It's Fall!

by Linda Glaser, Linda Glaser

Glorious! Bold, beautiful paper sculpture brings out all the colors and wonders of the fall season. What a marvelous way to explore the wonders of autumn, including the animal life, the plant life, the weather, as well as the general feelings and sensibilities of the season!

Nature activities for fall are included. This is the first in a four-book series celebrating the seasons.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Fiction, Nature, Animals, Halloween

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cut-paper collages by Susan Swan highlight Glaser's story about how fall turns into winter. We see the animals and insects getting ready for the coming harsh weather, while a child enjoys the beauty of the season. Three pages of autumnal nature activities are included in the back.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book describing the things a little boy sees during the fall season and what the different animals are doing to get ready for winter. The illustrations are made using colorful cut paper with lots of details to look at. In the back of the book it lists different suggestions of activities to do in the fall. This book would be great to add to a classroom collection to promote class discussions and writing about fall. This book could be used to locate adjectives with all the rich vocabulary.

[Ketutar Jensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Er... I don't really understand what the author wanted to do with this story. It starts as some sort of rhyme book, and then it's not, and in the middle, she goes back to her original idea, and then moves on to something else... and I don't think the events move along chronologically either. It feels like a huge hotchpotch and makes me slightly confused, and I don't like that. The illustrations are nice, I suppose, but they are a bit uneven as well.

[Ellon · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars ( I liked it)

I'm on the hunt for a fall Story Walk title...

Not sure this is it. While I loved the illustration, I found the text to be awkward with its rhythm/rhyme (like some pages rhymed and some didn't? I just couldn't hear a flowing rhythm as I read). This book has a lot of fall information within the text, to the point where it dragged a bit for me.

I did really like the back matter with all the different fall activity ideas.

[Tammra Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book. It would make a great read aloud for the early fall time. The book likes to jump around from topic to topic and then go back to other topics. It seems a little disorganized. I think it is very educational for students about the fall and preparing for winter.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

has amazing cut paper illustrations

[Jacqueline · Rating 3 out of 5]

We read this every fall in kindergarten.

[kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

okay, not a huge fan of the illustrations, especially the people

[rawr · Rating 4 out of 5]

it got reminds me of my young life

[Set · Rating 2 out of 5]

The illustrations and the story felt a bit one dimensional to me, lacking true homage to the glorious season of Autumn.

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

*2

[Emily Carlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the illustrations in this book. It features so much information about what takes place in fall.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lyrical Poetry describing nature in the world around us during fall. Beautiful paper cut illustrations and a list of fall activities to do in the back.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations but just not interesting enough to read multiple times.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Browsing books to give my friends' children as gifts since I won't gift anything I haven't first read myself.

This is part of a four-book series, each featuring one of the seasons. I like the way they did the art (sort of reminds me vaguely of Eric Carle?) and the content is educational in a fun way. As I've found with other books by this author, there is a somewhat odd choice in the writing style, with some occasional rhyming. I still find that a bit strange, but not as off-putting in these books as in others. I do want to find some good "exploring the seasons" books for preschool/elementary age children, and this one may fit the bill, especially with the seasonal activity suggestions at the end. These will be on the gift list unless I come across something written in a style I like more.

[Annie]

K-2 Informative
This book talks about the fall. Skipping and swooshing through the leaves, as red, orange, yellow, gold and brown leaves fall down around us. Then the leaves are raked into piles, as kids hide in the middle, then they pop out and surprise people! It discusses planting flowers that will come up in the spring, and the animals that are preparing to hibernate into warm places, gathering lots of food and getting ready for the winter. It talks about carving pumpkins and collecting leaves, all the fun and joy that fall brings!

[Slpbooknook.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Note: I review books for speech pathologists, teachers and parents that work with speech/language impaired children).

With beautiful illustrations and rich vocabulary, this book is a great seasonal selection for the fall season. Rhyming words are not the prominent feature in this book, yet it has a very rhythmic language pattern that sounds almost like poetry and is very enjoyable to read. For ideas of how this book can be incorporated into speech/language therapy, see the full review at www.slpbooknook.com.

[Annie Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm going to be honest, we this book first arrived, I judged it by its cover, and thought that it was surely a dated story that wouldn't have any significant value. How wrong I was! The cut-paper illustrations were excellent, and the story itself held the attention of all of my kiddos, and we had such a great conversation about fall as we read it! We all--me included--learned something new about fall as we read it, too! It doesn't get better than that! You must add this book to your fall reading list!

[Luisa Knight · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ages: 5 - 9

Cleanliness: one picture with a jack-o-lantern

#fall #autumn

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[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was and excellent addition to my lesson plan and I am sure it will for youus as well. Great new words to introduce first grades to in addition to lots of fall events occurring. I had the children demonstrate the words like migrate (they moved to a neighbors chairs, as well as other new words. It was lots of fun!

[Tricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing 3-dimensional papercut art draws the audience into this book about Fall. Offering a bit more than the average fall leaves/pumpkin stuff, this title delves just below the surface enough into science themes (migration, hibernation, planting bulbs) to be different but not deeply enough to lose the preschooler. Includes section on nature activities to do in the fall.

[Michelle G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rhyme, rich poetic language, lots of sensory words, clear colorful illustrations - perfect for my Writing Workshop lesson on using Five Senses words. Also, perfect for my science lesson on Fall, and how it the season affects both humans and nature (esp. animals and trees).

[Lynn Plourde · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book celebrates the season of fall. It had some nice moments, but felt disjointed overall. The collage illustrations were jarring in places (I think because of proportions) and the text felt too long--shortening it to make it more poetic would have strengthened it.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous cut-paper illustrations in this children's book about fall and fall leaves.

[Polly · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyed the suggestions for fall activities at end of book.

[Mekia · Rating 4 out of 5]

talks about the different things that happen during the fall (clothing change, animals, leaves, etc.)

also has activities to do during the fall

[Datoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book with alsome illustrations. Good fro young readers of striving readers.

[Brittany N · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book can be used for seasons. It goes into details about fall.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Susan Swan's cut-paper illustrations are the best part of Glaser's book.

[Chelsey Combs · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book tells all about the fall season. Great for all young children.