13 Children’s Books for Celebrating Fall

Simple words perfectly paired with beautiful paintings describe the sights all around us during fall. This is one of four books on the seasons created by this husband-wife team.

During a walk outside, a child says, “Hello!” and greets all the nature and animals she sees, who say hello in return and describe what’s happening to them in fall.

“Bears gather nuts, geese hibernate, squirrels fly south in big figure eights.” Wait, what? This silly book ends, “Can this be fall? Close, but not quite. Go back and find all the things that aren’t right.” Children will laugh as they find the mix-ups throughout the book.

A teacher invites his students to explore how many seeds are in three pumpkins of different sizes. Filled with math concepts and pumpkin facts, this book is fun and engaging and also encourages curiosity and learning.

This spectacular book captures the beauty of autumn with beautiful pop-ups, fun tabs, and extra facts hidden under lift-the-flap leaves.

In this book, a family celebrates the moon festival on an autumn evening. The simple text shares the traditions associated with Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a harvest festival celebrated in some Asian cultures.

Mr. Putter’s favorite season is fall because of his homemade pear jelly. It’s time to pick the pears, but Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby realize he’s not quite up to the job this year. This early reader with simple chapters will engage kids as they follow Mr. Putter’s new plan to get his pear jelly.

This book follows Leaf Man as he travels wherever the wind takes him. The story ends with, “Maybe you’ll find a Leaf Man waiting to go home with you.” The illustrations — made from real fall-colored leaves! — will inspire children to make their own.

In this early reader book, a family drives to an apple orchard and enjoys a fun-filled day of picking apples.

For children who love going on a bear hunt, here’s an autumn version where three kids climb a mountain, go through a forest, and cross a lake in search of colorful fall leaves.

A bear is concerned when he sees leaves falling on his island. He settles in for his winter hibernation, and when he wakes, he finds the trees are all full again in the spring.

Jamie plants a pumpkin seed and watches it grow from seed to sprout to plant to flower to pumpkin! With simple words and beautiful illustrations, this book is a classic.

Follow an oak tree through the fall season with cleverly titled poems like Plentifall (about the apple harvest), Beautifall (about the fall colors), and Frightfall and Thankfall (about fall holidays).