Carmen Oliver is a children's author whose books include Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies. Born in Canada, she now lives outside Austin, Texas.

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KATY DOCKRILL is an honors graduate from Ontario College of Art and Design. Her fresh brush-and-ink illustrations have attracted a wide range of clients, and she has won a number of awards for her editorial work. She has illustrated A Voice for the Spirit Bears by Carmen Oliver, among other titles, as well as many covers for children's novels. Katy lives with her family in Toronto, where she loves swimming, gardening and taking walks with her daughter.

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• Green Earth Book Award, The Nature Generation
• Winner, Skipping Stones Honor List, Skipping Stones Magazine
• Writers' League of Texas Book Awards

An inspirational base for further environmental efforts by young people ...—School Library Journal

A great introduction to biography, youth activism, and to the spirit bears of the Great Bear Rainforest, this book is well suited to young animal lovers.—Canadian Children's Book News

... a wonderful picture book ...—The Globe and Mail