  Author Chat With Jean Craighead George   Transcript of Live
August 17, 2004  NYPL Welcome to our online chat with Jean
Craighead George, naturalist and author of over 100 books. Her
book, Julie of the Wolves, won the Newbery Medal in 1973. My
Side of the Mountain, the story of a boy and a falcon, was a
1960 Newbery Honor Book.Welcome Jean!  JEAN_AUTHOR Welcome
readers, on this beautiful day! This is Jean Craighead George
calling from Chappaqua NY!  HarlemSoul Do you still have wild
animal pets?  JEAN_AUTHOR I don't have any wild animal pets
right now because you have to have licenses and permits to
possess them. I do have an African grey parrot, however, that is
legal and she says "Who let the dogs out...." she also says
"Vote for Kerry!"  ecfs I really loved "My Side of the
Mountain." I felt like I was there with Sam. How do you make it
seem so real?  JEAN_AUTHOR I think I make it seem real because I
was there too. Those were the things I did as a young girl with
my father and brother. We would find plants