“Night Owl Night”: Storytime and Activity with Mass Book Award-Honoree Susan Edwards Richmond
Join the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum for a special storytime with Mass Book Award-Honoree Susan Edwards Richmond! Susan will share her nature adventure story, Night Owl Night and attendees will learn more about our fine feathered friends.
Night Owl Night offers an inspiring introduction to capture-and-release research. This heartwarming story about owl conservation will spark curiosity in young nature, bird, and science lovers.
Sova’s mother is a scientist who studies birds and their migratory patterns. Each night she goes into the woods to conduct research, and finally Sova is old enough to join her. Securing headlamps, Sova and her mother head into the woods to capture, measure, and release saw-whet owls. Through the quiet night, Sova learns about the patience, persistence, and excitement that comes with conservation efforts and scientific research.
This captivating book is the perfect jumping off point for young readers to learn about conservation, science, and amazing owls!
This program is sponsored by the Mass Book Awards Speakers Bureau and is presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
Susan Edwards Richmond is the award-winning author of Night Owl Night and the community science adventures Bioblitz! Counting Critters and Bird Count. Night Owl Night is a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Title and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year. Susan is also the author of Science Play, an activity book for preschoolers. Her third book in the “Community Science Counts” series, The Great Pollinator Count, releases April 15, 2025.
A passionate birder and naturalist, Susan teaches preschool on a farm and wildlife sanctuary in eastern Massachusetts. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis, and her B.A. with Honors in English from Williams College. She is also an award-winning poet with five collections of nature-based poetry for adults. Susan is happiest exploring natural habitats with her husband and two daughters, and learns the native birds wherever she travels.
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