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Fall Leaves (2014)

by Loretta Holland(Favorite Author)
4.01 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
0544106644 (ISBN13: 9780544106642)
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English
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HMH Books for Young Readers
review 1: Can there be still another beautiful picture book about fall leaves? Yes! And this is one, filled with Elly MacKay gorgeous illustrations, which the cover tells she sets up scene by scene in a miniature theater. They appear to be a combination of collage, photography and watercolor. Loretta Holland tells the story in a clever, nearly wordless story from summer leaves, to fall leaves fall, to leaves fall, to fall leaves. There is more, the final playing outside, birds flying south, apple picking, and then, the inside because winter arrives. It’s a book to examine over and over.
review 2: FALL LEAVES, by Loretta Holland, makes you want to climb inside and explore the warm, vibrant world illustrated by Elly MacKay in beautiful oranges, browns, and golds. The nar
... morerative is a play on the title, with the word “fall” or “leaves” featured on each page, as in, “Birds Leave,” “Leaves Twist,” and “Fall Leaves.” Under each of these clever headings, we learn the science behind this mysterious season. For example, under “Leaves Fall,” we find out why leaves change their color as they prepare for winter. Under “Leaves Leave,” we learn what happens to the branches once leaves fall to the ground. The colors cool as the book comes to its conclusion with the arrival of winter, when “Temperatures Fall” and all of life finds shelter in which to hide from the cold. A great book for teaching Science to early grades, or for extending a lesson on chlorophyll or photosynthesis in middle grades. Also a great book to snuggle up by the fire with your favorite young reader and a cup of hot cider! If you are a lover of Fall, as I am, you will love it! less
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caitin
Excellent book for the young toddler that is interested in Nature and Science.
netel
LOVE this. Blog review to follow at A Year of Reading.
yannickrodgers
pretty illustrations, inda like disney backdrops
mynewglasses
Beautiful! And informative!
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