Greeting Autumn

"Greeting Autumn" celebrates the transition of summer into autumn by bidding summer's wonders farewell and welcoming the new wonders of the fall season. What began as an award-winning children's poem titled "Autumn Salutations," awarded both locally and nationally, was edited and formatted into book form. Beautiful hand-illustrated pages, with their warm color palette and soft textures, add whimsy, ushering readers into one of the coziest seasons of all. Greeting Autumn offers casual educational opportunities, such as these: - Enjoy and identify rhythm and rhyme in the poem itself.- Learn synonyms for "hello" and "goodbye."- Discusses the senses through the text and illustrations-Can you feel the breeze? Hear the crunching of leaves beneath your feet? Taste the spicy apple cider? Smell the hay? See the silly crow hidden in several of the illustrations?- Compare and contrast the summer and fall seasons.- Ask and share favorite autumn traditions and memories.- Make the hand-written recipes at the back of the book, and share them with someone special.- Then go out and enjoy some of these fall activities-walks beneath the moon, jumping in a pile of leaves, a hay ride-to create your own fall memories. What are your favorite parts of welcoming autumn?