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

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I’m excited to announce that my new children’s book, On the Loose in New York City is out today!

New York City children's book

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 in Manhattan—whether a monkey on Fifth Avenue, a sea lion at the Natural History Museum, or a snow leopard in Times Square! Over 100 animals are hiding cleverly in favorite New York City locations in this colorfully-illustrated, rhyming picture book.

[Click here to buy the book.]

Also, for New York City pictures to print and color, things for kids to do in NYC, and more, visit the On the Loose in New York City web site.

(Also see On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia, or the graphic novel Starling.

On the Loose in Boston was selected in 2016 by Boston Mayor Walsh for his suggested Youth Reading list )

Welcome to the Bad Mommy Zoo (Boston Globe cartoon)

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mommy shaming, breastfeeding, working moms, stay-at-home moms, discipline, gorilla enclosure, cincinnati zoo, toddler, lean in, Facebook, trump, cartoon

Click to see the rest of the cartoon.
Click to see the rest of the cartoon at the Boston Globe.
Also see: Mom Draws Powerful Cartoon in Response to Cincinnati Zoo Incident, by Caroline Bologna, The Huffington Post.

[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]

Mothers Who Write (Boston Globe Ideas Section)

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ON MARCH 29, at the Cambridge Public Library, PEN New England hosted a conversation on “Mothers & Writing,” about the challenges and pleasures of writing while raising children. The discussion, moderated by novelist Heidi Pitlor, and featuring writers Lily King, Kim McLarin, Megan Marshall, and Claire Messud, was frank and wide-ranging, addressing everything from ambivalence about parenthood to tricks for getting work done, and the unheralded advantages of writing as a mother.

claire messud

What follows is a selection of highlights from the conversation, as observed by a note-taking audience member.

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lily king

CLAIRE: One thing I “knew” growing up was that one mustn’t have children if one wanted to write. My husband wanted six children; I wanted none. Then a gynecologist told me I might have trouble because I had an oddly shaped uterus.

Tell me, “No” … then I immediately want to get pregnant…

LILY: My experience was like yours. I remember how anxiety-filled I was about trying to become a writer. I did want children—but way in the future.

drafts

Then a doctor told me I had a lot of endometriosis. I think I was probably pregnant within 24 hours.

CLAIRE: Sometimes it felt impossible with small kids.

I would think about writers who didn’t have children—how much they must be reading, the number of drafts they must be able to write … the amount of sleep they had!

           Click to see the rest of the piece here. Or click here to see the piece at the Boston Globe.

Also see Life as a New Mom Summed Up in a Cartoon

[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]