Leaf Jumpers

by Carole Gerber, Leslie Evans (Illustrator)

Overview

You know you wanna . . .Go ahead and jump in that big, colorful, inviting pile of leaves. The best part of fall clean-up is the chance to take a running dive into a giant pile of leaves.
In a poem as vibrant as Leslie Evans’s autumnal illustrations, Carole Gerber rakes together gold, orange, yellow, red, and brown leaves into a literary pile creating the magic of fall for young readers.
The poetic text gives simple facts about different types of fall leaves making for easy leaf identification. Brief back explains how leaves change colors when the weather turns colder. Leaf Jumpers is a great book for combining literature and science

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570914980
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	07/28/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	278,246
Product dimensions:	7.06(w) x 10.06(h) x 0.13(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Carole Gerber holds a B.S. in English education and an M.A. in journalism from Ohio State. She enjoys sharing her books with children through the Greater Columbus Arts Council Artists in Schools program. In her free time, she likes to garden (her enthusiasm dwindles as summer progresses); read (mostly for her own pleasure and edification; she also belongs to two chatty book discussion groups); travel (to learn about other countries and cultures); and practice yoga (which, like writing, is humbling, challenging and self-instructive.)

An enthusiastic and devoted drawer since she was a child, Leslie Evans was raised in Michigan and later trained as a printmaker at Rhode Island School of Design. She has illustrated many books including Leaf Jumpers, The Yummy Alphabet Book, and the Alphabet Acrostic series (Clarion). Leslie lives in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she delights in her daily walks along the Charles River with her dog, Clyde.

Read an Excerpt

We watch a soft wind shake the trees. It lifts the leaves and sets them free