Sneed B. Collard III is the author of the award-winning books Beaks!, Animal Dads, Butterfly Count, and The Forest in the Clouds. Sneed has evolved through several life-history stages on his way to becoming one of today's leading children's authors. His first book, Sea Snakes, was published in 1993. His thirtieth book The Prairie Builders was released this spring and has already been named a Junior Library Guild Selection. Sneed has more than a dozen additional books in the pipeline. Other 2005 books include One Night in the Coral Sea; Platypus, Probably (also a Junior Library Guild selection); a series of science adventure books from Benchmark Publishing, and Sneed's first novel, Dog Sense. This spring, Sneed was awarded the prestigious Lud Browman Award from the Friends of the University of Montana library for his lifetime achievement in science writing. When he is not writing, he can often be found speaking to students, conducting teacher workshops, and walking his Frisbee-catching border collie, Mattie.

 
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