Conrad J. Storad is the award-winning author or editor of more than 50 science and nature books for children and young adults. Storad also writes a monthly science/nature column called “Conrad’s Classroom” in a national E-zine launched in 2014 called Story Monsters Ink. Storad’s new picture books for 2015 include Gator, Gator, Second Grader and The Bat Book. New in 2014 were Monster in the Rocks, which was selected by the National Center for the Book