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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...

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Stars 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...

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Those 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...

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Upcoming 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...

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Thanks, 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...

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Ted 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...

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Bear 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...

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Touch 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...

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Go 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...

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To 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...

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Science 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...

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Writing 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...

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Rah 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...

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Bear 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:...

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Vulture 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...

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Here 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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