Melissa Stewart
Melissa Stewart is an award-winning author of more than 200 science books for children, specializing in nature and nonfiction topics. Born in 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut, she earned a B.S. in biology from Union College in 1990 and an M.A. in science journalism from New York University in 1991, worked as a science editor, and became a full-time writer in 2000. Her works, such as 'Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers' and 'Can an Aardvark Bark?', have received honors including Sibert Honor and NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books.
children's nonfiction
science
nature
National Geographic Readers: Ants
Animal Grossapedia
How Does a Bone Become a Fossil? (How Does It Happen?)
A Place for Birds
Zoom In on Ladybugs (Zoom In on Insects!)
A Place for Frogs
A Place for Birds
National Geographic Readers: Snakes!
A Rainbow of Animals
National Geographic Readers: Deadliest Animals
Alligator or Crocodile?: How Do You Know?
Birds (True Books : Animals)
How Is My Brain Like a Supercomputer?: And Other Questions about The Human Body
National Geographic Readers: Meteors
National Geographic Readers: Meteors
National Geographic Readers: Water
Why Are Animals Orange? (Rainbow of Animals)
A Place for Butterflies
A Place for Butterflies
How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly?: And Other Questions about Butterflies
Frog or Toad?: How Do You Know?
Inside Lightning
Why Did T. rex Have Short Arms?: And Other Questions about Dinosaurs
How Does the Ear Hear?: And Other Questions about The Five Senses