If You Should Hear a Honey Guide - Softcover

Sayre, April Pulley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618070311 ISBN 13: 9780618070312

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000

Synopsis

A honey-eating bird takes readers on a journey through the East African bush in a story that shows the close relationship between the people and animals of the area. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

April Pulley Sayre is a writer, video producer, and bird watcher with a special interest in "overlooked, sometimes maligned creatures," including bats, insects, and lemurs. She and her husband live in South Bend, Indiana.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3-The interesting thing about a honey guide is that it calls to a honey badger or a person and leads the way to a bees' nest, hoping to get a piece of the honeycomb. In this quiet, simply phrased nature lesson, Sayre leads young readers on the quirky bird's trail through the Kenyan bush lands; past elephants, zebra, coiled snake, lion and crocodiles; to a hollow bee tree. Schindler's realistic closeups of these natural scenes, done in watercolor pastels and gouache in shades of brown and soft green on a beige background, will certainly attract the attention of youngsters whose fascination with animals seems insatiable. The Honey Hunters (Candlewick, 1992), a folktale retold by Francesca Martin, also features this unusual bird. It tells how some animals, led by the little guide, refuse to share the honeycomb and become natural enemies as a result. The two titles complement one another; each is excellent in its own right, and both deserve a place on library shelves.
Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0618070311
• ISBN 13: 9780618070312
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Schindler S. D.