Portfolio and Awards
Cultural Studies
Strangers in the House:A Prairie Story of Bigotry and Belonging. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkley: Greystone, 2019. Published in French as Des inconnus sous mon toit: une histoire d’exclusion: les fracophones des Plaines, Translated by Michel Saint-Germain. Montreal: Les Édition Québec-Amérique, 2020.
A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkley: Greystone, 2012
Witch: the wild ride from wicked to Wicca. Vancouver: Greystone. Paris: Seuil, 2000. London: British Museum Press, 2001. 128 pp.
Beauty Queens. Vancouver: Greystone. New York: Abbeville, 1998. 132 pp. Cowgirls. Vancouver: Greystone. San Francisco: Ten Speed Press. London:
Bloomsbury, 1996. 134 pp.
Our Nell: a scrapbook biography of Nellie L. McClung. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1979. Also issued in mass-market paperback by Formac, 1985. 253 pp.
A Harvest Yet to Reap: a history of prairie women. Toronto: Women’s Press, 1976. Co- authored with Lorna and Linda Rasmussen and Anne Wheeler. 240 pp.
Foremothers: personalities and issues from the history of women in Saskatchewan. Privately published, 1975. 99 pp.
Natural History/Natural Science
Bees: nature’s little wonders. Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco: Greystone Books, 2008. 128 pp.
Crows: encounters with the wise guys of the avian world. Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco: Greystone Books; Montreal: Boreal [French], 2005. 113 pp.
Curious by Nature: one woman’s exploration of the natural world. Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco: Greystone Books, 2005. 184 pp.
Prairie: a natural history. Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco: Greystone Books, 2004. 308 pp.
Mother Nature: animal parents and their young. Vancouver: Greystone. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Saint-Lambert, Quebec: Edition Trecarre, 1997. 118 pp.
The Nature of Wolves. Vancouver: Greystone. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1996. 114 pp.
Bird Brains: the intelligence of ravens, crows, magpies and jays. Vancouver: Greystone. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Saint Lambert, Quebec: Editions du Trecarre, 1995. 134 pp.
Aurora: the mysterious northern lights. Vancouver: Greystone. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1994. Outrement, Quebec: Editions du Trecarre. (Also published in Japan). 144 pp.
Wild Cats. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1993. 159 pp.
Peregrine Falcons. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Britain: Robert Hale. Saint-Lambert, Edition Trecarre. Milan: Armenia Editore. Germany: Gerstenberg Hildesheim. 1992. 159 pp.
Grizzly Bears. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1990. Other editions as for Peregrine Falcons. 159 pp.
Wolves. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1988. Other editions as for Peregrine Falcons. 159 pp.
Eagles of North America. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1987. Also published in the United States by NorthWord. 127 pp.
The Wonder of Canadian Birds. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press; in French, Editions La Presse, 1985. 211 pp.
Wild Mammals of Western Canada. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. Co-authored with Arthur Savage. 209 pp.
Children’s Books
Crow Confidential: The Brainy Birds in Your Backyard [middle reader] In press. Always Beginning [picture book] In press.
Hello, Crow! with illustrator Chelsea O’Byrne. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkley: Greystone, 2019.
Wizards: an amazing journey through the last great Age of Magic. Vancouver: Greystone Books, Montreal: Edition Hurtubise HMH and Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2002. 80 pp.
Born To Be a Cowgirl: a spirited ride through the Old West. Vancouver: Greystone Books and San Francisco: Tricycle, 2001. 64 pp.
Eat Up! healthy food for a healthy Earth. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1992. Published in the U. S. by Firefly. 56 pp.
Get Growing! how the Earth feeds us. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1991. Published in the U. S. by Firefly. 56 pp.
Literary Awards and Honours
Winner, Matt Cohen Award in Celebration of a Writing Life, administered by theWriters’ Trust of Canada, 2022.
Winner, Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence, administered by the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, 2022.
Finalist, Prix amie des fransaskois, Assemblêe communautaire fransaskoise, 2022. Finalist, Saskatoon Book Award, Nonfiction Book Award and Book of the Year, 2020, for Strangers in the House.
Recipient, Meewasin Conservation Award, 2019
Winner, Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, 2012 for A Geography of Blood.
Winner, Book of the Year, Saskatoon Book Award and Nonfiction Book Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2013, for A Geography of Blood
Finalist, National Magazine Awards, 2010, for “Return of the Ferret,” Canadian Geographic, Dec. 2009
Inducted as Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society, 2014. As Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2010.
Recipient, Saskatchewan Eco Network Environmental Activist Award, 2009.
Finalist, Saskatchewan Book Award for Nonfiction, 2008, for Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders
Winner, Silver Medal, Nature category, Fore-Word magazine, 2008, for Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders.
Winner, Silver Medal, Animal/Pet category, Independent Publishers Awards, 2009, for Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders.
Finalist, Book of the Year, Nonfiction, and Saskatoon Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2005, for Crows: Encounters With the Wise Guys of the Avian World.
Winner, Nature Book of the Year, Fore-Word magazine, presented at BookExpo, Chicago, 2005, for Prairie: A Natural History
Winner, Book of the Year and Nonfiction Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2004, for Prairie: A Natural History
Finalist, Midwest Book Awards, USA, and IBBY Awards, USA, 2005 for Prairie: A Natural History
Norma Fleck Award Honour Book, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 2003, for Wizards
Winner, Children’s Literature Prize, Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2003, for Wizards
Finalist, Willow Awards, 2003, for Wizards
Finalist, Science in Society Book Awards, 2003, for Wizards
Our Choice Selection, Starred (Commended) Review, Canadian Children’s Book Center, 2003, for Wizards,and 2002, for Born To Be A Cowgirl
Norma Fleck Award Honour Book, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 2001, for Born To Be A Cowgirl