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ALA Notable Book
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book

Discover the fascinating lives of often-misunderstood vultures in this award-winning nonfiction picture book from celebrated author April Pulley Sayre and Caldecott Honor illustrator Steve Jenkins—now featuring updated end matter with more illuminating info about these amazing creatures.

Turkey vultures are best known for being nature’s clean-up crew, but did you know they’re among the most graceful soaring birds on earth? Come spend a day in the life of a vulture and learn how they fly on thermals of warmed air, preen their feathers to stay squeaky clean, keep up their scavenger diet—and so much more. This updated edition features a new author’s note about the inspiration for the book, remastered color, and updated end matter with the latest scientific information about these marvelous and majestic creatures.

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ISBN-13:	9781665952200
Publisher:	Beach Lane Books
Publication date:	01/28/2025
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

April Pulley Sayre (1966–2021) was the award-winning author of more than fifty-five natural science books for children and adults, including her award-winning photo-illustrated books Being Frog, Raindrops Roll, and Best in Snow. Sayre’s books received an abundance of starred reviews, have been dubbed ALA Notable Books (Raindrops Roll; Rah, Rah, Radishes) and won a Geisel Honor (Vulture View). Learn more at AprilSayre.com.

Steven Jenkins (1952–2021) was the illustrator of many celebrated children’s books including Can an Aardvark Bark? and Fourteen Monkeys by Melissa Stewart; Hello, Baby! by Mem Fox; Mama Built a Little Nest and Mama Dug a Little Den by Jennifer Ward; and the 2003 Caldecott Honor recipient, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, which he created with his wife, Robin Page. Learn more about his life and work at SteveJenkinsBooks.com.

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PreS-Gr 2
A spare, rhyming text delineates a day in the life of turkey vultures. As the sun rises and the air warms, the birds glide "up, up" to " . . . tilt, soar, scan/to find the food that vultures can . . . / . . . eat!" Passing by a snake, a fox, and a bear, the creatures " . . . sniff, search, seek/for foods that . . . /REEK!" Jenkins's dynamic, brightly colored collages show the birds from different viewpoints and are often quite dramatic, especially the black silhouettes of the animals set against a red sky at sunset. The use of questions in the poetic text will also engage children. The final spread provides additional information about vultures. This picture book is a welcome resource, particularly for regions in which the soaring of the turkey vultures overhead is a familiar sight.
—Robin L. GibsonCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Vultures may seem an unlikely subject for a literary celebration, but this playful, brief poem and accompanying collages serve as a pleasing celebration. From ascent on morning thermals through a day of scavenging to rest at night, the vultures' routine unfolds on the page. Page turns lead readers along the vultures' search for "foods that . . . / REEK! / Those fragrant flowers? No, no. / That spicy smoke? No, no. That stinky dead deer? Yes, yes! / Vultures like a mess. They land and dine. Rotten is fine." Sayre's text is positively gleeful in its exposure of the previously unacceptable subject matter to a child audience, depicting vultures not as cartoon villains but as a necessary part of nature. Jenkins's textured collages reveal unapologetically ugly vultures against a breathtakingly clean blue sky, almost chortling as they juxtapose lovely blossoms with the decomposing deer carcass. A two-page appendix gives readers a chance to "Get to Know Vultures" and provides a more thorough context for the preceding fun. (Picture book/nonfiction. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews

“Jenkins's dynamic, brightly colored collages show the birds from different viewpoints and are often quite dramatic, especially the black silhouettes of the animals set against a red sky at sunset. The use of questions in the poetic text will also engage children. . . . A welcome resource.” —School Library Journal
“Sayre's text is positively gleeful in its exposure of the previously unacceptable subject matter to a child audience, depicting vultures not as cartoon villains but as a necessary part of nature. Jenkins's textured collages reveal unapologetically ugly vultures against a breathtakingly clean blue sky, almost chortling as they juxtapose lovely blossoms with the decomposing deer carcass.” —Kirkus Reviews

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