Laurie Winn Carlson

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Quick Links Read about Laurie's chickens, in "Laying the Foundation," in the Spokesman-Review Check out Field & Feast, the magazine of food, agriculture, & health Read "Cattle & Women" in Washington State Magazine E-mail the Author Authors Guild

Kids' Books Coming Soon! For young Thomas Edison fans, a book packed with information about his life, ideas, and inventions. Includes photos and projects for hands-on activities young inventors and thinkers will enjoy. Thomas Edison for Kids--His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities (Chicago Review Press, $14.95 February, 2006) Green Thumbs: A Kids Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening   More Than Moccasins: Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life   Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome

Selected Works Thomas Edison for Kids A biography with activities and experiments for young readers. Chicago Review Press, 2006. History On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain Mission The lives of the first six white women--missionaries--to cross the Rocky Mountains in the 1830s. Seduced by the West: Jefferson’s America and the Lure of the Land Beyond the Mississippi A provocative look at the nation and personalities surrounding the Lewis and Clark era. History/Science A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials “innovative... impressive... persuasive” --Publishers Weekly Cattle: An Informal Social History The curious and wonderful story of the animal that changed human history. University of Missouri Press, June 2005. NEW! William J. Spillman and the Birth of Agricultural Economics

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