Red leaf, yellow leaf

Resource Information

The work Red leaf, yellow leaf represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Red leaf, yellow leaf

Statement of responsibility

Lois Ehlert

Creator

• Ehlert, Lois

Contributor

• Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Publisher

• Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Subject

• Children -- Juvenile fiction
• Daughters -- Juvenile fiction
• Fathers -- Juvenile fiction
• Forests and forestry -- Juvenile fiction
• Leaves -- Juvenile fiction
• Natural history
• Nature stories
• Nursery growers -- Juvenile fiction
• Autumn -- Juvenile fiction
• Sugar maple -- Juvenile fiction
• Tree planting -- Juvenile fiction
• Trees -- Fiction
• Trees -- Juvenile fiction
• Seeds -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling
• 500 Contains information on the parts of a Maple tree, and how to plant a tree -- colophon. End flap of dust jacket gives instructions on how to make a bird treat
• 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

Awards note

Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 1992.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[E]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• AD
• 680

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

LG

LC call number

PZ7.E3225

LC item number

Re 1991

Literary form

fiction

Reading level

2.6

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

preschool