April Pulley Sayre
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How can a leaf become a fish? Join two young children and their dads to find out, as they observe life in and around a stream. Energetic collage art and simple, lyrical text depict the ways plants and animals are connected in the food web. Back matter provides information about the trout life cycle as well as conservation efforts that kids can do themselves. It's a natural choice for Earth Day.
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In this latest book by acclaimed science writer April Pulley Sayre, young readers follow along as a mother humpback whale and her calf make their annual trek from the warm waters of the Caribbean to their summer feeding grounds off the coast of New England and back again. Within this extraordinary story of migration, Sayre provides information about how humpback whales breathe, sing, and how they got their name-a secondary layer of text expands upon...
8) Full of fall
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division [2017]
Physical Desc
40 pages ; cm
Description
April Pulley Sayre explores the transformation trees undergo in fall. This book explains the leaves' initial change from green to red, yellow, and orange, the shedding of the leaves, and the leaves crumbling as winter approaches. Additional information explains the science behind this process.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
In fun verse, the author creates a rhyming story about different fruits you can find at a fruit stand. Celebrates the joys of healthy eating and invites youngsters on a rhyming photographed tour of a market that is filled with delicious fruits.
11) Eat like a bear
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.
14) Vulture view
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Introduces early readers to the turkey vulture through a review of how they find their meals as soaring scavengers and the important part they play as a member of nature's clean-up crew.
16) If you're hoppy
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
In rhyming text reminiscent of the traditional song, "If you're happy and you know it," presents various animals that are hoppy, sloppy, growly, flappy, or slimy, scaly and mean.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
Description
Demonstrates how healthy eating can be both fun and appetizing, while sharing engaging facts about seeds and providing an additional section on how to help nut-sensitive friends stay safe.