Carl R. Sams II grew up on an island near the mouth of the Au Sable River in Northern Michigan and spent much of his time playing sports, hunting and fishing. He majored in outdoor recreation and speech at Central Michigan University then moved into the real estate market with his father before following his heart …photographing wildlife.

“It was 1982 when the first chickadee landed in my hand to take a seed. That year was also the first time I shook an apple from a tree for a whitetail doe. Since then, my wife, Jeannie, and I have grown to know over twenty deer that trust us enough to walk with them in the woods. We have taken over 60,000 pictures of this family of whitetail deer, so Jeannie and I decided to create our first book, “Stranger in the Woods”, a #1 New York Time’s best seller, selling over 1.4 million copies.

Jeannie and I would like to thank the booksellers who have helped us in protecting our planet and making dreams come true for children, through the sales of our “In the Woods’ series of New York Time’s best selling children’s books.