Sneed B. Collard III


Sneed Body Collard III 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 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 and a professional development textbook, Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons.
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, and author.
The son of biologists, Collard says that he fell in love with the natural world at an early age, watching whales with his mother and catching snakes, turtles, and fish with his father.
"My parents were both biologists and surrounded me with science all of the time".
Collard began writing after graduating with honors in marine biology from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned a master's in scientific instrumentation at the University of California in Santa Barbara, after which he worked as a computer consultant for biologists.
As of 2019 Collard lives in Montana where he continues to write books and articles for young people. He also visits schools and conferences giving talks and workshops to children and educators.

Children's nonfiction books

Selected science books: