Red leaf, yellow leaf /
Ehlert, Lois,
Red leaf, yellow leaf / Lois Ehlert. - First edition. - 33 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. - Reading Rainbow. .
Illustrations on end papers. Contains information on the parts of a Maple tree, and how to plant a tree -- colophon. End flap of dust jacket gives instructions on how to make a bird treat. Lois Ehlert (born November 9, 1934) is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 1992.
0152661972 9780152661977 0153073160 9780153073168 0758735057 032903510X 9780758735058 9780329035105
90021195
Nature--Fiction.
Trees--Juvenile fiction.
Sugar maple--Juvenile fiction.
Tree planting--Juvenile fiction.
Leaves--Juvenile fiction.
Seeds--Juvenile fiction.
Nursery growers--Juvenile fiction.
Autumn--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Forests and forestry--Juvenile fiction.
Children--Juvenile fiction.
Natural history.
Nature stories.
Picture books.
Fiction.
Red leaf, yellow leaf / Lois Ehlert. - First edition. - 33 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. - Reading Rainbow. .
Illustrations on end papers. Contains information on the parts of a Maple tree, and how to plant a tree -- colophon. End flap of dust jacket gives instructions on how to make a bird treat. Lois Ehlert (born November 9, 1934) is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 1992.
0152661972 9780152661977 0153073160 9780153073168 0758735057 032903510X 9780758735058 9780329035105
90021195
Nature--Fiction.
Trees--Juvenile fiction.
Sugar maple--Juvenile fiction.
Tree planting--Juvenile fiction.
Leaves--Juvenile fiction.
Seeds--Juvenile fiction.
Nursery growers--Juvenile fiction.
Autumn--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Forests and forestry--Juvenile fiction.
Children--Juvenile fiction.
Natural history.
Nature stories.
Picture books.
Fiction.