As a kid, Tom Birdseye was┬аdecidedly uninterested in writingтАФor any academic aspect of school, for that matterтАФnever imagining that he would eventually become a published author.┬аAnd yet, nineteen titles laterтАФnovels, picture books, and nonfictionтАФthat is exactly what has happened. His work has┬аbeen recognized for its excellence by the International Reading Association, ChildrenтАЩs Book Council, National Council of Social Studies, Society of School Librarians International,┬аOregon Library Association, and Oregon Reading Association,┬аamong others. Combined, his books have either won or been finalists for state childrenтАЩs choice awards┬аforty-three times.┬аLife, it seems, is full of whoтАЩd-a-thought-its.┬аHe lives and writes in Corvallis, Oregon, but launches mountaineering expeditions to his beloved Cascades on a regular basis.┬а