out for Sharks!, photographs by Richard Hewett, Clarion (New York, NY), 1991.
A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up, photographs by Richard Hewett, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1991.
Flamingo, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY),1991.
Snake, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1991.
The Olympic Summer Games, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1991.
The Olympic Winter Games, F. Watts (New York, NY),1991.
Soccer: From Neighborhood Play to the World Cup, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1991.
The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde, photographs by Richard Hewett, Clarion (New York, NY), 1992.
Camel, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1992.
Panda, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1992.
House Sparrows Everywhere, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1992. Pele: The King of Soccer, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1992.
On the Brink of Extinction: The California Condor, photographs by Michael Wallace, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1993.
Dinosaurs All Around: An Artist's View of the Prehistoric World, photographs by Richard Hewett, Clarion (New York, NY), 1993.
Elephant, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1993.
Monkey, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1993.
Prairie dogs, illustrations by Jean Cassels, Scholastic, 1993.
Reindeer, illustrated by Pamela Johnson, Scholastic, 1993.
Cats: In from the Wild, photographs by Richard R. Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1993.
Sea Turtles, illustrated by Marshall Peck III, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1994.
Fireflies, illustrated by Pamela Johnson, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1994.
Killer Whale, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1994.
Sea Lion, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1994.
Watching Desert Wildlife, photographs by Arthur Arnold, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1994.
City of the Gods: Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan, photographs by Richard Hewett, Clarion (New York, NY), 1994.
Rhino, photographs by Richard Hewett, additional photographs by Arthur P. Arnold, Morrow (New York, NY), 1995.
Lion, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1995.
Bat, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY),1996.
Fox, photographs by Richard Hewett, Morrow (New York, NY), 1996.
Stories in Stone: Rock Art Pictures by Early Americans, photographs by Richard Hewett, Clarion (New York, NY), 1996.
African Animals, Morrow (New York, NY), 1997.
Stone Age Farmers beside the Sea: Scotland's Prehistoric Village of Skara Brae, photographs by Arthur P. Arnold, Clarion (New York, NY), 1997.
Hawk Highway in the Sky: Watching Raptor Migration, photographs by Robert Kruidenier, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1997.
Bobcats, photographs by Richard R. Hewett, Lerner (Minneapolis, MN), 1997.
Children of the Settlement Houses, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1998.
El Nino: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife, Clarion (New York, NY), 1998.
(With Richard Hewett) Baby Whale Rescue: The TrueStory of J.J., Bridgewater, 1999.
Cats, Lerner Publications (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
Splashtime for Zoo Animals, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
Sleepytime for Zoo Animals, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
Noisytime for Zoo Animals, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
Playtime for Zoo Animals, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
Mother and Baby Zoo Animals, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
Mealtime for Zoo Animals, photographs by Richard Hewett, Carolrhoda (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.
South American Animals, Morrow (New York, NY), 1999.
Shockers of the Sea: And Other Electric Animals, illustrated by Crista Forest, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 1999.
Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich andTragic Past, Clarion (New York, NY), 2000.
Australian Animals, Morrow (New York, NY), 2000.
Giant Shark: Megalodon, Prehistoric Super Predator, illustrated by Laurie Caple, Clarion (New York, NY), 2000.
Ostriches, photographs by Richard Hewett, Lerner (Minneapolis, MN), 2000.
Did You Hear That?: Animals with Super Hearing, illustrations by Cathy Trachok, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2001.
Dinosaurs with Feathers: The Ancestors of ModernBirds, Clarion Books (New York, NY), 2001.
Ostriches, Lerner Publications (Minneapolis, MN), 2001.
The Geography Book: Activities for Exploring,Mapping, and Enjoying Your World, Wiley (New York, NY), 2002.
When Mammoths Walked the Earth, Clarion Books (New York, NY), 2002.
Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2003.
Uluru, Australia's Aboriginal Heart, Clarion Books (New York, NY), 2003.
Who Has More? Who Has Fewer?, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2004.
Who Is Bigger? Who Is Smaller?, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2004.
Pterosaurs: Rulers of the Skies in the Dinosaur Age, illustrated by Laurie Caple, Clarion Books (New York, NY), 2004.
The Skeletal System, Lerner Publications (Minneapolis, MN), 2005.
