Fall Leaves

by Mary Packard

With sweet, simple text and appealing illustrations, readers are shown many fun-filled activities they can enjoy with fall leaves. Six pages of educational activities and game cards are added at the end of the book to build and challenge vocabulary. There are eight pairs of game cards, each with a picture and its matching name. Young readers can use the game cards to play a version of concentration in which they match words and pictures.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Halloween

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best Fall/Autumn book. I love the pictures, rhetorical question, rhyme scheme, simple words, and plethora activities in the back: picture find with numbers, F is for Fall identification of initial sound, Rhyme Time word to picture, Animal Match-up sentences, Word Search, Fall Fun personal connection. And answers.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun fall read with several fun activities in the back

[Jen Kahl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good beginner book about fall, and the many things you can do with leaves in the fall. The book has colorful illustrations that match exactly what the text says which helps beginning readers with contextual clues. At the end of the book there is a glossary and also fun games to expand learning, including rhyming words, phoneme matches, word, animal, and picture find, and fluency fun (matching ending sounds). I would recommend this for early elementary teachers to have in their library for their students. This book offers a successful reading experience, which in turn will provide students with self-esteem to continue to read.

[Sara Bland · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for students who are just learning how to read. Each page is filled with wonderful illustrations that truly paint the picture of the sentence. There is only one short sentence on each page, which might keep the book from becoming overwhelming to new readers. This is a fun story of a girl who is learning about why the leaves change colors and all of the fun things that can happen during the Fall. I would recommend this for students who are in grades pre-k through 1st.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations support the text to aid an emergent reader in using picture clues. There is also some rhyme within the text that could help with predictability of difficult words. I really like the activity pages because they relate to the story and build skills in first letter sounds, rhyming, and text to picture matching

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a decent level for Kait, though I ended up reading it. We need to work on some of the vocab.

2024 - that vocab is STILL a challenge for me! Maddie and I read it together and did the activities at the back.

[Nichole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jude read