CLICK THE LINKS TO CONNECT TO THE BOOKS ON AMAZON (the books should also — I hope! — be available in local stores):
On the Loose in Boston
On the Loose in Washington, DC
On the Loose in Philadelphia
On the Loose in New York City
On the Loose in New Orleans
We’re Off to Harvard Square
T-Ride.
I belatedly put together a website for kids who love the T, to go with T-Ride, my children’s board book.
It includes subway train pictures to print and color…
… also suggested activities, articles, books, videos, and excursions for Boston kids who love trains and the T.
My new children’s book, T-Ride is officially out today.
Book description:
A colorful and exciting ride on the Boston T Subway for the Littlest Explorers
[Click here to buy the book.]
(Other books: On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, On the Loose in Philadelphia, On the Loose in New York City, and the graphic novel Starling.
MORE THAN two years ago, inspired by my Boston subway-adoring son, I started work on a children’s board book about the joys of riding the T. In the following months, as a spate of high-profile transit mishaps ensued, some began jokingly suggesting that my project in progress should in fact be a humor book–or a horror story.
Click to continue reading the full illustrated article.
[BOOKS: On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, On the Loose in Philadelphia, On the Loose in New York City, T-ride, and graphic novel Starling.]
A conversation with Dave London and Pete Chianca on the Pet Peeves/Strip Search Podcast.
[Click here to read the rest of the interview at David Wasting Paper.]
I was excited to learn today that Mayor Marty Walsh included On the Loose in Boston on his suggested youth reading list:
“If you’re looking for book recommendations, Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh has you covered…”
Click here to read the article by Dialynn Dwyer at Boston.com.
More reception for On the Loose in Boston:
Review at Boston Mamas.com:
“Not only are the illustrations awesome, Stossel engages the reader with challenging searches for the Franklin Park Zoo animals artistically hidden among her drawings, and she entertains us with a rhyming plot that tickles the tongue with wonderful vocabulary.” Read more…
Recommended by Mommy Nearest Boston as one of “10 Books All Boston Kids Should Have on Their Shelves”
“One of the best books in the interactive “find-the-animals” genre happens to be set in Boston. An Atlantic magazine cartoonist, Stossel’s illustrations are elegant, colorful and highly detailed, making it extra fun for kids (and grown-ups) to find the animals that have been set loose from the Franklin Park Zoo only to hide throughout the city.”
Click here for On the Loose in Boston at Amazon.
[MORE: On the Loose in Washington, DC, On the Loose in Philadelphia. Or click here to read graphic novel Starling at GoComics.com. Click here to visit the Starling Facebook page]
I’m excited to report that starting today, my comic Starling will be serialized on GoGomics (online home of Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, Doonesbury, & many more). This is the link to the 1st installment from the beginning of the story. (It will update on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays).
Click here to read Starling at GoComics.com
Click here to visit the Starling Facebook page
The first time Sage Stossel sat down to pen We’re Off to Harvard Square, she gave up. Stossel wanted to write and illustrate a children’s book, and figured the easiest way to go about doing so was to…
Continue reading the article by Emily Cassel at Scout Magazine…
[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, On the Loose in Philadelphia, and We’re Off to Harvard Square.]
Cartoonist Sage Stossel created her “Find-the Animals” bestseller On the Loose in Boston in 2009, in which animals from Franklin Park Zoo escape and show up in settings from Fenway Park to Faneuil Hall. She followed it with On the Loose in Washington, D.C. in 2013, when the National Zoo’s animals got the same idea, and cavorted around our nation’s capital from the White House to Capitol Hill. Next stop? The City of Brotherly Love! Children will have hours of entertainment finding the Philadelphia Zoo animals in On the Loose in Philadelphia—whether a monkey at Independence Hall, a kangaroo at the art museum, or a hippopotamus at a Phillies game! Over 100 animals are hiding cleverly in favorite Philadelphia locations in this colorfully-illustrated rhyming picture book.
Recommended by Mommy Nearest Philadelphia as one of 10 Books All Philly Kids Should Have on Their Shelves.
[Click here to buy the book.]
