Sylvia Long
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Sylvia Long is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Sylvia Long
Sylvia Long is an Arizona-based illustrator celebrated for meticulous, affectionate animal paintings — most famously her reimagined lullabies and her science collaborations with Dianna Hutts Aston, which hang in classrooms as often as they sit on shelves.
Also by this author: An Egg Is Quiet (illustrator) · A Seed Is Sleepy (illustrator) · Sylvia Long’s Mother Goose
Official website: www.sylvia-long.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.