Sunday, April 4, 2021

5th April Autumn

Autumn is my favourite time of the year! I love the temperature and the colour. I grew up in  town in the Southern Highlands in a house with a very big back yard. The land was part of an orchard in a former life. It was across the road from a huge oval which was surrounded by oak trees, so Autumn was spent collecting acorns, coloured leaves and raking. As soon as there was a large pile of leaves then we became leaf jumpers. The crunch was one of my favourite childhood sounds. I am about to leave for a few days away in this environment, going for my annual 'autumn leaf fix'!

Before I finished at school last Thursday I got all the Autumn picture books off the shelves ready for a display in the first week back in Second Term. There's so many good ones , but here's my not-to-be -missed list.

Start with 

Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak        
  

Then 

Yellow Time  by Lauren Stringer            


Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf and Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

Leaf Jumpers by Carole Gerber and Leslie Evans

• Full of Fall  by April Pulley Sayre

• Leaf Trouble by Johnathan Emmet and Caroline Jayne Church

Now  by Antoinette Portis

There are so many stories where leaves do not want to fall when they're supposed to

The Little Yellow Leaf  by Carin Berger               

The Leaf Who Wouldn't Leave  by Trish Trinco and Bryan Langdo

 Little Tree by Loren Long

And the classic all children love 

Alfie's Long Winter by Greg McEvoy where leaf Alfie has to live through a very icy winter because he wouldn't jump when the other leaves did.

Finish with the best illustrations and a story that will really make you smile

Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser

and                                        

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter  by Kenard Pak

If you haven't these books, you may have some that are listed here. Enjoy Autumn.


2 comments:

  1. Have a great mini break. Tonight I am reading Fletcher and the falling leaves - the timing with your post feels so perfect.

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  2. I like the Fletcher books...one for each season.

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