Fall Is Not Easy
10 best books like Fall Is Not Easy (Marty Kelley): Time to Sleep, A Hat for Minerva Louise, The Busy Little Squirrel, Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors, Applesauce Season, The Little Yellow Leaf, Waiting for Winter, Tap the Magic Tree, Can You Growl Like a Bear?, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
| Author | Denise Fleming |
| ISBN | 0805037624 |
A warm, inviting bedtime book from a Caldecott winning illustrator.
"Bear sniffed once.
She sniffed twice.
'I smell winter in the air. . . .'"
A chill is in the air and Bear knows it is time for her winter nap. But first, she must tell Snail. And Snail must tell Skunk. And Skunk...
| Author | Janet Morgan Stoeke |
| ISBN | 0140556664 |
Before performing this book at a library pre-school story time gasp and ask the children what the white stuff pictured on the cover is. "SNOW!" they'll say. This provides an opportunity for a MUSIC WIGGLE BREAK. Sing "Snow is Falling All Around" (here is the tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63XaC......
| Author | Nancy Tafuri |
| ISBN | 0689873417 |
I was very confused as to why this book received the Colorin Colorado until I researched it a little more. I found that this book comes in many different languages which makes it very diverse. This book is great for young children because of the short sentences and the repetition of lines. The book tells...
Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors
| Author | Petr Horáček |
| ISBN | 0763633437 |
Little ones will hover over this colorful look at insect critters as they peek through die-cuts and enjoy a final pop-up surprise.
Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling...
| Author | Eden Ross Lipson |
| ISBN | 1596432160 |
A taste of fall: Celebrated editor Eden Lipson and Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein celebrate a fall family ritual in Applesauce Season, a picture book rich with the colors and flavors of the season.
When the first apples of the season--Ida Red and Paula Red, Twenty Ounce, McIntosh,...
| Author | Carin Berger |
| ISBN | 0061452238 |
Hmm. I checked and this book was first published in 2008, but it feels like one of those touchy feely books that was so popular 40 years prior to that.
I loved the illustrations. They make this a beautiful book. Even the slightly unusual shape of the book makes it a stunner.
I think I was...
| Author | Sebastian Meschenmoser |
| ISBN | 1935279041 |
What can I say about Sebastian Meschenmoser’s Waiting for Winter except for wow, what a sweet and simply wonderful little story, with equally enchanting illustrations (although I do wish that my local library also had this book in the original German, as Herr Eichhorn und der erste Schnee but that...
| Author | Christie Matheson |
| ISBN | 0062274457 |
The acclaimed interactive picture book about the changing seasons. “Like Hervé Tullet’s Press Here, Matheson’s Tap the Magic Tree proves you don’t need apps for interactivity,” praised the New York Times.
Every book needs you to turn the pages. But not every book needs you to...
This adorable read-aloud features appealing baby animals and a rhyming text that is sure to please.
From trumpeting like an elephant to howling like a wolf, author-illustrator John Butler delights the very young with this simple, interactive look at different animals and the noises they make.
Butler's...
| 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 | 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 | Sean Bryan |
| ISBN | 1559707259 |
I have finally read the prequel and sequel to A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy. Having read the entire trilogy (perhaps with more to come), I feel like my life is complete. These are some of my most favorite picture books of all time.
The genius started in 2005 with A Boy and His Bunny...
| Author | Britta Teckentrup |
| ISBN | 1905417373 |
Kids will love this lighthearted and fun tale about keeping clean, featuring an adorable character that bath-resistant little ones will really relate to. It’s never bath time for Big Smelly Bear: he doesn’t brush, he doesn’t wash, and he’s simply unBEARable. No one can stand to come close!...
| Author | Barbara Reid |
| ISBN | 1443107611 |
Picture a tree - what do you see?
From bare branches tracing the sky to an explosion of colour, a place for adventure or a friend to shelter us from the sun - a tree can be so many things.
With lyrical text and her signature Plasticine magic, Barbara Reid captures these majestic beings:...
The Very Lazy Ladybug Pop-Up
| Author | Isobel Finn |
| ISBN | 1589257146 |
A good book for early years and maybe year 3 too. I enjoyed the book due the exciting colourful images, assorted fonts and sizes and extremely interesting content. The story is based on a lazy ladybird who is looking for a place to sleep. She travels from one animal to another in order to find a suitable place...
I would recommend this book for the primary grades, second through third grade. I would categorize this book as modern fantasy.
This is a great book to introduce before fall. It does a phenomenal job at showing the beautiful colors of the leaves, and reinforcing the changes that nature goes...
| Author | Zoe Hall |
| ISBN | 0590100793 |
This book explains what happens when summer turns into fall. The children do different fall activities throughout the story and show how much fun fall can be. This book is a great way to introduce the fall season. The illustrations will help the students understand the text and they also show an accurate...
| Author | Scott E. Franson |
| ISBN | 1596431792 |
A little girl opens an umbrella on a snowy day--and the sun shines out from inside and flowers spring from the frozen ground! Jump ahead to spring, where the magical un-brella provides snow for snow angels and sledding across the green grass. Newcomer Scott Franson's accomplished clever visual storytelling...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 0152053042 |
Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.
With illustrations...
| Author | Bob Raczka |
| ISBN | 0761362150 |
"Every Septober, Every Octember, Fall fills my senses with scenes to remember." "Bears gather nuts. Geese hibernate. Squirrels fly south in big figure eights." Fall is all mixed up in this silly book from Bob Raczka! Can you find his mistakes in the words and pictures?
Fall Mixed Up is a collection...
| Author | Jorey Hurley |
| ISBN | 1442489715 |
In her picture book debut, artist Jorey Hurley opens our eyes to the wonders of the natural world and tells a universal story of family.
From birth, to first flight, to new friend, the first year of a bird’s life is full of activity and wonder. Artist Jorey Hurley pairs vivid, crisp artwork with...
| Author | Christopher Wormell |
| ISBN | 0375833153 |
This is the first of Wormell's George and the Dragon books which parody traditional dragonslaying fairy tales. In this story, the mouse George moves into a hole next door to a mouse-phobic dragon, and pays the dragon a visit just as he is about to devour a fair princess. The dragon's response is predictable....
In the Middle of Fall is the type of book Kevin Henkes and his wife, the fine artist Laura Dronzek, work together on best: a simple, spare story celebrating nature's glories through understated words and paintings. Autumn is perhaps the most sensuous of the four seasons. Brightly hued leaves clinging...
| Author | Elly MacKay |
| ISBN | 0762447214 |
I really enjoyed this inspiring picture book. I found myself smiling while reading every page. The excitement and anticipation that can be felt while reading is also great. I really think this book is one of my new favorites because it gives hope to readers that with waiting comes reward. This inspiring...
