September’s booklist feels like the first hint of fall—produce coming in from the fields, apples ready for picking, the crisp cool nights and the first leaves beginning to change. You’ll find cozy stories to enjoy under a warm blanket, alongside books full of information, to help enhance the simple joys of the season.
This is a curated collection of beloved stories from my classroom and our home, and some new titles that we put on our list to try. I hope it helps you welcome the beginning of autumn and linger a little longer in stories together.
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- Fletcher and the Falling Leaves: A Fall Book for Kids by Julia Rawlinson
- Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
- County Fair (Little House Picture Book) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Autumn Story (Brambly Hedge) by Jill Barklem
- When Fall Comes: Connecting with Nature as the Days Grow Shorter (When Seasons Come) by Aimée M. Bissonette
- The Year At Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
- Apples for Everyone (Picture the Seasons) by Jill Esbaum
- Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers by Matthew Cordell
- The Little Red Hen Dial Books
- Skyscraper. by Jorey Hurley
- Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
- Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins
- This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth by Sean Rubin
- Because of an Acorn by Lola M and Adam Schaefer
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
- Possum's Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter
- Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
- The Enormous Turnip by Kathy Parkinson
- Apples by Gail Gibbons
- Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson
- The Hundred-Year Barn by Patricia MacLachlan
- The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright
- Soup Day: A Picture Book by Melissa Iwai
- Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina
- What's in a Dumpling, Grandma? by Linda Meeker
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise
- Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
- Farmer Boy Days (Little House Chapter Book) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Paddington by Michael Bond