Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Giant Snails Ahead!

December 11th, 2009

We just found out that Candlewick is releasing ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB as a BIG book in March 2010! This will be perfect for classroom and library use. It’s 17″ x 15″. Have fun with math and 100th day celebrations. The big book is in their regular catalog and on their site.

The Fun Part of Writing Children’s Books: An Interview

September 29th, 2009

Hear a bit about the fun part of my work life and my new books in an interview on the September 29, 2009 entry in Cynthia Leitich Smith’s blog.

Author Visit Grant and Paperwork Help: Curriculum Standards

August 6th, 2009

Do you need to write a grant, justify author visit costs, or explain the value of my visit to an administrator?Below is a list of the standards that most schools apply during studies of my books in preparation for a visit, the actual talks I give to students, and follow-up work that flows naturally from my visits.

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Free Photos for Whiteboards & Storytimes

June 18th, 2009

Creating a whiteboard activity, powerpoint, storytime, or display to celebrate birds, families? Or celebrating my newest book, Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family (Illustrated by Huy Vuon Lee and published by Henry Holt, 2009)? Here are some photos I took of geese this year. Click for a larger version. Use how you like.

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Online Author Chats!

June 16th, 2009

I am now offering online author chats via ichat on my mac!

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Marvelous Marquette, Michigan!

May 26th, 2009

Just when I thought the school year couldn’t get any better, it did. Jeff and I drove to the U.P. of Michigan so I could speak at the Marquette-Alger Young Authors Conference.  

Wow. This is the largest young author event I have seen. Over the course of 4 days, about 3,000 students from surrounding school districts were brought to Northern Michigan University.

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Recent Press and Blogs

May 12th, 2009

Wyoming Reads!  Thanks to the Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation, approximately 7,000 Wyoming 1st Graders will receive a free hardback book. They can choose from six books and one of them is Vulture View! They will receive the books at one of 35 celebrations on May 19th. 

http://www.natronacountylibrary.org/wyreads.html

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A Nonfiction Author’s Dream

May 1st, 2009

Expect more posts to come about my terrific visit to Battle Ground Elementary.  In the meantime, you can go to INK (Interesting Nonfiction for Kids), a group blog for nonfiction authors and see my report about one of the days at Battle Ground. Scroll down to April 23, 2009.

INK blog

A tiara was involved. Need I say more?

Special Moments: Writers’ Group

April 13th, 2009

   Val Byrd Fort, media specialist at New Providence Elementary fixed up these great invitations sent to students chosen for a special small group writers’ chat with me. This is a new event I started offering in addition to my traditional large group talks at schools late this school year. I met with only about 12 students each time. And oh, the joy of it!

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About Me
April Sayre

April Pulley Sayre is an award-winning children’s book author of over 55 natural history books for children and adults. Her read-aloud nonfiction books, known for their lyricism and scientific precision, have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. She is best known for pioneering literary ways to immerse young readers in natural events via creative storytelling and unusual perspectives.

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