Happy Fall

 

 

  Today started one of my favorite months.  I love October, November, and December.  The special holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up.  I love both of them and I love October because the leaves change and it is the beautiful fall time of the year.  I saw three Fall Festivals happening around where I live just this coming weekend.  I have even been thinking of Christmas gifts and that I think I want to make some of mine this year so I had better get started.

 

My daughter was sick yesterday so had to take her to the doctor so I am doing Monday's post today.  I am going to review two of Zoe Hall's books which would be for K-2.  My students loved them and I think she is a really superb writer.  Check them out at your nearest library or bookstore.  Enjoy the fall weather and the beautiful trees.

 

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Fall Leaves Fall

by

Zoe Hall

 

 

     What is the best part of fall?  The two children in this book have decided it is the Fall Leaves.  Red leaves, yellow leaves, brown leaves, orange leaves, and even green are so beautiful the children think.  They wait all year long for their favorite season to come which is fall.  The kids know that it is fall when the leaves change color.  They try to catch them, they stomp on them, they kick them, they collect them, they rake them up, and they jump in them.  They love the fall leaves so much.   They collect the leaves and make pictures with their leaves.  Then when the leaves are gone they wait for fall to come again.

 

This is a really cute book and young children will enjoy the story and the pictures of the kids  and all the leaves.

 

 

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It's Pumpkin Time!

by

Zoe Hall

 

 

This book is also about a brother and sister and guess what their favorite time of the year is?  Of course it is fall and Halloween.  In this book the children  plant some pumpkin seeds so they can have a pumpkin patch and then harvest the pumpkins  to make jack-o-lanterns.  The book shows the children planting the seeds, watching them grow, and then harvesting the pumpkins when they are ready.  It really shows how to grow a pumpkin and the stages of its growth.  Then they  draw faces on the pumpkins and with mom and dad's help they make jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.  At the end they put on costumes and go trick-or treating.  It is a really cute book and the kids love it.  A good book to read before going to a pumpkin patch or carving a pumpkin.  Check it out and check out other Zoe Hall books at your library.

 

 

 

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