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How to Be a Good Creature A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

Biography / Memoir
By: Sy Montgomery(Author), Rebecca Green(Illustrator)
208 pages, colour illustrations
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
How to Be a Good Creature
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About this book

Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. No one knows this better than author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery. To research her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered some of the planet's rarest and most beautiful animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy's life continually intersects with and is informed by the creatures she meets.

This restorative memoir reflects on the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals – Sy's friends – and the truths revealed by their grace. It also explores vast themes: the otherness and sameness of people and animals; the various ways we learn to love and become empathetic; how we find our passion; how we create our families; coping with loss and despair; gratitude; forgiveness; and most of all, how to be a good creature in the world.

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Biography

Researching films, articles, and 22 books, Sy Montgomery has hiked the Altai Mountains of Mongolia looking for snow leopards, tracked tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea, and more. A National Book Award finalist, she has also been honored with a Sibert Medal, two Science Book and Film prizes from the National Association for the Advancement of Science, three honorary degrees, and many other awards. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire.

Rebecca Green is an illustrator, painter, and make believe maker whose work has a home in young adult and children's books, galleries, magazines, and more. When she is not making things, she can be found cooking, traveling, and starting too many books to finish. She currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, their dog, Mori, and their cat, Junie B.

Biography / Memoir
By: Sy Montgomery(Author), Rebecca Green(Illustrator)
208 pages, colour illustrations
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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"This is a beautiful book – essential reading for anyone who loves animals and knows how much they can teach us about being human."
– Gwen Cooper, author of Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder

"How to Be a Good Creature should be required reading. A superbly crafted memoir, this book brims with wonder, empathy, and emotion. It stands as a vivid reminder of the deep and necessary connection we share with all living things."
– Nick Jans, author of A Wolf Called Romeo

"How to Be a Good Creature is one of the most moving books I have ever read. Sy Montgomery's open honesty about her life allows her to find guidance from the unlikeliest creatures, and in their own ways these animals speak with the same spiritual purity as she speaks to us in this breathtaking work."
– Bob Tarte, author of Enslaved by Ducks

"I don't know anyone whose animal empathies and scientific bona fides I admire more than Montgomery's – from the curiosity she holds for a tarantula to the tender longing she has for an octopus. Told with characteristic humility and gorgeous language, How to Be a Good Creature is a remarkable achievement."
– Eliot Schrefer, author of Endangered, a National Book Award finalist

"A truly beautiful book about life, family, loss, and love."
– Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

"How to Be a Good Creature is a rare jewel, full of empathy and the profound wisdom Sy has received from animals she has loved over her extraordinary lifetime. This sweet book is a triumphant masterpiece that I'm recommending to everyone."
– Stacey O'Brien, author of Wesley the Owl

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