Autumn Leaves: Books About Autumn

This is a sweet, charming story set in 1910 Paris about a girl named Adele and her younger brother, Simon. The story takes place in the fall and the two siblings are walking home from school. Simon is carrying many things: his coat and hat, scarf, knapsack and a drawing he made of a cat. Adele makes him promise not to lose any of his belongings, but of course he does. Take a walking tour of Paris with this irresistible pair as they stop at the market, museum and on and on.

Sit back with your cup of hot cider and maybe a bowl of some warm apple crisp and become immersed in page after page of fall splendor. What a gorgeous tribute to fall!

Oh yes, this book is filled with lush autumnal photographs, but there’s more. It’s also a tree and leaf identification guide. Great book for all of us leaf-peepers and tree nerds who want to know the identification of every single tree we are privileged to see.

Gorgeous autumnal photographs accompanied by poems by American and English poets such as Lowell, Browning, Shelley and Yeats. This book is equally appealing to the old (or should I say, mature) as well as the young.

This is the second title in the Little Women trilogy by Louisa May Alcott. The story goes from spring to November and is a coming of age story about a gifted violinist named Nat who attends the Bhaer’s school. This is wonderful book to read aloud to your children.