Pamela M. Hickman

Background

Pamela M. Hickman was born on December 4, 1958, in Ontario, Canada, to Melville Hunter, an Air Canada Express manager, and Marguerite Lee Hunter, a homemaker.

Education

In 1980, Pamela received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo.

Career

After her graduation, Pamela worked as a mosquito control technician in Edmonton and as a plant sciences technician in Vegreville at Alberta Environment.

Pamela began writing for children while working as an education coordinator for the Federation of Ontario Naturalists. Beginning her new career as a children's book author in the late 1980s, Hickman shares her love of nature with beginning readers in books such as Birds of Prey Rescue, Animals and Their Young: How Animals Produce and Care for Their Babies, and It's Moving Day, the last is a picture book pairing Hickman's simple text with colorful art by Geraldo Valério.

Achievements

• Pamela Hickman is the award-winning author of more than 35 children's nature books. Her bestselling informational picture book It's Moving Day! was shortlisted for the Blue Spruce Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and the Shining Willow Award.

Works

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  • Animals and Their Mates

    (Explores how various animals woo members of the opposite ...)

    2004
  • Plant Book

    (This informative guide provides a look at the many types ...)

    2000
  • The Night Book: Exploring Nature After Dark with Activities, Experiments and Information

    (A book filled with activities and experiments reveals fac...)

    1996
  • A New Frog

    (In a new addition to a nature series which features inter...)

    1999
  • At the Seashore

    (Discusses the plants and animals found on sandy beaches a...)

    1996
  • Animals and Their Young

    (Whether by giving birth, protecting their young or teachi...)

    2001
  • Hungry Animals

    (Cumulative verses introduce information on how the animal...)

    1997
  • A New Duck

    (In A New Duck, Paul visits a city park through the season...)

    1999
  • Habitats: Making Homes for Animals and Plants

    (Includes directions for creating temporary habitats indoo...)

    1993
  • A Seed Grows

    (Cumulative verses introduce information on how a watermel...)

    1997
  • Bugwise: Thirty Incredible Insect Investigations and Arachnid Activities

    (Fascinating facts and exciting experiments to keep kids b...)

    1990
  • Animal Senses

    (Introduces how such animals as frogs, bats, butterflies, ...)

    1998
  • How Animals Eat

    (Describes how such animals as vultures, giraffes, birds, ...)

    2007
  • It's Moving Day!

    (An engaging and informative introduction to woodland anim...)

    2008
  • Birds of Prey Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife

    (Birds of prey (raptors) have been admired by humans for t...)

    2006
  • How Animals Move

    (What would it be like to run faster than a car? A cheetah...)

    2007
  • Turtle Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife 2005
  • Wetlands 1993
  • Jumbo Book of Nature Science 1996
  • In the Woods 1998
  • Animals Hibernating 2005

Views

Active in environmental issues that draw on her lifelong interest in the biological sciences, Pamela Hickman specializes in introducing young readers to the world of plants and animals. Many of Hickman's books focus specifically on the ecosystems native to Canada.

Quotations: "One of the most rewarding aspects of being a writer of nonfiction nature books for children is that I learn so much as I do my research. I also love the fact that I can go out birdwatching or down to the seashore, walk in the woods, or stroll through a meadow and still be working! Everything I see, smell, touch, taste, and hear can become part of a book. I find it much easier to write about something I have experienced firsthand."

"My main motivation for writing is to share my love and enthusiasm for nature with my readers, and I hope to kindle a similar lifelong joy in them."

Membership

Pamela was a member of the World Wildlife Fund, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Writers Federation of Nova Scotia, and Federation of Ontario Naturalists.

Interests

• gardening, camping, reading, travel

Connections

On June 27, 1981, Pamela married R. Douglas Hickman, an environmental consultant. They have three children: Angela Lindsey, Connie Marie and Jennifer Lee.

Father:

Melville Hunter

Mother:

Marguerite Lee Hunter

child:

Angela Lindsey Hickman

child:

Connie Marie Hickman

child:

Jennifer Lee Hickman

husband:

R. Douglas Hickman

References

• Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the worlds most-popular authors.
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