Sneed B. Collard III

Sneed Body Collard III

Born	(1959-11-07) November 7, 1959 Santa Barbara, California. U.S.
Occupation	Biologist, Computer Scientist, Author
Genre	Science, Fiction, Children's Books
Website
www.sneedbcollardiii.com

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

On November 4, 2006, Collard received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award which is presented annually to "an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children." The winner is selected by a committee of the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C., a professional organization of authors, illustrators and children's literature specialists.^[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 65 books for young people, including Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog,^[3] Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials, and Dog Sense.

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

Biography

Sneed B. Collard III has been a biologist, computer scientist, and author.

The son of biologists, Collard says that he fell in love with the natural world at an early age, watching whales with his mother and catching snakes, turtles, and fish with his father.

"My parents were both biologists and surrounded me with science all of the time. In fact, one of the first words they ever taught me was ctenophore, which is kind of a comb jelly in the ocean and they said, "T…NO…FOUR." That was one of the first words I learned growing up. I was always just surrounded by animals and science."^[6] Collard began writing after graduating with honors in marine biology 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.

His writing draws from both his formal education, as well as from extensive travels to the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Central America, and other parts of the world.

As of 2014 Collard lives in Montana where he continues to write books and articles for young people.^[6] He also visits schools and conferences around the country giving talks and workshops to kids and educators.^[7]

Children's Nonfiction Books

Selected science books.

1994 Green Giants
1994 Smart Survivors
1994 Tough Terminators
1996 Alien Invaders—The Continuing Threat of Exotic Species
1996 Our Natural Homes: Exploring Terrestrial Biomes of North and South America (Our Perfect Planet)
1997 Animal Dads
1997 Creepy Creatures (Formerly titled Do They Scare You? Creepy Creatures)
1997 Monteverde (Venture Books—Science)
1998 Animal Dazzlers
1998 Our Wet World: Exploring Earth's Aquatic Ecosystems
1999 1,000 Years Ago on Planet Earth
2000 Acting for Nature
2000 Animal Dads
2000 Birds of Prey: A Look at Daytime Raptors (Watts Library)
2000 Making Animal Babies
2000 The Forest in the Clouds
2002 Beaks!
2002 Leaving Home
2003 B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet (Discover America State by State)
2004 Animals Asleep
2005 A Platypus, Probably
2005 One Night in the Coral Sea
2005 The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands (Scientists in the Field Series)
2006 On the Coral Reefs (Science Adventures)
2006 In the Deep Sea (Science Adventures)
2006 In the Wild (Science Adventures)
2006 In the Rain Forest (Science Adventures)
2006 Shep: Our Most Loyal Dog (True Story)
2007 Pocket Babies: And Other Amazing Marsupials (Junior Library Guild Selection)
2008 Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species (Scientists in the Field Series)
2009 Many Biomes, One Earth (rereleased version of Our Natural Homes)
2010 The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale
2011 Acting for Nature: What Young People Around The World Have Done To Protect The Environment
2012 Global Warming—A Personal Guide to Causes and Solutions
2012 Sneed B. Collard III's Most Fun Book Ever About Lizards
2014 A Listen to Patriotic Music
2014 A Look at Cubism
2014 Drones and War Marhines
2014 The CIA and FBI: Top Secret
2014 U.S. Air Force: Absolute Power

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

2005 Dog Sense
2006 Flash Point
2009 Double Eagle
2011 The Governor's Dog is Missing (Slate Stephens Mysteries)
2011 Hangman's Gold (Slate Stephens Mysteries)
2012 Cartwheel: A Sequel to Double Eagle
2014 Dog 4491

Selected Awards

1995 Lud Browman Award for body of work, given by the University of Montana Friends of the Mansfield Library
1997, 1998 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Magazine Merit Award
2005 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for Dog Sense
2005 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for The Prairie Builders
2006 Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Winner: Sneed B. Collard III^[1]
2006 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books
2006 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for Flash Point
2007 Green Earth Book Award for Flash Point
2007 Flicker Tale Award for Dog Sense
2008 Treasure State Award for Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog
2009 Green Earth Book Award for Science Warriors (Honor Book)
2009 Children's Gallery Award for Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog
2011 High Plains Book Award for The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale (Finalist)
2011 Green Earth Book Award for Global Warming (Honor Book)
2013-14 Children's Crown Award nominee — voting still underway (see http://childrenscrownaward.org/crown.htm)
2014 Dog 4491 finalist for the Green Earth Book Award ^[8]

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