Biography
Millicent Ellis Selsam was born in New York City on May 30, 1912. She became interested in biology during her high school years, and went on to study biology at Brooklyn College. She was then offered a fellowship teaching at Columbia University while completing an M.A. in botany. After she received her M.A., she taught high school science. In 1946 she left teaching to write science discovery books for children. Her first published book was Egg to Chick (1946), which started a science series of "I Can Read" books for Harper. Over the course of her career she wrote approximately 130 children’s books. Her books received many awards, including the Thomas Alva Edison Award for the best juvenile science book, ''Biography of an Atom'' (1965).
Books by Millicent E. Selsam
Don't throw it, grow it!
Doubleday's First Guide to Wil
Doubleday's First Guide to Wild Flowers
Como Crecen Los Gatitos (Mariposa)
A first look at bats
A first look at bats
A first look at ducks, geese, and swans
A first look at animals that eat other animals
A first look at animals with horns
A first look at seals, sea lions, and walruses
A first look at caterpillars
A first look at caterpillars
A first look at poisonous snakes
Egg to Chick
Strange Creatures That Really Lived
A first look at owls, eagles, and other hunters of the sky
A first look at kangaroos, koalas, and other animals with pouches
A first look at bird nests
A first look at bird nests
A first look at rocks
Tree flowers
A first look at seashells
A first look at spiders
A first look at cats
A first look at dogs
A first look at horses
A first look at horses
A first look at whales
Eat the fruit, plant the seed
Eat the fruit, plant the seed
1st Look at Dinosaurs
A first look at monkeys and apes
A first look at sharks
A first look at animals with b
A first look at animals with backbones
A first look at the world of plants
Mimosa, the sensitive plant
Land of the giant tortoise
Sea monsters of long ago
The amazing dandelion
A first look at animals without backbones
A first look at flowers
A first look at frogs, toads, and salamanders
A First Look at Mammals
A First Look at Mammals
A first look at snakes, lizards, and other reptiles
The harlequin moth
A first look at insects
Bulbs, corms, and such
A first look at birds
Questions and Answers About Horses
The Apple and Other Fruits
A first look at fish
A First Look at Leaves
More Potatoes!
Vegetables from Stems and Leaves
Is this a Baby Dinosaur? And Other Science Picture-Puzzles
The carrot and other root vegetables
The Tomato and Other Fruit Vegetables
Terry and the Caterpillars
Bug That Laid the Golden Eggs
How animals tell time
How animals tell time
Questions and answers about ants
Benny's Animals
When an animal grows
Animals as parents
biography of an atom
biography of an atom
Let's Get Turtles
Birth of a forest
Birth of a forest
Greg's Microscope
How animals live together
You and the world around you
You and the world around you
How Animals Sleep By Millicent Selsam (A Time for Sleep)
Quest of Captain Cook
Stars, Mosquitoes and Crocodiles
See along the shore
Underwater zoos
Best in Children's Books Volume 40
Birth of an island
Seeds and more seeds
Things to do with seeds
Things to do with seeds
See through the lake
Exploring the animal kingdom
Exploring the animal kingdom
Play with seeds
See Through the Jungle
See Through the Jungle
See through the forest
See through the forest
Things to Do with Trees
Things to Do with Trees
How the animals eat
How the animals eat
See through the sea
All about eggs and how they change into animals
Play with leaves and flowers
Play with leaves and flowers (
Play with leaves and flowers (Morrow junior books)
All Kinds of Babies
Play with vines
Play with trees
Play with plants