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Leaf Jumpers
Product Code: 14973 ISBN: 978-1-57091-497-3 Binding Information: Hardcover Ages: 3 - 6 Grade Highest: 1st Grade Lowest: Pre-K Availability: In stock. Price: $16.95 Graceful, poetic text celebrates the beauty of autumn leaves, while the simple text at the end explains why leaves change color. Readers learn how to identify all sorts of leaves from red maple to sycamore by their color, shape, and other characteristics. A great choice for science units and autumn displays.
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ISBN: 978-1-57091-498-0 Availability: In stock. Price: $6.95 ABC Best Books for Children Reviews School Library Journal - August 31, 2004
The crisp excitement that fall brings sparkles on each page of this book. Image-packed poetry and watercolor and linoleum-block prints introduce the various trees as they are observed by a boy and girl and their dog. Not only are the children shown as active participants in autumn's fun raking and jumping in the fallen foliage, but the leaves themselves "...flutter through the air, drifting downward gracefully." The vividly colored illustrations provide interesting perspectives as readers view the children and their dog at ground level, from high among the tree branches, at eye level with the children, and at shoe level. Even with the simple vocabulary, Gereber's words and images convey all the texture, shape, and color of various types of leaves. The last page has an explanation of why they fall, and this text is surrounded by identified pictures of the leaves discussed in the main body of the book. A great introduction to the the season either for group or individual reading.
Bay Views - September 30, 2004
In large, bold, linoleum-cut illustrations in orange, red, yellow, and brown tones, a girl, boy, and dog are shown playfully interacting with falling autumn leaves, tossing, jumping, and raking them, or just looking at them in various perspectives. Eight different types of leaves and the trunks of two trees are identified in the brief rhyming text, which reinforce the vivid autumn colors. Some of the leaves will be unfamiliar to California children but will be an attractive way of introducing them to autumn and autumn activities. The large illustrations show the leaf shapes clearly, though birch and basswood look alike. The book plunges into autumn colors immediately and only the last page explains color change and probably will require explanation from an older person. The big brown and white dog peering through slender hanging yellow willow leaves is endearing.
Booklist - September 30, 2004
Colorful linoleum block prints of autumn leaves flutter across the pages of this attractive picture-book introduction to eight common leaf varieties. Gerber's poetic text describes colors, shapes, and characteristics with an abundance of similes and metaphors. The red maple's leaf is said to be "flame bright and vivid as a match"; the birch leaf is "oval as an egg"; and the ginkgo's yellow leaf is shaped "just like a little fan." Evans' vibrant hand-colored linoleum prints feature scenes of a brother and sister with the family dog enjoying traditional fall activities, such as raking a big pile of leaves and jumping in. They also provide helpful visual aid for youngsters who might want to try some leaf identification of their own. An ending page describes the process by which leaves change from green to their brilliant fall colors, adding to the book's value as a science resource.
NSTA Reports - November 30, 2004
Explains why leaves change color and shows how to identify all sorts of leaves by their color, shape, and other characteristics. Color illustrations make the 32-page hardcover book appropriate for both autumn displays and science units.
CCBC Choices 2005 - April 30, 2005
The changing color of autumn leaves is certainly one of the most flamboyant hallmarks of the new season. Linoleum-cut illustrations show two children and a dog playing among the falling leaves, as the poetic text describes the characteristics of 8 types of trees. "Red maple's broad and pointed leaves/flame bright and vivid as a match./The sugar maple's leaves are orange,/like pumpkins in a pumpkin patch." A concluding page outlines the scientific process behind leaf-color change, but it is the bold illustrations and lyrical words throughout the rest of this picture book that truly celebrate the season. (Ages 4-8)
Curriculum Connections - October 20, 2008
The shapes and changing colors of autumn leaves are explored in a jubilant combination of story and science. Lyrical text ("Stubby fingers, brown as dirt, reach from the slender white oak leaf") and vivid block print illustrations of individual leaves encourage identification of common trees, including oak, sugar maple, and willow.
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