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.
Have a great mini break. Tonight I am reading Fletcher and the falling leaves - the timing with your post feels so perfect.
ReplyDeleteI like the Fletcher books...one for each season.
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