Oak Leaf Illustrated by Jay Fleck

Oak Leaf Illustrated by Jay FleckAward winning author illustrator John Sandfords Oak Leaf is an artistic picture book about an autumn leafs journey that beautifully evokes the season. A lone autumn leaf falls and flies away on a breeze. It travels up and over the world and down againwhere it finally lands on the page of a little girls open book and becomes a keepsake. Written with a quiet poeticism. Kirkus Reviews

My woodland’s full of animals

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews has crafted an unforgettable love letter to New Orleans

The ornate gates

“Bright and colorful

Our ancestors built their homes and barns

But she never forgot the folk dance she had seen years earlier

to a guide on how to contact your elected officials

meticulous compositions

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