Last Week I shared about Building Speech and Language with Top Cat and today it’s all about Leaf Man!įollow Leaf Man as he travels where the wind blows him. The story pages are die cut with special edges across the top, too, adding layers and dimensions into the artwork that makes everything even more eye-popping.Welcome to another post for our Virtual Book Club for Kids! Today is also the day of our blog-hop launch so you can check out (or link up) all sorts of great activities by our spotlight author, Lois Ehlert. Ehlert color copied and arranged to create animals, plants and scenery. In fact, all of the artwork is made with actual leaves that Ms. Leaf Man is represented by some leaves in the general shape of a head and body, with acorns for eyes and a sweet gum fruit for a mouth. It’s an absolutely gorgeous love letter to autumn and all its colors. You may find a Leaf Man who wants to go home with you.Īuthor/illustrator Lois Ehlert mentions in a note at the end of this book that she has been collecting and appreciating leaves her entire life and I’m going to warn you that this book is likely to make you want to pick up the habit, too. So pay attention to the sights and sounds around you. But only the wind knows where he going or where he will end up. When he looks down at the world beneath him, he may be lonesome. He may be blowing to the north, over tall trees and mountains. He may have fallen onto a lake where he may be floating on the water or rushing past in a river. He may be blowing over the orchards or the meadows or by the cows. He blows over the vegetable fields and away out of sight. The wind blows Leaf Man away to the east, in the direction of the marsh.
The plot in a nutshell: A Leaf Man goes where the wind blows. Leaf Man used to live near me, in a pile of leaves.
Written and Illustrated by Lois Ehlert Harcourt, Inc., 2005
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