The weather is cooling and the leaves are turning beautiful colors and falling from the trees. Type into the search bar above the tag: #jumpinleaves for some great books!
Speaking of great fall reads, while you’re on our website, learn about our fall reading challenge where you’ll find some wonderful opportunities to explore the season together as a family. Learn more at handleyregional.org/youthfallreading and sign up today!
You can read, log, and win with the help of books such as:
Fall Is Here! I Love It! by Elaine W. Good - "The garden needs to be put to sleep", Mommy tells her little boy in Fall Is Here! I Love It! Through the eyes of a country child, children encounter autumn in all its splendor.
Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson - One cool day Mouse and Minka venture out to play. From leaves of all colors -- red, yellow, orange, and brown -- to leaves of all shapes and sizes -- from pointy to round -- Mouse learns that fall is a season full of fun! And before the day is done he just might take the biggest "leap" of all.
Leaf Trouble by Jonathan Emmett - When Sam discovers all the leaves are falling off his beloved oak tree home, he can't believe his little squirrel eyes. With the help of his sister Sophie, Sam begins to put the colorful leaves back onto the tree. But, oh no, they all fall down again!
Leaf jumpers by Carole Gerber - Graceful, poetic text celebrates the beauty of autumn leaves, while the simple text at the end explains why leaves change color. Readers learn how to identify all sorts of leaves from red maple to sycamore by their color, shape, and other characteristics.
When Autumn Falls by Kelly Nidey - As September fades, a new season begins. Leaves and temperatures tumble. And, as autumn falls, new colors and smells gradually replace the heat and intensity that was summer. Autumn means the beginning of something new and crisp and familiar.
Leaves by David Ezra Stein - Bear is surprised when the leaves start falling off the trees, but when he tries to reattach them, it doesn't work. Eventually, he gets sleepy, and burrows into the fallen leaves for a long nap.
Here are some leaf songs and rhymes to accompany you on a fall walk.
Five Little Leaves (Download your coloring page here!)
Five little leaves on the tree next door
One fell off and then there were four
Four little leaves all over the tree
One fell off and then there were three
Three little leaves where the wind blew
One fell off and then there were two
Two little leaves sitting in the sun
One fell off and then there was one
One little leaf in the tree all alone
The wind blew and blew now there are none!
The Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, Yellow, Green, and Brown
The Leaves are falling down.
Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: Frere Jacques)
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling,
On the ground, on the ground
Rake them in a pile,
Rake them in a pile,
Then jump in.
Then jump in.
The Leaves on the Tree
(Tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The leaves on the trees turn orange and red,
orange and red, orange and red
The leaves on the trees turn orange and red,
all around the town.
The leaves on the trees come twirling down,
twirling down, twirling down
The leaves on trees come twirling down,
all around the town
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish,
swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish,
all around the town.
The Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, Yellow, Green, and Brown
The Leaves are falling down.
Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: Frere Jacques)
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling,
On the ground, on the ground
Rake them in a pile,
Rake them in a pile,
Then jump in.
Then jump in.