Autumn Leaves Fall

by Amber Hendricks (Author) Gavin Scott (Illustrator)

Autumn Leaves Fall
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Take babies and toddlers on an active, rhyming jaunt through changing seasons and falling leaves in this sweet board book. Fuzzy squirrels, sly foxes, and little bunnies romp through the forest as the trees' leaves change from summery greens to amber fall colors and finally to the bare branches of early winter. This board book will help children get excited for autumnal fun: collecting leaf after leaf, trips to the pumpkin patch, and cozying up as the weather changes. Amber Hendricks' short expressive lines with repeated action words make this poem perfect for sharing with babies and toddlers, and Gavin Scott's warm, cozy illustrations encourage all ages to appreciate nature. For fans of The Happy Pumpkin, The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Fall, and Little Acorn.
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$9.99

Publishers Weekly

Forest animals frolic across leafy pages that shift from verdant to golden in this board book introduction to autumn, part of the Little Nature Explorers series. Beginning "Up, up, high.// Green against the sky," couplets chart the course of foliage as it changes color, blows in the breeze, and makes its spinning descent for the titular conclusion: "Down, down, all// Autumn leaves fall." Scott's friendly art glows with the hues of changing foliage as it presents a bushy-tailed squirrel, fox, rabbit, and bear jovially playing as varying leaf shapes circle in a wind so blustery it causes the critters to squint and their ears to flatten. Budding leaf peepers are given a welcoming, straightforward snapshot of the season with this book's focus on fall's basic attributes. Ages 4-6. (Aug.)

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Review quotes

"A wonderful book that brings in the fall! In the story, various forest animals romp through the forest, with the book detailing their journey in a rhyming and poetic fashion, as fall sets in and green leaves turn to all kinds of colors and fall by the end of the book. The sturdy cardboard of the book, and the eye-catching pictures make this a wonderful book for your young children and young learners in the elementary classroom. The rhyming text is perfect for practicing keeping a steady beat, as well as vocal exploration in music class, with voices going up and down to follow the text in the book. This is a great book to use for lessons in the beginning of the school year or in October, when all of the leaves have turned colors and you can act out all of the sounds in the book as you read it." - Children's Literature

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781681526591
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Amicus Ink
Publication date
July 19, 2022
Series
Little Nature Explorers
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV009100 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Seasons
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV070000 - Juvenile Fiction | Poetry (see also Stories in Verse)
Library of Congress categories
Color
Leaves
Autumn
Board books
Fall foliage

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