Jennifer Ward (author)

Jennifer Ward (born December 4, 1963) is an American children's picture book author. Many of her books focus on the Southwestern United States; most are inspired by nature. Ward has a B.A. in education from the University of Arizona.

Her books have received an 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, and Grand Canyon Reader Award honors.

Bibliography

*"There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog" (forthcoming, 2010)
*"The Busy Tree" (forthcoming, 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

* [http://www.jenniferwardbooks.com/ Author's web site]