Autumn Story
10 best books like Autumn Story (Jill Barklem): Wild Child, A Dignity of Dragons, Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale, Piggins, Flower Fairies of the Summer, Woody, Hazel and Little Pip, Pumpkin Moonshine, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, Fall Is Not Easy, The Storm
| Author | Lynn Plourde |
| ISBN | 0689863497 |
In this magical bedtime book, Autumn doesn't want to sleep. Mother Earth wants to put her wild child, Autumn, to bed. But Autumn isn't ready. First she wants a song, then a snack, then pj's, and a kiss. Lynn Plourde's crisp text crackles like fall leaves and Greg Couch's illustrations are a color extravaganza....
| Author | Jacqueline K. Ogburn |
| ISBN | 0618862544 |
To catch a glimpse of one unicorn is lucky;
to see a grace of unicorns is to witness a marvel.
In this book, you will also find . . .
a riddle of sphinx,
a splash of mermaids,
a dignity of dragons,
and more.
With inventive groupings, luminous artwork, and a fact-filled...
| Author | Sibylle von Olfers |
| ISBN | 1933308184 |
The incredibly intricate and vivid illustrations in this book are details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook Mother Earth and Her Children. This vibrant new translation, in turn inspired by the quilt, explores the changing of the seasons and...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0152616861 |
What a delight! In an elegant stately home, faithful butler Piggins serves up not only a fine pot of tea, but the sage detective skills needed to solve a mystery when a jewel is stolen at a dinner party.
I love house party mysteries, and I love the upstairs/downstairs aspect to the story. The illustrations...
| Author | Cicely Mary Barker |
| ISBN | 0723248273 |
This is the same format as the other flower fairy book I have read. Each page is a different poem about a different flower. The drawings are fantastic, so lovely and colorful. It shows the fairy and the flower. I love the poppy flower here. Her dress is astounding. A fashion house should use this concept....
| Author | Elsa Beskow |
| ISBN | 0863151094 |
Originally published in 1939, as Ocke, Nutta, och Pillerill, this charming Swedish picture-book follows the adventures of two Acorn boys - Woody and Little Pip - and a young Hazelnut girl named (what else?) Hazel, who all find themselves far from home one sunny Autumn day. Climbing aboard a large oak...
| Author | Tasha Tudor |
| ISBN | 0689828462 |
I have read some of Tasha's books before and I didn't know it. This book from the 30s is a sweet example.
The artwork is simple and quaint. The story is simple and entertaining. A pumpkin to make moonshine. It become a run-away pumpkin. Here moonshine refers to the jack-o-lantern face that shines...
| Author | Julia Rawlinson |
| ISBN | 0061134015 |
It's autumn, and Fletcher's favorite tree is slowly changing colors and losing its leaves.
Fletcher is very worried.
He tells the tree he'll help. But when the very last leaf falls to the ground, Fletcher feels as though he's let down his friend . . .
. . . until the first day of...
| Author | Marty Kelley |
| ISBN | 1559332344 |
Fall is a tough time of year for a lot of us. Kids have to go back to school, teachers and football players have to go back to work, and parents have to look for new places to hide holiday presents. But perhaps fall is hardest of all on trees. After all, they have to change their entire appearance every year!...
Life with only the sea can be lonely. Just ask Pandora and Seabold. They've lived most of their lives with the sea -- Pandora in a lighthouse and Seabold on a boat -- and they're each quite used to being alone. Or they were.
But one day, the sea did something extraordinary: It brought Pandora and Seabold...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 0152661972 |
While I certainly do much enjoy the bright and expressive collage like illustrations (especially of the woodpeckers which just happen to also be my favourite birds), I personally think that it would have been better for Lois Ehlert to have either penned a non-fiction book about sugar maples (and woodpeckers)...
| Author | Patrick McDonnell |
| ISBN | 0316005096 |
Patrick McDonnell's South is a wonderfully uncluttered, utterly sweet wordless picture book about a cat that helps a lost little bird find its travel companions (the bird had fallen asleep and missed the beginning of the annual fall migration to southern climes, hence the title).
Now the...
| Author | David Ezra Stein |
| ISBN | 0399246363 |
It's a young bear's first autumn, and the falling leaves surprise him. He tries to put them back on the trees, but it doesn't work. Eventually, he gets sleepy, and burrows into the fallen leaves for a long nap. When he wakes up, it's spring and there are suddenly brand-new leaves all around, welcoming him....
| Author | Ruth Brown |
| ISBN | 0099874008 |
This Dark Dark Tale is a study in setting a mood and a tone. This is a beginning reader for any youngster. There are few words. Each page takes you further in or forward to more and more details to focus on. It adds to the suspense. This is brilliant and so much fun. Really.
I love the artwork of this...
| Author | Jonathan Emmett |
| ISBN | 0545160707 |
As the leaves on the trees go from green to red and gold, two curious squirrels embrace the change of seasons!
When he wakes up one morning to find that his home tree is changing, the little squirrel is scared! Why are all the leaves falling off?
Quickly he corrals his sister and they gather...
| Author | Barbara Cooney |
| ISBN | 0140541934 |
Let me pick on this book for a minute and share some thoughts on feminism.
First, as always, Cooney's pictures are lovely and imaginative! Each page is eye-candy. That's the pro.
The con: as with many stories that try to show women coming out from "the dark ages of domesticity," a certain...
| Author | Shirley Hughes |
| ISBN | 0099256061 |
This book is a good read for a younger group of students, most likely pre-k or kindergarten. The book is about a brother and a sister and their toes, feet and shoes. The setting of this book is a loving and cozy family unit. Alfie gets a new pair of yellow, shiny rain boots which he stomps, splish, splash and...
