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Leslie Barnard Booth is the author, most recently, of the PNBA Bestseller I Am We: How Crows Come Together to Survive as well as the award-winning titles One Day This Tree Will Fall and A Stone Is a Story. Her lyrical picture books about science and nature have been named Best Books of the Year by Kirkus and Bank Street, and she was the recipient of the International Literacy Association's 2025 Book Award in Primary Nonfiction. Leslie grew up in Washington state among giant trees and rugged mountains. She has taught at preschool, elementary, and college levels and holds an MFA in creative writing and an MS in education from the University of Oregon. She is also a mom to two daughters, and her children often inspire her creative work. Thanks to them, she has relearned what children seem to know intuitively: that every snail, stone, and clump of moss is full of wonder, if only we take the time to look. Leslie lives in Portland, Oregon. ​​Visit her at lesliebarnardbooth.com.