I'm first and foremost a writer for kids, because I think kids are fantastic, amazing, wonderful and a whole bunch of other great things. But that doesn't mean that my stories
are for kids only. Every story has a gift for the one who comes to it with an open heart, no matter that person's age.
As a person of mixed race, I often feel like that mysterious color that closes the chasm between day and night, sun and moon. It's an inky, ocean blue that makes your heart ache
with the hope that there's something beyond what we can see, for as incredible as this world is, it is also full of turmoil. I try to hold both realities in my hands as I write,
even as I hold both my races in my heart.
Thanks for dropping by, and whether you're nine or ninety, I hope you enjoy my stories!
– Sundee
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Delacorte Press/Random House, Inc., 2007
I sat at my desk and flipped open the book's cover. The question notebook was my fifth grade teacher's idea, but the name for it was mine: Brendan Buckley's Book of Big Questions
About Life, the Universe, and Everything in It.
"Scientists," Mr. Hammond had said at the beginning of the school year, "ask questions."
That's when I knew: I was a scientist. Because as far as I'm concerned, no question is unimportant and nothing in the universe is too small to ask about.
Read more about Brendan Buckley's Universe!
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Al's Book Club for Kids: The Today Show's Al Roker has selected Brendan Buckley's Universe as his latest book of the month! I'll be appearing on the show to talk with kids about the book some time in July.
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: I'll be in Anaheim, CA, June 28-July 2 to receive this incredible award at the American Librarian Association convention. Here's the official press release from the original announcement.
2008 Horace Mann Upstanders Award: Antioch University (Los Angeles) has selected Brendan Buckley's Universe as an honor book for this new award, given to children's literature that exemplifies the ideals of social action and encourages kids to become agents of change.
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