About Mary
I write nature/science magazine articles, books and television shows for children and adults. My most recent children's book is PLEASE DON'T WAKE THE ANIMALS (Peachtree Publishers 2008). This book is about the ways different kinds of animals sleep.
I've written more than a dozen children's science books and some 50 television documentaries for various series. I was nominated for an Emmy for my w... More
Mary's Blog: ThinkAboutWriting - Recent Posts
| 11/15/2016 | Great Review of My Books (0 Comments )
Lovely review of three of my books that came out this year: BABY ORCA, RATTLER, and ALIENS FROM EARTH. Thank you, Bill Ruehlmann, Norfolk Virginian Pilot Online. |
| 10/30/2016 | New Books (0 Comments )
 I'm pleased, happy, elated to have three new books this year: BABY ORCA , RATTLER and ALIENS FROM EARTH, about invasive species. Killer whales, rattlesnakes, invasive species. Nature is fascinating, beautiful, wondrous. |
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Books 1 - 4 of 20 from Mary's published works, View all 20 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. Hungry Plants (Step-into-Reading, Step 4) (Paperback) Author: Mary Batten Illustrator: Paul Mirocha Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers |
Ages 4-8 |
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| 39 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Wild Cats (Road to Reading) (Paperback) Author: Mary Batten Illustrator: Michael Langham Rowe Publisher: Golden Books |
Ages 4-8 |
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| 6 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Nature's Tricksters: Animals and Plants That Aren't What They Seem (Libr... Author: Mary Batten Illustrator: Lois Lovejoy Publisher: Sierra Club Juveniles |
Ages 4-8 |
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| 4. Discovery by Chance: Science and the Unexpected. (Hardcover) Author: Mary Batten Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls Co |
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Books 1 - 4 of 8 from Mary's bookshelf, View all 8 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. Sexual Strategies: How Females Choose Their Mates (Paperback) Author: Mary Batten Publisher: Backinprint.Com |
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| 2. Baby Wolf (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3) (Paperback) Author: Mary Batten Illustrator: Joellen McAllister Stammen Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap |
Ages 4-8 |
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| 16 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Wild Cats (Step into Reading) (Paperback) Author: Mary Batten Illustrator: Michael Langham Rowe Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers |
Ages 4-8 |
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| 4. Hungry Plants (Step-into-Reading, Step 4) (Paperback) Author: Mary Batten Illustrator: Paul Mirocha Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers |
Ages 4-8 |
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| Mary tagged as: I wrote | |||||
| 39 Reviews | |||||
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Comment by Ellen Myrick on 7/16/2008 at 11:12 AM:
Hi Mary!
Welcome to the coolest kid's books online community. I love Peachtree--it must be fun to work with such a dedicated and inspired group of people.
Ellen
Hi Mary!
Welcome to the coolest kid's books online community. I love Peachtree--it must be fun to work with such a dedicated and inspired group of people.
Ellen
Comment by Mary Batten on 7/13/2008 at 11:27 AM:
Thanks, Eric. Your art work is interesting.
Good luck with all your creative projects.
Thanks, Eric. Your art work is interesting.
Good luck with all your creative projects.
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