Full of Fall

About the author

April Pulley Sayre (1966–2021) was the award-winning author of more than fifty-five natural science books for children and adults, including her award-winning photo-illustrated books Being Frog, Raindrops Roll, and Best in Snow. Sayre’s books received an abundance of starred reviews, have been dubbed ALA Notable Books (Raindrops Roll; Rah, Rah, Radishes) and won a Geisel Honor (Vulture View). Learn more at AprilSayre.com.

Summary

Discover the magic-and the science-behind fall leaves with this companion to the celebrated Raindrops Roll and Best in Snow.

With gorgeous photo illustrations, award-winning author April Pulley Sayre explores the transformation trees undergo in fall. The book takes readers through the leaves' initial change from green to red, yellow, and orange, the shedding of the leaves, and the leaves crumbling as winter approaches. Extensive back matter explains the science behind this process to the youngest of budding scientists.

Additional text

Leaves of orange, gold, and red shout from amid the last of summer's fading green canvas. Shy at first, then with a bold advance, the ripple of flaming colors races through the forest like a metachronal wave until the miserly hoarders of chlorophyll are too embarrassed to do much more than sulk. A carpet of leaves; a canopy of leaves-a crescendo of leaves. Sayre's stunning photographic images sweep across each majestic double-page spread. The rhyming text meanders from one-word identifiers-"Midribs"-to ecstatic exclamations: "So many leaves!"....Young readers' imaginations are sure to be fired by Sayre's awe-inspiring photos and by the bite-sized science facts provided at the end of the book. (Informational picture book. 3-8)

Product details

• Authors: April Pulley Sayre, Sayre April Pulley
• Assisted by: April Pulley Sayre (Photographer), April Pulley Sayre (Photographs), Sayre April Pulley (Photographer)
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781481479844
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-7984-4
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 279 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Weather Walks
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Learning; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Date & Time, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Seasons, Early learning: time & seasons, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction, Early years: time and seasons, Natural history (Children's/Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world