July's SCBWI Self Publishing Recommended Reading List celebrates books written and/or illustrated by members
who have published without the help of a traditional publisher. On this
list, you will find a wide range of books from biographies to mysteries
to realistic fiction to fantasy stories and more!
Look for my book Trapped In Tar: Fossils From the Ice Age in the section for non-fiction books.You can buy the book on Amazon.
Ice Age fossils of mammoths, sabertooth cats, dire wolves and more, discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, are displayed in the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries. This book tells the story behind the fossils and about life in the Ice Age when these animals were alive and examines the work of the paleontologists who excavate and study them. During the Ice Age, over 400 different kinds of animals lived on the grassy plain that is now Los Angeles. Then, as now, pools of tar sometimes seeped to the surface of the earth. Unwary animals stepped into the sticky tar and were trapped. There they died. Gradually their bones sank to the bottom of the tar seep. In time, the tar penetrated the bones and preserved them. Trapped in Tar: Fossils from the Ice Age was originally published in 1987 by Clarion Books and was illustrated with black and white photographs by Richard Hewett. This is an updated and re-illustrated edition.
