Written with the Wind: Stories, Songs, Poems, and Plays for Children
Shy wind appears whispers in listening ears...
  • Wind Seasons
  • Seed Stories
  • Bike Riding Raps- Safety Tips for Bicycle Trips!
  • Umbrella Tales
  • Tree Tales
  • Action ABCs
  • Roland's Winter Walk
  • Pig Tails!
  • Petite PDF Children's Books
  • Christmas Bird Stories and Songs
  • Spring Wagon
  • Kite Flight Fight!!!
  • Dragon Wagon
  • Dandelion Dances
  • Mud Puddle Hash Dash!
  • Happy Birthday Rubber Duckie
  • Squeaky Sneakers!
  • Snow Stories
  • Winter People
  • Emma, the Christmas Tree Ship, and Captain Santa
  • The Christmas Tree Angel
  • Stuart's Spruce Forest and the Manger in Bethlehem
  • Santa's Christmas Eve Adventure
  • Snowflake Christmas Song
  • The November Christmas Trees in Copper Harbor
  • Thanksgiving : Timucua Time Television
  • Wind Blowing, Minds Growing!
    • When the Wind Blew Through Bigfoot's Hair
    • Goodnight At Least a Thousand Times!
    • George and Oliver in Church
    • Practicing Patience and Mississippi Hotdog
    • Solo Sage
  • Grouchy King Doom and the Land of Gloom!
  • Thumpin' Pumpkin I
  • Thumpin' Pumpkin II
  • Pumpkin Poems for Halloween and Other Days
  • Tim the Tubby Trouble-making Turkey
  • This Mouse Isn't Quiet As a Mouse!
  • Let's Color
    • Surf Board Boy!
    • Beach Ball Girl
    • After the Thunder and Lightning
    • Butterfly Boogie!
    • The Last Leaf in Line
    • Chilly Cricket Calling
    • Leaf Party
    • Daisy Data
    • Lucky Lady Bug!
    • The Day the Umbrellas Ran Away Around the World!
    • Glasses Are For Sharing and Caring
    • The Power of the Sour!
    • Practice Produces Purrfect!!
    • Should You Ever Help A Bumble Bee?
  • Poems for All Seasons
    • Poems to Hurry Spring! >
      • Welcome Home Spring!
      • Spring Stop Sign
      • Spring Umbrella Walk
      • Spring Bicycle Race
      • Hide and Seek Spring!
      • Searching for Spring
      • Spring Puddles
    • Sounds of Summer >
      • Push Mower Muscle
      • Lawn Mower Music
      • Summer Rain Sounds
    • Fall Faces >
      • The Leaves of Fall
    • Winter Worlds >
      • Winter Faces
      • Snow Blow!
      • Cold Nose, Cold Nose
  • Read with Me!
    • Wiggly and Squiggly Caterpillar Fight in the Crab Apple Tree
    • The Lost Tennis Shoe
    • The Grouchy Day
    • Mrs. Bunny's Easter Egg Hunt
    • Henry the Gentle Giant Conquers the Seaweed Ser Serpents
    • George the Galloping Greedy Goat
    • Amanda's New Day
    • The Talking Top
    • Little Mouse Memoirs-Franklin Frederick Fieldmouse, My Black Whisker Uncle
  • Stories
    • Roy Rafferty and His Tuba Go to the Beach
    • Amanda's Fishing Trip
    • Andrew Birthday Burps the Baby
  • Sing Along Songs
    • Sing Away the Snow with Spring Action Songs
    • Frolic into Fall with Pumpkin Songs
    • Cat Songs to Sing for and with Cats!
    • Singing Spring Sun Songs
    • Swamp Songs to Sing on SAVE THE FROGS! Day or Any Day!
    • Learn Bicycle Safety by Singing Bicycle Safety Songs
    • Snow Flake Songs
    • Action Songs About the Busy Lives of Autumn Leaves
  • Poetry
    • Red Ball
    • Umbrella Poems
  • Plays
    • Herman the Hairy, Scary, Monster
    • Sunday School Plays
    • The Winds, the Witches, and the Weavers
    • The Magic Umbrella
    • Herbert Sherbert - Not Sherbet, Sherbert!
  • Flying Fingers - Fun Finger Plays to Play for Fun!
  • More Flying Fingers Finger Plays
  • Written with The Wind for Windier Readers!
    • Gettysburg Drummer
    • Abby, the Good Soldier
  • Written with the Wind for Whirlwind Readers!
    • Granny Godfroy Grows Up - Chapter One
    • DeZwaan Links Two Hollands and Two Cultures
    • Uncle Andy and the Fire Breathing Dragon
  • Stories That Really Happened
    • Susa White Gives Her Pet Lamb Nebby to Boston: A True Story from the American Revolution
    • Ethel Roosevelt's Guinea Pig
    • Shep, the Faithful Friend
    • Lady Lighthouse Keeper
    • Stubby, the First World War Dog
    • Alligator Wrestling Boy
    • Old Abe, Wisconsin's Civil War Eagle
    • Lighthouse Teenager
    • Chips, the Dog Who Bit Ike

The Last Leaf in Line

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In the fall at leaf raking time,

Grandpa sees the last leaf in line,

Should he pick it for another day?

Or let the cold wind blow it away?

The other leaves have flipped and flown

On new adventures of their own,

The last leaf hugs its  branch tightly,

Rides the wind  and blushes brightly.

Grandpa puts down his rake with relief,

"I’m glad I got the last and best leaf!"


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Photo by Jill Maier