Last fall we read Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson over and over again, loving every page. When I found out that Fletcher was back in a springtime book, I immediately put my name on the waiting list at the library. We finally brought the book home on Monday. Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms has already been read over a dozen times in our house and again we are loving every page. Fletcher is a silly little fox who mistakenly believes the falling springtime blossoms are snowflakes. He rushes to tell all of his animal friends that there is more snow coming so that they can return to winter hibernation or find more food. The animals decide to play in the snow before settling back down and find a pleasant surprise. C and R love the illustrations, especially one of the pages that allows the reader to touch the "blossoms".
We have a beautiful tree (I have no idea what it is called) in our yard that leaves piles of pretty blossoms everywhere. C and R loved comparing our tree to the trees in the book.
C and R drew trees and used pink and white paint to make little blossoms with their fingertips.
R's springtime picture.
C's springtime picture.
C and R are already asking if we can keep this book. We may have to buy our own copy.
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I used to do this as a "Cherry Blossoms" in Washington DC lesson with my students. They would draw the monuments in white and black oil pastel on blue construction paper and brown pastel trunks...then dot paint the blossoms pink and white with q-tips or fingers. Sometimes we would add fireworks in the sky as well!! Great job and thanks for following my blog :)
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