{"id":2421,"date":"2014-12-08T22:53:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T04:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2014-12-08T22:53:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T04:53:22","slug":"selsam-millicent-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/selsam-millicent-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Selsam, Millicent E."},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ae_table alignright\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2422 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bk_como.jpg\" alt=\"Como crecen los perritos\" width=\"130\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bk_como.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bk_como-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2423 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bk_egg.jpg\" alt=\"Egg to Chick\" width=\"119\" height=\"187\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2424 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bk_alph.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope, Bison, Cougar\" width=\"147\" height=\"125\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2425 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bk_track.jpg\" alt=\"Big Tracks, Little Tracks\" width=\"130\" height=\"108\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"text10pt\">Millicent Selsam was born May 30, 1912 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in biology and went on to receive a master&#8217;s degree in botany from Columbia University. She taught high school science before deciding to write science discovery books for children in 1946.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text10pt\">Her first book, <i>From Egg to Chick<\/i>, became a part of the Harper &amp; Row &#8220;I Can Read Science&#8221; series in 1970. Ms. Selsam went on to write over 100 children&#8217;s science trade books, many of which are still used extensively in today&#8217;s classrooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text10pt\">She also became a juvenile science editor for Walker &amp; Co., and worked on Isaac Asimov&#8217;s &#8220;How Did We Find Out&#8221; series. Selsam died in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ae-byline\">\u2014 Karen Ritz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millicent Selsam was born May 30, 1912 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in biology and went on to receive a master&#8217;s degree in botany from Columbia University. She taught high school science before deciding to write science discovery books for children in 1946. 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