Suggested Fall Reading

Here are a few books that I think would be great to use to teach your child about fall. I hope you enjoy!

Little Scholastic: Welcome Fall

Jill Ackerman
This bright, tactile board book celebrates a first encounter with the most colorful season: fall! Bold, simple illustrations and textures show what a child first sees, hears, touches, and feels. And no matter how windy it may be outside, this child ends up safe and snug in Daddy's arms. The third in this series of four seasonal offerings.

Let It Fall

Cocca-Leffler, Maryann
Cocca-Leffler, Maryann

The leaves turn red, brown, and orange, then drift down from the trees. It is time to go apple picking and on hayrides at the county fair. Fall is finally here!With soft colored art, adorable children, and colorful outdoor scenes, Let it Fall celebrates all the seasonal awe of autumn.

We're Going on a Leaf Hunt

Steve Metzger
Miki Sakamoto

 There are lots of beautiful fall leaves to find! Three friends have a big adventure hiking over a mountain and through a forest to collect leaves of all kinds and colors. What will they do with all their leaves at the end of the story? Jump and play in them, of course!

With easy rhyming text and fun sound effects, children will delight in this rollicking autumn story.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!

Colandro, Lucille

That wild old lady is back swallowing fall-themed items. What can you make from leaves, clothes, a pumpkin, and rope? That's right, a scarecrow!With rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version of a classic song is sure to appeal to young readers with every turn of the page.

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