OTHER
My Friend from Outer Space (picture book), illustrated by Carol Nicklaus, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1981.
(Illustrator) Elizabeth Bremner and John Pusey, Children's Gardens: A Field Guide for Teachers, Parents, and Volunteers, Cooperative Extension, University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), 1982.
Also author of the television episode "Fire for Hire" for K-I-D-S series, KCET, Los Angeles, 1984. Contributor of articles and stories to magazines, including Highlights for Children, Friend, Humpty Dumpty, and Cricket.
ADAPTATIONS: My Friend from Outer Space has been made into a filmstrip, Westport Community Group, 1981.
WORK IN PROGRESS: (With Madeleine Comora) Taj Mahal, for Millbrook Press (Brookfield, CT).
SIDELIGHTS: Caroline Arnold told CA: "I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and when I was in elementary school I had many favorite authors, including Beverly Cleary, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Maude Hart Love-lace. The books I loved the most were usually set in other times or far off places. One of my favorites was Family Sabbatical by Carol Ryie Brink. Like the children in that story, I dreamed that one day I might travel to Paris, learn to speak French, and climb the Eiffel Tower. Although I've never been to France, I do often travel to do research for my books, and that's one of the things I like best about being a writer.
"My love of reading came from my mother, who read to me from the time I was very small. But even though I loved books, I never imagined that I would be a writer when I grew up. I studied art in school and planned to be an artist and art teacher. After I got married and had my own children, I read stories to them. I realized that perhaps I could use my training in art to be a children's book illustrator. I started to write stories so that I could illustrate them and soon discovered that I liked writing very much. After illustrating three books, I stopped drawing and I've been writing ever since.
"I've always loved animals. I got my first kitten when I was three—I named her Snoozy after a character in one of my books—and have always had pets. During the summers our family spent in northern Wisconsin, I learned the thrill of spotting birds, deer, porcupines, and other wild animals in the forest. In 1971, I spent four months in East Africa with my husband and young daughter. We lived in a national park, side by side with lions, giraffes, zebras, and all sorts of other animals whose home is the African plain. A few of the photos we took on that trip are in my book African Animals.
"Birds have always been a favorite topic in my books. When I was a child, I went on early morning bird walks with my father, who was an amateur birdwatcher, and now my husband, Art, studies birds in his research at the University of California—Los Angeles. For my book Hawk Highway in the Sky: Watching Raptor Migration, I spent a week in the Goshutes watching and helping HawkWatch volunteers trap and band migrating hawks, eagles, and falcons. Nothing is more exciting than getting close to these magnificent birds, and my close involvement with the process helped me learn the details that I needed to write my book. My . . . book Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines also focuses on birds and their amazing ability to fly.
"There are so many different kinds of animals in the world that I could spend the rest of my life writing about animals and never run out of ideas. When I choose an animal for a book, I often pick endangered species such as pandas or cheetahs. The more we all know about these animals, the more we will care about saving them from extinction. Sometimes, as in my book about snakes, I pick an idea suggested to me by kids. I usually spend up to a year doing background reading on the subject of a book. Then I make trips to the zoo to make my own observations of animals and also to help the photographer decide what pictures to take. After I have all the information I need, I sit down to write the book. It takes me about two months to finish the manuscript for one of my animal books.
"Truth is often stranger than fiction and certainly just as much fun to write. With every book I've written, I have learned something that I never knew before. If the children who read my books are as excited about reading them as I am about writing them, then I feel that I have accomplished a great deal.
"In my future work, I hope to continue writing about animals and the places they live as well as other topics. And even though I have become well known mostly for my nonfiction writing, I also like to write fiction and perhaps I will try more of that in the future as well. In two . . . books for very young children, Who's Bigger? and Who Has More?, I have used my art training to illustrate them with bright, cutout paper animals.
"Children often ask me advice about becoming a writer. I tell them that the best writers, whether they write fiction or nonfiction, are those who have developed a keen sense of observation. They notice details about they way things look, feel, sound, and smell. They learn how to use words to paint a picture of a scene or action. You can develop your powers of observation by pretending you are a spy and making notes about what you see around you. Your 'spy reports' might make the beginning of a great story.
