About the Author

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent had devoted her career to writing nonfiction for children. She is a longtime Montana resident with a PhD in zoology. Dr. Patent has received many awards for her work including the Washington Post-Chidren�s Book Guild Nonfiction Award and the Orbis Pictus Honor Book Award. Christina Wald has done illustration for a wide variety of games, books, and magazines. She illustrated The Wildlife of Elk also by Mountain Press. She lives in Cincinnati, OH.