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Kurilla, Renée

Description

"Colors bursting, shadows tall. There's lots to celebrate--it's fall! Break out your fuzzy socks and cozy scarves! Bring on the doughnuts, cider, and pies! It's time for corn mazes, trick-or-treating, and all the Thanksgiving food you can eat... It's fall! With playful rhymes and lively illustrations, this celebratory book shows the many ways we welcome and enjoy a special season." -- Dust jacket.

2) The big leaf leap

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Griffin, Molly Beth

Description

The girl wants a leaf pile to leap in. A big leaf pile, a huge leaf pile, an enormously enormous leaf pile! She rakes and rakes and rakes, but there are not enough leaves in her yard to make the leaf pile of her dreams. And she can't do it alone. She will need some help. And so it begins: one neighbor kid here, a couple of neighbor kids there, others from down the street. They all have leaves to contribute as they build a pile together in a nearby...

3) Falling for autumn

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Realizing how much he appreciates everything the autumn season has to offer, an ever-groovy Pete the Cat participates in corn mazes, hay rides and apple picking.

4) ¡Vamos!: let's celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos

Author

Raúl the Third

Description

"Little Lobo is celebrating two big holidays this fall! On Halloween, he and his friends dress up in costumes, trick-or-treat for candy, and share spooky stories. Then, everyone in the town prepares food, drinks, and other gifts and decorates the cemetery with ofrendas so they can enjoy Día de los Muertos with the spirits of the people they love. Join Little Lobo and his friends as they celebrate, and learn some Spanish and traditions along the way!"...

5) Apple vs. Pumpkin: the battle for the best fall treat is on!

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Burton, Jeffrey

Description

In the ultimate seasonal showdown, Apple and Pumpkin take turns making the case for which of them is the favorite fall treat.

6) Halloween in the orchard

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Alsdurf, Phyllis

Description

"What better way to celebrate than by donning homemade costumes and going to the local apple orchard? In this charming story, a boy and his family enjoy everything the orchard has to offer, including searching for scarecrows, getting lost in a corn maze, and going on a hayride." -- Page [4] cover.

7) Fancy Nancy and the fall foliage

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Fancy Nancy enjoys raking the leaves in her yard with her family and tries to think of something creative to do with the leaves she collects.

Author

Hernandez, Christopher

Description

Read about one poor scarecrow who's scared of everything! - cover.

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O'Malley, Kevin

Description

After his mother tells him to stop playing video games and go outside, a young boy tries to catch the last leaf on a tree, thinking it will bring him luck.

10) Leif and the fall

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Grant, Allison Sweet

Description

"Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. "All leaves fall in the fall," say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch?"--publisher

11) Who loves the fall?

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Rhyming text and illustrations portray the sights and sounds of autumn, from "rakers, leapers, and corn crop reapers" to "trickers, treaters, and turkey eaters."

12) Bear feels sick

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Book, Board Book

Description

When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.

13) The ofrenda that we built

Author

Gutiérrez, Jolene

Description

"The candles are lit, the food is prepared, and the sweet smell of copal floats in the air on Día de Muertos. Built with love and dedication, the family ofrenda stands with pride. As everyone gathers to share in this ritual, each element added to the ofrenda is infused with significance-from the sugar skulls placed with care on top of the embroidered cloth to the golden petals that guide the way."--

14) The night before Halloween

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A story in the style of the familiar poem, "The Night Before Christmas," tells how a housefull of monsters, goblins, witches and the like prepare for Halloween.

15) Hooray for Halloween, Curious George

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When George and his friend the man with the yellow hat go to a party at Mrs. Gray's house, George is excited to find out that it is a costume party. After seeing his friends dressed up as astronauts, mummies, witches, and more, George gets to pick out his own costume. But George accidentally wraps himself up in a tablecloth and gets mistaken for a ghost!

16) Little Blue Truck's Halloween

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Schertle, Alice

Description

"Beep! Beep! Celebrate Halloween with Little Blue Truck and friends. Lift the flaps on each page to find out which funny farm friend is dressed in each costume. Will Blue have a costume too?" --

17) Allie Gator's Halloween hayride

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Alexander, Heather

Description

It's Halloween and Allie Gator can't wait to pull her first hayride wagon to bring the children to the pumpkin patch. Along the way, Allie hears spooky noises in the corn maze and sees a ghost in the cornstalks. Is Merriweather Farm haunted?

18) Bruce and the legend of Soggy Hollow

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Higgins, Ryan T

Description

"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit." -- Provided by publisher.

19) Grumpy monkey: don't be scared

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"On the spookiest night of the year, Jim Panzee and his jungle friends brave the dark for trick-or-treating. But the jungle looks and sounds very different at night. As the hunt for treats gets spookier and spookier, Jim and his friends tell themselves not to be scared, but a pair of glowing eyes in the pitch-dark jungle might push them over the edge! Or maybe they'll make a new friend." -- Page [4] cover.

20) The crayons trick or treat

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"The Crayons are ready to celebrate Halloween--but they don't know what to say when they knock on the door!" -- Page [4] cover.