Wonderfall

We have several books by this author and my son adores the books! They're silly and cute. Definitely liftable.

book arrived promptly with no damage. What a wonder-fall book, each page is a delight as the author changes words with the suffix -ful into -fall. Another great one from Michael Hall.

A fun picture bookGreat service

Great art work

I love how the author plays with blending words in the story. A simple concept, and it works. The illustrations are colourful and really fill up the page, helping young readers follow along while older kids read the words.

In a series of poems, this picture book celebrates the changing seasons through the experience of a tree. First in the greenness of summer, the acorns start to fall from the oak tree. The yellow school bus arrives and the tree’s leaves start to change. Harvest time arrives, parades march past, and Halloween comes.The leaves start to fall, Thanksgiving comes and children play in the piles of leaves. Wind arrives, taking most of the leaves off the tree and its time to rake. No leaves left, the tree stands bare until snow comes with the new winter season.Hall celebrates the autumn season with this picture book that encompasses the very beginning signs of autumn all the way through to full winter. The focus on a single tree as the one experiencing the changes works well, particularly with the vivid changes that the tree goes through itself. It is also interesting to see trees as witnessing what humans do just as they watch the activities of the squirrels on the ground and in their branches. The book ends with information on animals seen in the book and how they prepare for winter.The illustrations are signature Hall with bold shapes done in collage. The leaves are oversized and glorious, full of bold colors and the size of branches. They enliven the page no matter their color, making the winter pages when they are gone all the more cold and barren.Simple and poetic, this is a great new pick for fall story times and units. Appropriate for ages 3-5.

What a great celebration of fall! "Wonderfall" definitely lives up to its title :)Each double-page spread introduces a fall-related blended word accompanied by beautiFALL artwork (I LOVE the colors and the textures, and all the animals!) and a playFALL poem. Such mini-episodes work together extremely well to capture the spirit and progression of fall. And the twist at the end is simply perfect! Plus, I really liked the final pages with interesting information on the way different animals, birds and trees prepare for the upcoming winter.