Mary Morton Cowan, Children's Author

Home Books Magazines About Me Favorites Events Interviews FAQ To Schedule a Visit For Teachers Contact  Me	Welcome! I have a lot to share with you. I write books and magazine articles and stories.  CALLING ALL MIDDLE GRADE READERS!       Enjoy my latest adventure biography!
	a "rousing good story" Cyrus Field’s Big Dream: the Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable The riveting story of Cyrus Field’s dream to create instant communication between North America and Europe and his courage to pursue it, resulting in one of the greatest achievements of the nineteenth century. (Calkins Creek, Imprint of Highlights, September 2018) "Mary Morton Cowan brilliantly captures Cyrus's life and his steadfast determination to achieve his dream." A 2019 Best STEM Book A Junior Library Guild Selection
	Take a look at some of my magazine articles. There are more than 80 of them!  And two have been published as Readers' Theater books.

My earlier books are:

	Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer  (Calkins Creek, 2010) The adventurous life story of a man who explored and researched the Arctic and Subarctic and its peoples for nearly 50 years. Winner of  National Outdoor Book Award and other honors.
	Timberrr...A History of Logging in New England (Millbrook Press, 2003)          Winner of  Lupine Honor Award
	Ice Country: One Boy's Adventure in the Arctic with Commander Donald MacMillan (Cricketfield Press, Imprint of Picton Press, 1995. Softcover, 1997)