Red Leaf Yellow Leaf

This informational book tells about a leaf from a sugar maple. It starts as a seed, sprouts in spring and how happy the tree would have been there forever. A worker came to the woods to collect the tree sprout. Then it goes to the nursery and waits to be sold. It is sold and taken home so a family

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can watch it grow.

This book reminds me of the fall. I like how the leaves change color before it gets to cold. How the kids love to run and jump in the piles of leaves you have just raked in your yard.

For a class activity I would take the children to collect big leaves. We would then put them in between wax paper with crayon shavings and iron the paper together to make beautiful art work.

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This informational book was about a little boy who had saved a Sugar Maple leaf from the spring time in order to find a baby tree in the fall to plant. He finds his tree and his parents help him plant it. The boy observes how the tree changes each season and the birds that visit it during these

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seasons. At the end of the book, there is a lot of information on planting trees and the how's and why's tree leaves change.

My son had this book as part of his Head Start homework. He liked the story part of the book but did not like the factual part of the book. My son and I enjoyed creating a picture of branches and leaves with construction paper as part of his homework assignment. Personally, I thought the book was a good source of information but I feel it would be put to better use in an older classroom group and age level.

I think you could use this book by first reading it to your students and then taking a leaf walk around the school's neighborhood. After this, I would try to arrange a trip to a nearby tree farm to see how they transfer the trees from saplings to the trees people buy at stores. I would buy a tree or two to have my students plant on the school grounds as part of learning about improving our environment and the beautification of our school grounds.

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I like the pictures in this book because they look like cut out pieces of paper. This book is about autumn and how the colors of the leaves change. It could be used at the beginning of autumn. YOu could read this to young children because the pages are short and it is a larger book.

Teaches children about different types of trees and what each tree does. Wonderful pictures for children of all ages learning about trees and leaves. You could even do a leaf project with this book. I thought it was a colorful fun book.

The child describes how his dad goes and buys him a sugar maple tree. They both put into the ground and watches how it changes in the seasons. The child and the tree are growing together each season. It shows the relationship between the child and the sugar maple tree.

This is a very cute book that describes how things grow. A father and child buy a maple tree. They plant it in the ground and watch how it grows and changes throughout the year. The child is growing and changing throughout the year also. It compares the relationship between the child and the tree.

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This is a very cute book to read to younger students to show how they will grow and change just like the little boy in the book. I would read this to a 1st or 2nd grade class.

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I love this book because it is cute and educational. A father and child buy a tree, plant it, and watch it grow. This would be a great book for young children who are just learning about the life cycles of plants.

This book didn't really do it for me. The paper cut outs are not as appealing as illustrations. Some of them are nice - I really liked the leaves and the ones that showed nature. But the ones that tried to represent a human hand, or a shovel just seemed flat and unappealing.

The story itself shows

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the story of someone planting a tree and watching it grow and seeing the leaves change colors. It is a good book to get children excited to get outdoors and do something, but it is not one that I would choose.

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Fairly easy read for young students. It goes through all the seasons and how the leafs change colors. It also talks about the animals that affect plants. The story also tells about the needs for making a plant grow and the various aspects to make plants sprout and develop.

This is a great book for children 2-3 grade, it basically talks about the different types of leaves and why they change the colors they do. It also focuses the growth of a Maple Tree starting from its seed. Excellent book for my future classroom because it is very educational and I think the

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children would enjoy it. Lois Ehlert has written many books and started in the educational setting. This book has received him the Global-Horn book award and other award winning metals.

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Lois Ehlert’s Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf examines the life of a maple tree, but from the point of view of a child. She yet again brings her water color paper and collage style creativity to every page, leaving the reader intrigued and in awe. This book would be a helpful and fun for many ages. Young

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children can learn from the artistic illustrations, others by naming and reading objects on the turn of every page, while older children can learn new information in the appendix at the back of the book. The font is large and easy to read, and the pictures themselves speak a thousand words. This book is a great introduction to the study of leaves or fun to read at the beginning of autumn.

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This is a fun fall book for young children. It follows the life of a maple tree told from a child's perspective.

This is a story about a sugar maple tree and how it grew from a child's point of view. After watching his tree grow during the different seasons he decides which one is his favotie.

