A simple and sweet story with a little bit about hibernation and fall thrown in.

Simple, both kids have liked this book in phases. Talks about change being hard and sometimes scary and how it turns out okay in the end.

Genre
Picture books for children
Tone
Sweet
Writing Style
Spare
Subject
Bears
Hibernation
Islands
Leaves
Seasons
Trees

An Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winner, Leaves, is a sweet story about a little bear experiences the four seasons during his first year. I enjoyed the part where little bear tries to reattach the fallen leaves to the tree. ( )

A bear experiences his first autumn and winter in this lovely picture-book examination of the changing of the seasons from author/illustrator David Ezra Stein. Concerned when the leaves begin to fall, our ursine hero at first attempts to replace them on the trees, but when he eventually gets sleepy he uses them to line a cave in which to hibernate. When he awakens again in the spring, he discovers new leaves budding, and joyfully welcomes them to the world...

Pairing a simple text of no more than a few words per page with bright, autumnal illustrations, Leaves offers a sometimes humorous, sometimes sweet look at a young bear's first experience with the changing seasons. Young children will no doubt be able to identify with the bear's confusion and concern, when faced with this change, and will find his joyful realization that the leaves will grow again in spring quite reassuring. As an autumn lover I preferred the scenes set in that season, from a visual perspective, although the artwork was appealing throughout. Recommended to picture-book readers looking for seasonal titles for younger children, perhaps ages two through five? ( )