Autumnblings

by Douglas Florian

Book Overview

What do you like
about autumn?

Flying kites?
Apple picking?
Trick or treat?
Frisbee flicking?

What do you not like
about autumn?

Back to school?
Winds that gust?
Bare trees?
Rains that rust?

This collection of poems and paintings welcomes fall with all the crisp energy of a joyful tumbling run. A companion volume to the highly praised Winter Eyes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060092785
• ISBN13: 9780060092788
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Delightful, Whimsical Book of Poetry for Children

My 6-year old daughter and I love this book, which is filled with delightful poems and colourful paintings about autumn. The author uses a lot of plays on words which are quite amusing, and his poems really capture the images and feelings of autumn. If you like the fall season you will love this book. I would recommend it especially for kindergarden teachers.

A children's poet for all seasons

Complementing Winter Eyes and Summersaults, Autumnblings is another of Florian's delightful poetic romps through the season, a series of silly poems accompanied by the usual quirky and humorous illustrations the author does so well. "Maple seeds in fall turn brown, then they fall off and all fall down- like fallicopters to the ground." Florian is a personal favorite because his lively poetry and images stimulate young minds and plant the seeds of reading enjoyment. Learning is a positive experience in every book this author/illustrator contributes to young minds, a consistent energy that is engaging and fanciful, to be shared or read aloud. "The temperature falls Degree by degree. It falls through the air And lands upon me." Luan Gaines/2005.