Hello!
In 2010-12, I am a featured speaker for the Inquiring Mind program at Humanities Washington. I'll be talking on Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic career, his reputation, and the the role of the hero in our culture. If you are in Washington State, click here to check out my program and those of more than two dozen other presenters.
My first book, EMPERORS OF THE ICE: A True Story Of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 won an Outstanding Science Trade Book Award from the National Science Teachers Association, and was awarded the 2009 Scandiuzzi Prize (the Washington State Book Award for Young Readers) - but is written to appeal to any reader between 12 and 112 with a love of death-defying adventure in cold places.
"An enthralling tale"
"Very few books truly deserve to be called spellbinding, but this book is one of those rare few. Even readers who do not care much for tales of action and adventure will find this book almost impossible to put down... Young readers - as well as their parents, teachers and librarians - will be captivated by this extraordinary book."
"Unforgettable"
EMPERORS is published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN: 978-0-374-31975-5. More information and reviews here.
I am working on several books. One is my first middle grade novel, A PLAGUE OF FROGS, which tells the story of Oliver Dreary, and how his obsession with amphibians causes mass panic (and other difficulties) in the exceptionally boring town of Dirtlefirkin.
In 2010-12, I am a featured speaker for the Inquiring Mind program at Humanities Washington. I'll be talking on Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic career, his reputation, and the the role of the hero in our culture. If you are in Washington State, click here to check out my program and those of more than two dozen other presenters.
My first book, EMPERORS OF THE ICE: A True Story Of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 won an Outstanding Science Trade Book Award from the National Science Teachers Association, and was awarded the 2009 Scandiuzzi Prize (the Washington State Book Award for Young Readers) - but is written to appeal to any reader between 12 and 112 with a love of death-defying adventure in cold places.
"An enthralling tale"
"Very few books truly deserve to be called spellbinding, but this book is one of those rare few. Even readers who do not care much for tales of action and adventure will find this book almost impossible to put down... Young readers - as well as their parents, teachers and librarians - will be captivated by this extraordinary book."
"Unforgettable"
EMPERORS is published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN: 978-0-374-31975-5. More information and reviews here.
I am working on several books. One is my first middle grade novel, A PLAGUE OF FROGS, which tells the story of Oliver Dreary, and how his obsession with amphibians causes mass panic (and other difficulties) in the exceptionally boring town of Dirtlefirkin.
Richard Farr
