Leaf By Stephen Michael King

Leaf By Stephen Michael King
This book is suited for ages four and older. It is a semi wordless story. It is open to interpretation which I believe is much like most wordless books. Leaf would be a good book to inspire a writing activity for students to see what they thought happened or what certain things represented. The pictures to me weren’t phenomenal, which I thought they should have been because there was very few words. There was a common color hue throughout the entire book. Only brown, greens, and blues, were incorporated. The characters were simple with beady eyes and had one simple line for their mouth.
To my understanding, the mom shares her knowledge and experiences with the little boy, probably her son, which is actually a seed that then starts to grow on the top of his head. He still goes on doing his own thing but is guided by his mother because she has instilled her values and morals within him in this seed. He carries it with him until he’s older and he shares it with his kids.