A Tree Is Nice

Udry, J. M., Simont, M., & Harper & Brothers. (1956). A tree is nice. New York: Harper & Bros.

Summary: This book is about the characters of trees, ways they can be used and how they change throughout the year.  This book could be used during a science lesson of the seasons of the year or teaching about planting seeds.  The illustrations remind students how to care for trees, the author did not.  

Questions:

What happens to the leaves of the tree during the fall?

At the end of the story what did the illustrations show about planting a tree?

What does the cover page remind us to do if we plant a tree?

Reflection:

In this story the visual elements of color stood out to me the most.  Every two pages were different.  The first two pages which included the title page was black and white and to me it looks like the media was graphite pencils.  I believe the pencils were used and then a tool or finger was used to smear to fill in the illustrations.  On the next set of pages the pictures were in color.  The illustration still have the same swirly line style and thickness but the colors were bright and primary and secondary colors were used.