• One Leaf Rides the Wind

One Leaf Rides the Wind

Illustrator
Susan Kathleen Hartung
Publication Date
March 17, 2005
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
One Leaf Rides the Wind

Description
A Japanese garden is the exotic setting for this "Parents' Choice" Award-winning counting book that introduces young readers to gardens and haikus through ten simple, straightforward poems. Full color.
Publication date
March 17, 2005
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780142401958
Guided Reading Level
K
Publisher
Puffin Books
BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF013030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
Celeste Mannis
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Susan Kathleen Hartung is the acclaimed illustrator of the award-winning Dear Juno.

One Dark Night is Susan's much anticipated second book with Viking. "I was hooked immediately by this wonderfully told story," she said. "When I was a kid I used to lie in bed at night and count between the flash and boom to see how close a thunderstorm was. I still do sometimes." When asked about her inspiration for the illustrations, Susan responded, "Whenever there was a late night storm, I would get up and wander about the house without turning on any lights. I would watch the way the lightening played around the room, or I would just stare out the window and watch it flash in the clouds and make the rain drops shimmer."

In the fall of 1999, after having lived in Brooklyn, New York, for fourteen years, Susan made the move back to her home state of Michigan, where by chance, she moved to the town of Brooklyn. When not in her studio, Susan can be found renovating her 140-year-old farmhouse, or spending time with family and friends in her nearby hometown of Ann Arbor. Susan lives with her two dogs, Bongo and Audie, and her cat, Gomez.

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