
Theanne Griffith - The Magnificent Makers #4: The Great Germ Hunt () –This book is all about germs and was very much inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic.

I feel extra sparkly when the story pivots on humor. Over the years I’ve written in different genres, and I always enjoy weaving elements of the natural world into my writing. After that, my next stories were 16-page leveled readers focused on STEM topics from Benchmark Education in 2007. My very first informational story was published in 2001 in a collection for Grade 3 called Short-Short Stories for Reading Aloud (The Mailbox Company). Shortly thereafter I turned toward my interest in writing for children. Even though Jim had to step away from that project a few months later in order to focus on his novel, One Thousand White Women, the opportunity and path for publication had been illuminated. I had spent 2 years doing research at the park and he was putting together a natural history guide.

My first job offer at that time came in the form of a phone call out of the blue from author Jim Fergus to write about my experiences in Rocky Mountain National Park. But I didn’t start learning about the publishing industry until after I finished my Masters of Science degree in 1995. Wenger (10/1/21) - Chicken Frank Dinosaur (Albert Whitman ) – I’ve been reading, writing, and exploring-through words on the page and outside in the natural world-for most of my life.
