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Conrad J. Storad

Conrad J. Storad is the award-winning author or editor of more than 50 science and nature books for children and young adults. His newest titles include the picture books Gator, Gator, Second Grader, Monster in the Rocks, Fang and Stinger (An Arachnid Story), Arizona Way Out West & Wacky. Storad worked at Arizona State University for more than 24 years writing about science and scholarship. He was founding editor for the nationally award winning ASU Research Magazine, and Chain Reaction, an award-winning magazine for young readers. Prior to ASU, Storad worked as a reporter, editor, and general manager for The Barberton Herald newspaper in northeast Ohio. He was a science/medical writer for the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Storad earned a degree in mass media communication from the University of Akron in 1979, and a master's degree in mass communication/science journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication in 1983. He was a Year 2000 inductee to the Cronkite School's Journalism Hall of Fame. Storad is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, International Reading Association, Libraries Limited, and is an emeritus member of the University Research Magazine Association.

  • Desert Night Shift

    Desert Night Shift: A Pack Rat Story

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    **Hardcover is no longer available**   In the Sonoran Desert Penny Pack Rat loves to collect things at night. One day Nana says she always wanted a silver spoon. Penny …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
      • Format: softcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795329
      • Format: hardcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795169
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • Year Published: 2006
    • Language: English
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
    $ 7.95 – $ 15.95 Select options
  • Don't Call Me Pig!

    Don’t Call Me Pig!: A Javelina Story

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Beth Neely and Don Rantz

    “Don’t Call Me Pig!” uses a delightful rhyme and clever colorful illustrations chock full of detail to tell the javelina’s story. What exactly is a javelina? The hairy little animal …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
      • Format: softcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795015
      • Format: hardcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795039
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • Year Published: 1999
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
    $ 9.95 – $ 16.95 Select options
  • Don't Ever Cross That Road!

    Don’t Ever Cross That Road!: An Armadillo Story

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    In this delightful book, a teacher armadillo tells his class about their prehistoric ancestor – a glyptodont that weighed nearly two tons. He describes what an armadillo eats for lunch. …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
      • Format: hardcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795084
      • Format: softcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795237
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • Year Published: 2006
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
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  • Fang and Stinger

    Fang and Stinger: An Arachnid Story

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    This story is the friendship of a tarantula and a scorpion who are picked on by a tarantula hawk wasp and learn to stand up themselves. Contains informative text at …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
      • Format: hardcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795633
      • Format: softcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795640
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • Year Published: 2013
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
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  • Life in the Slow Lane

    Life in the Slow Lane: A Desert Tortoise Tale

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    ***SOFTCOVER IS CURRENTLY REPRINTING AND EXPECTED NOVEMBER 2023**   Is life in the “slow lane” really better? Tortoises think so! Shelly the Tortoise and her Grandpa spend the day learning …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
      • Format: softcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795336
      • Format: hardcover 
      • ISBN: 9781891795077
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • Year Published: 2005
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
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  • Lizards For Lunch

    Lizards For Lunch: A Roadrunner's Tale

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    Roadrunners are speedy, fearless, and when they do take time out from ruling the desert scrub lands and meadows they call home, they enjoy a tasty snack of… lizards? It’s …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
    • Format: Softcover
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • ISBN: 9781891795008
    • Year Published: 2001
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
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  • Monster In The Rocks

    Monster In The Rocks

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    “Be smart. Stay safe. Listen to your parents!” That’s the message from Mama and Papa Quail to their covey of chicks. The watch word is BEWARE! There are other lessons …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
    • Format: Softcover
    • Pages: 32
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • ISBN: 9781891795657
    • Year Published: 2014
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
    $ 9.95 Add to cart
  • Rattlesnake Rules

    Rattlesnake Rules

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nathaniel P. Jensen

    “Was that a rattle I heard? Maybe it was a rattlesnake just followint the rules. Rules? Rattlesnakes have rules?” Popular children’s author and science writer Conrad J. Storad introduces us …

    • Category: Uncategorized.
    • Format: Soft Cover
    • Pages: 40
    • Dimensions: 8 x 8
    • ISBN: 9781589852112
    • Year Published: 2009
    • Language: English
    $ 8.95 Add to cart
  • The Bat Book

    The Bat Book: Afraid of a Bat? What's up with That?

    Author: Conrad J. Storad

    Illustrator: Nate and Tristan Jensen

    Bats are NOT scary! Little Boy Bat lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. One day he overhears some human kids saying mean, nasty things about bats. “Bats …

    • Categories: Children/Young Adult, Deserts: California and Southwest.
    • Format: Softcover
    • Pages: 30
    • Dimensions: 9 x 10.5
    • ISBN: 9781891795664
    • Year Published: 2015
    • Publisher: Bobolink Media, Inc.
    $ 7.95 Add to cart

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