PAMELA S. TURNER
Houghton Mifflin, 2009
Charlesbrige, 2008
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
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PROJECT SEAHORSE is now available
* Kirkus starred review "With striking images of coral-reef inhabitants, this photo-essay introduces Project Seahorse, an international effort to protect and rehabilitate the Danajon Bank, a double reef off a Philippine Island where seahorses once flourished...In information-rich chapters and more narrowly focused double-page insets, the author explains the curious seahorse biology (males give birth), the development of Marine Protected Areas, the lives of local fishers and their families, the use of seahorses in traditional Chinese medicine and local efforts to improve these refuges...This is another splendid demonstration of the work of Scientists in the Field." --Kirkus 
Tyrone Hayes and I are both interviewed in a Science Beyond Belief podcast. And A LIFE IN THE WILD is a Beehive Book Award Nominee(a Utah state children's choice award). THE FROG SCIENTIST won an Orbis Pictus Honor Award and was named an American Library Association Notable Book. PROWLING THE SEAS: EXPLORING THE HIDDEN WORLD OF OCEAN PREDATORS is now available in bookstores and online. A LIFE IN THE WILD and THE FROG SCIENTIST were named Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth by Booklist. THE FROG SCIENTIST is a finalist for the 2010 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Science Writing Prize, and a Cybils nominee, along with A LIFE IN THE WILD. THE FROG SCIENTIST received starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and The Horn Book. A LIFE IN THE WILD won the 2008 Golden Kite for best nonfiction children's book from the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators, as well as the Northern California Book Award for Children's Literature. LIFE ON EARTH--AND BEYOND was named one of the best children's books of the year by the Bank Street College of Education. 
In this book I wanted to use the always-charming seahorse to introduce children to coral reef biology and conservation. I also wanted to show kids what it's like to live in a small fishing village in the Philippines. In June 2008 I traveled to Handumon, a small village on a small island off Bohol, a larger island in the central Philippines. I spent ten days following around a Project Seahorse team as they measured seahorses, gathered data on coral growth and fish populations, and interviewed local fishers about their lives and work. Many thanks to Amanda Vincent, Heather Koldewey, Amado Blanco, and the rest of the Project Seahorse team. I hadn't been to the Philippines in a number of years. My oldest son was born in Manila 22 years ago, and when my husband's job took us back to San Francisco a year later, I departed (almost) kicking and screaming. It was wonderful to be back among Filipinos, who are some of the kindest, friendliest people in the world. 
Scott Tuason took the gorgeous images that appear in my upcoming book, PROJECT SEAHORSE
I hadn't been to the Philippines in a number of years. My oldest son was born in Manila 22 years ago, and when my husband's job took us back to San Francisco a year later, I departed (almost) kicking and screaming. It was wonderful to be backamong the Filipinos, who are some of the kindest, friendliest people in the world. |
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