Description: "Environmental scientist Ferin Anderson and author Stephanie Sammartino McPherson examine how Indigenous people, farmers, and forestry departments have used fire to manage resources and how climate change is impacting the future of fire"--
Brief description: Stephanie Sammartino McPherson wrote her first children's story in college. She enjoyed the process so much that she's never stopped writing. A former teacher and freelance newspaper writer, she has written more than thirty books and numerous magazine stories. Her recent books include Hothouse Earth: The Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality, winner of the Green Earth Book Award for young adult nonfiction, and Breakthrough: Katalin Karikó and the mRNA Vaccine. Stephanie and her husband, Richard, live in Virginia.
Review Quotes:
"Advocacy for Indigenous fire-management practices, a thorough account of wildfire science, information on firefighting--and a blazing black-and-orange color scheme--make this book a hot ticket. . . Skillfully introduces the complex story of wildfires, Indigenous knowledge, and climate change."--Kirkus Reviews
-- (2/12/2024 12:00:00 AM)