November 11, 2007 - New York Times Book Review Ad!

Make sure to visit the special children's issue of the New York Times Book Review this weekend! Above ad is running...

"Books of Wonder" - famous New York City bookstore honors Stephanie Lisa Tara and Lee Edward Fodi, November 18th book event!

Book tour 2007 kicks off with a big splash event in New York City, 'Books of Wonder' on 18 West 18th street, 1 to 3pm; we will both be flying in from San Francisco and Canada - and appearing in person (Madeline Tara attending too) !

Come out and see us if it's your area of the country!

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BOOKS of WONDER
is New York City's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, as well as the city's leading specialist in children's literature both new and old. Whether you're looking for the newest books just published, classics from your own childhood, or old, rare, and out-of-print editions, Books of Wonder is your source for the very finest in children's books.

Among the various departments
in our store are sections devoted to children's classic and contemporary picture books, board books for infants and toddlers, foreign language children's books, reference books for children (dictionaries, atlases, etc.), non-fiction, and chapter books and novels for children from beginning readers to teens. And, of course, there is our world famous Oz section — a whole bookcase devoted to the many Oz books by L. Frank Baum and his successors. Of special interest to collectors is our wall of old, rare, and collectible children's books and original children's book art.

Barnes & Noble - makes a national purchase of Snowy White World to Save for national distribution in all retail stores!

Barnes & Noble called to say they had made a national purchase -- we'll be in all Barnes & Noble stores across the nation - a big day for us, polar bears and social awareness for the cause! Please check out the Barnes & Noble near you, we're on the "new picture books" wall...!

Kids for Cubs Club - coming soon!

Human kids helping polar kids, a new club idea we are working on... spreading awareness about the increasing tragedy surrounding global warming, one small step at a time.

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Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Low, Scientists Say
By Alex Morales and Mathew Carr

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, covering 22 percent less of the ocean than the previous low in September 2005, U.S. scientists said.

Sea ice covered 4.1 million square kilometers (1.6 million square miles) on Sept. 16, the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado said in a statement on its Web site, using a five-day rolling average. That's 1.2 million square kilometers less ice than the previous record -- or an area roughly the size of Texas and California combined.

The retreat of ice has added urgency to the debate on climate change, and prompted a scramble by countries including Russia and Denmark for ownership of the Arctic seabed and its mineral deposits. The decline also threatens to unbalance Arctic habitats, posing a danger to species including polar bears.

``If there is no summer sea ice, then there will be no ice- based Arctic ecosystem,'' Ben Stewart, a spokesman for Greenpeace U.K., said today in a telephone interview. ``It's the canary in the coalmine: the impacts of climate change seem to be happening faster than the scientists predicted a few years ago.''

This year's sea ice matched the 2005 record in August, with a month of melting left to go, an indication an ice-free North Pole may occur in coming years, Mark Serreze, a scientist at the center, said in an Aug. 17 interview. The melt opened up the Northwest Passage, a path between the Atlantic and Pacific long sought by mariners as a potential trade route.

Seabed Claims

``The Northwest Passage is still open but is starting to refreeze,'' the NSIDC said. ``The Northeast Passage along the coast of Siberia is still closed by a narrow band of sea ice.''

Russia, Canada, the U.S., Norway and Denmark all have territory in the Arctic Circle, and under the United Nations Law of the Sea, all have rights to the seabed within 200 (320 kilometers) miles of their shores.

Russian explorers on Aug. 2 planted a national flag on the seabed under the North Pole, saying that the underwater Lomonosov Ridge links Siberia to the seabed, enabling them to extend their claim. Denmark, which has rights to the Arctic because Greenland is a Danish territory, called the Russian action a ``joke,'' and Canada said the Russians are ``fooling'' themselves.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this year said global warming is ``very likely'' caused by human activities, and that average temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at twice the global rate.

Ice Free Pole?

The warmth has led not only to the summer melting of southerly ice, but also to a decline in the so-called ``perennial'' sea ice that doesn't normally melt. Last September, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that a Texas-sized portion of perennial ice had been lost.

At current rates of melting, scientists are revising forward their predictions on when the Arctic may be ice-free in summer. Serreze said that the observed rate of decline was faster than any of the models indicated.

