Sneed Body Collard III (born November 7, 1959) is an American author.
On November 4, 2006, Collard received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award, presented annually to "an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children."
In 2006, Collard also received the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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(AAAS) award for his science book ''The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands''.
Collard has written more than 80 books for young people, including ''Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog'', ''Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests'', ''Hopping Ahead of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science, and Survival'', and ''Dog Sense''. He is also the author of an adult memoir, ''Warblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding'' (2018, Mountaineers Books) and a professional development textbook, ''Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons'' (Heinemann, 2017).
His articles have appeared in ''Environmental Action'', ''The Humanist'', ''Florida Wildlife'', ''Islands'', ''Cricket'', and ''Highlights for Children''.
Biography
Collard has been a biologist, computer scientist, speaker, and author.
The son of biologists, Collard says that he fell in love with the animals at an early age, watching whales with his mother and searching for snakes, turtles, and alligators with his father.
Collard began writing after graduating with honors in marine science from the
University of California at Berkeley. He earned a master's in scientific instrumentation at the
University of California in Santa Barbara
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, after which he worked as a computer consultant for biologists.
As of 2023, Collard lives in Montana where he continues to write books and articles for both young people and adults.
Children's nonfiction books
Selected science books:
* 1994 ''Green Giants''
* 1994 ''Smart Survivors''
* 1994 ''Tough Terminators''
* 1996 ''Alien Invaders—The Continuing Threat of Exotic Species''
* 1996 ''Our Natural Homes: Exploring Terrestrial Biomes of North and South America (Our Perfect Planet)''
* 1997 ''Animal Dads''
* 1997 ''Creepy Creatures'' (Formerly titled ''Do They Scare You? Creepy Creatures'')
* 1997 ''Monteverde'' (Venture Books—Science)
* 1998 ''Animal Dazzlers''
* 1998 ''Our Wet World: Exploring Earth's Aquatic Ecosystems''
* 1999 ''1,000 Years Ago on Planet Earth''
* 2000 ''Acting for Nature''
* 2000 ''Animal Dads''
* 2000 ''Birds of Prey: A Look at Daytime Raptors'' (Watts Library)
* 2000 ''Making Animal Babies''
* 2000 ''The Forest in the Clouds''
* 2002 ''Beaks!''
* 2002 ''Leaving Home''
* 2003 ''B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet'' (Discover America State by State)
* 2004 ''Animals Asleep''
* 2005 ''A Platypus, Probably''
* 2005 ''One Night in the Coral Sea''
* 2005 ''The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands'' (Scientists in the Field Series)
* 2006 ''On the Coral Reefs'' (Science Adventures)
* 2006 ''In the Deep Sea'' (Science Adventures)
* 2006 ''In the Wild'' (Science Adventures)
* 2006 ''In the Rain Forest'' (Science Adventures)
* 2006 ''Shep: Our Most Loyal Dog (True Story)''
* 2007 ''Pocket Babies: And Other Amazing Marsupials'' (Junior Library Guild Selection)
* 2008 ''Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species'' (Scientists in the Field Series)
* 2009 ''Many Biomes, One Earth'' (rereleased version of ''Our Natural Homes'')
* 2010 ''The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale''
* 2011 ''Acting for Nature: What Young People Around The World Have Done To Protect The Environment''
* 2012 ''Global Warming—A Personal Guide to Causes and Solutions''
* 2012 ''Sneed B. Collard III's Most Fun Book Ever About Lizards''
* 2014 ''A Listen to Patriotic Music''
* 2014 ''A Look at Cubism''
* 2014 ''Drones and War Marchines''
* 2014 ''The CIA and FBI: Top Secret''
* 2014 ''U.S. Air Force: Absolute Power''
*2015 ''Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests''
* 2016 ''Hopping Ahead of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science, and Survival''
*2017 ''Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals''
*2018 ''Woodpeckers: Drilling Holes & Bagging Bugs''
*2018 ''One Iguana, Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution''
*2019 ''Birds of Every Color''
*2022 ''Little Killers: The Ferocious Lives of Puny Predators''
*2024 ''Defending Nature: How the U.S. Military Protects Threatened and Endangered Species''
Children's and young adult fiction
* 2005 ''Dog Sense''
* 2006 ''Flash Point''
* 2009 ''Double Eagle''
* 2011 ''The Governor's Dog is Missing'' (Slate Stephens Mysteries)
* 2011 ''Hangman's Gold'' (Slate Stephens Mysteries)
* 2012 ''Cartwheel: A Sequel to Double Eagle''
* 2014 ''Dog 4491''
* 2021 ''Beaver and Otter Get Along . . . Sort of''
* 2021 ''Waiting for a Warbler''
* 2023 ''Border Crossings''
Adult nonfiction
* 2017 ''Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons''
*2018 ''Warblers and Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding''
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Selected awards
* 1995 Lud Browman Award for body of work, given by the University of Montana Friends of the Mansfield Library
* 1997, 1998 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Magazine Merit Award
* 2005 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for ''Dog Sense''
* 2005 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for ''The Prairie Builders''
* 2006 Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Winner: Sneed B. Collard III
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* 2006 ]AAAS
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* American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a learned society and center for policy research; the publisher of the journal ''Dædalus''
* American Association for the Advancement of Science, an organization that supports scientifi ...
Prize for Excellence in Science Books for ''The Prairie Builders''
* 2006 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for ''Flash Point''
* 2007 Green Earth Book Award
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combi ...
for ''Flash Point''
*2008 Treasure State Award for ''Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog''
* 2009 Green Earth Book Award
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combi ...
for Science Warriors (Honor Book)
* 2009 Children's Gallery Award for ''Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog''
* 2011 High Plains Book Award (Finalist) for ''The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale'' (Finalist)
* 2011 Green Earth Book Award
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combi ...
for ''Global Warming'' (Honor Book)
* 2014 ''Dog 4491'' finalist for the Green Earth Book Award
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combi ...
*2016 Green Prize for ''Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests''
*2016 Eureka! Book Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Readers for ''Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests''
*2017 Eureka! Book Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Readers for ''Hopping Ahead of Climate Change''
*2017 High Plains Book Award for ''Hopping Ahead of Climate Change''
*AAAS/Subaru/SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Finalist) for ''Hopping Ahead of Climate Change''
*2018 Montana Book Award (Honor Book) for ''Warblers and Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding''
References
External links
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* PBS WETA-TVbr>Reading Rockets project
A video interview with Sneed Collard
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American science writers
Living people