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COMING SOON!
For NASCAR fans...
Daytona 500 - The Inside Track
by Nancy Roe Pimm
Spring 2009, from Darby Creek Publishing
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In an
article written by Maggie Fox titled "Ebola Has Killed 5,000 Gorillas, Study
Suggests," she writes:
The Ebola
virus may have killed more than 5,000 gorillas in West Africa -- enough to send them into
extinction if people continue to hunt them, too, researchers said on
Thursday. "A lot of animals are dying," said Dr. Peter D.
Walsh, an author of the report published Thursday in the journal Science.
"There’s a massive decline," he told The New York Times.
"The issue here is that there is a certain amount of
work that needs to be done to take these vaccines that already exist and put
them into gorillas," Walsh said. "The price tag on that is a couple
of million bucks." He hopes a rich donor will take up the cause.
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 New from Nancy Roe Pimm and Darby Creek Publishers, The Heart of the Beast, available December 2006. You are about to enter the lives of eight famous gorillas--male and female--old and young--with true-life stories that take you to the heart of these often misunderstood, yet fasciating beasts. Jack Hanna says, "Nancy Roe Pimm has truly captured the 'heart of the beast' in this long overdue book! The stories are not only insightful and authentic, but are also important in helping readers learn about the history, behaviors, and intriguing nature of these, the greatest of great apes."
20% of Nancy's earnings from this book are being donated to help gorillas in the wild, which are currently facing possible extinction.
How can you help? Visit Nancy's links page to learn more about gorillas and the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. PASA members oversee the 17 sanctuaries in Africa that house
gorilla/chimpanzee/bonobo and other primates that were orphaned because of the
bushmeat trade. It costs $1.50 a day to feed an
orphaned gorilla or chimp in these sanctuaries. The sanctuaries often act as
education centers as well. For more information, contact PASA Director Doug Cress at www.panafricanprimates.org
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Looking for an Author Visitor?
Nancy Roe Pimm would love to come to your library or elementary school.
For more information, click HERE.
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| Who is Nancy Roe Pimm? The answer to your school visit prayers! |
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Short Bio...
Nancy Roe Pimm grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she rode buses and subways. Cars were not important to her. Little did she know that someday she would marry a race car driver, Ed Pimm. They married in 1977 and today are the proud parents of three daughters, Allison 26, Lindsay 24, and Carli 14. Allison and Lindsay both married in 2006, welcoming two young men into their family, Rusty and Jason. Ms. Roe Pimm and her family reside in Dublin, Ohio on a five-acre horse farm. She shares her home with four horses, three dogs, three cats, and Monty Python, the snake.
Nancy
Longer bio HERE.
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A few of Nancy's articles...
Colo (The story of the first gorilla born in captivity)
Hopscotch for Girls April/May 2003
Spish, Splash (an elephant bath story)
Boy's Quest February/March 2003
The Mystery of the Sleeper Shark (eating habits of the Greenland Shark)
Highlights for Children, November 2002
Love is the Best Medicine (an anthology)
The Tooth Fairy ( a poem)
Full Service Station (giving special care to the elderly)
Winning Wide Receiver
Chad Cacchio (from walk on to football star)
Guideposts for Kids 2001
Goose Patrol
(a border collie who patrols the geese at the zoo)
Guideposts for Kids 2002
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