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Investigating Why Leaves Change Their Color (Science Detectives)

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Many people love to travel to areas in the fall where the leaves change to a palette of gorgeous colors. The orange, red and yellow leaves just explode with color! Many people enjoy looking at them and taking pictures of the scenery. Evergreens don't change color, but deciduous trees do. This is not just a simple book, but actually uses some very specific terminology. Just in case you don't know, deciduous means "having leaves that fall off every year."

In this book, in addition to the beautiful photographs of trees and the diagram showing the parts of a leaf, will answer many "why" questions you might have. Did you know "plants build themselves from air?" It took quite a while for scientists to figure that one out. To give you a little idea of what you'll find in this book words in the all-telling glossary include anthocyanins, carbohydrates, carbon, carbon dioxide, carotenoids, chlorophyll, deciduous, minerals, oxygen, photosynthesis, pigments and the word reflects.

This is a beginning science book for ages 4-8. It has large print and some big words to match it. This is one title in the excellent Science Detectives series. This book can be a read-aloud and discuss book or can be used as a resource for an individualized school report. It is very well written book and no doubt deserves a place in any elementary science library. Have you ever made a wax paper leaf pressing? After reading this book you might want to see how many gorgeous leaves you can collect, identify and save in a notebook!