"Leaf Trouble" by Jonathan Emmett is an adorable story of leaves and fall and fun! This is the perfect book to welcome fall and it beautiful leaves. Pip Squirrel is shocked one morning when the tree that he lives in starts falling apart. The leaves are no longer green but yellow, orange and red. To make matters worse the different coloured leaves keep falling off the trees. In a panic Pip starts to race around catching leaves to put back on the tree only to have the wind keep blowing them off again. It isn't until Pip's mom comes into the picture that he finds out why the trees lose their leaves.
" Fletcher and the Falling Leaves" by Julias Rawlinson is another wonderful choice about falling leaves. Fletcher, a little fox, worries his favourite tree is sick and rushes around trying to put all the leaves back onto the branches. Realization dawns and all is well.
"The Little Yellow Leaf" by Carin Berger is a charming poetic look at leaves falling... except the little yellow leaf is not ready to fall.
"I'm not ready yet, thought the Little Yellow Leaf as a riot of fiery leaves chased and swirled around the tree." It was only when it is cold and the first snow has arrived that the Little Yellow Leaf takes flight - with a friend. The illustrations are creative and eye catching. Sigh...
"Hooray for Fall" by Kazuo Iwamuara.... is very cute about little squirrels again who are noticing all the changes of colours around them. Mama has a surprise for her three little squirrels- three bright red sweaters to keep them warm throughout the fall. Imagine their surprise when they find that everything in the autumn woods- the leaves, the berries and even the setting sun - is red too, just like they are.
Lois Ehlert has two wonderful picture books done in her collage style - "Leaf Man" and "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf".And of course some good non fiction choices are important too!
