It’s fall again, and time for Jim and Andy to help their dad run Fred’s Fall Color Tours. The tourists they shuttle around are “Leaf Peepers”–and, boy, do those Peepers love to ooh and aah about the dumbest things. Leaves, trees, pumpkins. Bo-o-ring. But this year, even as they poke fun at the Peepers, Jim and Andy can’t help but notice how the leaves floating in the river look like a brilliantly colored
island, and how the spiky tree branches seem to sweep the clouds across the night sky. Maybe the Peepers aren’t so silly after all.
★ “With handsome oil paintings and a stirring story, this picture-book biography will first grab children with its action.” —Starred Review, Booklist
NAACP Image Awards nominee, 2008
★ Starred Review, Booklist
Top 10 Sports Books for Youth, 2008, Booklist