Mary Morton Cowan, Children's Author

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Welcome to my neck of the woods!

My name is Mary Morton Cowan, and I write for children. I have a lot to share with you – about being a children's author, about my writing, and about me. Feel free to browse through my site.

Mary in parka

But first, are you ready for the Arctic?
My latest book is real COOL!!!
Cold, actually!

“It reads like a novel!”
Kirsten Cappy, Children's Book Consultant, Curious City

“This beautifully designed book packs a punch—”*

“lots of fascinating anecdotes—”*

“—ideal for either school reports or pleasure reading”*

CALLING ALL READERS, ages 10 and older!

Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer is the adventurous life story of a man who explored and researched the eastern Arctic and Subarctic and its peoples for nearly 50 years.

(Calkins Creek, Imprint of Boyds Mills Press, March 2010

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Winner, 2010 National Outdoor Book Award, Children's category.

Winner of a 2010 Honor Book Award from the Society of School Librarians International (SSLI), Social Studies—Grades 7-12 category.

2010 John Burroughs Association List of Outstanding Nature Books for Young Readers. John Burroughs Association Seal

Bank Street College, Best Children's Books of the Year, 2011 Edition. Special Interests: Biography.

Recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.

Captain Mac Events

Praise for Captain Mac

Captain Mac Interviews

My two earlier books are:

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)

Site updated January 2012

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