Best Selling Books by April Pulley Sayre

Explores the physical characteristics, climate, plants and animals of the world''s northern coniferous forests, or taigas, details the effect of human activity, and features hands-on projects and information on preservation

Features the continent of Africa, discussing its geography, plant and animal life, weather, and settlement by humans.

Where in the world can you take a dip in a volcanically heated pool, while snow is on the ground around you? Where can you find the world''s largest country? Where can you sail past ancient ruins? The continent of Europe!

Describes how different animals, such as elephants, birds, horses, and fish, keep themselves clean.

Where in the world can you find the world''s largest flower? Where can you ride a camel to see the oldest and deepest lake in the world? Where can you climb to the highest peak on Earth? The continent of Asia!

Introduces the ecology of the temperate deciduous forest, discusses forest weather, climate, and geology, and surveys forest plants and animals

A book describing the various animals, insects and amphebians found the rain forest.

Describes the physical characteristics of seashores, with a focus on North America, and discusses the various plants and animals that inhabit this biome as well as the effects of human use.

Describes unique characteristics of the Antarctic continent including its landscapes, geology, weather and climate, coastlines, air and soil as well as its plants and animals.

An introduction to bioacoustics that gives young readers “a deeper understanding of what has been, and has yet to be, learned about animal communication” (Kirkus Reviews). Can whales communicate across miles of vast ocean? Can elephants talk to one another with sounds we cannot hear? These are the kinds of questions that drive the work of acoustic biologists. Follow three creative scientists—Christopher W. Clark, Katy Payne, and Bill Evans—as they research why and how animals communicate. Through remarkable photographs and stories about all sorts of animals, this book celebrates the challenges of lab work and fieldwork and the thrill of discovery. “This fascinating title shows the thrill of scientific discovery up close. Sayre profiles three bioacousticians—scientists who study the sounds made by living things, communication that is often outside the range of human hearing . . . this book is part of the consistently excellent Scientists in the Field series; it provides readers with an inspiring introduction to a little-discussed field and to biology in general.”—Booklist “Each of the profiles is filled with absorbing scientific information while also providing insights into the personalities involved in this work—adventurers who work in interesting field locales, sometimes with limited funding, to do what they love.”—Horn Book “Sayre offers good descriptions of work with the various species and its import.”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

In this version of the classic lullaby, a boy tries to settle his puppy down to sleep with a lullaby after a day of splashing in the creek, fetching sticks, and chasing sheep.

Describes aquatic biomes, focusing on life in rivers and streams, and explains the effect of pollution on these biotic communities and on the lives of people everywhere.

Describes how a variety of creatures, including a butterfly, a sea turtle, a caribou herd, and an Arctic tern, find their way home.

Describes the physical features of the ocean biome, as well as ocean life, human use, and conservation efforts.

Depicts an army of ants as it parades through the rain forest in search of a meal.

Examines the El Ni no and La Ni na phenomena, why they occur, how meteorologists track them, how they affect global weather patterns, and their possible effect on global warming.

Describes the geography of the continent of Australia and the plants and animals that live there.