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Kirkus gave Rise of a Legend a starred review!
Kirkus Reviews – June 1, 2013 THE RISE OF A LEGEND [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Kathryn Lasky The Guardians of Ga’Hoole gets a prequel, with the history of one of the Great Tree’s rybs, Ezylryb. Lyze, a young whiskered screech owl, is born into the Northern Kingdoms, where w
New York Schools’ Common Core Curriculum adopting The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
Exciting News about New York schools adopting Chris's and my rainforest book The Most Beautiful Roof in the World for their Common core Curriculum.
Wolves Trailer
Kathryn Lasky visits with real wolves and talks about her research for Wolves of the Beyond
Reviews of Lone Wolf
The literary grandchildren of Richard Adams’ Watership Down (1974) proliferate in this complex and nuanced talking-animal adventure
Researching Mermaids
So how do you go about researching something that simply does not exist –like mermaids? Well, you begin by reading a lot of supposedly real mermaid sightings by --to be kind-- total crackpots who have reported seeing mermaids. It seems that the aquatic creature that is most frequently reporte
Kathryn interviewed on TV about Legend of the Guardians
I made the local news when Legend of the Guardians was released.
Kathryn Walking the Red Carpet in Hollywood
The opening night for Legend of the Guardians was really a big deal. I flew to Hollywood to join the fun.
Review in Booklist of The Extra
The year is 1940. Lilo, 15, and her family are Gypsies (Romani) who have been rounded up by the Nazis and sent to the Maxglan internment camp. It is there that Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler’s favorite film director, selects Lilo and her mother to serve as extras in her new movie, Tiefland. As shoot
Publishers Weekly Review of The Extra
Lasky (the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series) delivers a well-researched and uncompromising standalone novel focusing on the Nazi genocide of the Roma and Sinti peoples. Lilo—a Sinti girl of 15 at the beginning of the book—is taken by the Nazis when they start rounding up the Romani of
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