Why Do Leaves Change Color?

by Betsy Maestro, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator)

Overview

Explains how leaves change their colors in autumn and then separate from the tree as the tree prepares for winter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062382016
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/04/2015
Series:	Let's Read and Find Out Science Series: Level 2
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	580L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Betsy Maestro is the author of the "American Story" series, illustrated by her husband, Giulio. She has also written several other non-fiction picture books, including the Let's-Read-And-Find-Out science books How Do Apples Grow? and Why Do Leaves Change Color? The Maestros live in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Loretta Krupinski has illustrated several children’s books, including Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here by Jean Craighead George, The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo, and her own Into the Woods: A Woodland Scrapbook. She has also illustrated one other book in the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro. She successfully grew all the bean plants pictured in this book. She lives on the coast of Maine.

Editorial Reviews

“An informative concept book that explains what happens to leaves in autumn as they change colors and then separate from the tree. Krupinski’s bright gouache-and-colored pencil illustrations show a boy and a girl playing in a country landscape that changes with weather and light.” - Booklist

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