Dr. Ruthy Ballard is a children’s books author, folk artist, and geneticist on a mission to build scientific literacy in children. With a focus on middle grade readers, she writes science-rich stories and creates colorful art to lure even the most science-shy youngsters and show them how fascinating and accessible science really is.
Kids need science, we all need science, to solve the global problems we face. Dr. Ballard’s award-winning work entertains while educating, empowering the next generation to survive, thrive, and lead in a rapidly changing world.
Gift of Passion
An alarming family secret leads an adventurous girl into a world of witch doctors, child-eating lions, and an intragalactic submarine escapade in this delightful middle grade portal fantasy.
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Gift of Fantasy
Frankie Russo doesn’t brood about the past or worry about the future. He lives in the present moment, frolicking in a world of make-believe that drives his high-achieving parents crazy. They have lofty ambitions for him, but Frankie has no interest. He prefers to flip helium burgers on Jupiter or rule a kingdom of mermen in the Caspian Sea, up inside his head, where all the fun is.
Frankie’s parents nag him endlessly, worried he’ll come to nothing. But all that changes when he disappears through a mysterious crack in his bedroom ceiling and finds himself on a distant, two-mooned planet called Urth.
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Tales by Moonlight
Margie and her younger brother are snatched from their beds by an evil sorceress who whisks them off to her castle far, far away. Where are they and how will they get home? Can Margie, with her clever, logical mind figure it out?
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