Jennifer Ward is an American children's picture book author. Many of her books focus on the Southwestern United States

United States

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; most are inspired by nature

Nature

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. Ward has a B.A. in education

Education

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 from the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

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Her books have received an American Booksellers Association Book Sense Summer Pick, a Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Award for Best Children's Picture Book, a Parents' Choice Award, a Governor's Selection for the states of New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 and Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, and Grand Canyon Reader Award honors.

External links

• Author's web site