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Leaf Man
by
Lois Ehlert
Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.
With illustrations made from actual fall leaves and die-cut pages on every spread th...more
With illustrations made from actual fall leaves and die-cut pages on every spread th...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 1st 2005
by Harcourt Children's Books
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This is a cool collage of real leaves forming all the illustrations--a leaf man, leaf birds, leaf fish, leaf prairies, leaf forests... it's nifty and fun for autumn though it didn't especially strike a chord with me.
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Leaf Man comes from popular children’s Author and Illustrator Lois Elhert. Elhert is known for her collage style of illustrating, using found objects to create colorful and beautiful scenes. Leaf Man is available in a hardcover edition with glossy printed pages, each scalloped on the top to create a layered effect within the book.
Leaf man has landed in your yard, that’s right, look carefully and you will see the outline of a little man i...more
I met this author when she came to our library for our storytelling festival. After hearing her talk about her work and her art, I appreciate and admire her books even more. Mainly she works in collage, though her cut out books, namely Color Farm and Color Zoo, are equally creative and detailed. Much of her inspiration comes from nature and I have a hard time believing she still has not won a caldecott medal for her work. Look for board book variations of her work for the new babies. THe shapes...more
“Leaf Man” shows the author’s trademark mastery of collage in a gorgeous celebration of fall foliage.
Not only that, its endpapers provide a valuable service, at least for leaf know-nothings like me, by giving names to the leaf litter on sidewalks and forest floors, including maple, honey locust, sweet gum, ginkgo, ash and oak.
Everyone’s familiar with the sight of a man in the moon or a hippo in the clouds. In this case, Ehlert takes the same idea – and a little artful arrangement– to see figures...more
Not only that, its endpapers provide a valuable service, at least for leaf know-nothings like me, by giving names to the leaf litter on sidewalks and forest floors, including maple, honey locust, sweet gum, ginkgo, ash and oak.
Everyone’s familiar with the sight of a man in the moon or a hippo in the clouds. In this case, Ehlert takes the same idea – and a little artful arrangement– to see figures...more
Leaf Man is such a cute, fun picture book to read. The illustrations are realistic and all autumn colors with dark reds, browns, burnt oranges, and hunter greens. The pages change in height with the top of the pages varying in designs. The words are in large font and are easy to read with a few words that may be challenging like "prairie". The story talks about a man made of leaves and how the wind blew and he went away. As the story goes on, it goes into the journey he may be going through as h...more
Feb 15, 2012
Suzanne DeConto
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This book is a great way to represent the way in which leaves can be used in art, to make different pictures and objects. It really encourages children to use their imagination while observing nature. The colors and details of the leaves are great and the guide in the back which displays different types of leaves is very informative. The different shapes of the top of the pages also adds a creative element. The actual story was stronger at some points than others. At the end it says “Listen for...more
Leaf man is a beautiful photo collage of fall leaves. Ehlert uses the leaves' color and shape to assemble a “Leaf Man” and the reader follows his journey as the wind takes him away. The text is simple, yet full of information about direction, habitats and types of leaves. The scalloped edges merge the unchanging fall background with a foreground which moves from marshes to meadows to a lake. The native wildlife of ducks, turkey and fish are constructed from bright fall leaves, and readers will e...more
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What? This book will be good for emergent readers ages 2-7. The author encourages children to use their imagination by illustrating leaves as a man. children are encouraged to ask questions about what happens to the leaves when the wind blows away.
So What? I like the way the author illustrates the leaves to form a man. This encourages students to increase their imaginations and see nature in a different way.
Now what? After reading this book with my students I would take them outside and let the...more
So What? I like the way the author illustrates the leaves to form a man. This encourages students to increase their imaginations and see nature in a different way.
