The leaves on the trees

Thom Wiley, illustrations by Andrew Day

Scholastic, 2011

The leaves on the trees is dedicated the arrival of Autumn and the transformation that the trees have in readiness for Winter to arrive. This adaptation of “The wheels on the bus” is well done, in particular the illustrations with a group of children watching the leaves fall from the trees. It also shoes a variety of trees and leaves and the transformation of colours they get in this season. The rhyme goes like this:

“The leaves on the trees are falling down, falling down, falling down the leaves on the trees are falling down Autumn is here”. The sweet gum leaves turn orange and red, orange and red, orange and red, the sweet gum leaves turn orange and red, Autumn is here!