The Seasons in Story - Children's Literature at OneWomansMind.net The Seasons in Story
dancing in rhythm with nature's glory


The changing of seasons has become a sweet and tender time in my heart now that I have a daughter with which to share them. There is something primal and soul-nurturing about watching, feeling and celebrating the seasons come and go. Paying attention to the fruits and flowers, migrating birds and butterflies makes one feel part of nature, part of the mystery that infuses life with joy and magic.

Below please find wonderful children's picture books we've enjoyed about the seasons as well as some of the quintessential foods and experiences of each from pumpkins and apples to snow, migration and hibernation and the turning colors of leaves.

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Wild Child
by Lynn Plourde
illustrated by Greg Couch



Authors and Illustrators

Ellen Jackson and Jan Davey Ellis

Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch

Steven Schnur and Leslie Evans


Autumn

Wild Child by Lynn Plourde illus by Greg Couch

In November by Cynthia Rylant, illus by Jill Kastner.

We Gather Together: celebrating the harvest season / by Wendy Pfeffer; illustrated by Linda Bleck.

Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur, illus by Leslie Evans

Nightdances by James Skofield, illus by Karen Gundersheimer

Harvest by Kris Waldherr

The Fall Gathering (Woodland Adventures) by Rita Kohn, illus by Winifred Barnum-Newman

Possum's Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter

The Autumn Equinox: Celebrating the Harvest by Ellen Jackson, illus by Jan Davey Ellis

It's Fall (Celebrate the Seasons) by Linda Glaser ; illustrated by Susan Swan


Apples

Hubert and the Apple Tree by Bruno Hachler, illustrated by Albrecht Rissier

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell, illus by Lizzy Rockwell

The Crooked Apple Tree by Eric Houghton, illus by Caroline Gold

Apple Cider-Making Days by Ann Purmell, illus by Joanne Friar

Johnny Appleseed: a poem by Reeve Lindbergh, illus by Kathy Jakobsen

A Song For Lena by Lilary Horder Hippely, illus by Leslie Baker

How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro, illus by Giulio Maestro (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

Apples by Gail Gibbons

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson ; illustrated by Jonathan Bean


Leaves

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke

Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro, illus by Loretta Krupinksi (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2)

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins


Pumpkins

Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White, illus by Megan Lloyd

The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold ; pictures by Brad Sneed

Pumpkin Town! Or, Nothing Is Better and Worse Than Pumpkins by Katie McKy, illus by Pablo Bernasconi

Pumpkinhead by Eric Rohmann

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell, illus by Lizzy Rockwell

From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer, illus by James Graham Hale (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)


Changing Seasons

And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson

Hubert and the Apple Tree by Bruno Hachler, illustrated by Albrecht Rissier

Daughter of Earth retold and illus by Gerald McDermott

When the Wind Stops by Charlotte Zolotow, illus by Stefano Vitale.

Stories for All Seasons by Eric Carle

A Bunny for All Seasons by Janet Schulman, illus by Meilo So

The Little Island by Golden Macdonald, illus by Leonard Weisgard

When The Root Children Wake Up retold by Audrey Wood, illus by Ned Bittinger

The Winter King and the Summer Queen by Mary Lister, illus by Diana Mayo

Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art by Thomas Locker

Bear Snores On... and More Stories to Celebrate the Seasons (Scholastic Video Collection)


Hibernation

Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Van Gelder ; illustrated by Helen K. Davie

Turtle Spring by Deborah Turney Zagwyn

Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling; illustrated by Greg Newbold

Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky

Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman


Migration

Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush by Lynne Cherry

Home at Last: A Song of Migration by April Pulley Sayre; illustrations by Alix Berenzy

The Journey: Stories Of Migration by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Lambert Davis

Hurry and the Monarch by Antoine O Flatharta; illustrated by Meilo So

The Far-Flung Adventures Of Homer The Hummer by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds; illustrations by Catherine McClung

Welcome, Brown Bird by Mary Lyn Ray; illustrated by Peter Sylvada

Luck by Jean Craighead George ; paintings by Wendell Minor

Where Do All the Birds Go? by Tracey Lewis

Elinda Who Danced in the Sky: An Estonian Folktale by Lynn Moroney, Veg Reisberg


Spring

Spring's Sprung by Lynn Plourde, illus by Greg Couch

Possum and the Peeper by Anne Hunter

Poppy Bear: The Garden That Overslept by Ruth E. Saltzman, illus by Catherine Deeter

Spring Song by Barbara Seuling

Mud by Mary Lyn Ray, illus by Lauren Stringer

The Spring Equinox: Celebrating the Greening of the Earth by Ellen Jackson, illus by Jan Davey Ellis


Wind

How the ladies stopped the wind / by Bruce McMillan ; illustrated with paintings by Gunnella.


Summer

Summer's Vacation by Lynn Plourde, illus Greg Couch

The Summer Solstice by Ellen Jackson, illus by Jan Davey Ellis

Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur and Leslie Evans

One Enchanted Evening by Mark Kimball Moulton, illus by Karen Hillard Crouch.

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Bruce Coville, illus by Dennis Nolan


Winter

Winter's Gift by Jane Monroe Donovan

Winter Is by Ann Dixon, illus by Mindy Dwyer

Winter Waits by Lynn Plourde, illus by Greg Couch

Imagine a Night paintings by Rob Gonsalves ; text by Sarah L. Thomson

Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur, illus by Leslie Evans

When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan, illus by Susan Gaber

Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root, illus by Beth Krommes

Winter White by Joanne Ryder, illus by Carol Lacey

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illus by Susan Jeffers

Snow Ponies by Cynthia Cotten, illus by Jason Cockcroft

The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer, illus by Jesse Reisch

The Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson, illus by Jan Davey Ellis

Winter Friends by Carl R. Sams (Author), Jean Stoick (Author)


Snow

The Night the Moon Blew Kisses by Lynn Manuel, illus by Robin Spowart

When It Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator (Author), Martin Matje (Author)

The Snow Speaks by Nancy White Carlstrom, illus by Jane Dyer

It's Snowing! by Olivier Dunrea

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

The First Snow by David Christiana

When Will It Snow? by Bruce Hiscock


Snow Animals and People

The Snow Leopard by Jackie Morris

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy (Nature) by Carl R. Sams (Author), Jean Stoick (Author)

Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner (Author), Mark Buehner (Illustrator)

A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball Moulton (Author), Karen Hillard Crouch (Illustrator)

A Snowgirl Named Just Sue by Mark Kimball Moulton (Author), Karen Hillard Crouch (Illustrator)

All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle ; illustrated by Barbara Lavallee

The Snowman's Path by Helena Clare Pittman (Author), Raul Colon (Author)




Honoring the seasons allows us to honor ourselves - body and soul - moving through periods of rest, renewal and rebirth.
- Paula Vaughan


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