After this visual feast, young nature lovers are sure to look with fresh eyes as they walk through the woods.

It was produced by Blue Sky Studios written by William Joyce, James V. Endpapers serve as a labeled field guide to leaf varieties and an author's note expresses Ehlert's passion for her subject, and describes her art technique. Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American computer-animated fantasy action-adventure film loosely based on William Joyces 1996 childrens book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. And, in the type of clever book design for which Ehlert is known, the pages are die-cut and/or patchworked at the top to create a rolling, flowing effect throughout. The boldly colored background papers, of varying texture, make the leaves pop. Fiery maple, brown mottled catalpa and bright yellow ginko leaves take the shape of various animals and objects on each spread. Morris Lessmore, which is also his Academy Awardwinning short film, to name a few). Target always comes through Did you find this review. Composed of leaf collages, Leaf Man, by Lois Ehlert tells the story of man made of leaves and his journey over the earths landscape and the wonderful sights he. William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children’s books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians series, Dinosaur Bob series, George Shrinks, and the 1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. All the while, Ehlert sparks her foliage flight of fancy with her snazzy leaf collages. Outstanding book and just what I was looking for Came highly recommended. past the spotted cows,' and punctuates the lyrical text with an occasional refrain ( ' a Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows 'He left no travel plans.' From that breezy beginning, the narrator imagines the different flight patterns the Leaf Man may have followed 'past the chickens, toward the marsh. A narrator recalls the Leaf Man that used to live nearby but recently blew away with the wind. ) returns to one of her favorite themes-the rainbow beauty of autumn leaves-for this refreshing riff on leaf peeping and collecting.

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