What's New?

Heather has just been granted the Roosevelt-Ashe Award for "Outstanding Educator in Conservation"! Selected from educators across the south, the award honors conservation heroes for their contributions to protect wild places and wild things.
Watch the video here (starting at 2:18).

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Wild Discoveries:Wacky New Animals

A see-through frog? A bomb-dropping worm? A sneezing monkey?
Wacky animals which have been unknown to science -- until now!

WILD DISCOVERIES highlights thirty amazing new creatures plus the stories of those who discovered them -- some of whom are children!

Available at Scholastic Book Fairs, through Scholastic Book Clubs and at your book store!

Or buy online:

Scholastic Indiebound Amazon

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TEACHERS

Download "Wild About Learning" a lesson plan unit to accompany Wild Discoveries. Lesson are correlated to the Common Core State Standards Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects and Next Generation Science Standards.

"Wild About Learning Unit" MS Word Document. 5.6 MB
"Wild About Learning Unit" PDF Document. 0.9 MB

Book Reviews of Wild Discoveries

International Reading Association's "Reading Today Online" review

A review and educational activities at the "Growing with Science Blog"

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COOL LINKS

Youtube video of giant velvet worms attacking a cricket
Youtube video of green bombers including comments from scientists
Youtube video of Tennessee Bottlebrush Crayfish
Meet the Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish, includes video, labeled diagrams, links to current research projects, bios of scientists and games
Check out a photogallery of the discovery of the gray-faced sengi.
Youtube video of boneworms and other creatures consuming dead whales

Videos of the author talking about Wild Discoveries

On Channel 11 Cooper and Company with Gloria Cooper talking about the Tennessee Bottlebrush Crayfish

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Which is the wackiest? | Create infographics

WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHICH IS THE WACKIEST ANIMAL IN THE BOOK?
To vote, click here.

Votes will be tallied once a week and added to the chart.

Parents, download my privacy policy here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

A Wild Discovery: Turning Students from Reluctant to Ready Researchers, Readers, and Writers, Alabama School Librarian Association Conference, June 10, 2013

Wild Discoveries on Monte Sano Mountain, North Alabama Land Trust, June 11, 2013

Wild Discoveries Inquiry Lesson Plans, Auburn University at Montgomery, June 12, 2013

Wild Discoveries, Summer Reading Program, Guntersville Public Library, July 17, 2013, 10:00 a.m. Open to the Public.

School District Seven, School Visits, Spartanburg, SC, September 17-18, 2013.

Want Heather to present at your school, library or event? Visit her presentations page.

As a naturalist, I love to explore the world around me. As a teacher, I love to share my passion for bugs, rocks and running water. As a writer I get to do both!

ASLA Librarians, Click to Download: Wild Discoveries - From Reluctant to Ready