Thursday, November 15, 2012

Leaf Trouble and Other Colorful Tales



 Picture Book Month
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Day 15 theme: Nature

Leaf Trouble and Other Colorful Tales


Autumn is my favorite time of year-not too hot, not too cold. There is only one wee problem. I live in a area that is abundant in palm trees and very few trees with leaves that change colors. Thank goodness for all the wonderful picture books that let me live out my dream of beautifully Autumn colored leaves falling into gentle crunchy piles ready for kids to pounce in. 




Leaf Trouble
Author: Jonathan Emmett
Illustrator: Caroline Jayne Church
Publisher: The Chicken House

Publisher description:
When Pip Squirrel wakes up one morning to find his home tree fallin to pieces, he goes nuts! Scampering about frantically, he starts gathering up leaves in colorful pawfuls.. But try as he may to stick them back on their branches, it's hopeless: They keep coming off. It's only when his wise, reassuring mama explains what happens in autumn that Pip begins to understand why...all the leaves keep falling down!





Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
Author and Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt Inc.

Publisher description:
This is the story of a sugar maple tree and the child who planted it. As they grow up together, the child watches the tree through all the seasons. Ehlert uses watercolor collage, leaf-shaped die cuts, and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this rich introduction to the life of a tree.


Fantastic Fall Lesson plans and activities

Scholastic Seasonal Changes lesson plan and printables

Artsy Leaf Rubbings activity





Leaf Man 
Author and Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.

Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.

Leaf Man sample pages


Leaf Man teacher guide


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