Children's Books

Bates, Mary. “Sallie Watson Chisholm is planting the seeds of science literacy.” AAAS Member Central. Member Spotlight, 3 Sept. 2013. <http://membercentral.aaas.org/blogs/member-spotlight/sallie-watson-chish...

“Children’s book co-authored by Penny Chisholm honored by AAAS.” MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering. CEE News in Brief, 7 Jan. 2013. <http://cee.mit.edu/childrens-book-co-authored-penny-chisholm-honored-aaas> Penny Chisholm’s book Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas, published in 2012 and coauthored by Molly Bang, received the AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

Craig Bettenhausen. “Penny Chisholm: MIT biologist discusses the benefits of public outreach.” Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN Talks With, 27 Feb. 2012. <http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i9/Penny-Chisholm.html> Chemical and Engineering News reports on Sallie (Penny) Chisholm’s work withProchlorococcus and how it has inspired her to “think about the big picture” and participate in public outreach.

Brehm, Denise. “Children’s book illuminates photosynthesis.” MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering. MIT News, 10 Mar. 2009. < http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/chisholm-book-0310.html>

Robinson, Lolly. “Five questions for Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm.” The Horn Book: Publications about books for children and young adults. The Horn Book, 5 Jul. 2012. <http://www.hbook.com/2012/07/authors-illustrators/interviews/five-questi... The Horn Book discusses Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm’s new children’s book, how they worked together, how they targeted their audience, and how the scientific ideas in the book were supplemented by illustrations.

Also see Penny Chisholm Talks about her Book Ocean Sunlight and Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas - Meet-the-Author Book Reading under Radio and Video Stories.