The 2011 Sarah Marwil Lamstein Children's Literature Lecture featured Lois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medal winner for Number the Stars and The Giver. The event took place on March 31, 2011 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Before the lecture, Lois Lowry met with the Creative Writing MFA students, to everyone’s delight.

The 2010 Lamstein Lecturer was Chris Van Allsburg. Cynthia Kadohata spoke in 2010. Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket appeared in 2008, and in 2007 Christopher Paul Curtis inaugurated the event.

The Sarah Marwil Lamstein Children's Literature Lecture is an endowment by her husband Joel Lamstein to the English Department of the University of Michigan. The faculty of the English Department and the Creative Writing Program select the Lamstein lecturers.

The Massachusetts Book Awards named Big Night for Salamanders a "Must-Read" Book 2011. Click here to read more.

Science Books and Films (SB&F) is a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Click here to read the whole list.

Published on August 9, 2010, click here to read article.

Elizabeth Bluemle, co-owner of The Flying Pig bookstore in Shelburne, VT, blogs about Sarah’s salamander presentation with Larry Clarfeld, a naturalist at the North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier, VT. Click to read blog review.

National Wildlife Federation’s children’s magazine Your Big Backyard, March 2011 featured Big Night for Salamanders as Book of the Month.

July 2, 2011 – Audubon Society of Rhode Island
September 17, 2011 – Vermont Wildlife Festival

At the Association of Jewish Libraries' 2008 conference, "Worth a Thousand Words: Jewish Picture Books," a panel of Jewish children's picture book writers, Deborah Da Costa (AJL Notable Book 2008, Hanukkah Moon), Sarah Marwil Lamstein (Syndey Taylor Honor Book 2008, Letter on the Wind), and Jane Breskin Zalben (Sydney Taylor Honor Book 2008, Light) provide insight into their creative processes. Click to read blog and hear podcast.

Tune into Heidi Estrin's Book of Life podcast "Hooray for Hanukkah," which includes an interview with Sarah and illustrator Neil Waldman on the creation of Letter on the Wind.