Becoming a Good Creature will be published this September, but until then the publisher, Houghton Mifflin, has created this cool activity guide. See it here.
Sy gets wonderful letters from readers. We liked the look of this crafty critter drawn on this envelope from a reader in Valencia, Spain.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books loves Condor Comeback: “It’s a wide-focus take on an environmental success, tempered with patience, the odd condor bite (Montgomery gets nipped helping out with the exams), and setbacks (the first young condors released into the wild were basically adolescent vandals), but ultimately it’s a story of unusual triumph for a species so close to extinction…. Youngsters will be galvanized by the possibilities of this kind of scientific work and keen to find ways to join in.”
And so does ibookdaily.com: “Montgomery’s powerful prose does justice to these ancient, sociable, and elegant creatures. Complete with world-class, full-color photography… Condor Comeback is an inspiring story of groundbreaking science, perseverance, and cooperation.”
The Catch of the Day — on Your Wall. Joe Higgins makes prints of fish “the old-fashioned way, using a technique called gyotaku – applying ink to a fish, placing rice paper over it, and pressing,” says Yankee magazine in a recent tour of artists. One of Higgins’ inspirations is The Soul of an Octopus. That’s one of his prints above. You can see more at: fishedimpressions.comThe Catch of the Day — on Your Wall. Joe Higgins makes prints of fish “the old-fashioned way, using a technique called gyotaku – applying ink to a fish, placing rice paper over it, and pressing,” says Yankee magazine in a recent tour of artists. One of Higgins’ inspirations is The Soul of an Octopus. You can see his art at: fishedimpressions.com