Gerber, Carole: Leaf Jumpers.Gerber, Carole LEAF JUMPERS. Il. by Leslie Evans. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-57091-497-4. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2004. 32 pp. $15.95. What are the shape, color, and texture of autumn leaves as they fall from the trees? In this story, a boy, a girl, and a dog enjoy typical fall activities, such as collecting and identifying different varieties of leaves, dancing in and catching falling leaves, and raking raking of an elephant—see back raking. and jumping into leaf piles. An end page explains the process of how leaves change their color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour autumn and identifies the different leaves highlighted in the story. The text is poetic and rhyming rhyme also rime  n. 1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. 2. a. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines. b. , using similes and metaphors to create images of autumn. The illustrations use vibrant fall colors that clearly depict the children and dog enjoying the fall foliage from various perspectives, including among the tree branches, looking up at the colorful trees, and looking down while stepping among the fallen leaves. Ages 4-8.--Reviewed by Cynthia Lynn-Garbe, University at Buffalo, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of |
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