The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Linden, Joanne

Fiddleheads to Fir Trees: Leaves in All Seasons

32 pp. | Mountain | October, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-87842-606-5 $12.00

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Laurie Caple. From spring to winter, fourteen watercolor scenes with strong black lines illustrate leaf attributes and enhance this appreciation of leaves' variety. Distinctive features of different leaf types (e.g., floating, droopy, prickly, heart-shaped) are celebrated with a poem and some accompanying information. This treatment offers more aesthetic value than informational content. Joyce Sidman's similarly structured nature poetry books are richer selections.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo