Happy 80th, Margaret Poynter! (Nonfiction, "The Zoo Lady: ..

She lives in Altadena, California.

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(a few of her covers, probably only on the first page)

"I write young people's nonfiction because I want to learn about those
subjects myself. Each book I write involves so much research that by
the time I'm done, I feel as if I'd taken a year of college classes.
During that time I'm caught up in an entire new world of people,
facts, and ideas. (And when I'm done with the subject, I really don't
want to hear anything more about it for a long while.) The world of
writing is a magical one. My only regret is that I didn't start
sooner."

AWARDS: "First prize for nonfiction from International PEN, 1976, for
part of The Zoo Lady: Belle Benchley and the San Diego Zoo;
certificate for outstanding science book for children from National
Science Teachers Association, 1980, for Volcanoes: The Fiery
Mountains, and 1981, for Voyager: The Story of a Space Mission."


WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
JUVENILE


Frisbee Fun, Messner, 1977.
Miracle at Metlakatla, Concordia, 1978.
The Jimmy Carter Story, Messner, 1978.
Crazy Minnie, Bowmar, 1978.
The Weeping Ghost, Scholastic Book Services, 1978.
Gold Rush!: The Yukon Stampede of 1898, Atheneum, 1979.
The Zoo Lady: Belle Benchley and the San Diego Zoo, Dillon, 1979.


The Racquetball Book, Messner, 1980.
Search and Rescue: The Team and the Missions, Atheneum, 1980.
Volcanoes: The Fiery Mountains, Messner, 1980.
Too Few Happy Endings: The Dilemma of the Humane Societies, Atheneum,
1981.
(With Arthur L. Lane) Voyager: The Story of a Space Mission, Atheneum,
1981.
Wildland Fire Fighting, Atheneum, 1982.
(With Donald Collins) Under the High Seas: New Frontiers in
Oceanography, Atheneum, 1983.
(With Michael Klein) Cosmic Quest: Searching for Intelligent Life
among the Stars, Atheneum, 1984.
What's One More?, Atheneum, 1985.
Earthquakes: Looking for Answers, Enslow, 1989.


A Time Too Swift, Atheneum, 1990.
The Uncertain Journey: Stories of Illegal Aliens in El Norte, Maxwell
Macmillan International, 1992.
Marie Curie: Discoverer of Radium, Enslow, 1994.
Killer Asteroids, Enslow, 1996.
The Leakeys: Uncovering the Origins of Humankind, Enslow, 1997.
Top 10 American Women's Figure Skaters, Enslow, 1998.

The Uncertain Journey, Atheneum, in press.



Lenona.