How We Used Leaf Man To Build Speech and Languageīooks are amazing as they can be used to target an array of speech, language and communication skills. Lois Ehlert’s amazing illustrations include real fall leaves making this one of my favorite Fall books of all time. From ducks and geese to spotted cows Leaf Man is taking it all in.
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. Think of each landscape element as a different page.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. This photo shows the die cuts on the top of each page. On the back, there are pictures of each leaf and its name. The author collected actual leaves then made the illustrations to closely resemble the leaves.
The pages are die cut that together create a landscape. Throughout the book it states ‘a Leaf Man’s got to go where the wind blows’. Each page the leaves formed into the descriptions, such as leaves attached to become fish-like when it traveled along the river. The wind blew the leaf man over vegetable gardens, over meadows, flowing along a river, and flying over mountains with birds. Instead of stating leaves blowing, the book states it as though it was a leaf man travelling.
The leaves begin joined together as a ‘man’, but then the wind blows it in all directions. Leaf Man is a colorful book that describes a leaf’s journey. Leaf Man Written & Illustrated by Lois Ehlert Published by Harcourt Children’s Books on SeptemGenre/Topics: Season, Environment, Science Ages: 3+, 40 pages ALA Notable Children’s Book Posted on SeptemUpdated on September 14, 2012
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