Toni Albert, M.Ed., is an award-winning author of 42 books. Many of her books are about endangered wildlife and endangered wild lands and reflect her deep concern for the environment. She is the owner of Trickle Creek Books, which is committed to teaching kids to care for the Earth. "All of our books are designed to motivate children to listen to, learn from, and love the world of nature. We believe that children who learn to love our Earth today will protect it tomorrow." Albert's books are meticulously researched, packed with hands-on activities and fascinating information, and perfect for use in the classroom, as well as in school yards and backyards."Albert is nationally recognized for her many literary contributions that serve to enlighten and educate children and adults alike regarding environmental concerns." ForeWord magazine. . . .Her book, The Remarkable Rainforest, provides a complete curriculum for teachers and children to learn about the ecology and the ongoing destruction of priceless tropical forests. A "sister book," The Incredible Coral Reef, teaches children about another sadly threatened ecosystem, the dazzling coral reefs. Saving the Rain Forest with Cammie and Cooper is a picture book written for young children. With the help of a handsome, talkative parrot called Sunflower, Cammie and Cooper have a remarkable adventure.To write these books, Albert and her husband Bob spent weeks exploring rainforests in Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Peru, and Grenada. Her "Rainforest Journal" is included in The Remarkable Rainforest. Her chronicles of everyday adventures deep in the rainforests make the plight of rainforests and the animals and people who live there more real to children.To write The Incredible Coral Reef, Albert did underwater research at Grand Cayman, Belize, and Mexico where coral reefs are thriving communities as complex as underwater cities. Her "Reef Report" includes her experience of swimming with sting rays in the open ocean. In four EcoJournals, one for each season, she shows children how to explore nature in their own backyards, school yards, or city parks. In A Kid's Spring EcoJournal, she wrote:"If you looked -- really looked -- at the same tree every day for a year, you would learn to love that tree like a friend. You would enjoy every big event in the life of the tree: the appearance of flowers, fruit, seeds, or nuts; a nesting bird; a wind-broken branch; the coloring of leaves in the fall. And you would teach yourself to notice every small change: the loosening of a tightly furled bud, mildew on a leaf, drops of sticky sap attracting insects, squirrel scratches on a branch. The more you get to know about a tree or a trail or your backyard, the more you will care about it. You'll not only become skilled at observing, but you'll be a better conservationist."To write this series of books, Albert walked through the woods surrounding her home, along a little creek (Trickle Creek), and around a large pond everyday for a year with a notebook in her hand. She was teaching herself to be more and more observant of the tiny changes that occur as the seasons advance. "That year of being so connected to nature was one of the most peaceful of my life!"Her book, I Heard the Willow Weep, is a child's primer on the state of the environment. Written in 2000, it was dedicated as Trickle Creek Book's "small contribution to the world's thought for the new millennium."Albert's newest book, Busy with Bugs, presents 160 extremely interesting things to do with bugs. It is the winner of a National Best Books Award in the Children's Educational category, sponsored by USA Book News. Albert is a lifelong bug watcher who stops in her tracks to study an interesting insect. From childhood, she has single-handedly rescued and released uncounted insects and spiders that strayed indoors.Toni Albert lives on twenty acres of Pennsylvania woodland with her husband Bob, their dog Jazzy (a "sugar fox," actual breed unknown), and Maggie May, the orange cat.