In a note, Ehlert states, "Whenever I see a beautiful leaf, I have to pick it up. The leaf collages illuminate the text, combining to create meadows, vegetables, a turkey, the fanciful shape of a leaf cow, or a pensive Leaf Man looking down at the Earth from high in the sky. The varying heights of the edges provide an ever-changing visual feast as each page is turned. The narrator imagines the leaf's journey in a clever, beautifully designed book that features leaf collages in bright colors and die-cut pages with scalloped or zig-zagged edges. After all, A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows. The story line follows the journey of Leaf Man, who used to live in a pile of nearby leaves, but has now been caught by the wind and blown here and there. In her new work, Ehlert celebrates the astonishing variety and beauty of autumn leaves. Ehlert, who hails from Wisconsin (where there is an abundance of autumn leaves for inspiration), has also illustrated books by other writers, including Crocodile Smile by Sarah Weeks and A Pair of Socks by Stuart J. Fall blows in with a stunning new picture book by Lois Ehlert, the Caldecott-winning illustrator of Color Zoo and the creator of Color Farm and Circus.
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