As the swan's body reached the far side of the pond it began to be carried a little bit faster and to turn in a slow spin , in tandem with a birch branch so soaked that its skin seemed not white but pinkish like gauze colored with blood ...
Going to See the Leaves
Let's grab a rake! What happens in fall? Find out in the Fall's Here! series, part of the Cloverleaf BooksTM collection. These nonfiction picture books feature kid-friendly text and illustrations to make learning fun!
Most are familiar with the story of the ill-fated English Captain Robert Falcon Scott. His team had immature motor sleds, which broke down almost immediately, ten ponies, which were not suited to the terrain or conditions, ...
Provides a simple introduction to the scientific principles that explain why the leaves of some trees change color in the autumn and then fall from the trees.
A little while later, when we said goodnight, Thumper gave me a big, sweet hug. Almost as if to say she knew where I'd just been. "You're alright Johnny," she said for the second time that night. “Don't worry so much.
Within four or five days, you are going to see the ferns bleaching starting from the leaves' edges. And slowly and steadily you are going to have ferns as white as snow. So instead of greenish brown leaves, we have white delicate leaves ...
Three children go on a leaf hunt, climbing a mountain, traveling through a forest, going around a waterfall, and crossing a lake in search of leaves from different trees before an unexpected peril makes them turn back.
A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him, in a fresh, autumn tale with illustrations made from actual fall leaves and die-cut pages on every spread that reveal gorgeous landscape vistas. Jr Lib Guild.
A color picture of each tree is accompanied by a black and white outline of the shape of the leaf, as well as a black and white map showing the geographical region of the United States where the tree grows.
From these we could look down at our leisure into the foliage of a row of Magnolia grandiflora, now in blossom. ... when the thermometer is going up into the hundreds, to see the great, fresh, broad, cool leaves of the banana-tree ...