Look What I Did with a Leaf!

by Morteza E. Sohi, Morteza E. Sohi (Illustrator)

Overview

Perfect for young art and craft lovers, learn how to use nature's bounty to create fanciful animals and natural scenes!

In Look What I Did with a Leaf!, readers will develop their artistic eye and soon learn to see the artistic possibilities that surround them. Morteza E. Sohi gives careful directions on how to choose leaves for shape and color, how to arrange them in an animal form, and how to preserve the finished work of art. A field guide helps young leaf artists learn more about the tools of their craft.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802774408
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	09/01/1995
Series:	Naturecraft
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.05(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	920L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Morteza E. Sohi has illustrated and designed many books for children published in his native Iran. Look What I Did with a Leaf!, his first book to be published in the United States was a best-seller with nearly 200,000 copies sold. He is also author of Look What I Did with a Shell!

Morteza E. Sohi has illustrated and designed many books for children published in his native Iran. Look What I Did with a Leaf!, his first book to be published in the United States was a best-seller with nearly 200,000 copies sold. He is also author of Look What I Did with a Shell!

Editorial Reviews

A unique combination of nature craft, art theory, and field guide. . . . Well written, uniquely illustrated, and inspiring.” —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

This unusual look at the natural world explains how to create fanciful animals from leaves. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Gr 3-6-A unique combination of nature craft, art theory, and field guide, attractively packaged. The bulk of the book is an enjoyable album of collage animals cleverly and realistically formed out of leaves in an array of sizes, shapes, and autumnal colors. Each white page is graced by a single easily identifiable creature, among the most striking a butterfly, a cow, and a peacock. In a conversational tone with rich vocabulary, the text discusses considerations in creating the projects and encourages a variety of texture and effect through the use of color, contrast, shape, and size. ``Art Notes'' provide tidbits of peripheral advice for simplifying the projects. The book concludes with step-by-step how-to information for readers to assemble their own masterpieces, an explanation and diagram of the life cycle of a leaf, and a simple field guide that identifies the samples used in the models. Well written, uniquely illustrated, and inspiring, this will work beautifully with a science lesson that includes an outdoor trek and art project.-Valerie Lennox, Jacksonville Public Library, FL

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