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Nancy Carol Willis is an award-winning author and illustrator of natural science books, magazine articles, and educational materials for children and adults. In 1998 she founded the independent press, Birdsong Books, whose mission is to foster in children a delight in discovering our wild neighbors and natural habitats.

Her love of nature stems from a lifelong curiosity about everything that goes on in the woods, marshlands, seashores and pastures around her. She has experience in the care and rehabilitation of native birds, the study and banding of migratory shorebirds, and the maintenance of a release site for orphaned raccoons.

One day Nancy may help scientists catch and band migrating Red knots, then research information on watersheds for an educational poster. Next, she's off for a week-long nature journals residency with 5th graders.

"Getting kids excited about doing research is a piece of cake, once you awaken their natural curiosity about the world around them," says Nancy. "It gives me an excuse to remain a kid at heart."

Nancy Carol Willis is an award-winning author and illustrator of natural science books, magazine articles, and educational materials for children and adults. In 1998 she founded the independent press, Birdsong Books, whose mission is to foster in children a delight in discovering our wild neighbors and natural habitats. Her love of nature stems from a lifelong curiosity about everything that goe... More