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The American Mathematical Society featured Infinity by Lillian Lieber in the "New & Noteworthy" section of their journal: In the May 2017 installment of the BookShelf, we noted the paucity of women authors of popular math books in the twentieth century—as compared to the fairly large number today and asked... [Details]

The Old Schoolhouse magazine recently reviewed the four titles in the middle grade "Adventures of Wilder Good" series. Jennifer King, who read the books with her two young sons, writes: I have to say it has been a very long time since I have read a newly written book with my... [Details]

The Christian Chronicle interviewed S. J. Dahlstrom, the author of "The Adventures of Wilder Good" series. In the article, Dahlstrom discusses how he got started writing the series, what motivates him and inspires his stories, and how his faith informs his writing. Read the entire interview at "Tales of an honest-to-God cowboy."   [Details]

The Green Colt, the fourth book in "The Adventures of Wilder Good" series, was named a finalist for the 2017 Will Rogers Medallion Awards. The Will Rogers Medallion Awards recognize excellence in Western literature and media. S. J. Dahlstrom won the gold medal at the 2015 Will Rogers Medallion Awards for... [Details]

The Wall Street Journal included THE WINGED GIRL OF KNOSSOS by Erick Berry in its article "The Best New Children's Books." They praised the book, calling it an "[I]ngenious reimagining of the myths of Theseus and Icarus with a bold, clever girl in the starring role. Brimming with adventure and... [Details]

 The Spring 2017 issue of Rice University's magazine featured Memory's Encouragement by Tony Gorry: TONY GORRY, THE FRIEDKIN Professor Emeritus of Management at Rice, was one of MIT’s first computer science Ph.D.s, and he spent much of his career doing research on artificial intelligence. Now in his 70s and undergoing... [Details]

S. J. Dahlstrom, author of "The Adventures of Wilder Good" series, was presented with the Western Heritage Award for Juvenile Book at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum on April 22, 2017. The Western Heritage Awards were established in 1961 to honor the legacy of men and women for their works in literature, music,... [Details]

Author and librarian Betsy Bird writes about our forthcoming re-issue of THE WINGED GIRL OF KNOSSOS on her School Library Journal blog A Fuse #8 Production: Back In Print: A Newbery Honor Winner Returns From the Dead. [Details]

S. J. Dahlstrom, seventh grade teacher and author of the Wilder Good series, writes about trying to get a struggling, disinterested student to read: "I began throwing books at him non-stop. I pointed him out to our plucky librarian and got her involved." Eventually, after discovering Doug TenNapel graphic novels, Dahlstrom writes, "He... [Details]

The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story on James Rahn, auhor of Rittenhouse Writers, and the success of his Rittenhouse Writers Group: Part writing teacher, part therapist, James Rahn has midwifed countless short stories and novels in the three decades since he founded the Rittenhouse Writers’ Group (RWG), a fiction workshop he offers... [Details]