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Cherimoya
Jeff and I were first introduced to this fruit on a long guided bus ride through Ecuador. The driver stopped by a fruit stand, bought some cherimoya, cut it up and offered it to all the passengers. The...
View ArticleStars Beneath Your Bed and Science Standards
Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust is a natural for fulfilling the new science standards. That’s one of the things I learned when I attended NSTA and spoke on a panel of authors...
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Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant released
Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant, my new book, was released by Beach Lane Books, a division of Simon & Schuster today. Please join me in eating some fruit to salute designer Lauren Rille for her...
View ArticleThose Mysterious Fruit on the Tree
I received this inquiry regarding my new book, GO, GO, GRAPES: A Fruit Chant: Dear Ms. Sayre, Would you kindly tell me what kind of fruit is pictured on the page that reads: “treats from trees and from...
View ArticleUpcoming Appearances
Just returned from co-presenting “Read Aloud Wow” with Isabel Baker at NAEYC’s national leadership conference. This Sat, June 23rd, I’ll be signing at the South Bend Farmer’s Market 9am-12. Here’s...
View ArticleThanks, Oprah! (And Expert Librarians)
Rah, Rah, Radishes is on Oprah’s Kids’ Reading List 2012, ages 4-7! What I love is that Oprah.com had serious children’s book experts, folks at ALA-CBC, ALSC choose the 25 books on this list. So the...
View ArticleTed Talks for Educators
I listen to TED talks as I walk and as I do dishes. Time and again, I come across ones that I think might be inspiring or useful for educators. So I’m starting this post and updating as I come across...
View ArticleBear Studies Resources Older Grades
My book Eat LIke a Bear comes out next Fall. It’s a picture book, for young ages, about grizzly bears. But I just read about a curriculum that might interest some educators who want to learn more about...
View ArticleTouch A Butterfly Wildlife Gardening Resources
It’s almost fated to happen. Every time I go to press, I find a flood of books/websites, and the like, which I wish I’d known about so I could include them in my resource section. Usually, when I’m...
View ArticleGo Go Grapes Salutes Revolutionaries!
Love these folks! They’ll pump you up for changing the world, whether it relates to veggies, or not! First, here are some inspiring TED talks about vegetable garden power: Stephen Ritz: A Teacher...
View ArticleTo Love a Toad
Just publishing one of my poems here because. Because why not put it out there? Just dug it out of a little corner, forgotten, of my computer file pile. There are so many poems stuck in there like...
View ArticleScience Books and Films Nov Issue
Science Books and Films’ November 2012 issue has an article by Terrence E. Young, Jr that celebrates science picture books: “November is Science Picture Book Month.” Vulture View and Stars Beneath...
View ArticleWriting Poetry
For you aspiring poets, and teachers of poetry, I recommend the new book Write a Poem Step By Step by JoAnn Macken. It’s incredibly useful. So clearcut and inspiring. I love writing poetry. A few...
View ArticleRah Rah Radishes…going beyond the plate
My eyes are peeled for resources that connect to children’s nutrition. Here’s what’s come across my platter recently. First, Annette Triplett from the University of Missouri extension office shared...
View ArticleBear Resources
Eat Like a Bear, my book illustrated by Steve Jenkins comes out in late 2012. But I’m already gathering like a bear for winter. The bears in that book are brown bears (grizzlies) but perhaps your...
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Pollinator Partnership!
Want to know what to plant to help native pollinators in your area? Check out the free guides on the website of the Pollinator Partnership. Wish I’d seen this before my book Touch A Butterfly:...
View ArticleVulture TED Talk
There was a TED talk recently about vultures. I think educators might be interested in seeing it for their own background research. It’s only a little over six minutes long. You’ll want to look it...
View ArticleHere Come the Humpbacks!
Here Come the Humpbacks! My new nonfiction picture book, illustrated by Jamie Hogan of Maine, traces the migration of a humpback whale from the Caribbean to Stellwagen Banks near New England. The main...
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Books Coming in 2013
Here Come the Humpbacks! illustrated by Jamie Hogan should be swimming its way into stores on Feb 1st. Then, April 23rd, Touch A Butterfly: Wildlife Gardening With Kids arrives in stores. It’s an adult...
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Eat Like a Bear
Choosing snack to munch while going over proofs for Fall 2013 book illustrated by Steve Jenkins. Yup, blueberries!
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