About this item
While in a war zone, a military working dog (MWD) and its handler live together, eat together, play together, sleep together, and risk their lives for each other every day. The dogs work with handlers in every branch of the US military. They guard military bases, sniff out concealed explosives and other weapons, and alert their handlers to hidden enemies.Learn how the military selects these special dogs and trains them for the many tasks they perform while on duty. Meet Rex, Clipper, Maci, Iva, Ikar, and other MWDs who have served the US military in conflicts around the world.
About the Author
Connie Goldsmith writes nonfiction books about history, health, and science for teens. She has twenty-three children's books (two coming out in fall 2018 and one spring 2019) to her credit, all but one with Lerner Publishing. Her works include books about military working dogs, suicide, addiction/overdose, the U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands, traumatic brain injury, malaria, influenza, antibiotic resistant infections, and the California Gold Rush, among others. Currently, she is working on several nonfiction and fiction projects.She is a big fan of today's young adult and middle-grade novels and reads one or two of them each week. Over the past fourteen years, she has reviewed more than 800 children's books for a regional parenting publication, and many others for the New York Journal of Books. She has more than 200 articles published in various genres. These include California Kids, the children's magazines Cricket and Highlights, the SCBWI Bulletin, and Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market.As an RN with a master's degree in health, Ms. Goldsmith has also written continuing education articles for nurses and other health care professionals on a wide variety of topics, and has written a pediatric health column for a regional parenting publication. Visit her at www.conniegoldsmith.com and www.bombsoverbikini.com. Ms. Goldsmith is a member of the Authors Guild and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in the SCBWI California North/Central region. She lives near Sacramento, California where she hikes along the American River, sweats out the miles on her treadmill, plays with her crazy cats, and visits with family and friends between bouts of frenzied research and writing.
