Under The Snow shows how animals that live in fields, forests, ponds, and wetlands survive in the heart of winter? Lyrical language and soft, lovely watercolors introduce young readers to a hidden world under the snow. This book satisfies the National Educational Standards. It has won the Junior Library Guide Selection, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Nominee Reviews. Under The Snow is about Nature, it is Nonfiction, and for the ages of 4 -8.Author Melissa Stewart states,“Many authors have written books about hibernation. But I wanted children to know that many animals stay active all winter long—even under the snow." After doing alot of reach and making an attempt to write a manuscript, Stewart could not get what she wanted on paper.
On a frigid winter night in 2004, Melissa Stewart dragged herself out of her house to hear author-illustrator Timothy Basil Ering speak at an event sponsored by the Foundation for Children’s Books. "Ering was so engaging, charismatic, and his energy was so contagious that I was inspired to take another stab at my manuscript as soon as I got home." ,states Stewart. She finished the new draft and took it to her critique group meeting the next night. She made some changes and mailed it to her editor the next day. Six months later, her editor called her to say the book had been accepted for publication."
As a child, Melissa Stewart often accompanied her father and brother on long walks through the fields and forests near their rural New England home. Melissa’s father asked a simple question that sparked her life-long fascination with the natural world: "Do you notice anything unusual about the trees in this part of the woods?"
Melissa Stewart never considered writing professionally until one of her biology professors suggested it. At the time, Stewart was doing a senior research project that involved sequencing fruit fly DNA. Professor K. Williams showed Stewart a related article in Discover magazine and told her she could have written the piece. Stewart knew Professor Williams was right, and suddenly, her future path stretched out before her.
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