Book Description
A collection of the best fantasy prose written in 2004, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of SF's most respected editors.

About the Author
Karen Haber is a respected journalist and an accomplished fiction writer; her short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Full Spectrum 2, and Women of Darkness. The J.R.R. Tolkien tribute volume that she edited, Meditations on Middle Earth-a collection of essays by some of fantasy's best-known writers-was nominated for the prestigious Hugo Award. Most recently, she edited Exploring the Matrix, a collection of essays by some of science fiction's top writers that examine the popular film series. Jonathan Strahan is the award-winning editor of The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series, co-founder and editor of Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and publisher of The Coode Street Press. He has won the Australian National Science Fiction Achievement Award on several occasions and is the recipient of the William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review. He is the Reviews Editor for Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field, and is co-editor of The Locus Awards: 30 Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

ANNOTATION

****MARION--PLEASE DELETE COPY****The Galapagos tortoise can live to be 200 years old if nothing harms it, yet it is an endangered species. This book introduces children to the fascinating lives and challenges of endangered species from the unique perspective of an 11-year-old author. 30 realistic color illustrations enhance the engaging text.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This book is an impressive children's picture book . . . impressive because it was (very well) written by an eleven-year-old girl . . .Lavish illustrations by Marshall Peck clarify for children what the species look like as well as what their living environment is like.

This book achieves the difficult goal of providing education through entertainment. The author makes a complicated issue accesible to young children and, in turn, sparks possible continued interest in a critical world issue.

FROM THE CRITICS

Children's Literature - Debra Briatico