Thank you, Cybils for naming death eaters a middle grade winner!

          Thanks for having me, Athol, idaho! DEATH EATER mask rocked!

                       Available now -- fall, 2018 -- from millbrook/lerner!

DEATH EATERS is a Fall 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection! 

                                                     available now from Rourke! 

Martin Warren Elementary in warrensburg, Missouri - Nov 2017

I had a great day at Martin Warren Elementary, thanks to super librarian Kirsten Shaw, her students and her amazing kids, Logan, Rory and Griffin!  Thank you so much for making my four day dash in Missouri so outstanding!  

Walla Walla Public Library -- Three days to focus on fourth!

I loved my three days in Walla Walla, WA and I may be back in February 2018.  More on that later.  Want to read about my presentations?  Check out the newspaper coverage HERE! 

Welcome to the WONDERS OF WEIRD!

I am a children's writer specializing in all things weird and wonderful and the critical thinking skills necessary to evaluate the evidence. My school visits explore those quirky topics and reliable research skills.  My goal? To empowers kids and to celebrate what makes us all unique.   

Read more about my school visits HERE.

These books I've written (and a few more) are still in print: 

Wild Dogs (2005),  Tales of the Cryptids (2006), Dinosaur Parade (2008), Saving the Baghad Zoo (2010), In Search of Sasquatch (2011)
Alien Investigation (2012), Girl Meets Boy (2012) Tiger in Trouble (2012),  Courageous Canine (2013), Ghostly Evidence (2014), Animal Rescue Series (2015/2016), Lie Detector: Dinosaurs (2016), Lie Detector: Animals (2016).

These books are out of print, but I still love them.  Hope you do, too:

 I Bought a Baby Chicken (2001), Dinosaur Mummies (2003) , Albino Animals (2004), Mysteries of the Mummy Kids (2007), Wild Horses (2008), Hatchlings: Life Size Baby Dinosaurs (2012).

What's next?  DEATH EATERS: THE SCIENCE OF DECOMPOSITION and TARDIGRADES: TOUGH BUT TINY are on the immediate horizon.  African wild dogs, women in paleontology and the elusive Australian thylacine are on deck.  I'm also working on a new fiction series about a brother and sister in search of cryptids. I hope it will be fun. 

Is there something you want me to write about?  Let me know at kellymilnerh@aol.com.  Anything is possible!                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                               Kelly  : )

Kids often ask me, "What would you do if you met Sasquatch?"

When they do, I try to describe this video.  This is exactly what I'd do, and I hope it would end this magically, too!
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LOOKING FOR OTHER WORLDLY EXPERIENCES?

Great!  My new book, GHOSTLY EVIDENCE from Millbrook Press at Lerner is now available.  Explore the basics of paranormal investigation.  Explore world famous haunted places and places you've never considered before.  Review world famous hoaxes and moments hard to define as anything but mysterious.  You can even consider the ghostly moments I experience myself during four years of cross country investigation (see YouTube video below)!  The book may give you goose bumps, but it will definitely give you food for afterlife thought!

Read more about it HERE.

                                              MSN video series:  Kelly's curiosities

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Want to introduce your kids to the author heading to their schools?  Check out KELLY'S CURIOSITIES at this YouTube playlist Illustrator Joon Kim was kind enough to share.  All ten episodes are ready for viewing!  

Episode One:- Russian Space Rock
Episode Two - Lulu the Hero Pig 
Episode Three - Dinosaur Poop
Episode Four - Island of the Dolls
Episode Five - Mortuary Mystery
Episode Six - Spider Web Art
Episode Seven - Cat Villlages
Episode Eight  Wanted, Bigfoot
Episode Nine - Fossil Insects 
Episode Ten - Raptorex  

                                                                   ALL EPISODES HERE!

Like Gigantor?

Then you'll like my new Gigantor page, with photos and videos. I'll update it soon, but sadly, Gigantor passed away a few weeks ago.  Click here for a tribute. 
On August 3, 2015 I found myself in a bed at the Providence Holy Family Hospital in Spokane, Washington with a life threatening illness. If you want to read about the experience, click HERE.  And don't worry, by October I'll be right as rain and ready to visit your school, library, conference or festival.
With a heavy heart, I must report we lost our beloved Puggy on December 12, 2016.  She died in her bed 17 years and six months after she came to us as an injured puppy from a Colorado pet store.  A boy had dropped her, then fallen on top of her, shattering her front left leg.  The store was going to put her to sleep because she could no longer be sold as a healthy dog.  A family friend called and asked me if I'd take her after they amputated her leg.  I said yes.  The vet decided to rebuild the leg instead of removing it, and it worked.  We had her nearly two decades and she was a sweet, loving, nutty little dog all but her last two days.  My heart is broken, but I'm so grateful we got to rescue her.  She'll live forever in my memory.  And if heaven doesn't reunite me with my lost pets, I'm going to their heaven instead.  : )  Love you forever, Pug.  Forever and ever.