Book Thoughts: Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn (Pak)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Kenard Pak I love this beautiful book! It’s especially cozy to read this time of year. š„°ššāļøš§£
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Book Thoughts: The Berenstain Bears’ Harvest Festival
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Mike Berenstain This one is remarkably different than most BB books. Generally, I have low toleration for Mike Berenstainās depiction of Papa (immature, mothered by his wife, etc.), but it didnāt show up in this book.ā¦
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. š The little family always makesā¦
Book Thoughts: We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season (Pfeffer)
Type: long picture bookAges: 6-9Author: Wendy PfefferIllustrator: Linda Bleck I really wanted to love this book, with it being packed full of neat facts and superb illustrations on equinoxes and various culturesā harvest traditions. Then I got to the sketchyā¦
Book Thoughts: The Leaf Thief (Hemming)
Type: picture bookAges: 2-5Author: Alice HemmingIllustrator: Nicola Slater Gotta be honestāthe vintage feeling of the artwork had my hopes too high for the text. š Thereās nothing quite like beautiful, old-fashioned prose; however, this book was first published in 2020ā¦
Book Thoughts: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves (Rawlinson)
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Julia RawlinsonIllustrator: Tiphanie Beeke This is a perfectly cozy book for fall time. Young ages are sure to enjoy it! Also, itās worth getting hold of a physical copy (bought or borrowed), because there is aā¦
Book Thoughts: The Caboose Who Got Loose (Peet)
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author & Illustrator: Bill Peet *The āsuspenseā is totally young child-appropriate and brief. My kids asked to get this again from the library recently, so that tells you they liked it. š
Book Thoughts: The Good News Must Go Out (Davis)
Type: chapter bookAges: 6-14Author: Rebecca Davis I havenāt read any others in this series yet (though we do own one more), but if theyāre anything like thisāwhew! So good! Btw, the age range indicates audience rather than reader age. Itā¦
Book Thoughts: Pompeii…Buried Alive! (Kunhardt)
Type: picture bookAges: 8+Author: Edith KunhardtIllustrator: Michael Eagle This was part of my sonās language arts materialsāhe read it aloud to us in chunks. We all found it interesting!
Book Thoughts: The Great Dictionary Caper (Sierra)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Judy SierraIllustrator: Eric Comstock *However, my avid reader 8-year-old found many of the puns funny (though he didnāt get all of them). This book is fun but certainly better appreciated by those who can define homophones,ā¦