Brenda Scott Royce

Award-winning novelist, children's book writer, zoo magazine editor, compulsive reader, primatologist, chimp whisperer, and avian ambulance driver. 🚑🦜

[Los Angeles Zoo @LAZoo]

Hot off the press! 📰 The latest Zoo View is online now! Featuring Ronnie the Cape vulture (photo by Zoo photographer Jamie Pham) + captivating stories by award winning Director of Publications, Brenda Scott Royce, author of Angela & Lulingu. Read at: https://t.co/EHw3FTn4yz

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A must-listen! Not only for great ape insights but also important convo about the role of zoos in conservation—where we’ve been and where we need to go. 🦍♥️

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@PatriciaNewman @EastWestLit @Soaring20sPB @SteamTeamBooks Great session!

[Los Angeles Zoo @LAZoo]

Gorilla grunts of congratulations to GLAZA Director of Publications Brenda Scott Royce! Her kids' book, Angela & Lulingu, won the Silver award for Best Nonfiction Children's Book at the @ibpa Benjamin Franklin Awards.

[IBPA @ibpa]

IBPA will be livestreaming the annual Benjamin Franklin Award Ceremony on our Facebook this Friday at 7:15 MST. Tune in to celebrate a big night in Independent Publishing!

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Thanks, @GRACEgorillas! Couldn’t have done it without you and @LAZoo! Fingers crossed we take home the gold. 🦍❤️🦍❤️

[GRACE Gorillas @GRACEgorillas]

Brenda Scott Royce is a finalist for a Benjamin Franklin Award for "Angela and Lulingu: Two Gorillas, a World Apart," a story about two gorillas - one at @LAZoo and one in the @GRACEgorillas sanctuary in #DRCongo. We'll be rooting for you, Brenda!

[Los Angeles Zoo @LAZoo]

Looking for a last-minute gift? 📚🦍 Grab a copy of Angela & Lulingu, where readers will learn how two young gorillas—one in Los Angeles, the other in Africa—have inspired millions of people to care about gorillas and their future.

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@emjsmith Exhausting, but possible. Looking forward to your debut.

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The star of my new kids book, gorilla toddler Angela, gets a sneak preview! #kidlit #gorilla #WorldGorillaDay

[Los Angeles Zoo @LAZoo]

Join us this #WorldGorillaDay weekend for book signings and readings of "Angela & Lulingu". Readers will learn how two young gorillas—one in Los Angeles, the other in Africa—have inspired millions of people to care about gorillas and their future. Info: https://t.co/ObzaaDN05R

[Los Angeles Zoo @LAZoo]

Don't miss book signings and readings of the brand new "Angela & Lulingu" children’s book about Angela, our own gorilla toddler, and Lulingu, a young Grauer's gorilla living at @GRACEgorillas in Africa.
Find out more: https://t.co/ObzaaDNxVp
#WorldGorillaDay #Gorilla #ZooBabies

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@richontech locusts

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@KTLA #hurriquake

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Available for preorder now! https://t.co/0dJnOR99kG

[Project Dragonfly @PrjDragonfly]

Congrats to AIP grad Brenda Scott Royce ’23 whose children’s book, "Angela & Lulingu: Two Gorillas, A World Apart," was published by Blue Sneaker Press. It started as a course project while Brenda was pursuing her master’s. She’ll also be discussing her book at the AZA conference

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Bogie sings Bennett!

[Los Angeles Zoo @LAZoo]

In honor of the late great Tony Bennett, here is Bogie the yellow-naped amazon parrot singing his rendition of, "I Left my Heart in San Francisco." 🦜��
#TonyBennett #Parrot #NotAPet

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This is awesome. I would buy that book about library penguins!

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Well, how could I resist? #MonkeyWhisky

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@CorinnaBechko Thanks! 🎓🎉

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Contest link: https://t.co/rZhJn1TL6m

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Deadline is just a week away (5/25). The lucky winner receives free tuition and a guaranteed spot at the fabulous SCBWI-LA Working Writers Retreat. #SueAlexanderGrant #SCBWISOCALLA #writingcontests #kidlit #writerscommunity #writersretreat

[SCBWI CA-Los Angeles @SCBWISOCALLA]

Applications for the Sue Alexander Grant open tomorrow! Last year's recipient, Christine Van Zandt, shares the story behind her winning manuscript, Butterfly Dreams.

#SueAlexanderGrant #SCBWI #writingcontests #kidlit #ButterflyDreams https://t.co/IHusYMUrNj

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@CorinnaBechko Same