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Her award-winning titles have been translated into Chinese and Spanish, and featured in magazines such as Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Learning Magazine, Martha Stewart's Real Simple and Parenting Magazine, and she has been featured on national television and terrestrial and satellite radio as a resource expert on connecting children to nature.

Her books have also received many honors, including the Giverny Award for Best Children's Science Picture Book, the Growing Young Readers'  Book Award, the American Booksellers Association "Book Sense Pick of the Lists", a Learning Magazine "Teachers' Choice Award for Best Children's Picture Book", a "Parents' Choice Award", a Governor's First Grade Book Selection for the states of New Jersey and Arizona, a Barnes & Noble Author of the Month two years in a row, and a Grand Canyon Reader's Award winner and honors recipient, among others. 

A former educator, Jennifer now writes full time from her home in the Midwest. 

She is represented by Stefanie Von Borstel of Full Circle Literary. 

Jennifer is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

 
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Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous acclaimed books for children, including Way Out in the Desert, Somewhere in the Ocean, Over in the Garden, The Seed and the Giant Saguaro, The Little Creek, Forest Bright/Forest Night, There Was a Coyote Who  Swallowed a Flea, Because You Are My Baby, Way Up in the Arctic, I Love Dirt! 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature, The Busy Tree , Let's Go Outside! Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature,   and There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog.    

 

 

 


Forthcoming titles by Jennifer Ward include  There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea (Marshall Cavendish, 2011), It's a Jungle Out There! (Trumpeter, 2011), Hatch! (Walker Books, '12), Mama Built a Little Nest (Beach Lane Books, '12), The Hat (Rio Nuevo, '12) and There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish (Cavendish, '13).

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