Also visit the On the Loose in Philadelphia web site for Philadelphia pictures to print and color, ideas for things to do with kids in Philadelphia, and more.
(Also see On the Loose in Boston and On the Loose in Washington, DC, or the graphic novel Starling.)
Click here to read Starling at GoComics.com.
Click here to read Starling at the StarlingComic.com website.
“If Jane Austen had written this—and in an alternative universe, she could have—it might be called ‘Capes and Coffeebreaks’… The delightfully complicated and cannily crafted plot interweaves Amy’s romantic uncertainties with her super-heroic adventures… This whimsical romantic comedy injects welcome humor into the superhero genre… and will probably appeal more broadly to fans of Dilbert, too.” —Library Journal
Why Superheroes Still Can’t Have it All (Atlantic interview with Sage Stossel).
The Anti-Heroine (Harvard Magazine May-June 2014). “Starling†can handle thugs and palookas, but not daily life. By Craig Lambert
“A book straight out of the age of ‘New Girl,’ ‘Sex in the City,’ and ‘The United States of Tara,’ in which we are drawn to watch a female protagonist for her flaws or peculiarities, not in spite of them… [Starling] pokes intently at the glass ceiling that hangs, weirdly enough, over comics as well as other parts of our culture.” —The Boston Globe
“A winning story about overcoming adversity, finding oneself and even having a shot at achieving true love, all lovingly ladled out in a savvy, self-deprecating, droll, artfully humorous manner…”
—UK Comics Review
“The sweetest book about trying to make life work, which all of us have trouble with. Even though we can’t generate electricity with our hands like Amy does.”
—“7 Outstanding Comics About Being a Hero,” Planet Jinxatron (Other comics selected in this review include Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag, Red Sonja: The Art of Blood and Fire by Gail Simone, The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang)
“Humorous and touching… Three pages into the graphic novel and I was already hooked by Stossel’s heroine.” —The Retroist
“Hilarious and uplifting… Stossel’s soft washes of color and zippy dialogue make Starling more than just a superhero comic. Amy’s juggling of her family, personal and work lives echoes every modern woman’s struggle to have it all without letting anyone down.”
—Jaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness (Starred review)
“Starling is an imaginative superhero with a unique take on the world… The situations she gets into only make you love her more.” —Games Fiends
“A fun read and a good bet for fans of Sex and the City and any young women in need of a superhero like themselves.” —Bookbitch.com
“I loved it… Reminds me of James Robinson’s masterpiece, Starman, about a reluctant hero taking on the job after his father retires and his brother is killed.” —Gene Ambaum, Unshelved
“A funny, intelligent and engaging superhero story … Utterly charming. Warmly recommended.” —Sembtext: Göran Semb
Interview with Sage Stossel at the Graphic Novel Reporter.
LA Times interview with Sage Stossel.
LitReactor: Ten Questions with Starling author Sage Stossel by Leah Rhyne.
Newsarama: STARLING: Sibling Creators & Their Anxiety-Filled Superheroine by Zack Smith.
Four Questions with Sage Stossel by Molly Parr.
“Hilarious… A realistic, relatable female superhero.”—Feminist Texican Reads
“Stossel’s plotting is excellent as she slips in necessary items on several occasions without the reader considering them anything other than incidental details, and the way Starling’s messing up her own life while attempting to help others proves a compulsive guarantee of the pages turning. The constant tension from the halfway point is excellently sustained because Stossel has by then established Amy as an essentially likable woman who makes the occasional error of judgement.” —Ian Keogh, Slings and Arrows
“Funny and lighthearted … a good read.” —Rambles.net
“A superhero comic for people who don’t read superhero comics … Rated teen and up, but it’s a good pick for adults, too.” —Geek Dad
“A terrific choice for readers searching for a low-key superhero comic and for DC fans (and Marvel fans) fed up with how their favorite superheroines have been treated.” —In Bed With Books
Comics Juice, Celebrating the Golden Age of Graphic Novels: Great Graphic Novels, Superheroes category
“Utterly engaging and entertaining…a fantastic book.” —Bookshots
Order the book from Amazon.