Award-winning Author Pens New Science Book for Kids on Polar Wildlife

March 13, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Despite changing climate and savage conditions, animals in the polar regions can still thrive. Author L. E. Carmichael’s 23rd children’s science book takes a fascinating look at how they manage it—and how young environmentalists can help. Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth is Carmichael’s 23rd children’s science book. Carmichael’s 2020 release, The Boreal...

Jean Mills: A Yarn About Yarn – And More

March 10, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Jean Mills. Take it away, Jean! I don’t know about other writers, but every story I write has a connection to something in my own life and experience. Music, sports, the Nova Scotia shore and, in Bliss Adair and...

Wolves for World Wildlife Day

March 3, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

All across the boreal forests of Canada, wolves look for the same things: clean water, safe dens, and places where deer or moose are plentiful. When wolves find everything they need in one area, they establish a territory, and that’s where they stay. The idea of wolves as territorial has been part of scientific dogma...

23 Cool Facts About Polar Bears

February 27, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

It’s International Polar Bear Day! Since it’s 2023, I’ve rounded up 23 cool facts about these icons of the Arctic, including a surprising discovery I helped make during in my former life as a wildlife geneticist. Is your favourite fact missing from this list? Feel free to add it in the comments! Basic Bear Biology...

New Year’s News Nuggets!

February 13, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

OK, I realize it’s mildly absurd to be writing a Happy New Year post in the middle of February, but here we are, so let’s do this! New Year’s Resolutions Did you make any? How are they going for you? Mine was to make 2023 the year when I finally figure out how to be...

The Longest Night

December 21, 2022 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

It’s winter solstice here in the northern hemisphere–the longest night of the year. Tomorrow, and each day after, the light returns, one extra moment at a time. I’ve never been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, but my brain and body are deeply sensitive to light. Every fall, as the days get shorter, it gets harder...

Amanda West Lewis – Warming Up

December 2, 2022 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Amanda West Lewis. Take it away, Amanda! “In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative.” — Twyla Tharp All artists need to warm up. Painters, actors, dancers, musicians, and writers must all...

Joan Marie Galat – Too Much Trash: How Litter Is Hurting Animals

November 4, 2022 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Joan Marie Galat. I recommended Joan’s newest book, Mortimer: Rat Race to Space already this week; today, this prolific author is here to discuss a nonfiction title that sounds amazing. Take it away, Joan! Did you know litter on...

This I Read Canadian Day, Blast Off with Mortimer: Rat Race to Space

November 1, 2022 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Tomorrow is I Read Canadian Day, the day we support Canada’s fabulous children’s bookmakers by reading a Canadian book for 15 minutes. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself wanting to read for more than 15 minutes – in fact, we encourage it! And if you want to read books by Canadian authors and illustrators...

Judy Ann Sadler: Inspiration All Around

October 21, 2022 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Judy Ann Sadler. Take it away, Judy Ann! I live in a village that remained mostly unchanged for a few decades. We were surrounded by corn fields and horse pastures and that suited us just fine. But then the...

Author: L. E. Carmichael