20 Fall Picture Books Kids Will Love

The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons

This book is one of my favorites. It shows a tree through all seasons of the year. Every so often, a page has a box with extra information. For this reason, it makes it a great book for the younger crowd as well as the older. You can keep it simple or add more info.

Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish

Amelia Bedelia is always a fun read. If anyone can make apples fun, it is Amelia Bedelia. This picture book is a great introduction to Amelia Bedelia to get your child interested in her character young before moving on to the pre-chapter books later in preschool years.

Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson

Learn about colors and shapes of leaves with this sweet book. It is a book that celebrates how great fall is.

Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

These characters might be familiar to your child. This is a funny book your child will love. It is fun to get seasonal or holiday books with familiar characters of other books they already know and love.

The Bumpy Little Pumpkin by Margery Cuyler

This is another book with characters your child might be familiar with. These characters are in The Biggest, Best Snowman. In line with the other book, this is a story about loving something for what it is and not judging by appearances.

Let it Fall by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

This was once Kaitlyn’s favorite fall book. She loved the bouncy rhymes in this book.

Apples and Pumpkins by Ann Rockwell

In fall, I love apples and I love pumpkins. I love that this book combines the apple and pumpkin themes. It goes through fall activities you do with your family, also.

Leaves! Leaves! Leaves! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

This has fiction and nonfiction mixed together. This is about the cycle of leaves throughout the year, so a great science-focus book.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

A funny, silly book with a familiar character–the swallowing lady. My kids always have loved these “old lady who swallowed” books.

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

I remember when this book came out. At this point, this book is a classic. This story manages to be artistic, informational, and slightly funny at all at once. A great activity to do with this book is to read it, collect leaves, and make your own leaf man at home. You can read more about this idea here.

We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger

This is like the bear hunt, but this time it is a leaf hunt! This has lots of rhymes in it.

Ten Apples On Top! by Dr. Seuss

This is a fun counting book full of apples. This book is easy to read and counts to ten, which is great exposure for kids learning to count.

Fall Leaf Project by Margaret McNamara

This is a sweet reader about children doing service for other kids in states that do not have fall leaves. This is a book that is easy to read and good for budding readers.

Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

This is a fun book that is also very educational about apples. It is a fun one for kiddos.

Apples by Gail Gibbons

This is a bestseller picture book about apples. It is super informative and educational. This is a great one to add to your fall rotation.

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson

This gentle story follows a young fox named Fletcher who worries as he watches the leaves fall from his favorite tree, fearing it is sick. It is a a lovely, tender way to introduce little ones to the idea that change (like leaves falling) is a natural, beautifu part of the season rather than something to be afraid of.

The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming

Squirrel is carefully counting his favorite red, gold, and orange leaves when he notices one has gone missing. This silly, rhyming myster is a hit with presschoolers and comes with extra pages at the end explaining why leaves actually change color and fall in the autumn.

Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller

Sophie adopts a squash from the farmer’s market and names her Bernice, and the two become inseparable. This endearing story is one of thoes fall books tha tmanages to be funny, sweet, and a little bit unexpected, right down to its ending.

Little Elliot, Fall Friends by Mike Curato

Elliot the elephant and his mouse friend head from the big city to the countryside for an autumn getaway. When the pair get separated during a game of hide-and-seek, the smell of fresh pie helps bring them back together for a fall feast. The illustrations alone make this one worth adding to your shelf.

Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell

After carving a jack-o-lantern, a young boy plants the seeds and watches his old pumpkin decompose whlie new pumpkins grow in its place. It is a simple, hands-on way to introduce kids the life-cycle of a pumpkin, and it pairs perfectly with a realy pumpkin-carving afternoon at home.