![]() ![]() ![]() While this book is not at the top of my list for language, imagery, or information, I appreciate its sentiment and whimsical pictures. Leaves, by David Ezra Stein, is perfect for the toddler-to-preschool set learning to notice how trees change season by season. Today’s feature is a fun read for little ones as we enter the fall season. Still, for some reason, as long as perhaps two of the qualities mentioned earlier are reasonably well met, I can’t get enough of outdoorsy picture books. I have, for example, a book beautifully illustrated with cut paper, but the language is ho-hum. In more than a few cases, the art is the main draw (ha ha), the prose lacking. They might have lovely language, delightful images, or interesting information, but I think even those that have all three qualities can grow repetitive in their basic enumeration-of-things-that-move-about-the-woods narrative. The trouble with some such books is that they lack any plotline that might keeps kids interested over a period of time. If I were so inclined, I think I could create a collection of nature-inspired children’s books that no one in my house would read but me. ![]()
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