Melissa Hart with Bodhi, a juvenile Barred owl.

For information on Melissa's young adult and picture book manuscripts, please contact Caryn Wiseman of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

 

Melissa writes resource books for Teacher Created Resources.  Here are some of her favorites that you might enjoy:

101 Ways to Love a Book

Mind Twisters

Exploring Ocean Life

A Guide for Using Carl Hiaasen's Hoot in the Classroom

Melissa loves to hear from young readers and writers.  Feel free to e-mail her!

Melissa Hart is a long-time volunteer at Eugene's Cascades Raptor Center--a non-profit nature facility and wildlife hospital specializing in birds of prey.  Visitors are welcome from 10 AM to 6 PM, Tuesday through Sunday.

Did you know that such centers exist all over the country?  Here are just a few that you can visit:

Alaska Raptor Center
World Center for Birds of Prey
Carolina Raptor Center
Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota

You can find others by typing the name of your state and the words "raptor center" into your favorite search engine.

Melissa cares for and helps to glove-train education birds--CRC's permanent residents--so that you can meet them nose-to-beak!

Here are some of Melissa's published articles on raptors:

Want to know the rewards of learning to glove-train a Great-horned owl?  Read all about it at "The Owl and I," from High Country News.

Find out why burrowing owls are so popular at
"Voted Most Likely to Succeed," from Orion.

Discover why busy adults spend hours each week volunteering to clean up hawk pool at "Helping Hands to Injured Birds of Prey" from The Christian Science Monitor.

Learn about the woman who gave up a career in international finance to feed baby owls at 2 AM in "For the Love of Raptors"

Get inspired to volunteer at your favorite non-profit at "When Giving Back Gives Even More"