Now what? After reading this book with my students I would take them outside and let the...more
I thought this was a pretty good Children's book. The story was about a leaf man that gets blown all over the place into different designs and how he is always on the move. I paid more attention to the pictures than I did to the words because I did not find the actual story all that interesting. The pictures were incredible and the edge of the pages were all cut differently. This made it very interesting to look at and I think kids will really enjoy the pictures of the leaves. The beginning of t...more
A very simple picture book about a man formed out of leaves, this book explains how the wind decides where the leaf man goes. On his way around, he sees chickens, ducks, geese, vegetables, fruits, turkeys, bunnies, cows, fish and all other manner of things. I like the end pages with their illustrations of individually named leaves in all kinds of colors. The author apparently liked to collect leaves and had a leaf file, where she kept them so she could illustrate them, which is how she came up w...more
How many of us pick up leaves that we think are beautiful and wish we could do something to capture them just when accessory pigments are kicking in? That's just what Ehlert did when she created this book although I'm not clear if the pictures are photo images or illustrations of the leaves that were collected.
This was catalogued in my local library as an Easy Fic. book for small children. This disturbs me ( a little) for two reasons. One, I don't think I would have enjoyed this book as a small...more
This was catalogued in my local library as an Easy Fic. book for small children. This disturbs me ( a little) for two reasons. One, I don't think I would have enjoyed this book as a small...more
Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.
With illustrations made from actual fall leaves and die-cut pages on every spread that reveal gorgeous landscape vistas, here is a playful, whimsical, and evocative book that celebrates the natural world and t...more
With illustrations made from actual fall leaves and die-cut pages on every spread that reveal gorgeous landscape vistas, here is a playful, whimsical, and evocative book that celebrates the natural world and t...more
A formation of leaves vaguely resembling a man has blown away; the author wonders where he went. Pleasing large-scale photographic reproductions of leaves (Ehlert collects them everywhere she goes and quickly makes color photocopies before they fade). In some illustrations Ehlert has fashioned them into mice, chickens, fish, turtles, birds, butterflies, cows, and vegetables. The endpapers identify some leaf species and now I'm wondering if that enormous ovate-leafed weed in one of my planters is...more
Leaf Man is a good book to share with young children about how trees lose their leaves turn colors of gold and red. The pictures are vivid and the book pages and unlike regular book pages. This book and the illustration are all about movement and change. The question is posed as to where the Leaf Man gose after he has fallen from the tree. It is known that the Leaf Man is helpless against the wind and must go where the wind blows him. This is a fun fill journey of where the Leaf Man might go. Ov...more
Feb 15, 2012
Sara Presnell
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Leaf man is the story of a leaf that has a face on it. The leaf man gets blown away by the wind, and the author spends the book looking for where leaf man could have went. I think that young children would like having this book read to them, because the pictures are big and full of colors. There is also the repetition of the phrase, "Leaf man's got to go where the wind blows." Young children really like phrases that are repeated throughout books, and this phrase would help this remember the stor...more
This is a lovely nature picture book that would go well with storytimes about fall/seasons or nature. The intended age is probably a bit older, because there is some decoding of the leaf-figures required that I'm not sure a younger child would be able to understand (could be wrong, though). I'm guessing 1st-3rd grade would be ideal for this book. The story follows the "leaf man" which is a man made of leaves and twigs as the wind sweeps him over different parts of the natural world and animals.
I have one group that is difficult to read to because there is a broad mix of developmental levels with fairly large gaps among them. Leaf Man worked with this group because the artwork includes a variety of hidden animals that the children can locate. The children could operate on different levels with some children finding the more obscure animals, others identifying the obvious ones. Beautiful artwork with fabulous autumn colors. Irregular sized pages increases the fun.
Leaf man was definitely written for a younger audience. The illustrations were pretty and realistic. I also like how the pages were different sizes, so it looked as if the illustrations of the leaves were stacked on top of each other like a pile of leaves. The story had a sense of personification; "leaf man" flew over etc etc etc. The book was very repetitive and most of the story spoke about different things that he traveled over. Pretty illustrations, but not the best book.
I remember this book from the pre-k placement. We used this book to teach about the season Fall as well as having the students use their creativity. Students were able to look at the book and search for the "Leaf Man". The young students saw different possibilities of what can be made from a leaf. After reading the book and introducing the season of Fall, students created their own leaf man and a sentence was written about what the leaf was. Let students' creativity run wild!
