ABOUT MARY MORTON COWAN
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My biography, CYRUS FIELD’S BIG DREAM: THE DARING EFFORT TO LAY THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE, is a NSTA Best STEM Book and a Junior Library Guild selection. My earlier biography, CAPTAIN MAC: THE LIFE OF DONALD BAXTER MACMILLAN, ARCTIC EXPLORER, won a National Outdoor Book Award and other honors, and was a finalist in the 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, New England Region.
I was awarded an SCBWI work-in-progress grant to write TIMBERRR…A HISTORY OF LOGGING IN NEW ENGLAND, which won Maine Library Association’s Lupine Honor Award. Other published works include a historical novel, ICE COUNTRY, and nearly 100 articles, stories and activities in children’s magazines. Several have been reprinted in textbooks, anthologies, reading comprehension programs, and a few are online. Two are published as Readers’ Theater books by Rosen Publishing.
In 2015, I won a NESCBWI Critique Scholarship Award for a picture book manuscript. I live in Maine.
PUBLICATIONS - View in Bookstore
- Books
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CYRUS FIELD’S BIG DREAM: The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Calkins Creek (Highlights)
2018
- Magazine Articles
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Two articles: Fannie Farmer, Mother of Level Measurements; Famous Food Origins
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Cobblestone
2020
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Two articles: Timber!; From Fish to Furs
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Cobblestone
2019
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Two Articles: Young John Muir; John and Louie
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Cobblestone
2018
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Three articles: Famous Physician; Free Medical Advice; Father of American Psychiatry
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Cobblestone
2018
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Two articles: Let's Visit an Amphitheater; Apollo and the Laurel Tree
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Faces
2017
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Ransom for a King
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Dig Into History
2016
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Two articles: A Symbol of Power; White Horse Hill
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Dig Into History
2015
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Make Your Own Talking Drum
(Article)
Faces
2013
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Seeing Is Believing
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Cobblestone
2011
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The Ninth Door: a retold tale
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Faces
2010
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Legend of the Moccasin Flower: an Ojibwe Tale
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Faces
2010
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Four articles: Call of the Arctic; Peary vs Cook; Field Day on the Ice; Forward, MARCH!
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Cobblestone
2009
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Fetching Summer: A Mi'kmaq Folktale
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Faces
2009
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Women Will Vote! (a play in 4 scenes)
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Faces
2008
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Navigating by the Stars: Make a Cross-Staff and Find Your Latitude
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Calliope
2007
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A Passion for Horses
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Cobblestone
2006
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It’s a Big, BIG World
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Faces
2005
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To Show the World
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Cobblestone
2005
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Wilderness War Time Line
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Cobblestone
2005
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Destination: the Arctic
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Highlights for Children
2004
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Two articles: A Walk in the Woods; Make A Suncatcher
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AppleSeeds
2003
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Bringin’ In the Drive
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Highlights for Children
2003
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Two articles: Legacy of a Queen; Christmas, Victorian Style
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Calliope
2003
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Zohra and the Gazelles: a Moroccan folktale
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Faces
2001
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Minoan Art: An Ancient Triumph
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Calliope
2000
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An Ancient Disk’s Secret Message
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Highlights for Children
2000
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Spring Camp at Grise Fiord
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Faces
1999
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I Will Become A Monk
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Calliope
1999
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Let’s Take A Hike
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AppleSeeds
1999
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What Animal Year Is It? Fun with a Chinese Calendar
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Faces
1998
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Two articles: The Prince and the Bird Maiden, A Serbian Folktale; Decorate Clothing with Embroidery
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Faces
1998
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High-Flying Facts: Landmark Moments in the History of the American Flag
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Cobblestone
1997
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Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
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Cobblestone
1996
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Can You Write the Gettysburg Address?
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Cobblestone
1994
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Shopping in Senegal
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Faces
1994
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A ‘Cool’ Inventor: A Play in Three Scenes
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Cobblestone
1992
