Can Be . . . Books

A leaf can be a...shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year.

Rocks may seem like boring objects-until you discover that rocks can spark a fire and glow in the dark. Through rhyming text and glowing illustrations, discover how rocks decorate and strengthen the world around them.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Water is water, puddle, pond, sea. But now can you guess what else it can be? Water can be a . . .thirst quencher, kid drencher, cloud fluffer, fire snuffer. Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year. Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary objects and encourage readers to suggest "what else it can be!" Using metaphors for a leaf (tree topper / rain stopper), a rock (hopscotch marker / fire sparker), and water (thirst quencher / kid drencher), these insightful picture books creatively highlight a variety of roles and relationships in nature. "[A] contemplative and thought-provoking ode to the forms water takes and the functions it serves, both practical and whimsical." -starred, Publishers Weekly "Dabija's illustrations, created with a combination of traditional and digital techniques and filled with simple shapes and vivid, vibrant colors, are misty, scratchy, sometimes-impressionistic, always atmospheric-in a word, beautiful....Kids of all ages will gain a new appreciation for water, and Salas and Dabija will surely gain new fans." -starred, Kirkus Reviews "The text is perfect for creating mental images and showing children what the words look like. The traditional and digital media used for the illustrations create a delicate tone for the book. Each page has an ethereal beauty that brings the text to life." -School Library Journal

Water can be a thirst quencher, kid drencher, cloud fluffer, fire snuffer. Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! A leaf is a leaf, a bit of a tree. But just try to guess what else it can be! A leaf can be a...shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year. Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary objects and encourage readers to suggest "what else it can be!" Using metaphors for a leaf (tree topper / rain stopper), a rock (hopscotch marker / fire sparker), and water (thirst quencher / kid drencher), these insightful picture books creatively highlight a variety of roles and relationships in nature. "This book is sure to open a child's eyes to the wonder of the natural world." --Washington Parent "Each spread is bursting with natural wonder, and while the animals are cute rather than realistic, the art creatively and effectively supports the text's evocation of the leafy world. This is an ideal curricular introduction to a unit on leaves, but it will also find plenty of readers drawn to its rich language and portrayal of the natural world." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Dabija, a Moldovan illustrator, saturates her pictures with lush color. Of course, there is lots of green but also dusty orange, misty lavender and deep mustard, in what is as much an exploration of the variation of color as it is of nature's changeability. . . . Grown-up readers may be a bit in awe too." --The New York Times Book Review "A great read-aloud choice for fall story hours and classroom units on leaves." --Booklist "A lovely observation about nature, suitable for a variety of science units or individual sharing." --School Library Journal "A smart, sweet, and savvy meditation on form and function as well as a lesson in rhyming and alliteration that explores the many roles of a leaf." --ForeWord Magazine "Simple and pleasing, with classroom-discussion and read-aloud appeal." --Kirkus Reviews "Salas explores the many functions a leaf can serve with simple grace.... Dabija bathes her mixed-media scenes in a fuzzy glow, creating a welcoming environment in every spread." --Publishers Weekly

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! A rock is a rock, part of cliff, road or sea. But now can you guess what else it can be? A rock can be a…dinosaur bone, stepping-stone, hopscotch marker, fire sparker. Find out about the many roles a rock can play in this poetic exploration of rocks around the world. Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary objects and encourage readers to suggest "what else it can be!" Using metaphors for a leaf (tree topper / rain stopper), a rock (hopscotch marker / fire sparker), and water (thirst quencher / kid drencher), these insightful picture books creatively highlight a variety of roles and relationships in nature. "...this beautiful picture book makes an excellent classroom read-aloud, challenging children to puzzle out the ideas in the poetic phrases and to broaden their thinking about rocks." -Booklist "Purchase for your rock hounds or where the earlier books in this series are popular." -School Library Journal "The economy of language and breadth of imagination suggests a broad audience for this wide-ranging and inventive exploration." -Kirkus Reviews