The Leafman- Lois Ehlert
“Do you know where the Leafman goes when the wind blows?”

by Lois Ehlert is the lovely tale of a leaf’s journey about the land.  When you pick up a leaf do you ever imagine where it’s come from, where it’s going to?  Leaf Man allows children to imagine and visualize the journeys of a beautiful autumn leaf.  The language is poetic and the illustrations/photographs, evocative!

“Where does a Leaf Man go when the wind blows?  Do you know?”

Extension Activities

• take an autumn walk and observe the leaves, collect a sampling of leaves

• sort the leaves by attributes- ie: colour, edges, shape

• create a leaf rubbing- place a paper over the leaf, rub over the leaf with crayons

• have an adult press the leaves between two pieces of wax paper, iron on a low setting, trim the edges, and hang the leaf banner