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Reviewed by Lois J Wickstrom for Readers' Favorite
Leaves by Lucy Simon is designed to help young children learn to recognize plants by seeing their leaves. Most of the photos in this book are artistic and colorful. A few show diseased leaves and some show unusual varieties. For example, the oxalis leaf has 4 lobes. I’ve seen many oxalis plants in my life, and they have all had 3 lobes, like clover. Yes, I have spent hours hunting for a four-leaf clover, and they do exist. I have never seen a 4-leaf oxalis. This book would be a good introduction to looking at leaf shapes and colors.
Children who are curious about plants will enjoy seeing the colorful coleus, the close-up of a Venus flytrap, and the variety of colors of elm leaves through the seasons. They’ll wonder why the magnolia leaf has brown splotches, and why the maple leaf isn’t green like the other tree leaves. No glossy green leaves are shown in contrast to these fallen autumn leaves. Some of the plants have cool names like Monstera and Coral Bells. But children who go looking for Aloe Vera or Hens and Chicks won’t recognize the plants from the photos here. This book makes a good starting place to talk with children about the different shapes and colors of plants through the seasons. I think a teacher would find Leaves by Lucy Simon useful in a classroom before taking children to a nursery to see plants growing. These photos will work best if the book is read with an adult who knows about plant identification.
