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Eat Like a Bear…with Stars
Eat Like a Bear, my book illustrated by Steve Jenkins and published by Henry Holt, just received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly. Kirkus reviews also gave it a starred review. I’m excited that...
View ArticleLet’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat
Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat is a chant which introduces children to beans, nuts, grains, and spice seeds. Endmatter explains why seeds don’t grow inside our stomachs, why seeds are such great food, and...
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Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat
Studying seeds and plant life? Working on nutrition or ecology in preschool through second grade? I hope this will help. My newest book, Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat was released this week by my...
View ArticleCommon Core Math Standards One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab
Among my books, the most widely used one worldwide is ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB. It’s been adapted for curricula from Australia to Canada. This book is classified as nonfiction although the text is...
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Here Come the Humpbacks
SB&F (Science Books and Films) October issue gave Here Come the Humpbacks! a starred review and then a second star for being Editor’s Choice! It was also named an Outstanding Science Trade Book by...
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I Am Trying to Eat Like a Bear
All week long I will be trying to eat like a bear to celebrate, well of course, my new book with Steve Jenkins and Henry Holt Books for Young Readers: Eat Like a Bear! To follow my adventures, “Like”...
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Picture Book Month is November!
I’m honored to be a Picture Book Champion this year. See the calendar, essays, and activities this robust group has planned for November, 2013: www.picturebookmonth.com
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November Media Roundup
Smiling. At its conference NSTA announced its Outstanding Science Trade Books and both Eat Like a Bear and Here Come the Humpbacks were on the list! Richie’s Picks reviewed Eat Like a Bear here. I...
View ArticleEat Like a Bear
“Sayre and Jenkins follow Vulture View (2007) with a similarly excellent study of brown bears that’s in equal parts poetic and enlightening.” -Kirkus, starred review. ALA (American Library Association)...
View ArticleTips for Helping Kids Try New Foods
Preschool teachers rock! This teacher’s joy lifts my spirits every time I watch the video. While signing Rah, Rah, Radishes and Go, Go, Grapes last year in Atlanta, I met this fabulous teacher who...
View ArticleEat Like a Bear Writing Process
See my interview with Kirkus Reviews.com Julie Danielson of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.
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ALA Notable For Eat Like a Bear
Raising my bowl of blueberries this morning to illustrator Steve Jenkins. Our book, Eat Like a Bear, which received three starred reviews, was named an ALA (American Library Association) Notable Book...
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Board Book and News
Rah, Rah, Radishes! becomes a board book in the Little Simon Classic Board Book line on July 15th! In 2015, look for Woodpecker Wham illus by Steve Jenkins (Holt )and my photo-illustrated Raindrops...
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Raindrops Roll: Miss Rumphius, Secrets & Science
Raindrops Roll , which has received two starred reviews, one in Kirkus, one in School Library Journal, comes out with Beach Lane/S&S on Jan 5, 2015. Each photo I took has a special meaning to me...
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Raindrops Roll in Wall Street Journal
Greetings from here at my desk, Jan 5, 2015! “. . . we read and are refreshed by such beauty and natural simplicity,” says the Wall Street Journal of my just released photo-illustrated book, Raindrops...
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Text and photos by April Pulley Sayre. Beach Lane Books/S&S, January, 2015. Ages 3-8. “With lyrical words and striking images, a poet, photographer, and veteran natural history writer celebrates...
View ArticleWoodpecker Wham!
Illustrated by Steve Jenkins, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, May 12, 2015. “Verdict: Lovely and exciting, this title is a great hook for young researchers, as well as fledgling ornithologists.”...
View ArticleFlorida, Raindrops Roll, Woodpecker Wham
Book love! A great review in Bookpage and a third star for Raindrops Roll (Beach Lane/S&S), this time in Publisher’s Weekly. Woodpecker Wham, with Steve Jenkins, will be released May 12 and was...
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Woodpecker Wham! and SLJ
Woodpecker Wham! was released today by Henry Holt. So excited to have this third collaboration with illustrator Steve Jenkins, thanks to Holt. (You can support our work to share nature and science with...
View ArticleWebsite Looks Odd. Why?
I am renovating my website for the next month or so. So things may look a little wacky. Don’t worry. The content is still here but the formatting is definitely going to be wild at times. Thanks for...
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