I thought this book was okay. I did really enjoy the pages of this book because they were all different sizes and shapes. I also loved how this book lets children's imagination soar. I think that is so important in children's literature. But, I didn't like how there wasn't an actual "leaf man" in the story. I understand that the children are suppose to imagine him, but it would have been nice to see him poke through the leaves from time to time.
What?
Cute book about the places leaf man is blown by the wind. Includes beautiful illustrations that kids would surely love.
So What?
I think this could inspire kids to create their own natura art. The illustrations are made from real leaves, and I think this is something kids would find very fun and inspirational.
Now What?
After reading the book, teachers could have their students collect leaves outside to make their own leaf art with.
Cute book about the places leaf man is blown by the wind. Includes beautiful illustrations that kids would surely love.
So What?
I think this could inspire kids to create their own natura art. The illustrations are made from real leaves, and I think this is something kids would find very fun and inspirational.
Now What?
After reading the book, teachers could have their students collect leaves outside to make their own leaf art with.
This book is about the Fall season and it is creative and colorful. A leaves journey through the town blown by wind and during his journey his leaves all change directions and patterns to make something different each time.
I love the illustrations in this book! Especially the page when the leaves all reform into becoming different kinds of Butterflies!
You could use this book in the classroom by breaking down climates and weather changes into specific season that occur. Like Fall, Spring Winter,...more
I love the illustrations in this book! Especially the page when the leaves all reform into becoming different kinds of Butterflies!
You could use this book in the classroom by breaking down climates and weather changes into specific season that occur. Like Fall, Spring Winter,...more
I saw the cover and had to check this one out. All the pictures in the book are made from different types of leaves, acorns, etc. While reading the story, my kids were excitedly pointing out the different things in the pictures. As soon as we were done, we had to go out and find leaves to make our own pictures. We loved this activity so much that we invited a friend over to read the story and make their own leaf creation with us!
This was a fun book to flip through; on the day before the first day of fall. It was creative and very crafty. The book looked like a personal scrapbook from someone's personal collection. It shows the imaginative mind of a child to create a personal character; made out of leaves. It is a fun story to read and the kids will want to go outside and search for their own Leaf Man.
I loved, loved, loved the leaves and the art made with them and the different shapes of the pages, and I liked the author’s note at the end. The “story” did nothing for me at all. This would have worked better for me as one of those wordless picture books. The leaves are wonderful though. 5 stars for the illustrations and 1 star for the story = 3 stars.
"A leaf man has to go where the wind blows."
This seasonal picture book is an excellent storytime read. The illustrations--animals and scenery composed of leaves--offer a great chance for interaction with a young audience. What do you see now? Can you find the leaf man? Children will follow the windblown journey of autumn leaves as you turn each page.
This seasonal picture book is an excellent storytime read. The illustrations--animals and scenery composed of leaves--offer a great chance for interaction with a young audience. What do you see now? Can you find the leaf man? Children will follow the windblown journey of autumn leaves as you turn each page.
Jan 10, 2009
Kate
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3 of 5 stars
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Simple words accompany color copies of leaves transformed into animals, fish, and vegetables on a search for “Leaf Man.” Uses repetition of “A Leaf Man’s got to go where the wind blows.” The inside and back covers include pictures of leaves with labels of types which might encourage children to identify the leaves in their backyard.
I thought this book was alright. I wasn't really a huge fan of it, but I did enjoy the pictures. I liked how the author made the pictures look like things. like a cow or a flower. I think the reason I didn't like this book was because I was so focused on the pictures. I didn't want to read the book when there were 10 times better pictures there.
This is a excellent picture book for kids. It keeps them involved because on every page they can look for "leaf man." It would be perfect to read around fall time when the leaves begin to change colors. After reading this story, I could take my students outside and let them search for their own "leaf man." This book allows kids imaginations to soar.
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