Ciao Italia. Next month an Italian translation Of Time and Turtles will be published. The title and subtitle are slightly modified, and reads roughly: The Time of Turtles: How the Longest-Living Animal Teaches Us to Take Care of Ourselves and the World.
The Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) has chosen Brave Baby Hummingbird for the Dogwood List in the grade K – 2nd category. There are only 20 titles on the list.
The vision of the Missouri Dogwood Outstanding Nonfiction Committee is to provide children of Missouri with a recommended reading list of nonfiction titles that will interest them and enrich their lives. As librarians, they want to recognize and honor outstanding works in children’s nonfiction.
The American Library Association has chosen Brave Baby Hummingbird as one of their Notable Children’s Books — for all ages! See the other excellent books they selected here.
Sy enjoyed talking to her new and now very special friend, Katherine Carver, author of Abandoned: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs. They had a good conversation about animals and writing. From the interview:
Katherine Carver: What advice do you have for creative people?
Sy: When you cannot believe in yourself, believe in your teachers and inspiration. And do the work and then attend to your feelings about yourself. Most of all, focus on what you love.
Katherine: Do you have a favorite mantra or quote that you live by?
Sy: This is attributed to the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus: “The universe is alive, and has fire in it, and is full of gods.” Which means, to me, that our world is incandescent with minds both like and unlike our own—and all of them are holy.
“Go out into the world where your heart calls you. The blessing will come, I promise you that. I wish for you the insight to recognize the blessings as such, and sometimes it is hard. But you’ll know it’s a blessing if you are enriched and transformed by the experience. So be ready. There are great souls and teachers everywhere. It’s your job to recognize them.” –Sy Montgomery, How to be a Good Creature
Ciao Italia. Next month an Italian translation Of Time and Turtles will be published. The title and subtitle are slightly modified, and reads roughly: The Time of Turtles: How the Longest-Living Animal Teaches Us to Take Care of Ourselves and the World.
The American Library Association has chosen Brave Baby Hummingbird as one of their Notable Children’s Books — for all ages! See the other excellent books they selected here.