"The other secret of becoming a good writer is practice. Writing letters or keeping a journal are two ways of practicing writing. Writing is something like baseball—you are not likely to hit a home run the first time you step up to the plate. Your first stories will not be perfect either, but they will get better and better and soon you will be hitting the ball out of the park."
Arnold is the author of more than one hundred nonfiction books for children, on subjects ranging from monkeys, bats, and foxes to prehistoric natural history, the giant statues of Easter Island, and weather patterns. The author once commented to CA: "Like many writers of children's books, I began when my children were small. I thought I would write lovely stories for children and that because I was trained as a fine artist I would illustrate them myself. However, nearly all my books have been nonfiction, usually about scientific subjects, and most of them have been illustrated by other people. I have found that I enjoy the challenge of writing about complicated subjects in language that even a very young child can understand. My fascination with scientific subjects is reinforced by my own and other children's eagerness to know more about the world around them."
Bat is typical of Arnold's books on animals. Reviewing it and Fox in Booklist, Carolyn Phelan called them "succinct" and "readable." Although the books are short, they cover a great deal of material, including the animals' anatomy, habitat, behavior; their food and animals that may prey on them; myths and history of the animal; and threats to the continued survival of the species. Discussing the author's books Lion and Rhino in another review, Phelan noted that Arnold offers interesting comment on the differences in the animals' behavior based on whether they were living in the wild or in captivity. In similar style, Arnold has discussed many other species and types of animals.
In another realm of interest, Arnold illustrated Aztec culture and its remaining artifacts in City of the Gods: Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan. Aerial photographs give excellent insight into the site that was one of the most important in the Aztec world, while the book's text explains the city's importance to Aztec culture. Another ancient, mysterious site is explored in Arnold's book Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past. The island in the South Pacific is home to huge stone icons, and for decades no one has been able to definitely answer the many questions surrounding the figures, such as how the primitive inhabitants of the island ever managed to carve and erect them. A reviewer for Horn Book noted: "Arnold avoids theatrical speculation in this straightforward account." She also gives a great deal of information about the Rapanui people and their modern descendants, and the way the island suffered from the effects of overpopulation and disregard for its fragile environment.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
BOOKS
Roginski, Jim, Behind the Covers: Interviews withAuthors and Illustrators of Children's Books, Libraries Unlimited, 1989, pp. 28-40.
Something about the Author Autobiography Series, Volume 23, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1996.
PERIODICALS
Booklist, October 15, 1992, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Camel, p. 419; April 15, 1993, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Dinosaurs All Around: An Artist's View of the Prehistoric World, p. 1507, Chris Sherman, review of On the Brink of Extinction: The California Condor, p. 1512; August, 1993, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Cats: In from the Wild, p. 2051; November 1, 1993, Kay Weisman, review of Elephant and Monkey, p. 516; September 15, 1994, Carolyn Phelan, review of Sea Lion and Killer Whale, p. 128; December 1, 1994, Mary Harris Veeder, review of Watching Desert Wildlife, p. 670; December 15, 1994, Ilene Cooper, review of City of the Gods: Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan, p. 747; September 15, 1995, Carolyn Phelan, review of Rhino and Lion, p. 154; December 15, 1996, Sally Estes, review of Stories in Stone: Rock Art Pictures by Early Americans, p. 722; October 15, 1999, Shelley Townsend-Hudson, review of Shockers of the Sea: And Other Electrical Animals, p. 448; August, 1996, Carolyn Phelan, review of Fox and Bat, p. 1897; March 15, 1997, Julie Corsaro, review of African Animals, p. 1236; April 15, 1997, Ilene Cooper, review of Stone Age Farmers beside the Sea: Scotland's Prehistoric Village of Skara Brae, p. 1424; June 1, 1997, Candace Smith, review of Hawk Highway in the Sky: Watching Raptor Migration, p. 1687; September 15, 1998, Shelle Rosenfeld, review of Children of the Settlement Houses, p. 221; October 1, 1998, Chris Sherman, review of El Nino: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife, p. 326; March 1, 1999, Lauren Peterson, review of Baby Whale Rescue: The True Story of J. J., p. 1204; June 1, 1999, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Noisytime for Zoo Animals and Mealtime for Zoo Animals, p. 1832; July, 1999, Lauren Peterson, review of South American Animals, p. 1939; March 15, 2000, Ilene Cooper, review of Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past, p. 1371; November 1, 2000, Tod Morning, review of Giant Shark: Megalodon, Prehistoric Super Predator, p. 528; December 1, 2001, Carolyn Phelan, review of Did You Hear That? Animals with Super Hearing, p. 654; February 15, 2002, Carolyn Phelan, review of The Geography Book: Activities for Exploring, Mapping, and Enjoying Your World, p. 1001; August, 2002, Julie Cummins, review of When Mammoths Walked the Earth, p. 1952; June 1, 2003, John Peters, review of Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines, p. 1762; December 15, 2003, Carolyn Phelan, review of Uluru: Australia's Aboriginal Heart, p. 1220.
