Millicent Selsam

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Millicent Selsam (May 30, 1912- 1996) was an American children’s author.

Selsam was born in New York City May 30, 1912. She became interested in biology during her high school years. She took this interest to college when she studied biology at Brooklyn College. She was then offered a fellowship teaching at Columbia University while completing an M.A. in botany. [1]

After receiving her M.A., Selsam taught high school science before deciding to write science discovery books for children in 1946[2]. Her first book was From Egg to Chick. After that her work found outlets at Harper & Row, Morrow, Macmillan, Doubleday and Walker, among other publishers.[3]

She has written over 100 children’s books.

[edit] Works

  • "Greg's Microscope" by Millicent E. Selsam, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
  • "A First Look at Animals With Horns" by Millicent E. Selsam, Joyce Hunt, Harriett Springer (Illustrator)
  • "Tony's Birds" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "A First Look at Ducks, Geese, and Swans" by Millicent E. Selsam, Joyce Hunt, Harriett Springer (Illustrator)
  • "A First Look at Bats" by Millicent E. Selsam, Joyce Hunt, Harriett Springer (Illustrator)
  • "A First Look at Animals That Eat Other Animals" by Millicent E. Selsam, Joyce Hunt, Harriett Springer (Illustrator)
  • "Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints" by Millicent E. Selsam, Marlene Hill Donnelly (Illustrator)
  • "1st Look at Animals With Horns" by Millicent E. Selsam, Joyce Hunt
  • "Questions and Answers About Horses" by Millicent E. Selsam, Sandy Rabinowitz (Illustrator)
  • "Birth of an Island" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "1st Look at Dinosaurs" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "Biography of an Atom" by J. Bronowski, Millicent E. Selsam
  • "Mushrooms" by Millicent E. Selsam, Jerome Wexler (Illustrator)
  • "Egg to Chick" by Millicent Ellis Selsam, Barbara M. Wolff (Illustrator)
  • "Seeds and more seeds" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "How to Be a Nature Detective" by Millicent Ellis Selsam, Ezra Jack Keats
  • "More Potatoes" by Millicent Ellis Selsam
  • "Benny's animals and how he put them in order" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "How puppies grow" by Millicent Selsam, Esther Bubley
  • "Terry and the caterpillars" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "Plenty of fish" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "Sea Monsters of Long Ago" by Millicent Ellis Selsam
  • "Stars, mosquitoes, and crocodiles : the American travels of Alexander von Humboldt" by Alexanderr von Humboldt, Millicent Ellis Selsam
  • "Let's get turtles" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "Birth of an Island" by Millicent E. Selsam, Winifred Lubell (Illustrator)
  • "How Kittens Grow" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints" by Millicent Ellis Selsam, Marlene Hill Donnelly (Illustrator)
  • "The Don't Throw It, Grow It Book of Houseplants" by Millicent Ellis Selsam
  • "Keep Looking!" by Millicent Ellis Selsam, Normand Chartier (Illustrator), Joyce Hunt
  • "Backyard Insects" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • "All kinds of babies" by Millicent Selsam (Ellis), Symeon Shimin
  • "Biography of an atom" by J. Bronowski, Millicent E. Selsam

[edit] References

  1. ^ Guide to the Millicent Ellis Selsam Papers 1912-1996
  2. ^ Millicent Selsam
  3. ^ Millicent Selsam, 84; Her Science Booklets Told Children Why - New York Times
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