Jennifer Ward (author)

Jennifer Ward (born December 4, 1963) is an American children's picture book author. Many of her books focus on science, nature and the Sonoran Desert. Ward has a B.A. in education from the University of Arizona.

Her books have been translated into many languages and have received the International Reading Association's / CBC Children's Choice Award, the American Booksellers Association Book Sense Summer Pick, a Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Award for Best Children's Picture Book, a Parents' Choice Award, a Governor's Selection for the states of New Jersey and Arizona, the Grand Canyon Reader Award, among other honors. Her book, There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea has been integrated into the architecture at the Buckeye Public Library in Buckeye, Arizona.

Bibliography

• I Love Birds! 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander and Explore Birds with Kids (2019)
• Mama Dug a Little Den (2018)
• Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear (2017)
• What Will Grow? (2017)
• There Was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider (2015)
• There Was an Old Martian Who Swallowed the Moon (2015)
• Mama Built a Little Nest (2014)
• The Sunhat (2013)
• What Will Hatch? (2013)
• There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish (2012)
• It's a Jungle Out There! 52 Nature Activities for City Kids (2011)
• There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea (2011)
• There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog (2010)
• Let's Go Outside! Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature (2009)
• The Busy Tree (2009)
• I Love Dirt! 52 Projects to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature (2008)
• Way Up in the Arctic (2007)
• Because You Are My Baby (2007)
• There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea(2007)
• Forest Bright, Forest Night board book (2007)
• Forest Bright, Forest Night (2005)
• The Little Creek (2004)
• Way Out in the Desert board book (2003)
• Over in the Garden (2003)
• The Seed and the Giant Saguaro(2003)
• Somewhere in the Ocean (2000)
• Way Out in the Desert (1998)

External links

• Author's web site