Mary Jo Nickum

Biography

Mary Jo Nickum is a retired librarian, teacher, writer and editor. She is also a biologist, specializing in fish and other aquatic as well as terrestrial life. She enjoys writing about biological subjects for kids. Visit her website www.asktheanimallady.com for more about animals.

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Books

A Girl Named Mary
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 40,780. Language: English. Originally Published: June 9, 2024 by Saguaro Books, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Religion, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family
A Girl Named Mary tells the story of Mary, the Mother of Jesus as a young girl. Though she has a much older sister, she's raised as an only child. Her cousin, Rebekka, is her closet friend and confidant. Together they grow and learn how to maneuver in a culture that is steeped in tradition. One that looks backward instead of forward for solutions to problems. Mary cares about others, helps the...
Valencina, The Ivory Woman
Series: Strong Women, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 48,480. Language: English. Originally Published: March 22, 2024 by Saguaro Books, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Historical
Valencina was a woman who led hunting forays in early life and continued to lead during her entire life.
Olympic National Park, the Wild Side
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 34,050. Language: English. Originally Published: December 17, 2022 by PTP Book Division. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Adventure
Join an explorer whose personality issues led him to the Park for rehabilitation.
Mom's Story, a Child Learns about MS
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 8,550. Language: English. Originally Published: September 11, 2015 by Saguaro Books, LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Diseases / immune system
Mom’s Story; A Child Learns About MS tells the story of a young girl who sees her mother with some frightening health problems and learns she has MS but she will not die from it. This book is a compassionate, accessible and easy to understand account of symptoms, search for help, diagnosis and adaptation to this heart-wrenching disease. Amy fears the worst, which is common when one is...
A Girl Named Mary
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 40,670. Language: English. Originally Published: June 7, 2016 by World Castle. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / Middle East
A Girl Named Mary tells the story of Mary, the Mother of Jesus as a young girl. Though she has a much older sister, she’s raised as an only child. Her cousin, Rebekka, is her closet friend and confidant. Together they grow and learn to maneuver in a culture steeped in tradition. One that looks backward instead of forward for solutions to problems. Mary cares about others, helps the sick and...
Eve, the First (Liberated) Woman
Series: Strong Women, Book 2. Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 53,990. Language: English. Originally Published: July 18, 2020 by Saguaro Books, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Fiction » Children’s books » Religious / Christian / Historical
In this historical fiction story, the author weaves the modern Darwinian theory into the fabric of the biblical Genesis story of the (Garden) Valley of Eden which has its origins in the ancient Sumerian Gilgamesh epic and the Mesopotamian epic, Atrahasis. The story takes the reader through an imaginative path from Adam and Eve's life before the Valley of Eden, the mythical encounter in the...

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