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Warbler Wave Hardcover – Picture Book, February 13, 2018
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The migrating warblers have arrived, to feed and preen, to refuel and rest before continuing on their amazing journey of thousands of miles. This photographic picture book captures in lush detail the story of these tiny, colorful, and diverse birds. April Pulley Sayre’s vibrant photography has been called “striking” and “wonderful in every way” by Kirkus Reviews, and Warbler Wave is just that.
- Reading age4 - 8 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 3
- Lexile measure420L
- Dimensions11 x 0.4 x 11 inches
- PublisherBeach Lane Books
- Publication dateFebruary 13, 2018
- ISBN-101481448293
- ISBN-13978-1481448291
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Beautiful photographs of warblers in nature are accompanied by rhythmical text that results in an imaginative singsong trip outdoors. Describing their behavior the authors write: “In spring, as you nightly nap, warblers flap over oceans, lakes, and mountains. Tiny. Strong. Pushed along by wings and rivers of wind.” The main draw of the book is the trademark photography (previously featured in Best in Snow, Raindrops Roll, and many more books), which features close-up detailed views. The images are so precise, it is almost as if the subjects are suspended in time. The authors call them “beautiful blurs” since they are small, fast, and difficult to find. Plenty of extras are included in the back section for those wishing to learn more, most notably information on warbler migration. VERDICT Visually stunning, this book is great for independent and small group browsing. -- School Library Journal ― December 1, 2017
From the author of Woodpecker Wham! (rev. 5/15) comes another science picture book featuring spectacular photographs and spare, precise text, this time focusing on the migrating group of tiny birds called warblers. Oversize pages first show the expanse of sky and land over which warblers fly and the buildings around which they must navigate; our view then zooms in on one jewel of a bird that has come to rest in a tree. The poetic text mirrors the flight patterns of the birds: very short rhyming lines (“They search. Stalk. / Wag. Walk”) are contained inside the one long poem that makes up the narrative. The lilting text helps draw readers beyond the prettiness of the photographs into more closely observing what the birds are doing in each photo as they search for food, and the pictures catch the birds at moments like “gleaning” something from a twig, or dining on a moth. The pages are skillfully laid out to guide the eye and are spacious enough to highlight the variety of colors, stripes, and other markings on the birds. Short and focused enough for a preschool storytime, this also includes dense pages of additional information, as well as a link to a website that identifies in detail each of the birds photographed. -- The Horn Book Magazine ― March/April
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- Publisher : Beach Lane Books; Illustrated edition (February 13, 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1481448293
- ISBN-13 : 978-1481448291
- Reading age : 4 - 8 years
- Lexile measure : 420L
- Grade level : Preschool - 3
- Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 11 x 0.4 x 11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,373,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,962 in Children's Zoology Books (Books)
- #4,603 in Children's Bird Books (Books)
- #12,594 in Children's Nature Books (Books)
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About the author
April Pulley Sayre is an award-winning author of over 65 natural history books for children and adults. She has photo-illustrated ten of them. Her read-aloud books, known for their lyricism and scientific precision, have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. Her picture book VULTURE VIEW, illustrated by Steve Jenkins, received the Theodor "Seuss" Geisel Honor from the American Library Association. STARS BENEATH YOUR BED: the Surprising Story of Dust, received the AAAS/SB&F/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books and was named an ALA Notable. ONE IS SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB was an ALA Notable and received Britain's highest literacy award. THE BUMBLEBEE QUEEN marked her third win of the John Burroughs Award. Sayre and her husband Jeff have followed lemurs in Madagascar, pursued army ants in Panama, and eaten piranha in the Peruvian Amazon. Mostly, though, they garden for wildlife and munch blueberries at their home in the Midwest.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018What a beautiful book! I teach in a K-2 Forest School setting and am currently adding to my picture book collection, hoping to further inspire my little students to love and value nature. WARBLER WAVE is just the kind of thing I look for. The writing is sparse, but it captures a story of migration, zooming in closer than any of us are likely to experience in real life. A lot more information about warblers and migration is added at the end, for instance that warblers migrate at night and some birders can identify species by their tweets overhead.
This is a book to savor and return to, much like a nature walk that is familiar but sweet, and always inspiring.
In order to inhance my students’ observational skills I often try to come up with fun ways for them to revisit a book with purpose. One thing we will do with WARBLER WAVE is design and name our own warblers. I found and printed free clipart online of a basic warbler, and my students will scour field guides looking at real warbler colors and their names. WARBLER WAVE will be on hand for them to look closely at and see detail of color and pattern as they color their own.
The photography is amazing. When do we ever see warblers like this? I feel like I’ve been birding with the Sayres!
5.0 out of 5 stars When do we ever see warblers like this?!What a beautiful book! I teach in a K-2 Forest School setting and am currently adding to my picture book collection, hoping to further inspire my little students to love and value nature. WARBLER WAVE is just the kind of thing I look for. The writing is sparse, but it captures a story of migration, zooming in closer than any of us are likely to experience in real life. A lot more information about warblers and migration is added at the end, for instance that warblers migrate at night and some birders can identify species by their tweets overhead.
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018
This is a book to savor and return to, much like a nature walk that is familiar but sweet, and always inspiring.
In order to inhance my students’ observational skills I often try to come up with fun ways for them to revisit a book with purpose. One thing we will do with WARBLER WAVE is design and name our own warblers. I found and printed free clipart online of a basic warbler, and my students will scour field guides looking at real warbler colors and their names. WARBLER WAVE will be on hand for them to look closely at and see detail of color and pattern as they color their own.
The photography is amazing. When do we ever see warblers like this? I feel like I’ve been birding with the Sayres!
Images in this review - Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018I'm not sure whom the book is for, I don't think it is for children, except if they have a very knowledgeable adult available to fill in what the text doesn't provide nor the pictures really. The pictures are nice, but don't really tell a story. Several pages are supposed to show migration, only there are no birds anywhere, these are photos of sunsets and the like. The pages that do show birds, the birds aren't identified.
In the back there are four pages of text about warblers, birding, actions to be taken to create habitat and protect birds. These are way beyond what a child can comprehend or are capable of doing. Suggestions like "Listen for their night calls" are fairly non-sensical as children 3-8 will be sleeping. Others like "Encourage city officials and landowners to participate in Lights Out programs, witch turn off lights during migrations." are for me just absurd, except if they are meant for the parents. The recommendation for what plants to use for habitat includes two non-native invasive species (bayberry, mulberry - and yes, there are native versions, these are not specified and rarely available to buy).
There have to be better, more interesting and age appropriate books out there for children or online resources.