Books like Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
By Julia Rawlinson
For the tender-hearted kid who notices when something changes and needs to know everything's still okay, Fletcher's worry will feel completely familiar. Gentle, cozy, and quietly reassuring, with the hush of autumn turning to winter.
Five little puppies dig a hole under the fence to explore the wide world, but the pokiest, slowest puppy keeps falling behind — and keeps missing out on dessert.
A curious cub spends a day exploring the forest with his mama, noticing green leaves, blue jays, and brown trout along the way, until he finds a patch of red strawberries.
Two dog best friends, one big and one little, do everything differently — different beds, different chairs, different everything — until a bedtime mix-up puts their opposite ways to the test.
A hands-on introduction inviting babies to pat a soft bunny, play peek-a-boo with cloth, smell powdery flowers, and feel Daddy's scratchy beard on every page.
A young squirrel named Squeakers scampers through the forest and comes upon a dangerous Crickle-Crack tree — and despite knowing better, curiosity pulls him closer.
A tiny caterpillar hatches from an egg on a leaf and eats his way through days of the week and an amazing variety of foods, growing bigger as he prepares to become a butterfly.
A hungry squirrel searches for the nuts he buried, poking around a nest of fledglings, Mr. Owl, Frog, Vole, Mole, a cave of bats, and the woodchopper's house along the way.
A bird gathers everything she needs to build a nest — pulling a worm from the ground, lifting twigs that are just the right size, pushing them into place — until her nest is finally ready and waiting.
A rhyming picture book invites young readers to imagine life as a penguin, from waddling walks to devoted parenting, paired with detailed illustrations throughout.
Deep in a snowy forest, a bear who should be hibernating stays wide awake, so his worried animal friends gather to brew tea and sing lullabies to help him finally drift off.
A big, friendly bear wanders through the woods noticing colors all around him — inviting little ones to spot matching colors of their own on every page.
