April Pulley Sayre

Al Dente's invention of a portable pasta machine turns him into a superhero and helps to save the family's fresh pasta business.

Explains what dust is and the diverse matter that it contains, including bits of stars and traces of extinct dinosaurs; and tells how it moves, where it is found, and some of the effects it creates.

Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.

Simple text and photographs explore the science behind the transformation that trees undergo in the fall.

"We all go through awkward phases-even animals! Award-winning author and photographer April Pulley Sayre shines a light on nature's relatable in-between moments. No longer underwater but not ready to fly, no longer a tadpole but not yet leaping to land. Animals, just like people, can find themselves stuck in some awkward in-between stages. How do we get out of the in-betweens? We just have to push on through! Come get a glimpse behind-the-scenes into...