I Love Fall!: A Touch-and-Feel Board Book »

Alison Inches has written over 80 books for children, including a bestseller, Go to Bed, Fred! She is also the author In the Kitchen with Miss Piggy, The Candy Bar Cookbook: Baking with America's Favorite Candy and Designs and Doodles: A Muppet Sketchbook. Alison lives in California with her husband, Ric and their son, Hunter.

Hiroe Nakata has illustrated numerous picture books including Lucky Pennies and Hot Chocolate, Duck Skates, Duck Dunks and most recently, Shoe Bop! Encouraged in her art by her grandfather who is a painter in Japan, Hiroe graduated from the Parsons School of Design. She currently lives and works in New York City.

From woolly scarves and plump orange pumpkins to crunchy leaves and smooth wicker baskets, readers will delight in all the different textures fall has to offer. With simple, rhyming verses and sweet, vibrant illustrations, youngsters can celebrate the season with this touch-and-feel board book that's perfect for small hands.

Children's Literature

With cooler weather, the short sleeves and shorts of summer are retired for a long-sleeve flannel shirt, longer pants and even a scarf. The young girl in this board book is headed out with a basket on a chilly autumn day; but, she is warmly dressed and her scarf (which the text claims is wooly) feels rather soft and smooth. She stops off at the pumpkin patch and picks up tiny smooth pumpkins to put in her basket. There are two shiny smooth ones for kids to touch. When she arrives at grandmother's house she is in for a treat—there is a warm pie in a crinkly and shiny pie tin. She puts her basket aside to have a great time with her friends jumping in the leaves that cover the ground. One of nature's truly amazing sights is the beautiful color that leaves turn in the fall. Her basket is now full of leaves, little pumpkins and a special treat. The woven wicker can be touched to get a sense of what a woven basket feels like. The pictures depict a very happy little girl enjoying a wonderful autumn day. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot