Vulture View

(Hardback)

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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 Jenkinsnow featuring updated end matter with more illuminating info about these amazing creatures.

Turkey vultures are best known for being natures clean-up crew, but did you know theyre 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 dietand so much more. This updated edition features a new authors note about the inspiration for the book, remastered color, and updated end matter with the latest scientific information about these marvelous and majestic creatures.

Author Bio

April Pulley Sayre (19662021) was the award-winning author of more than fifty-five natural science books for children and adults, including her award-winning photo-illustrated booksBeing Frog,Raindrops Roll,andBest in Snow. Sayres 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 (19522021) was the illustrator ofmany celebrated childrens books includingCan an Aardvark Barkand Fourteen Monkeys by Melissa Stewart;Hello, Baby!by Mem Fox;Mama Built a Little NestandMama Dug a Little Denby 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.