Some other titles:
Pipaluk & the Whales (National Geographic)
Mort the Sport (Orchard) (On the list of top 10 Children's Sport's Books '00)
The Animal Rescue Club (Harper Collins)
Mort the Sport (Orchard)
Ibis, A True Whale Story (Scholastic) (ABC Award)
Buzby (Harper Collins)
Buzby To The Rescue (Harper Collins)
The Ups & Downs of Simpson Snail (E.P. Dutton)
Check your local bookstores or have a look at the ordering options below
From the Nature Upclose series (Children's Press):
Have you ever wondered how some of nature's smallest creatures spend their days and nights? Here's your chance to take a scientifically accurate peek at the world from their point of view. In each book, the striking watercolor illustrations and lively storyline follow a small plant or animal as it hunts for food, faces its enemies & interacts with humans.
Nature Upclose Titles:
A Monarch Butterfly's Life (sample pictures)
A Pillbug's Life
A Luna Moth's Life (sample pictures)
A Woodfrog's Life (sample pictures)
A Ladybug's Life
A Dandelion's Life
A Salamander's Life (sample pictures)
A Slug's Life
A House Spider's Life
A Hummingbird's Life
An Earthworm's Life
A Mouse's Life
A Mealworm's Life
Last updated 12/09
FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC!
Pipaluk had never seen so many whales. There were thousands of them - all trapped in a narrow opening in the ice. For centuries the whales had provided food for the people of her villiage. Now the whales needed their help.
Based on a true story, Pipaluk and the Whales shows the great lengths to which people will go to save the lives of their wild neighbors.
About me:
I am a children's book/natural history author and illustrator, & have written & illustrated over 60 books since 1981. I'm also a "freelance" naturalist who leads trips and writes the occasional article for magazines. (And I play around with recording music, too). I live in the rural town of Killingworth in Connecticut. My wife, Betsy, is an artist and High School Art Teacher. My son, Jeff, is an artist and graduated from the School of Visual Arts. My daughter Liz lives in Philly and attends the University of the Arts - pursuing a career in comedy. For more information, and pictures, go to "JH's BIO".
Discovering Moths,
published by Downeast Books
This one's for adults and is filled with photos, stories and drawings of
some of my favorite bugs.
Click on cover for more info and sample pages.
Based on a real life groups of kids who rescued orphaned and injured wildlife.
2003 CT BOOK AWARD Finalist
in Best Children's Book Author Category
2003 CT BOOK AWARD Finalist
in Best Non Fiction Category
Spring 2004
Frog in a Bog
Charlesbridge Press
Peek into a unique environment packed with frogs, bugs, birds, and more. From crickets to muskrats, pitcher plants to moss, take an up-close look at life in a typical North American bog.
"EDITOR'S
CHOICE!"
Science Books
& Film
Mouse in a Meadow came out Spring 2005. It starts off with a Meadow Vole nibbling on nutsedge and leads us through a meadow filled with challenges and wildlife.
As with Frog in a Bog, a field guide in back of the book encourages the reader to revisit the habitat to find what is hidden.
Some more available Children's Books:
Spring 2006
Discovering Amphibians
Frogs and Salamanders of the Northeast
Downeast Books
Stories, photos, and drawings covering the 'phibs in this area, and some of my adventures in seeking them out.
Order from
Author stalking his quarry for the book.
Fall '06
Chickens to the Rescue
Henry Holt Publishers
Also out Spring 2006
Tudley Didn't Know
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Tudley does some unbelievable things because he doesn't know he can't.
Read these reviews: Booklist, School Library Journal, Front Street Books, Children's Book Reviews
Visit SDP's website here for more information
ABA's "Book Sense 2006 Autumn Children's Picks" List
Number 4 on their Top Ten list!
The reviews are in!
B o ok o r d e r i n g i n f o r m a t i o n a t b o t t o m o f p a g e
School Library Journal's...
"The Best Books of 2006" List!
American Booksellers Association
"Book Sense Winter Children's Picks"
"There are several examples in the book which stand alone as essays to be read and re-read, but the book itself is a treasure which won't stay on the shelf very long." -- The Courier-Gazette, Rockland, Maine
A Fall Junior Library Guild Selection!
My son Jeff Himmelman is an artist, too. His painting just took the Juror's Award at a fantasy art convention (Gen Con). Click on the thumbnail to the right so see a larger image.
Eight years in the making... I teamed up with wildlife artist, and friend, Michael DiGiorgio for this project. The book covers 72 species of crickets and katydids found in eastern North America from Canada to Delaware (most are also found south to Florida). DiGiorgio created the plates; I provided the words, and we both captured the recordings of their calls for the accompanying CD (narrated by Kate Davis).
Starred Review in Publishers Weekly! *click to read*
School Library Journal's Review!
Wall Street Journal Review!
"Where the ocean laps up against
the beach, there is a community
of diverse sea creatures that live together,
from the sea star hunting for clams to the
moon snail laying its eggs in the sand.
John Himmelman's beautiful watercolor
paintings illustrate the delicate balance that
exists at the seashore." (from the jacket)
More here.
A Daddy Longlegs Isn't a Spider
Written by Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by John Himmelman
Windward Publishing
Autumn 2009
Just Out!
Summer
'09
Farmer Greenstalk and his family have the darnedest luck. Broken-down tractors, kites stuck in trees--they're always having problems! It's a good thing they have such helpful farm animals on hand.
This time around, the pigs want to pitch in, and, boy, do they ever! The Greenstalks soon find, though, that life might just be a little easier without their help.
A Junior Library Guild Selection!
Published by Henry Holt
“Written with a minimum of fuss and illustrated with comic delight, this picture book from the To the Rescue series offers plenty of laughs for the read-aloud crowd.”—Booklist
