Autumn Leaves Fall

Forest animals frolic across leafy pages that shift from verdant to golden in this board book introduction to autumn, part of the Little Nature Explorers series. Beginning "Up, up, high.// Green against the sky," couplets chart the course of foliage as it changes color, blows in the breeze, and makes its spinning descent for the titular conclusion: "Down, down, all// Autumn leaves fall." Scott's friendly art glows with the hues of changing foliage as it presents a bushy-tailed squirrel, fox, rabbit, and bear jovially playing as varying leaf shapes circle in a wind so blustery it causes the critters to squint and their ears to flatten. Budding leaf peepers are given a welcoming, straightforward snapshot of the season with this book's focus on fall's basic attributes. Ages 4-6. (Aug.)

"A wonderful book that brings in the fall! In the story, various forest animals romp through the forest, with the book detailing their journey in a rhyming and poetic fashion, as fall sets in and green leaves turn to all kinds of colors and fall by the end of the book. The sturdy cardboard of the book, and the eye-catching pictures make this a wonderful book for your young children and young learners in the elementary classroom. The rhyming text is perfect for practicing keeping a steady beat, as well as vocal exploration in music class, with voices going up and down to follow the text in the book. This is a great book to use for lessons in the beginning of the school year or in October, when all of the leaves have turned colors and you can act out all of the sounds in the book as you read it." - Children's Literature