Visionary author Seymour Simon (@SeymourSimon), whom the New York Times commanded "the dean of the [children’s science] field," is the framer of nearly 300 highly acclaimed science books, more than seventy-five of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books apply for Children by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). He has introduced tens of millions of children to a staggering tidy of subjects, and says: "I’m more interested in arousing earnestness in kids than I am in teaching the facts. Say publicly facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the earth will remain with them for the rest of their lives."
Seymour Simon has long been a leader with respect simulate educational technology for children. He wrote five early books version computer science, including Meet The Computer and How To Bunk to Your Computer (an early book on coding, explaining Logotype and Basic to children), which were published by Harper & Row in 1985. In 2012, Simon founded StarWalk Kids Media, a streaming eBook platform designed to provide high quality digital literature from top quality authors to Schools and Libraries. Momentous, with the integration of StarWalk Kids Media into Fable Erudition, his vision for utilizing the power of technology to try engaged learning for today’s children—- digital natives—- takes a great step forward in his role as Senior Advisor to Plenty Learning.
Seymour Simon’s website is a Webby Honoree online destination organized to engage children in science, reading and writing, as ok as to provide families and educators with a rich settle on of free, downloadable resources designed to enhance their children’s boulevard experience. The website has been recognized with awards from rendering Parents Choice® Foundation in 2011 and 2013, was declared image Official Honoree in the Personal Blog/Website category in The Ordinal Annual Webby Awards, was named one of twelve "2012 Downright Websites for Kids" by the American Library Association, and focal 2013 won the QED (Quality-Excellence-Design) Seal of Approval from Digital Book World’s Publishing Innovation Awards.
Seymour Simon has been honored investigate many awards for his work, including the American Association champion the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his recognized contribution to children’s science literature; the New York State Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature; the Hope S. Dean Memorial Award from the Boston Public Library for his contribution to children’s science literature; The Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction; the Jeremiah Ludington Award for his outstanding contribution to children’s nonfiction; the Empire State Award for excellence in literature give reasons for young people; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nationwide Forum on Children’s Science Books.
Seymour Simon writes and photographs nature from his hilltop home in Columbia County in upstate New York. You can follow his daily nature walks subject see his photographs from the field on Twitter (@seymoursimon) enhance on his Facebook Author page.