Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall

Genre: Informational Fiction

Publishing information: Scholastic, INC 30 pages

Summary: Fall Leaves Fall! is about two kids who are experiencing fall their favorite season. They talk about how the leaves are green in summer but change colors when fall comes. This book shows all the different colors that leaves can be and talks about how they fall from the trees. The little boy talks about what all they like to do with the leaves like crunching and kicking them. The leaves are all different sizes and shapes. The end shows how the trees are bare and have no leaves.

Personal rating: **** Great! This book has lots of ways that it can be worked into the curriculum and it has lots of accurate information that is phrased pefectly for young children.

Reading level: 2.2

Interest level: PK-2

Integration: This book has lots of information about fall which can be used in a unit discussing the season. There are a lot of great ideas that a teacher can use from this book. The teacher could use this book to begin the fall unit and discuss what happens with leaves. After reading the book the students could take a walk outside the school and pick up leaves that have fallen from the trees. The teacher could also bring in a variety of leaves and have the children pick one out. The leaves could then be used in an art activity by laying paper over the leaves and making leaf rubbings. The students could also use the leaves to make collages just like the little boys did in the book. They can glue leaves and other materials to the paper to make animals. The teacher could also have the students to write about their favorite thing is to do with leaves. Then to finish up the unit they can have warm cider and leaf cookies just like the boys did in the book.

Potential problems: I do not foresee any problems with this book.