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Roland Smith

Roland Smith. By: Grayson Petter, Ethan Wall, Christian Robless, Grant Schloesslin, Sam Johnston. Childhood. Was born in Portland, Oregon Nov. 30, 1951 Loved animals since he saw his first dog Got a manual typewriter for C hristmas at age 5. Educational Background .

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Roland Smith

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  1. Roland Smith By: Grayson Petter, Ethan Wall, Christian Robless, Grant Schloesslin, Sam Johnston

  2. Childhood • Was born in Portland, Oregon • Nov. 30, 1951 • Loved animals since he saw his first dog • Got a manual typewriter for Christmas at age 5

  3. Educational Background • Attended Portland State University • He studied English and biology • He was in a program to work part-time at Portland’s Children zoo.

  4. Writing Career • Roland Smith’s writing career began in 1990 when his first book Sea Otter Rescue was published and is still writing novels. • Roland Smith has gotten multiple awards for almost every novel he has written and awards for some of his non-fiction books.

  5. Novels • Thunder Cave, 1995 • Amy’s Missing, 1996 • Jaguar, 1997 • Sasquatch, 1998 • The Captain’s Dog, 1999 • The Last Lobo, 1999 • Zach’s Lie, 2001 • Cryptid Hunters, 2005 • Jack’s Run, 2005 • Peak, 2005 • Elephant Run, 2007 • I.Q.: Independence Hall, 2008 • I.Q.: The White House, 2009

  6. Nonfiction • Sea Otter Rescue: The Aftermath of an Oil Spill, 1990 • Primates in the Zoo, 1992 • Snakes in the Zoo, 1992 • Inside the Zoo Nursery, 1993 • Cats in the Zoo, 1994 • Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises in the Zoo, 1994 • African Elephants, 1995 • Journey of the Red Wolf, 1996 • Vultures, 1997 • In the Forest with the Elephants, 1998 • B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet, 2003 • E is for Evergreen: A Washington Alphabet, 2004 • Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet, 2005 • N is for Our Nations Capital: A Washington, DC, Alphabet, 2005 • W is for Waves: An Ocean Alphabet, 2008

  7. Other careers • He was also in a number of programs that helped save animals from extinction. • Roland Smith was a zoologist and a research biologist at the Portland Zoo. • He kept his zoologist job for twenty years, before he left to full-time writing.

  8. Compare/ Contrast • Compare: • All the main characters are teenagers. • The father either wasn’t there or very strange. • All the books were in the Action/Adventure genre. • A lot of the books are about animals or mythical creatures. • Contrast: • All the books are in a different part of the world. • He writes some in 3rd person and some in 1st person.

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