 writer.
Even more importantly, I wanted to be
a writer who traveled-who visited
remote regions far from New York City
and came back to tell about it. I
needed to see what the far corners of
the world looked like: African
savannas, the mountains of New Guinea,
tropical rainforests. And then I
needed to find out if my writing
ability allowed me to capture some of
the beauty and mystery of those
untamed corners of our ever-shrinking
world.
These were my dreams as a child, and I've
been lucky enough to live them. As a writer,
and just for the fun of it, I've gotten to
visit Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Peru,
Chile, Papua New Guinea, and many other
lands. While traveling, I've gained a new respect
for the explorers who visited far-off places
in years past, during far riskier and
adventurous times. In my new picture book for
children, BIG AND NOISY SIMON, I send my hero
off to Africa, just as I did as a kid. My new
book, A Gathering of
Wonders, describes the fascinating
(and often life-threatening) efforts by
the researchers at New York's great
I've never lost one part of my New York
upbringing: A love of baseball, and
especially baseball history. I went to my
first game in 1964, at Shea Stadium, and a
highlight of my life will always be the
Amazin' Mets' unlikely 1969 World Series
championship. That spectacular Series is just
one of a century's-worth of Fall Classics
that I describe and discuss in my new
baseball book, WORLD SERIES: An
Opinionated Chronicle. I think my love of
the game and its past also shows through in
my other baseball books (THE BASEBALL
ANTHOLOGY, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF BASEBALL). Today, I live north of New York City with
my family, not far from where I grew up.
(Yankee country.) I'm still an avid baseball
fan, and I still love to travel - Panama was
a recent destination. I'll fill you in about
my latest adventures as soon as I
can. Thanks! Maybe I'll see you at the game or on the road.
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Bibliography A Gathering of Wonders
Baseball: 100 Classic Moments in the
History of the Game
The Autobiography of Baseball
The American Museum of Natural History's
Book of Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Creatures
The Baseball Anthology
The Audubon Guide to Dinosaurs
Coral Reefs: Exploring the World Below
The Complete Book of the Dinosaur
The Arctic
The Deep Sea
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaur
CHILDREN'S BOOKS Big and Noisy Simon
Turning Point Inventions: The Camera
Turning Point Inventions: The Lightbulb
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