Fall Harvests: Bringing in Food

Cloverleaf Books ™ - Fall's Here!

by Martha E.H. Rustad, Amanda Enright (Illustrator)

Fall is a time to celebrate food. Farmers and gardeners work hard to grow crops all spring and summer. In fall, we harvest pumpkins, pecans, corn, potatoes, and more. Mmm! What happens in fall? Find out in the Fall's Here! series, part of the Cloverleaf Books collection. These nonfiction picture books feature kid-friendly text and illustrations to make learning fun!

Genres: Picture Books, Thanksgiving, Nonfiction, Food

24 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Martha E. H. Rustad is the author of more than one hundred nonfiction children's books, on topics ranging from snowflakes to termites to Ancient Babylon. She lives with her family in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are a number of things that make this series very good for both educational purposes and pleasure reading. First, the design is attractive and easy to follow. The organization works especially well for a teacher who wishes to cover certain aspects of fall in an orderly manner. I also appreciated the use of a table of contents, glossary, index, and additional resources. Each book also contains an activity that goes along with the information covered in each book. The second thing I like is the friendly and appealing illustrations. The illustrations are very child friendly. I also enjoyed the text which is simple enough for younger readers, but also includes side notes for readers who want more information. The text is written as a narrative which makes for a good read a loud. I highly recommend this series for all those that want to learn more about fall. I liked the fact that I learned some things from these books that I did not know previously. For example, I did not realize that when apple seeds are planted the apples they produce are not the same variety of apple as the seed that was planted. Lots of interesting things to learn in these books.

[Hailey Ek]

This book is about what kind of foods you eat in the fall, how to plant/grow plants, harvesting food in the fall, and harvest festivals.
I would use this book in a lesson on food and fall festivals (thanksgiving), but I would read it during the fall months, since it focuses on harvesting the food in the fall.

[Amanda Harrison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was not initially interested in a book about harvests especially when it starts in spring. yes--seasons, they go 'round and 'round don't they? yawn.

But I really like how this book places Thanksgiving in the context of harvest festivals around the world--an important detail that is often left out. Therefore a to-buy for our paltry Thanksgiving section.

[Elizabeth Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this through my local library leaning program, and i normally read through my kindle FIRE but this is through my ebrowser ...so there is not a thing for that ... hard back - nope. paper back - nope ...so i don't know which to pick??! fun illustrations. learning to be had. well done. i will read more from this author. check it out!!

[Christine Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harvesting
Discusses the foods harvested in the fall and festivals held around the world to celebrate them.

[Emerson and Theodore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good combination of cute and engaging drawings and s wince facts about the season of Autumn.

[Carly MJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to read around thanksgiving time. I love how it talks about how cultures celebrate fall differently.

[Nicoleta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uimitor că unii fermieri curăță cu mâna plantele de insecte. Interesant că e menționat festivalul Yam din Ghana. Frumoasă activitatea de creare a păpușilor din porumb, amintind de jucăriile bunicilor.