Sally M. Walker facts for kids

Sally Macart Walker (born 1956) is an American author who writes non-fiction books for kids and young adults. She is famous for writing about science topics. For example, she wrote Mystery Fish: Secrets of the Coelacanth (2005) and Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (2009). Sally Walker also writes books in both Spanish and English, like La Luz/Light (2007) and La Electricidad/Electricity (2007). Sometimes, she is also known as Sally Fleming.

About Sally Walker's Life

Sally Walker was born in New Jersey in 1956. Today, she lives in DeKalb, Illinois. In 1974, she married James Walker, who studies rocks. They have two children. Sally Walker earned her college degree from Upsala College in 1975. She enjoys hiking, reading, cooking, and gardening in her free time. She is also a member of groups like the International Reading Association.

Sally Walker's Career as an Author

Before becoming a full-time author, Sally Walker worked with children's books in other ways. She bought children's books for Junction Book Store in DeKalb, IL, from 1988 to 1994. She also worked as a children's book expert for Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville, IL. For a while, she taught at Northern Illinois University.

In 2006, her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley won a special award called the Sibert Medal. This award is given to the best non-fiction book for children.

Selected Books by Sally Walker

Sally Walker has written many books for young readers. Here are some of her well-known works:

• Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan's Anishinaabe Sharpshooters (2019)
• Champion (2018)
• Sinking the Sultana (2017)
• Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh (2015)
• Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation (2014)
• Ghost Walls: The Story of a 17th-Century Colonial Homestead (2014)
• Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown (2012)
• Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 (2011)
• Druscilla's Halloween (2009)
• Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (2009)
• Mosquitoes (2008)
• Jaguars (2008)
• The Search for Antarctic Dinosaurs (2008)
• La Electricidad/Electricity (2007)
• El Calor/ Heat (2007)
• La Luz/Light (2007)
• El Magnetismo/Magnetism (2007)
• Caves (2007)
• Glaciers (2007)
• Reefs (2007)
• La Materia/Matter (2007)
• El Sonido/Sound (2007)
• Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H. L. Hunley (2006)
• Minerals (2006)
• Soil (2006)
• Fossils (2006)
• Rocks (2006)
• Sound (2005)
• Electricity (2005)
• Planos Inclinados/Inclined Planes And Wedges (2005)
• Palancas/Levers (2005)
• Tornillos/Screws (2005)
• Poleas/Pulleys (2005)
• Ruedas Y Ejes/Wheels And Axles (2005)
• Trabajo/Work (2005)
• Jackie Robinson (2005)
• Matter (2005)
• Mystery Fish: Secrets Of The Coelacanth (2005)
• Heat (2005)
• Crocodiles (2003)
• Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly (2003)
• Life in an Estuary: The Chesapeake Bay (2002)
• Rays (2002)
• Jackie Robinson (2002)
• Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth (2002)
• Sea Horses's Surprise (2001)
• Work (2001)
• Levers (2001)
• Wheels and Axles (2001)
• Pulleys (2001)
• Inclined Planes and Wedges (2001)
• Screws (2001)
• Seahorse Reef: A Story of the South Pacific (2001)
• Fireflies (2001)
• Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter (2000)
• Manatees (1999)
• Dolphins (1999)
• Sea Horses (1998)
• The 18 Penny Goose (1998)
• Hippos (1997)
• Opossum at Sycamore Road, Micro Book (1997)
• Opossum at Sycamore Road (1997)
• Rhinos (1996)
• "Space Bucks" Official Secrets and Solutions (1996)
• Earthquakes (1996)
• Volcanoes: Earth's Inner Fire (1994)
• Water Up, Water Down: The Hydrologic Cycle (1992)
• Born Near the Earth's Surface: Sedimentary Rocks (1991)
• Glaciers: Ice on the Move (1990)
• Secrets of a Civil War Submarine (1990)