Janie Chodosh writes books for middle grade, young adults and adults. The thing that all of her books have in common is a deep love of the natural world. Whether writing about elephants, conservation or science, Janie invests deeply in research, which, when she’s lucky, involves traveling to places like Assam, India to meet elephants and Mexico to work with birds.
Travels with Rufous: A Big Year with a Small Bird
(Greystone Books)
The Elephant Doctor of India brings the middle-grade reader into the heart of Assam, India, a remote land of tea plantations, paddy fields, and ancient forests, to tell the true story of the last viable population of Asian elephants and one man who is dedicated to saving them.
Author Janie Chodosh spent time with Dr. Sarma and brings his incredible story and the lives of these magnificent animals to readers everywhere.