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On the Loose in New Orleans (children’s book)

I’m excited to share that my new children’s book, On the Loose in New Orleans is out this week. Book description: Prize-winning cartoonist Sage Stossel has created her fifth Find-the Animals book with On the Loose in New Orleans. Children will have hours of entertainment finding the Audubon Zoo animals—whether a tiger on Bourbon Street, […]

Rick Riordan, storyteller of the demigods (Boston Globe cartoon)

Click to see the full cartoon. Click to see the full cartoon at the Boston Globe. [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.]

MBTA Kids

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.

T Ride – A Boston children’s book for kids who love the subway

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 […]

Eagerly anticipating a return to “the best kids’ ride in town” (Boston Globe illustrated article)

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 […]

On the Loose in New York City! – New Children’s Book

I’m excited to announce that my new children’s book, On the Loose in New York City is out today! Book description: Prize-winning cartoonist Sage Stossel has created her fourth Find-the Animals book with On the Loose in New York City. Children will have hours of entertainment finding the Central Park Zoo animals out and about […]

On the Loose in Boston on Mayor Walsh’s suggested youth reading list

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 […]

We’re Off to Harvard Square: Local Artist’s Illustrations Get Second Life

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 Philadelphia (Children’s Book)

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, […]

Children’s Book: On the Loose in Washington, DC

With simple rhymes and colorful, highly detailed images, cartoonist Sage Stossel creates a “Where’s Waldo?”-style hit, setting animals free from the National Zoo and challenging children to find them in settings from the National Mall to Georgetown, Dupont Circle, and the Air and Space Museum. Children will have a ball helping the keeper find a […]