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Book Thoughts: The Little Yellow Leaf (Berger)

Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author & Illustrator: Carin Berger This wasn’t a winner in our house. 🥴 The illustrations were its only redeeming factor…BUT there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. I know I’ve seen it on various book lists, so it’s…

Book Thoughts: Too Many Pumpkins (White)

Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Linda WhiteIllustrator: Megan Lloyd You’ve probably seen this one before! It seems to show up a lot on book lists for fall. 🙂 *We typically avoid all things Halloween in our home. This book does depict…

Book Thoughts: Leaf Jumpers (Gerber)

Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Carole GerberIllustrator: Leslie Evans This didn’t start off very thrilling by any means (so I thought I wouldn’t share it on here), but it became more interesting. With very simple artwork and few words, we learn…

Book Thoughts: Hooray for Fall! (Iwamura)

Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Kazuo Iwamura Iwamura seems to be a lesser-known author, but we LOVE him in our house. My daughter, in particular, fell in love with his squirrels a long time ago. 🙂 The little family always makes…

Book Thoughts: The Leaf Thief (Hemming)

Type: picture bookAges: 2-5Author: Alice HemmingIllustrator: Nicola Slater Gotta be honest—the vintage feeling of the artwork had my hopes too high for the text. 🙈 There’s nothing quite like beautiful, old-fashioned prose; however, this book was first published in 2020…

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