Horn Book, November-December, 1992, Margaret A. Bush, review of Camel and Panda, p. 735; June-May, 1993, Margaret A. Bush, review of On the Brink of Extinction: The California Condor, p. 343; July-August, 1993, Elizabeth S. Watson, review of Dinosaurs All Around, p. 474; November-December, 1994, Margaret A. Bush, review of Sea Lion and Killer Whale, p. 742; March-April, 1995, Elizabeth S. Watson, review of City of the Gods, p. 218; May, 2000, review of Easter Island, p. 329; October 1, 2001, John Peters, review of Dinosaurs with Feathers: The Ancestors of the Modern Birds, p. 313; November-December, 2002, Danielle J. Ford, review of When Mammoths Walked the Earth, p. 772; November-December, 2003, Barbara Bader, review of Uluru, p. 760.
Kirkus Reviews, June 15, 2003, review of Birds, p. 855; October 1, 2003, review of Uluru, p. 1220.
Los Angeles Times, November 8, 1996, "Author Gets a Read on What Students Want," p. 2.
Reading Teacher, September, 1998, review of AfricanAnimals, p. 58.
School Library Journal,November, 1992, Myra R. Oleynik, review of Camel, p. 100; January, 1993, Barbara B. Murphy, review of Panda, p. 106; May, 1993, Cathryn A. Campter, review of Dinosaurs All Around, p. 112; June, 1993, Amy Nunley, review of On the Brink of Extinction, p. 113; December, 1993, Barbara B. Murphy, review of Monkey and Elephant, p. 118; October, 1994, Frances E. Millhouser, review of Killer Whale, p. 130; December, 1994, Cynthia M. Sturgis, review of City of the Gods, p. 117; January, 1995, George Gleason, review of Watching Desert Wildlife, p. 110; December, 1995, Barbara B. Murphy, review of Lion and Rhino, p. 111; September, 1996, Lisa Wu Stowe, review of Fox and Bat, p. 210; December, 1996, Pam Gosner, review of Stories in Stone, p. 126; March, 1997, Susan Oliver, review of African Animals, p. 170; June, 1997, Susan Scheps, review of Hawk Highway in the Sky, p. 130; July, 1997, Pam Gosner, review of Stone Age Farmers beside the Sea, p. 99; March, 1998, Susan Oliver, review of Bobcats, p. 191; December, 1998, Patricia Manning, review of El Nino, p. 132; January, 1999, Anne Chapman Callaghan, review of Children of the Settlement Houses, p. 109; March, 1999, Patricia Manning, review of Baby Whale Rescue, p. 216; August, 1999, Dawn Amsberry, review of Splashtime for Zoo Animals and Sleepytime for Zoo Animals, p. 143; September, 1999, Frances E. Millhouser, review of South American Animals, p. 210; January, 2000, Patricia Manning, review of Shockers of the Sea: And Other Electric Animals, p. 115; April, 2000, Jeanette Larson, review of Easter Island, p. 144; October, 2000, Krista Grosick, review of Australian Animals, p. 144; November, 2000, Patricia Manning, review of Giant Shark, p. 167; August, 2001, Margaret Bush, review of Did You Hear That?, p. 166; November, 2001, Steven Engelfried, review of Dinosaurs with Feathers, p. 140; March, 2002, Robyn Ryan Vandenbroek, review of The Geography Book, p. 206; October, 2002, Ellen Heath, review of When Mammoths Walked the Earth, p. 136.
Wilson Library Bulletin, February, 1994, Frances Bradburn, review of Elephant, p. 89A.