This warm picture-book fantasy celebrates fall, especially the amazing movement, light, color, and sounds of autumn leaves. On a clear moonlit night, after a farmer has gone to bed, leaf people emerge from piles of leaves. Double-page pastel images in seasonal shades of orange, red, and yellow show the leafy grown-ups, kids, and pets enjoying their freedom. The leaf children play: bobbing for apples, weaving leaves, stringing popcorn necklaces, and then stacking pumpkins, which then roll down the hill—right into the middle of a party that the grown-ups have made for them. A leaf grandma talks about the autumnal equinox, the kids eat pie, and then, in the story’s climax, the leaf people get to fly in the gusts of wind. The combination of fantasy and realism in the crisp autumn night will spark children’s imagination about the leaf piles they find in their city, suburb, or country roads. Preschool-Grade 2. --Hazel Rochman
About the Author
Harriet Ziefert is the author of over 200 children's books. The mother of two and the grandmother of five, she lives in South Orange, New Jersey.
Mark Jones was born in Switzerland, grew up in Florida, and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in illustration. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
