April Pulley Sayre is an award-winning children's book author of over fifty-five 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.
In 2008 Sayre accepted the Theodor “Seuss” Geisel Honor Award given by the American Library Association for her book, Vulture View. It was also named a finalist for the 2008 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.
Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust, won the 2006 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books and was named an 2006 ALA Notable Children’s Book. One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab was a 2004 ALA Notable Children’s Book, a 2003 Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book, and received Britain’s highest literacy award. Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad’s Tale received a Riverbank Review Children’s Book of Distinction, 2001 ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice, and starred reviews. The Bumblebee Queen marked her third win of the John Burroughs Award.
Sayre writes in-depth about scientists in books such as Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of Whales, Elephants, and Birds, a starred review/ALA Editor’s choice book which was also honored as one of the all-time best children’s books about the scientific process.