Get ready for Fall with some great books - check your local library for even more reading fun!

Baby-Preschool

Leaf Baby
by Mary Brigid Barrett, illustrated by Eve Chwast
Go on a trip with Grandpa and baby to the park.(buy)

AGES 4-8

Alligator Arrived With Apples : A Potluck Alphabet Feast
by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrated by Jose Aruego, Anane Dewey, and Ariane Dewey
There's going to be a feast! And everyone is here with food from A to Z! (buy)

Annie Ate Apples: A Lift-The-Flap, Pull-The-Tab, Turn-The-Wheel, Pop-Up Alphabet Book!
by Lynette Ruschak, illustrated by Bonnie Matthews
Every one of Annie's fifty-one young friends (a boy and a girl for each letter of the alphabet) is up to something delightfully daffy and amusingly alliterative. From Andrew adoring ants to Zeke zapping zebras, from Bonnie building bridges to Jim juggling jelly beans to Ursula unfastening umbrellas, Annie Ate Apples is a trip through the alphabet like no other. (buy)

Apples and Pumpkins
by Anne F. Rockwell, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell
"When red and yellow leaves are on the trees," a little girl goes with her parents to a farm where they pick apples and choose "the best pumpkin of them all." (buy)

The Apple Pie Tree
by Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern
Two young sisters describe the changes that occur in their backyard apple tree throughout the seasons of a year. (buy)

Autumn : An Alphabet Acrostic
by Steven Schnur, illustrated by Leslie Evans
An alphabetical listing of autumn's sights, sounds, and emotions is recorded in brief blocks of text; read vertically, the first letter of each line spells out the seasonal word being described, such as pumpkin, quiet, and snow. (buy)

Autumn Is for Apples (Pictureback Shape)
by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Denise, and Fernando
Sparse rhyming text details a child's impressions of a trip to go apple-picking, from the morning flapjacks to the last juicy bite of apple. (buy)

Autumn Story (Brambly Hedge)
by Jill Barklem
The sun went down, the wind rose and it began to rain. Primrose is all alone in the dark, and she is frightened. Will she ever find her way home again? (buy)

Clifford's First Autumn
by Norman Bridwell
Clifford the Small Red Puppy leaps into autumn when he experiences the changing of the seasons for the first time, and he joyfully sniffs the falling leaves and enjoys the wonderful colors. (buy)

Every Autumn Comes the Bear
by Jim Arnosky
Follow the autumn activities of a bear on the rugged land behind a farm that ends with the huge beast cradled in for a long winter's nap, (buy)

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf : A Story of Life for All Ages
by Leo F. Buscaglia
This story is a warm, wonderfully wise, and strikingly simple story about a leaf named Freddie--how Freddie and his companion leaves change with the passing seasons, finally falling to the ground with winter's snow. (buy)

Flower Fairies of the Autumn : With the Nuts and Berries They Bring : Poems and Pictures
by Cicely Mary Barker
Illustrated poems depict the fairies who live among the plants of autumn. (buy)

I Am a Leaf
by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Judith Moffatt
Easy-to-read text and bright cut-paper illustrations describe the life cycle of a leaf and explore its many functions. (buy)

Look What I Did With a Leaf!
by Morteza E. Sohi
Learn how to create pictures of animals, using leaves. (buy)

How Do Apples Grow?
by Betsy Maestro, illustrated by Giulio Maestro
From winter's snow-covered buds through pollination and growth to ripening and harvest. (buy)

Russ and the Apple Tree Surprise
by Janet Elizabeth Rickert, photographer Pete McGahan
Russ longs for a swing set in his backyard instead of an apple tree. Apple trees are boring! Then he and his Dad pick apples, and Russ bakes a pie with his mother and grandmother. Russ soon discovers the apple tree has an extra surprise for him. (buy)

The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
by Gail Gibbons
Arnold enjoys the pleasures of his apple tree: its buds and blossoms in the spring, its sheltering boughs in summer, the tasty apples in the fall, and, in winter, the bare branches hold strings of popcorn and berries for the birds. (buy)

Ten Apples Up on Top
by Theodore Le Sieg, Theo Lesieg, illustrated by Roy McKie
A story in rhyme about animals who could carry 10 apples on their heads and what happens when they all fall down. (buy)

PARENT HELPS

Crafts to Make in the Fall (Crafts for All Seasons)
by Kathy Ross, illustrated by Vicky Enright
Featuring symbols of the fall season, this book includes 29 craft projects--including a changing tree puppet, a school bus picture frame, a soft sculpture pumpkin, a Columbus Day hat, and cornucopia place cards. (buy)

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