Mary Beth Owens
MARY BETH OWENS (Newcastle, ME) is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books, among them Panda Whispers, Caribou Alphabet, Counting Cranes, and Be Blest: A Celebration of Seasons. She incorporates her passion for the natural world with her enthusiasm for children’s books and teaching art. Research trips have taken her to study caribou in northern Maine, whooping cranes in New Mexico and Texas, sea turtles in Antigua, and marsupials in Australia.
Mary Beth Owens
MARY BETH OWENS (Newcastle, ME) is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books, among them Panda Whispers, Caribou Alphabet, Counting Cranes, and Be Blest: A Celebration of Seasons. She incorporates her passion for the natural world with her enthusiasm for children’s books and teaching art. Research trips have taken her to study caribou in northern Maine, whooping cranes in New Mexico and Texas, sea turtles in Antigua, and marsupials in Australia.
Awards
Joint Winner — NCTE Notable Poetry List, 2020
Joint Winner — John Burroughs Association Riverby Award, 2020
Books by Mary Beth Owens
Hawksbill Promise: The Journey of an Endangered Sea Turtle
Mary Beth Owens
Hardback, 2019
There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the hatchlings—each weighing less...A Caribou Alphabet
Mary Beth Owens
Paperback, 2019
Hawksbill Promise: The Journey of an Endangered Sea Turtle
Mary Beth Owens
E Book, 2019
There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the hatchlings—each weighing less...A Caribou Alphabet
Mary Beth Owens
E Book, 2015