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Leaf (2008)

by Stephen Michael King(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1596435038 (ISBN13: 9781596435032)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Roaring Brook Press

review 1: I am not a child for this, but I went back my childhood. The book was just. . .wow.I remember buying it for the illustrations itself, and I didn't actually realize that there is no text in the entire story, except for the sound effects used; illustrations itself would give you the story, and I really would like to have a notebook edition of this. LOLAnd as for how the story went, it was very imaginative, and I guess if texts were laid on it, it would probably hide meanings from each line for children to understand, it was a very good idea to be just illustrative, and readers itself would give the meaning of it.
review 2: Wordless, but includes a couple sound-effect wordsAudience: ages 4+, both boys and girls, the environmentally friendly, gardeners, learners/th... moree imaginativeAppeal: This is a clever little book in which a young boy, running away from a haircut, gets a seed dropped on his head by a bird. And a leaf grows there (it kinda looks like the lightbulb of an idea)! The young boy tries to learn how to care for his leaf when his mother gives him a haircut and it's removed. Sad, he plants the little leaf. And it grows into a nice big tree alongside the boy who also grows up. The book ends with a bird dropping a seed (from the tree) onto the head of the boy's dog.Application: I would use this novel to show the importance of dedication. The boy loved his leaf and did everything he knew possible to care for it. And his hard work, in the end, paid off! It also has a slight environmental scant due to the fact that it's a leaf he's taking care of--but that seems minor to me compared to the other themes.Award: Stephen Michael King's books have been on many Australian children's book award lists, but not any that I can document. less

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