Simple text, about the life cycle of a leaf. Goes into planting and growing, seeds, leaves dropping.

This book tells about how a leaf was "born" and goes through its life cycle with illustrations that match the feeling and colors of each season. It is a book that could educate children at a young to middle elementary school age in a way that can also entertain them. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf is great

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for teaching children about leaves and the stages of life that they go through without lecturing.

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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 is a great book for

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the younger to middle elementary grade levels. Following the book you could discuss colors and mixing colors together. Then you could go further and discuss the life cycle of a leaf and how and when they change the colors that they do and what colors do they change into.

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I have fond memories of the many hours I would spend - in all seasons, and every kind of weather - swinging upside down from the Japanese maple that stood in my front yard, growing up, so this picture-book tribute to a maple tree (a sugar maple, in this case) was bound to appeal to me! With a

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simple text and bright illustrations, Ehlert follows the story of the tree's life, from its germination from a fallen seed, and uprooting by nursery workers, to its purchase and planting by the young narrator. An informative afterword discusses the parts of the tree (the roots, the buds, etc.), and how it might best be planted.

Chosen as a Reading Rainbow Book, Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf is a title that is both engaging and educational. The gorgeous collage artwork, created using everything from seeds and roots to fabric and paper, is vivid and memorable, and the emphasis on fall colors makes it especially appealing as a seasonal autumn read. Although it isn't really a story-book, it would function very well as a science selection for younger children, I think. All in all, it's just a lovely little book!

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Book Summary:
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf is a children’s informational book written by Lois Ehlert; it tells a story about a sugar maple tree. It describes the process of how a tree grows and uses detailed illustrations to complement the content of the text. It also explains how trees are transplanted

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and moved from nature to the tree nursery to the garden center and eventually into the narrator’s backyard, where they watch the tree grow, change, and develop. In addition, the author uses the pictures and the text to describe the distinctive changes that take place in nature from season to season.

Personal Reaction:
I liked the use of detailed description used in this children’s book. This elaborate detail helps to break down complicated material and process of growing a tree in a simple and clear way for children to more easily understand. I think that the illustrations also play a key part in comprehension of the story and help to keep students focused on the subject matter of the story.

Classroom Extensions:
1.Growing a Runner Bean: Provide students with a clear glass jar, several pieces of paper towels, a cup of water and a runner bean seed.The method is simple. Have students roll the paper towels into a tube that you can insert into the jar. Then instruct them to wedge their runner bean seed between the blotting paper / paper towel roll and the side of the jar. Have students add about an inch of water to the bottom of the jar.The water will travel up the blotting paper or kitchen roll, and the bean will begin to germinate. Keep the water level topped up, and the children can watch as the bean produces a whole root system at a phenomenal rate. Ultimately they can then pot this bean on into a plastic pot of compost, take it home, and later plant it out in their own garden.

2.Create a large poster for students titled “What Color Did You Find?” The poster should be labeled with color categories: red, orange, green, yellow, and brown. Take students on a nature walk and have them collect a few different leaves. Upon returning to the classroom display the poster in front of the class. Lastly, have students separate and organize their leaves and present them on the poster for the class to observe.

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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert is a informational book for young children about the life of a maple tree. The book begins as maple seeds talks about what the maple seed endures on it's life journey. At the end of the book shows a child planting the maple tree in their backyard to care for the

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tree at their house. The last two pages of the books gives more detailed information on maple trees and how to plant a tree.

This would be a good book to use in a Pre-K-3rd grade classroom. This book could be used during fall theme because that is the favorite season addressed in the book. It could also be used to learn more about trees and leaves.

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This text describes each of the phases of leafs. The narrator serves from a child's eyes seeing their tree grow and go through the different stages with the tree's leaves.

I do like the way Ehlert mixes media - collage of real-life materials plus paper cutouts plus a bit of tempura, I think. Huge font and lots of information make this perfect for a classroom share. At the end is a perfect example of how slightly older children could do a wonderful research report.

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Not much of a story, but still engaging. I'm hoping my son isn't too old to make the bird-treat ornaments with me.

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It's pretty but not beautiful, understandable but not inspired. When writing a love story to a tree for children, there should be a lot of love.