Information About Brenda's Subjects Flamingos Additional information about flamingos: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/flamingo Photos, articles, and stories about wildlife in the Bahamas: http://www.bahamaswildlife.fsnet.co.uk Sea Turtles Track sea turtles online and learn more about them: http://www.cccturtle.org More info about sea turtles: http://www.members.tripod.com/~Turtle28/ Ocean and Sharks Clearwater Marine Aquarium and more about the sea: http://www.cmaquarium.org More about sharks: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0206/sharks.html Antarctica and Penguins See Antarctica ice breakup and other weather images from around the world: http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov More about penguins: http://nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0101/penguins.html Tropical Rain Forest Rain forest info: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml Even more rain forest info: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm Elk More about temperate rain forest plants and animals: http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ol/flora/ Rocky Mountain Elk, Jackson WY: http://nationalelkrefuge.fws.gov/ Mummies Mummy lesson plan, grades 6-8: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/makingmummies/ Cactus Information about the saguaro cactus: http://www.nps.gov/sagu/Saguaros/saguaro.htm

Information About Books, Authors, Publishers and Writing Additional Reading Book list for kids who love true stories: http://www.ferglib.org/ferg/youth_link/kidol/booklists/reallifereads.htm Transitional reading list: http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/favorite/favtrans.html Recommended summer reading list, plus research and advice for parents: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/booklist.php Links for Writers The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators: http://www.scbwi.org Washington chapter of the SCBWI: http://www.scbwi-washington.org Other Children's Authors Keith Baker: http://www.keithbakerbooks.com/ Margaret Chodos-Irvine: http://www.chodos-irvine.com/ Arthur Dorros: http://www.arthurdorros.com Justina Chin Headley: http://www.justinachenheadley.com Joan Holub: http://www.joanholub.com/ Laura McGee Kvasnosky: http://www.lmkbooks.com Meg (Margaret H.) Lippert: http://www.storypower.net/ David Patneaude: http://www.oz.net/~patnd/ Lisa Westberg Peters: http://www.lisawestbergpeters.com Carole Lexa Schaefer: http://www.clschaefer.com/ Janet Wong: http://www.janetwong.com/ Publisher Sites Henry Holt: http://www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com Scholastic, sites for kids and teachers: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/