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Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor

Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist This morning at the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards, Patricia Newman’s Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem was named a 2018 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book! The Sibert Medal and Honors are awarded annually to outstanding informational picture books for young readers.Read more "Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor"
Zoo Scientists to the Rescue: From the Cutting Room Floor

Zoo Scientists to the Rescue: From the Cutting Room Floor

By Senior Production Designer Erica Johnson Photographer Annie Crawley, senior graphic designer Emily Harris, and I had a great time putting together Zoo Scientists to the Rescue, a nonfiction book for middle-grade readers that Annie created with author Patricia Newman. Zoo Scientists highlights three scientists who are working to save endangered species. You can learn more about the […]Read more "Zoo Scientists to the Rescue: From the Cutting Room Floor"
Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week with SEA OTTER HEROES Author Patricia Newman!

Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week with SEA OTTER HEROES Author Patricia Newman!

Sea Otter Heroes author Patricia Newman has been celebrating Sea Otter Awareness Week all month! Below are excerpts of some of her posts.  Interview with Dr. Brent Hughes Dr. Brent Hughes is a marine biologist with the University of California at Santa Cruz-Long Marine Lab. Dr. Hughes discovered a new trophic cascade involving sea otters, […]Read more "Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week with SEA OTTER HEROES Author Patricia Newman!"

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