About Sara Levine

Sara Levine is an award-winning author, educator and a veterinarian.  Her books for children include four books in the Animal by Animal series, illustrated by T.S Spookytooth: Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons; Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs; Tusks and Chompers; Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones; and Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See. Other books include Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate, illustrated by Masha D’yans; The Animals Would Not Sleep, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns; Germs up Close; A Peek at Beaks, illustrated by Kate Slater; Poop for Breakfast, illustrated by Florence Weiser; Sensitive, illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini; and A Terrible Place for a Nest, illustrated by Erika Meza. Books in press include Hello Dog/Hello Human, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman (Macmillan, June 2025); Watching and Waiting: What Hatches from Nature’s Nurseries (Lerner, April 2025); How We Fly, illustrated by Diana Mayo (Astra Young Readers, June 2026); and two other unannounced books. Sara is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency.

Sara’s books have received multiple awards, among them: Utah Beehive Book Award, Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year, Cook Prize honor book for best STEM picture book, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Monarch Award Master List, Junior Library Guild selection, and Mathical Book Prize.

Sara also writes essays for adults, one of which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2007.  Her writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Massachusetts Review, Bayou, and in the anthology And Baby Makes More.  

Sara was an assistant professor of biology at Wheelock College for twelve years and has taught children’s environmental education classes for the Massachusetts Audubon Society and other nature centers for over twenty years.  She offers author visits and workshops for schools, libraries and bookstores.

Sara holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine (DVM) from Tufts University, a master of fine arts degree (MFA) in creative nonfiction writing from Lesley University and a bachelor of arts degree (BA) in English from Haverford College.  She is a native New Englander and currently lives in Stony Creek, Connecticut.