``If we were talking even two or three years ago, I'd have said the transition to an ice-free Arctic summer might be between 2070 and 2100,'' Serreze said in August. ``But what we're starting to see is that is rather optimistic, and an educated guess right now would be 2030. It's something that could be within our lifetime.''

The melting of sea-ice has little direct impact on sea levels because the ice is already resting on the water. The loss of ice cover does, however exacerbate global warming through a so-called feedback loop, said Serreze and Greenpeace's Stewart.

``The exposed sea reflects less of the sun's heat than the ice, which feeds back into global warming,'' Stewart said.

Polar Bears

The long-term average minimum for sea ice extent after the northern hemisphere summer, based on data from 1979 to 2000, is 6.7 million square kilometers, according to the center. While the ice has an annual cycle, melting from March until mid- September, scientists have recorded a steady decline in the summer minimum since the beginning of the satellite data series in late 1978.

The melting poses a danger to polar bears, which rely on the ice as their hunting ground. Future reductions in ice could result in a loss of two-thirds of all polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey said earlier this month in a report. The survey group forecast that by mid-century, 42 percent of the species' ``optimal'' habitat will be lost during summers.

The polar bear, whose latin name is Ursus maritimus, last year was rated as a threatened species on the World Conservation Union's Red List. The union said at the time that the bears ``are set to become one of the most notable casualties of global warming.'' The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in December that it will work to determine whether polar bears should be categorized as ``threatened'' under the Endangered Species Act.

Good for Kids: My brother, Doug Tarnopol - Author, Tutor, Proven Test Prep Expert!

Good Folks are hard to find, when you do - it's always a joy, good at what they do and good for you!

Growing list to soon become a permanent part of www.stephanielisatara.com.

Mom's Choice Award Finalist, I'll Follow the Moon!

I am very pleased to announce that our little turtle has garnered more acclaim... Mom's Choice Awards 2007 selected I'll Follow the Moon as a finalist, in their environmental category:

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"Environmental"

Baby Bear Discovers The World, Adventure Publications
•I’ll Follow The Moon, Brown Books Publishing Group•
Adventures Of Riley: Survival Of The Salmon, Eaglemont Press

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•Moms Choice Award's mission is: (quote)

The Mom’s Choice Awards® Mission is to recognize authors, inventors, companies, parents and others for their efforts to create quality family-friendly media, products and services.

•And their goal: (quote)

The goal of the MCA is two-fold:
An Important Purpose to-
1) Celebrate and promote how vital mothers are to the structure of our society.
2) Become a household name as a resource for children’s products that parents can trust.

•From the founder: (quote)

"Our main goal in creating the Mom's Choice is to distinguish products bearing the MCA seal of approval in an effort to help parents and educators select quality materials and products for children," said Tara Paterson, a successful business-mom, and mother of two boys ages 10 and 6 and a 17 month old baby girl. Ms. Paterson also created JustForMom.com and has been seen on CBS’ 48 Hours, the Today Show, the Early Show, and has been written about in the Washington Post.

Wow, are we thrilled!

http://www.momschoiceawards.com/recipients2006.html

-Stephanie

Endorsements/Events - Snowy White World to Save

Snowy White World to Save enjoys 2 very proud endorsements:

From the lovely and amazing Sharon Stone, actress, activist, and the equally lovely and amazing Wendy Abrams, environmental activist, Chicago. I am floored and honored and inspired anew - in our global quest to spread green awareness to the next generation, our children. Together strong!

•Sharon Stone, Actress, Activist:

"Snowy White World to Save cleverly introduces young children to environmental awareness and global warming by making them aware of what is happening to our planet, and what they can do to help save it. Ms. Tara provides a wonderful resource guide at the back of the book that encourages young readers to further educate themselves on the subjects so they, too, with their parents, will become global citizens."

•Wendy Abrams, Environmental Activist, Chicago, IL:

"Stephanie Lisa Tara presents a wonderful way to teach our children about caring for the earth, and the implications for all living creatures. Global warming is an ever-growing threat to all of us, and Snowy White World to Save invites kids to learn more about what they can do to help by visiting web sites provided at the back of the book."

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The Chicago Field Museum further honors Alex Walton and myself on August 18, 2007:
An afternoon of reading, entertaining and teaching kids about global warming, what we can do - small and big people, as well as an introduction to the arctic world and its inhabitants! Come out and join us.