Sy enjoyed her visit to the Townsend, Massachusetts, library where they created this lovely story walk for Becoming a Good Creature.
Here’s Sy reading The Hummingbird’s Gift at one of the best bookstores around, Gibson’s in Concord, New Hampshire.…
My animal teachers
My animal teachers. Betsy Groban interviewed Sy about Becoming a Good Creature for the Boston Globe:
Q: You assert in the book that animals can be great teachers for kids. Can you say more about that?
A: Humans have been …
Portrait of the young writer as a toddler
Portrait of the young writer as a toddler. Sy was interviewed by Onlypicturebooks.com. She told them:
“I don’t even remember this, but my parents told me: When I was younger than two, my parents took me to the Frankfurt Zoo, …
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If you happen to tune into New Hampshire Public Television you may catch Sy talking about Becoming a Good Creature. This brief film — 1 minute, 30 seconds — is running between programs. Watch it here.
Hometown Vulture. …
Fan mail from Spain
A Double Honor. The nonfiction committee of the Missouri Association of School Librarians has chosen two of Sy’s books for their lists of top twenty best nonfiction books. Condor Comeback is on the list for grades 3 to 5, and …
Sy visits with the Turtle Rescue League
The Dutch translation of The Soul of an Octopus has been published in the Netherlands.
Researching her next book, Sy visits with her buddy Fire Chief, a snapping turtle who is in rehab at a turtle hospital. “Fire Chief looks …
Lisa Dabek has spent her life studying tree kangaroos
Just published. Lisa Dabek has spent her life studying tree kangaroos. Dabek is the senior conservation scientist and director of the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program at Woodland Park Zoo. And now she has edited an essential book about these beguiling …
Sy spoke via Zoom with fourth graders
Sy spoke via Zoom with the fourth graders of PS 163 in New York City who had read The Tarantula Scientist. They peppered Sy with smart questions for an hour. Elizabeth Bullock, age 9, created this portrait of the …
Sy is sporting these festive octo masks thanks to a reader
Ahtapotin Ruhu. Turkish readers will soon be reading this translation of The Soul of an Octopus.
Sy is sporting these festive octo masks thanks to a reader.
Condor Comeback is a one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2020…
Becoming a Good Creature introductory film
Becoming a Good Creature. Watch this fabulous short – minute and a half — introduction to the new book filmed by the amazing Salt Project.
Pre-order Becoming a Good Creature from our wonderful local Toadstool Bookshop.
Condor Comeback…