This is reprint of a lovely book from the late 1950's. It details many reasons why trees are important to our world. It provides a great starting point for discussion with the students about the role of trees in our lives and how trees change through the seasons. At the end of the story, it talks about planting trees and how to take care of them. I a lso like this book because the illustrator, Marc Simont, also illustrated the wonderful early reader series, "Nate The Great".
The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger is a wonderful find! The little yellow leaf is all alone and unsure about leaving the security of his tree but when he finds another leaf still clinging to its branch they decide to take the leap together. The story is told in a spare, lyrical way and it complimented by the muted colour palette of the collaged illustrations. We read this book twice in our class this week and the students really understood the book's message and how the little yellow leaf felt at the end of the story.
I read the "big book" version of this Robert Munsch story to the class. My own children loved this funny tale of a mud puddle that hides and jumps on Jule-Ann and gets her "all over muddy". The mud puddle hides in an apple tree, on the roof of the house and even jumps over the fence! Jule-Ann is a clever little girl and uses her brain to outsmart the mud puddle. This story is excellent for the students to act out, to demonstrate their understanding of the story structure. Our class will do this next week.
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