Book: Amazing Animals

Fruit Street School

Posted by on Nov 17, 2022 in Author Visits, Book: Amazing Animals, BOOK: Wombat Underground | 0 comments

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Every visiting author loves a welcome sign.

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The third grade made lovely little cards to greet me! This artist’s card was prescient–of course I liked them!

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This card reads: “Welcome Sarah Thomson to our school. I hope you have fun Sarah Thomson.” I did! I’m glad kids know visits are fun for me as well as for them.

Last week I spent two wonderful days as a visiting author with the kids at Fruit Street School in Bangor. What a fulfilling sense of normalcy, to be back to seeing kids face to face, reading, talking, and connecting! The pre-k and kindergarten classes and I bonded over wombats and wallabies, and with the first, second, and third grades we discussed how long the longest snakes are and how to structure a nonfiction book. Delightful!

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Amazing News for Amazing Tigers!

Posted by on Jul 29, 2019 in Book: Amazing Animals | 0 comments

Cub 1 follows Mom after the deer.

There is actually a tiger in this picture–they are way more camouflaged than you would think. This is one of India’s tigers, a (nearly grown) cub my daughter and I saw in Ranthambore National Park!

It can be hard to find good news out there when it comes to environmental issues. So I’m delighted to share that India has managed to double its tiger population from 1,411 in 2006 to to 2,967 today.

When I read Amazing Tigers in elementary schools and share with kids the horrifying decline in tiger populations in the last century, they are always shocked and eager to set to work to make the world safe for tigers. Glad I’ll have some good news to share the next time I visit a school.

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What To Read When

Posted by on Sep 15, 2017 in Book: Amazing Animals, Children's Literature, Educators & Librarians, Nonfiction | 0 comments

Pam Allyn’s What to Read When is a great resource for parents and teachers trying to find that just-right book for a certain age or interest. What a thrill to find one of my own books included! Amazing Snakes is listed under “Research Books” for five-year olds. I love the idea of my books helping to inspire a love for science and a fascination with the natural world.

Allyn says, “What better way to introduce our kids to the value of exploration and research than to seize their interests and passions early on and and introduce them to books that will help them puzzle out the answers to their most fervent wonderings.” I couldn’t agree more!

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Amazing Whales–Amazing Book Report!

Posted by on Oct 20, 2016 in Book: Amazing Animals, Early Reader, Nonfiction | 0 comments

This charming second-grader did a video book report on Amazing Whales. Love her command of her topic and her self-possession on camera. Nicely done!

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