Children’s Book Spot
It’s Harvest Time!
By Deborah Thompson
October is one of the most beautiful months of the year. Days are getting cooler, and nights are growing longer. School is in full swing. Leaves are turning glorious hues of yellow, red, orange and brown. It is also harvest time in many parts of the country. Gone are the summer fruits—juicy peaches, luscious plums and sugary melons; now it is time for grapes, apples, pears and pumpkins.
In this month‘s Book Spot, the focus of the books listed is on some of the foods and sights of autumn and harvest time.
Happy Reading!
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K-2
- Dillon, Jana. Jeb Scarecrow’s Pumpkin Patch. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
- Ehlert, Lois. Leaf Man. Harcourt, 2005.
- Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt, 1991.
- Gibbons, Gail. Apples. Holiday House, 2000.
- Gibbons, Gail. The Pumpkin Book. Holiday House, 1999.
- Glaser, Linda. It’s Fall! Cut Paper Illustrations by Susan Swan. Millbrook, 2001.
- Hall, Zoe. It's Pumpkin Time! Illustrated by Shari Halpern. Scholastic, 1994.
- Maestro, Betsy. Why Do Leaves Change Color? Illustrated by Linda Kruponski. Collins, 1994.
- Pfeffer, Wendy. From Seed to Pumpkin. Illustrated by James Graham Hale. HarperCollins, 2002.
- Pfeffer, Wendy. We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season. Illustrated by Linda Bleck. Dutton, 2006.
- Rockwell, Anne. Apples and Pumpkins. Illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell. Aladdin, 2005.
- Schnur, Steven. Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic. Illustrated by Leslie Evans. Clarion, 1997.
Grades 3-5
- Bial, Raymond. Corn Belt Harvest. Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
- Carney, Mary Lou. Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story. Illustrated by Sherry Meidell. Boyds Mills, 2005.
- Micucci, Charles. The Life and Times of the Apple. Orchard, 1992.
- Robbins, Ken. Apples. Atheneum, 2002.
- Robbins, Ken. Autumn Leaves. Scholastic, 1998.
- Robbins, Ken. Pumpkins. Roaring Brook Press, 2006.