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PreS-Gr 2—Hall explores the joys of autumn on a farm from the perspective of an oak tree. Each page features a spread with the aforementioned tree on the right, plus a few ubiquitous squirrels, as the season changes. Each spread includes a short poem on the left page with a title that contains the word fall. The wordplay is clever, and older kids will feel bright when they get it. The you...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After his earlier inventive picture books introducing shapes (Perfect Square, rev. 3/11) and colors (Red: A Crayon's Story, rev. 1/15), Hall turns now to a season: autumn. Replacing the suffix -ful with his own created suffix -fall, he invents new adjectives such as beautifall, plentifall, and wistfall. These words form the titles of a series of short verses that take readers through the season. Each double-page spread is anchored by a large, acorn-bearing oak tree, which narrates the book...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After shapes (<i>Perfect Square</i>) and colors (<i>Red</i>), Hall turns to a season: autumn. Invented adjectives (<i>beautifall</i>, <i>plentifall<...Log In or Sign Up to Read More