"Mellie joins other Science Club members for the Great Pollinator Count and discovers the value of teamwork in community science"--

Susan Edwards Richmond is the author of Bioblitz! Counting Critters and Bird Count, winner of the Parent’s Choice Silver Award and the International Literacy Association’s Primary Fiction Award. A passionate birder and naturalist, Susan teaches preschool on a farm and wildlife sanctuary in eastern Massachusetts. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis, and is an award-winning poet with five collections of nature-based poetry for adults. She is happiest exploring natural habitats with her husband and two daughters.
Stephanie Fizer Coleman is an illustrator and freelance designer. She has created the art for more than fifty children’s books and loves drawing animals. Stephanie lives and works in West Virginia.