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The blackbirds tell us a story about trees!

Use these finger puppets to read the book as a dialogue during storytime.

Trees are marvelous

beings.

Join the two ends of the f inger puppets by slipping the

upper and lower fastening slots together or by taping them.

Trees cleanthe air

we breathe.

Trees sleepin winter...

and wake upin spring.

by Lemniscates

Illustrations © 2017 by Lemniscates. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

Trees are

marvelo

us

bein

gs!

Illustratio

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20

17

by Lem

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.

Join

the tw

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of th

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pp

et b

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the u

pp

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wer fasten

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slots to

geth

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them

.

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niscates

A l

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arra

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an

d l

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ly,

gra

ph

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stra

tio

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pay

tr

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bea

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an

d i

mp

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of

the

tree

s al

l ar

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nd

us.

Tre

es c

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thro

ug

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seas

on

s—sp

rin

gin

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b

eari

ng

fru

it,

and

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sin

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hei

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aves

bef

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a p

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d o

f sl

eep

. T

hey

cle

an t

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air

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ath

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s an

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om

es f

or

crea

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s, a

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ten

d t

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ade

to e

very

on

e eq

ual

ly.

Th

rou

gh

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t al

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, tr

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pat

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nin

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row

an

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mig

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be.

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reve

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om

age

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in

vite

s th

e re

ader

to

tak

e a

clo

ser

loo

k at

th

ese

mag

nif

icen

t b

ein

gs.

HC: 9

78-0

-763

6-90

01-4

Cut and fold to make a bookmark.

FOLD

CU

T

FOLD

by Lemniscates

Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Lemniscates. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

BOOKMARK

Color the trees as they appear in each of the four seasons.

by Lemniscates

Illustration © 2017 by Lemniscates. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

COLORING TREES

FAN

TR

EES

Illustratio

ns ©

20

17

by Le

mn

iscates

by Le

mn

iscates

Win

ter

*

Gath

er the fo

lds at th

e base o

f the

tree. Fasten w

ith tap

e or th

read.

*


by Lemniscates

THE FOUR SEASONS

Cut out the different shapes and dress each tree according the season.

Cut line

Illustration copyright © 2017 by Lemniscates. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

by Lemniscates

AUTUMN


by Lemniscates

AUTUMN

Cut line


by Lemniscates

WINTER


by Lemniscates

WINTERC

ut l

ine


by Lemniscates

SPRING


by Lemniscates

SPRING

Cut line


by Lemniscates

SUMMER


by Lemniscates

SUMMERCut

line

Collect leaves and small branches to make a beautiful tree.

Use glue to stick leaves and twigs on the background. You can use colored paper for extra collage pieces.

Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Lemniscates

MAKING YOUR OWN TREELemniscates’s workshop on the book Trees, Candlewick Studio, 2017

1

2

3

4

Choose and print your favorite background.

Glue it on a piece of cardboard.

by Lemniscates

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