Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep

Description

With its distinctive collage art style, this book follows squirrels and their daily activities: climbing, storing seeds, making homes in tree holes--maybe even flying! Discover squirrels of different kinds and colors as they scamper, eat, and--finally--sleep. Gorgeous illustrations and a lyrical text are combined in another winning title from this star-studded author-illustrator pair.

April Pulley Sayre is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for young readers, including Eat Like a Bear, Vulture View, and Woodpecker Wham! She lives in Indiana with her husband and a yard full of squirrels. aprilsayre.com Steve Jenkins has illustrated many picture books, including Eat Like a Bear, Vulture View, and Woodpecker Wham! by April Pulley Sayre. He was awarded a Caldecott Honor for What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, which he created with his wife, Robin Page. They live in Boulder, Colorado, with their three children. stevejenkinsbooks.com

Both contributors are at the top of their game, capturing the habits, characteristics, and energy of squirrels in meticulous rhymes ("Meet the squirrels./ Gray. Fox. Red./ Flying squirrel/ overhead") and equally precise paper collages. --Publishers Weekly, starred review Apt verse and appealing visuals provide young naturalists with a springboard for discussion and further discovery. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for Woodpecker Wham!: Lovely and exciting, this title is a great hook for young researchers, as well as fledgling ornithologists. --School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Eat Like a Bear: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students Pick ASLC Notable Children's Book Pick