Fall Reads for KidsLike this list

20 items

• Applesauce Day

  Amstutz, Lisa J.,

  Add Applesauce Day to your for later shelf

  Every year Maria and her family use the special pot that has been in the family for generations to make applesauce.

• Marya Khan and the Spectacular Fall Festival

  Faruqi, Saadia,

  Add Marya Khan and the Spectacular Fall Festival to your for later shelf

  After she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something.

• Mindy Kim and the Mid-autumn Festival

  Lee, Lyla,

  Add Mindy Kim and the Mid-autumn Festival to your for later shelf

  Mindy and her family travel to Korea to mourn Grandpa's passing with family and for the annual Chuseok celebration. While the occasion is a somber one, Mindy is determined to make her first official Mid-autumn Festival one to remember.

• Measuring a Year

  a Rosh Hashanah Story

  Marshall, Linda Elovitz,

  Add Measuring a Year to your for later shelf

  Rhyming text invites young readers and their families to take stock of the happy times, the occasional regrets, as well as new friends made and new skills gained over the year.

• Mixed-up Mooncakes

  Matula, Christina,

  Add Mixed-up Mooncakes to your for later shelf

  While helping her family celebrate two extra-special harvest holidays, Ruby realizes there's something missing to blend these two holidays together and must figure out what it is.

• Leaves to My Knees

  Mayer, Ellen,

  Add Leaves to My Knees to your for later shelf

  Camille is determined to rake her own knee-high pile of leaves.

• Chang'e on the Moon

  Moore, Katrina,

  Add Chang'e on the Moon to your for later shelf

  Explains the story of goddess Chang'e, and the origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival as it's celebrated in China.

• On a Rainy Day

  Perkins, Sarah LuAnn,

  Add On a Rainy Day to your for later shelf

  As lightning cracks and thunder booms, a girl and father each have their own ideas of things they can do together on a rainy day.

• Apple Picking Day!

  Ransom, Candice F., 1952-

  Add Apple Picking Day! to your for later shelf

  Two siblings run gleefully through the rows of trees at a local orchard and race against other children to pick the most apples.

• Together With You

  Toht, Patricia, 1960-

  Add Together With You to your for later shelf

  A young boy and his grandmother share the many joys of the changing seasons.

• Nothing Ever Happens on a Gray Day

  Snider, Grant,

  Add Nothing Ever Happens on a Gray Day to your for later shelf

  A girl thinks that nothing happens in her neighborhood on a gray day--until she ventures into the woods, and discovers the colors and busy animals of autumn.

• Something New for Rosh Hashanah

  Yolen, Jane,

  Add Something New for Rosh Hashanah to your for later shelf

  Five year-old Becca refuses to try any new foods, until her family persuades her that Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is the perfect time to try something new.

• Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

  Elliott, Rebecca,

  Add Trip to the Pumpkin Farm to your for later shelf

  An award-winning pumpkin goes missing and Eva and her friends will have to solve the mystery.

• Lawrence in the Fall

  Farina, Matthew,

  Add Lawrence in the Fall to your for later shelf

  While briefly lost and alone, Lawrence encounters the beauty of nature and finds exactly what he needs.

• Apple and Magnolia

  Gehl, Laura,

  Add Apple and Magnolia to your for later shelf

  One day, Magnolia’s branches start to droop. Is there anything Britta–or Apple–can do to help? After all, unusual friendships can be the most powerful of all.

• Sweater Weather

  Phelan, Matt,

  Add Sweater Weather to your for later shelf

  Papa Bear tells his cubs to bundle up in the cozy sweaters he knitted for them—but that is easier said than done.

• Moon

  a Peek-through Picture Book

  Teckentrup, Britta,

  Add Moon to your for later shelf

  A book with peek-through holes that show the moon’s different phases with each turn of the page.

• The Pumpkin Seed's Secret

  a Life Cycle Poem

  Barnaby, Hannah Rodgers,

  Add The Pumpkin Seed's Secret to your for later shelf

  In this rhyming picture book about the life cycle of a pumpkin, a pumpkin becomes something new with each turn of the page, from a flower to a house to a face.

• If You Find a Leaf

  Sicuro, Aimée, 1976-

  Add If You Find a Leaf to your for later shelf

  Celebrates the fall season and encourages children to see the colorful leaves around them in an entirely new way. The artist uses real leaves of vibrant hues to make her illustrations.

• Yellow Time

  Stringer, Lauren,

  Add Yellow Time to your for later shelf

  Celebrates that magical time when the leaves are changing color and the animals are preparing for winter.