Sneed B. Collard III explained

Sneed Body Collard III
Birth Date:7 November 1959
Birth Place:Santa Barbara, California. U.S.

Sneed Body Collard III (born November 7, 1959) is an American author.

On November 4, 2006, Collard received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award, presented annually to "an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children."[1] In 2006, Collard also received the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award for his science book The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands.[2] Collard has written more than 80 books for young people, including Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog,[3] Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests, Hopping Ahead of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science, and Survival, and Dog Sense. He is also the author of an adult memoir, Warblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding (2018, Mountaineers Books) and a professional development textbook, Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons (Heinemann, 2017).

His articles have appeared in Environmental Action,[4] The Humanist, Florida Wildlife, Islands, Cricket, and Highlights for Children.[5]

Biography

Collard has been a biologist, computer scientist, speaker, and author.

The son of biologists, Collard says that he fell in love with the animals at an early age, watching whales with his mother and searching for snakes, turtles, and alligators with his father.

Collard began writing after graduating with honors in marine science from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned a master's in scientific instrumentation at the University of California in Santa Barbara, after which he worked as a computer consultant for biologists.

As of 2023, Collard lives in Montana where he continues to write books and articles for both young people and adults.[6]

Children's nonfiction books

Selected science books:

Children's and young adult fiction

Adult nonfiction

Selected awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Winner 2006. Children's Book Guild of Washington DC. November 4, 2006. 9 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Excellence in Science Books:Winner! 2006 Middle Grades Science Book. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 9 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Triple Crown Award Winners (2008–2009). Children's Crown Award Reading Program. 9 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131117200105/http://www.childrenscrownaward.org/winners.htm. 17 November 2013.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110121212/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/9512194379/book-reviews Environmental Action; May/Jun90, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p31
  5. http://www.highlightskids.com/highlights/magazine-index?keys=&field_month_name_value=All&field_year_value=&page=55 Highlights Magazine - pg.31 Lord of the Forest
  6. Web site: Transcript from an interview with Sneed Collard. The Reading Rockets project. 9 January 2014.
  7. http://www.natgen.org/uncategorized/the-nature-generation-announces-shortlist-for-10th-annual-green-earth-book-awards/ "The Nature Generation Announces Shortlist for 10th Annual Green Earth Book Awards"
  8. Web site: 2018. www.montanabookaward.org. 2019-10-04.

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