Caroline Scheaffer Arnold
Nonfiction children's author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caroline Arnold (née Scheaffer; born May 16, 1944[1][2]) is an American author of 170 books for children as well as an artist and the illustrator of many of her books. Her books primarily cover nonfiction topics such as animals, dinosaurs, human history and culturally notable places.[3] She writes for ages ranging from preschool to middle school.[3]
Her first book, published in 1980, was Five Nests (EP Dutton).[2][3] This illustrated picture book describes the parenting behaviors of five different species of birds. Later that same year she published Electric Fish (Morrow Junior Books).[2] Since then she has published more than 160 books. Most of her books are colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture books about natural science and social science topics. Some books are board books for very young children, and some are chapter books for older readers. Her fiction books include My Friend From Outer Space (Franklin Watts, 1981); The Terrible Hodag (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989), The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers (Boyds Mills Press, 2006), and Wiggle and Waggle (Charlesbridge, 2007).[2][4][5]
Caroline Arnold’s books have been translated into German, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish. She has won numerous awards for her writing.[2]