Tree and Leaf
Author | : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin Australia |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin Australia |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cynthia Voigt |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2008-06-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439106320 |
It's not fair that Clothilde's father has returned from World War I so disfigured that he retreats to the boathouse as a recluse. It's not fair that her brother has abandoned the family to live with his rich grandfather in Boston. It's not fair that her mother has reverted to the role of a lady, leaving Clothilde to do all the housework. And it's certainly not fair that the Maine peninsula that Clothilde inherited from a great-aunt may have to be sold to support the family. Then a mysterious Voice speaks to Clothilde, giving her the chance to change the life fate has dealt her and the people she loves. But Clothilde's wishes come true in unexpected, frightening ways -- and at a price she isn't sure she has the courage to pay.
Author | : Monica Wellington |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0399185917 |
The brilliant colors of fall foliage take center stage in this picture book perfect for fans of the classic Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. With her trademark bold, graphic style Monica Wellington has created a picture book about autumn, trees, and leaves. When the seasons change, a young girl visits the arboretum to collect fallen leaves and make a book with them. Brilliant illustrations show each variety of tree the girl encounters, from the common oak to the lesser known gingko. Spreads silhouetting leaves up-close help young children learn to identify them. Like the girl in the book, young readers will be eager to make their very own leaf books.
Author | : Allen J. Coombes |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 2007 |
Release | : 2014-12-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 022617686X |
Of all our childhood memories, few are quite as thrilling, or as tactile, as those of climbing trees. Scampering up the rough trunk, spying on the world from the cool green shelter of the canopy, lying on a limb and looking up through the leaves at the summer sun almost made it seem as if we were made for trees, and trees for us.Even in adulthood, trees retain their power, from the refreshing way their waves of green break the monotony of a cityscape to the way their autumn transformations take our breath away. In this lavishly illustrated volume, the trees that have enriched our lives finally get their full due, through a focus on the humble leaves that serve, in a sense, as their public face. The Book of Leaves offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the range, distribution, abundance, and habitat of the tree on which it’s found. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each tree and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. The Henry’s Maple, for instance, found in China and named for an Irish doctor who collected leaves there, bears little initial resemblance to the statuesque maples of North America, from its diminutive stature to its unusual trifoliolate leaves. Or the Mediterranean Olive, which has been known to live for more than 1,500 years and whose short, narrow leaves only fall after two or three years, pushed out in stages by the emergence of younger leaves. From the familiar friends of our backyards to the giants of deep woods, The Book of Leaves brings the forest to life—and to our living rooms—as never before.
Author | : Lois Ehlert |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780152661977 |
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. "Children will beg to share this book over and over."--American Bookseller
Author | : Laura Purdie Salas |
Publisher | : Millbrook Press ™ |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1467742694 |
A leaf is a leaf, a bit of a tree. But just try to guess what else it can be! A leaf can be a...shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year. Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary objects and encourage readers to suggest "what else it can be!" Using metaphors for a leaf (tree topper / rain stopper), a rock (hopscotch marker / fire sparker), and water (thirst quencher / kid drencher), these insightful picture books creatively highlight a variety of roles and relationships in nature.
Author | : Steven Vogel |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2012-10-17 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0226859398 |
In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving fascinating ways of challenging those limits. Here, Vogel explains these interactions, examining through the example of the leaf the extraordinary designs that enable life to adapt to its physical world. In Vogel’s account, the leaf serves as a biological everyman, an ordinary and ubiquitous living thing that nonetheless speaks volumes about our environment as well as its own. Thus in exploring the leaf’s world, Vogel simultaneously explores our own. A companion website with demonstrations and teaching tools can be found here: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/sites/vogel/index.html
Author | : J. R. R. Tolkien |
Publisher | : HarperCollins publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Painters |
ISBN | : 9780008205539 |
Published for the very first time in its own volume, Tolkien's remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work. Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so many other things to do. For some time he has been obsessed with one particular canvas - a curious picture of a tree with a vast landscape stretching out behind it. The painting keeps getting bigger and bigger, but Niggle has a journey to make. In 1939 Tolkien was despairing of ever bringing his great work The Lord of the Rings to a conclusion. One morning he woke up with the story Leaf by Niggle complete in his mind and wrote it down. This poignant story, about an artist on a curious journey, is often seen as an allegory of the writer's own creative process and life. Published to coincide with a new touring stage production of the story, this is the first time the story has been published in its own volume, enabling readers to savour one of Tolkien's most elegant, haunting and least-known short stories.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Trees |
ISBN | : 1889538434 |
Identifies and discusses the more than thirty different kinds of trees found in North America.
Author | : Cara Dixon |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 2015-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1514428407 |
Little Leaf loves his life, dancing in the sunshine of the summer season connected to his safe and special big tree. As the seasons change, he is confronted with the challenge of letting go. Little Leaf tries to hold on and questions why he must fall. Big Tree comforts him and helps him to see hope and wisdom that stretches beyond Little Leafs concrete awareness. Little Leaf trusts Big Tree and makes a daring leap from the tree to the ground. In the end, the season of change brings something better than Little Leaf could have ever imagined. This book is designed to show a process of trust when in relationship with a safe other. The abstract possibility, as seen when admitting the challenge, is represented in Big Trees gentle guidance to make a change that initially feels scary and uncomfortable but leads to beautiful growth.