New Releases by Leo Yerxa

Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall takes us on a dreamlike voyage into nature at that secret moment when fall turns into winter. We find ourselves in a kind of paradise, which humans may be part of but which they have not despoiled. A father and son lead us through forests, down rivers, over lakes and ponds. Along the way we experience the primordial beauty of the physical world. This is nature as we all feel in our hearts it must once have been. Through lyrical words and a masterful collage technique, Leo Yerxa has created an exquisite and poetic evocation of this moment.

With rich illustrations that makes each page look like a leather shirt, tells the proud tale of wild horses in the natural world and the special importance they had in the communities of the First Peoples.

When life in the underwater garden grows tiresome, a young fish decides to explore the surface world.

In this beautiful book for juveniles, Leo Yerxa''s color-drenched watercolors & shimmering stenciled pastels vividly evoke the magical underwater garden. The offbeat parable he tells is engaging & humorous. When you''re a young fish among many, & a dart-school failure, life in the underwater garden grows tiresome. And what of these stories about the surface world, told by the old fuddie-duddies? Stories of hooks, cooks & fishing rods, rivers of gold, & humans who can swallow you whole -- are they true? When our hero is enticed to the surface to investigate by the ne''er-do-well Jack, he quickly learns that these stories are all too true & even finds the answer to his perennial question: Why am I a small fry?Ó