The Owl's Tree
Melanie Chrismer, Author  This Texas belle attended a New England
elementary school, majored in science at college, rode NASA’s “Vomit Comet,” and
worked in schools, libraries, and bookstores as she built her skills writing articles and
stories.
Melanie’s free-wheeling presentations include Texas-style tall tales and family stories,
math and science, space and The Hubble Telescope, lassoing her practice bull,
“Medium Rare,” and tips on writing. She also offers workshops in writing, science, and
math.
Her books: Fiction: Phoebe Clapsaddle and The Tumbleweed Gang,  Phoebe
Clapsaddle For Sheriff,  and  Phoebe Clapsaddle Has A Tumbleweed Christmas
($14.95 each). Math: Odd and Even Socks and Multiply This  ($19.50 each) Science:
Comets, Mars, The Moon, Neptune, The Sun, and Venus ($18.00 each.)  Nonfiction
titles will be available in paperback in 2006.
Grades: K – 5            Home: Douglasville, GA.