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Favorite Fall Classroom Reads

Apples, pumpkins, leaves, the farm, and more: these are some of our favorite fall reads for preschool classroom teachers!

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  • With playful rhymes and lively illustrations, this celebratory book shows the many ways we welcome and enjoy the fall season.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE KURILLA, R.
  • Introduces concepts and vocabulary of fall including autumn colors, changes in plants and animals, and weather.
    Picture Book, 2017New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE HENKES, K.
  • Invites readers to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.
    Picture Book, 2013New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013] — jPICTURE INTERACTIVE MATHESON, C.
  • Simple text and photographs explore the science behind the transformation that trees undergo in the fall.
    Picture Book, 2017New York : Beach Lane Books, [2017] — j 508.2 SAY
  • The first title in the WHERE IN THE GARDEN? series guides young readers to hunt for visual clues and compare and contrast the unique characteristics of pumpkins against the other produce that grows on Amara's farm.
    Picture Book, 2021Atlanta : Peachtree, [2021] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE BROWN-WOOD, J.
  • Beginning readers are introduced to the life cycle of a pumpkin. From seed to fruit, each spread follows and labels steps in the plant's development.
    Book, 2022Minneapolis, MN : Tadpole Books, [2022] — j 635.62 STE
  • Three leaf friends—Birch, Oak, and Maple—live in neighboring trees and as temperatures drop, they sense something new is coming.
    Picture Book, 2022Boston : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE KASTNER, E.
  • Learn about the life cycle of an oak tree and follow along Acorn on his wild adventures.
    Picture Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE ARENA, J.
  • A curious bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons.
    Picture Book, 2007New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2007] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE STEIN, D.
  • Mouse and Minka experience the delights of nature on a windy autumn day.
    Picture Book, 2006New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2006] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE THOMPSON, L.
  • A tree tells why, out of all four seasons, autumn is the hardest one.
    Picture Book, 1998Madison, WI : Zino Press Children's Books, [1998] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE KELLEY, M.
  • In a simple conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn.
    Picture Book, 2016New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE PAK, K.
  • In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.
    Picture Book, 2011New York : Aladdin, 2011. — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE ROCKWELL, A.
  • A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him.
    Picture Book, 2005Orlando, Florida : Harcourt, Inc., [2005] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE EHLERT, L.
  • Illustrations and rhyming text show how, throughout autumn, forest animals prepare for winter as shadows lengthen, the ground freezes, and northern lights begin to appear.
    Picture Book, 2018Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018] — jPICTURE BEDTIME CASANOVA, M.
  • Annie saves her most beautiful apples to sell fresh at the farmer's market.
    Picture Book, 2001New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2001. — jPICTURE STORIES WELLINGTON, M.
  • Told in crisp rhymes, this is a realistic account of how apple cider is pressed, flavored with the charm and vigor of a harvest celebration.
    Picture Book, 2015Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2015. — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE CHERNESKY, F.
  • Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present pumpkins in fall.
    Book, 2015North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, [2015] — j 635.62 SHO
  • A young girl visits an arboretum in the autumn to collect fallen leaves.
    Picture Book, 2015New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015] — jPICTURE SCIENCE/NATURE WELLINGTON, M.
  • Take a trip to the apple orchard with this supportive first nonfiction text for emergent readers.
    Book, 2021Minneapolis : Jump!, Inc., [2021] — j 634.11 ZIM

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