Maria Gianferrari
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Maria Gianferrari

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Maria Gianferrari is a community scientist, self-taught naturalist and bird nerd who holds an M.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in English. She is the author of narrative nonfiction picture books which celebrate urban ecosystems, the natural world and our wild neighbors including Bobcat Prowling, Whoo-Ku Haiku, Hawk Rising and Coyote Moon. She also writes engaging expository nonfiction such as Be a Tree!, Terrific Tongues and Play Like an Animal to inspire young readers with fascinating STEM stuff. Maria’s forthcoming nature titles include You and the Bowerbird, Thank a Farmer and Fungi Grow as well as her first book of poetry, Ice Cycle: Poems About the Life of Ice. As a lover of dogs, Maria’s fiction picture books star dogs as main characters and explore the human-canine bond. Titles include Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness, Hello Goodbye Dog, Operation Rescue Dog, Officer Katz and Houndini, the Penny & Jelly books and the forthcoming, To Dogs With Love. To learn more about Maria, visit her website: mariagianferrari.com. I am represented by the amazing Ammi-Joan Paquette of Erin Murphy Literary Agency, and these are my books: *Penny & Jelly: The School Show, illustrated by Thyra Heder (HMH/2015) *Penny & Jelly Slumber Under the Stars, illustrated by Thyra Heder (HMH/2016) *Coyote Moon, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Roaring Brook Press/2016) *Officer Katz & Houndini, illustrated by Danny Chatzikonstantinou (Aladdin/2016) *Hello Goodbye Dog, illustrated by Patrice Barton (Roaring Brook Press/2017) *Terrific Tongues, illustrated by Jia Liu (Boyds Mills Press/2018) *Hawk Rising, illustrated by Brian Floca (Roaring Brook Press/2018) *Operation Rescue Dog, illustrated by Luisa Uribe (Little Bee/2018) *Whoo-Ku Haiku, illustrated by Jonathan D. Voss (GP Putnam's Sons/2020 *Play Like an Animal, illustrated by Mia Powell (Millbrook Press/2020) *Be a Tree!, illustrated by Felicita Sala (Abrams/2021) *Bobcat Prowling, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Roaring Brook Press/2022) *Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness, illustrated by Pete Oswald (HarperCollins/2022) & a companion book, Being a Cat (Winter 2023) *Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice, illustrated by Jieting Chen (Lerner/2022) *Being a Cat: A Tail of Curiosity, illustrated by Pete Oswald (HarperCollins/2023) *You and the Bowerbird, illustrated by Maris Wicks (Roaring Brook/2023) *Thank a Farmer, illustrated by Monica Mikai (Norton/2023) *Fungi Grow, illustrated by Diana Sudyka (Beach Lane/2023) *To Dogs, with Love, illustrated by Ishaa Lobo (Roaring Brook/2023) *Rain and the Reading Horse, illustrated by Hannah Salyer (Clarion/2024) To learn more, please visit my website: mariagianferrari.com You can also visit Penny & Jelly's website: pennyandjelly.com Instagram: @maria_gianferrari_author Twitter: Gianferrari_M
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