Skyscraper Babies

Skyscraper babies grow up, up high. Close to their families. Close to the sky.

This perfectly poetic story is an ode to family and nature in the big city. Squirrels and humans alike rush to get from place to place, all returning to their nooks and nests at the end of the day atop skyscrapers, amidst the stars. This gentle text is sure to lull little ones to sleep as well as instill the importance of coexisting with the natural world.

April Pulley Sayre was from Greenville, South Carolina and grew up endlessly fascinated of the natural world. She was the award-winning author of more than eighty books for young readers, including Woodpecker Wham! and Eat Like a Bear.

Jeff Sayre is an ecologist, entrepreneur, and author with a passion for conservation and natural history. He and April have collaborated on twelve books together, all oriented around their shared love for nature and ecology.

Juliet Menendez is a Guatemalan American author and illustrator living between Guatemala City, Paris, and New York. While working as a bilingual teacher in New York City’s public schools, Juliet noted the need for more books that depicted children like the ones in her classrooms. She studied design and illustration in Paris and now spends her days with her watercolors and notebook.