50+ Fun Fall Books for Preschool Children

There’s just something about Fall books that makes my heart all sorts of happy! The colors and cozy stories are just perfect for welcoming in a new season. So let’s grab some picture books and enjoy this sweet time of year!

I’ve organized these Fall books into some of our favorite categories to help you find what works best for you and your family! TO VIEW OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION BOOKS ABOUT FALL, CLICK HERE! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to send them my way! Happy reading!

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Fall is the perfect time to read apple themed books! We love to start with these around August for Back to School time, especially since the last August theme in our Preschool Curriculum is Apples. Below you’ll find some of our favorite apple books – and as you can see by the length of this list, apple books are some of our favorite Fall books!

Ready-to-Read: Johnny Appleseed – Jane Kurtz

Ready-to-Read: Picking Apples – Margaret McNamara

An Apple’s Life (Watch It Grow) – Nancy Dickmann

Apples for Everyone (Picture of the Seasons) – Jill Esbaum

Hello, World! How Do Apples Grow? – Jill McDonald

Curious George Apple Harvest – H.A. Rey

Let’s Go Apple Picking! – Lori Haskins Houran

Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship – Edward Hemingway

Apples – Gail Gibbons

Pinkalicious: Apples, Apples, Apples! – Victoria Kann

How Do Apples Grow? – Betsy Maestro

Apples and Pumpkins – Anne Rockwell

Candy Apple Blessings – Thomas Nelson

The Biggest Apple Ever – Steven Kroll

Applesauce Day – Lisa J. Amstutz

Peppa Goes Apple Picking – Meredith Rusu

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Now you KNOW you can’t have a list of Fall books without a section on all the pumpkin books! I do try my best to save the pumpkin things for at least October (except for my beloved pumpkin spice coffee, OF COURSE) so we are always SO excited to dig into these books!

Bear Picks a Pumpkin – Zondervan

It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! – Laura Numeroff

Grow a Pumpkin Pie! – Jane E. Gerver

My Happy Pumpkin – Crystal Bowman

You’re My Little Pumpkin Pie – Natalie Marshall

The Pumpkin Patch Parable – Liz Curtis Higgs

Night Night, Pumpkin – Amy Parker

A Pumpkin Prayer – Amy Parker

P is for Pumpkin – Kathy-Jo Wargin

Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins – Dianne Ochiltree

Apples and Pumpkins – Anne Rockwell

I Pick Fall Pumpkins – Mary Lindeen

How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? – Wendell Minor

The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin – Sonali Fry

Too Many Pumpkins – Linda White

Pick a Circle, Gather Squares – Felicia Sanzari Chernesky

We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt – Mary Wilcox

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? – Margaret McNamara

From Seed to Pumpkin – Wendy Pfeffer

The Pumpkin Book – Gail Gibbons

Pumpkin Pumpkin – Jeane Titherington

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever – Steven Kroll

Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie – Jill Esbaum

Step into Reading: Pumpkin Day! – Candice Ransom

From Seed to Pumpkin – Cyrstal Sikkens

Seed to Pumpkin – Sonia W. Black

Pumpkin Jack – Will Hubbell

The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin – Joe Troiano

The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin – Stan Berenstain

Pumpkins – Robin Nelson

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Okay, so not all of our Fall books fit neatly in an apple or pumpkin category. Some of our favorite books for this time of year are simply all about Fall! We love Fall books that cover helpful Science topics life the seasons, why leaves change colors, Fall, animals, and so much more! I promise to get them sorted better soon, but for now here’s a (pretty long) list of all of our other favorite Fall books!

When the Leaf Blew In – Steve Metzger

A Friend Like You – Andrew Schomburg

Why Do Leaves Change Color? – Betsy Maestro

I Wonder Why Leaves Change Color – Andrew Charman

Little Critter: The Fall Festival – Mercer Mayer

Little Acorn – IglooBooks

Curious George: Farm to Table – H.A. Rey

One Windy Day – Tammi Salzano

Peppa’s Windy Fall Day – Scholastic

Curious George: Curious About Fall – H.A. Rey

Curious George: Harvest Hoedown – H.A. Rey

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! – Lucille Colandro

The Scarecrow: A Fall Book for Kids – Beth Ferry

The Little Scarecrow Boy – Margaret Wise Brown

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves – Julia Rawlinson

The Sunflower Parable – Liz Curtis Higgs

The Berenstain Bears Harvest Festival – Mike Berenstain

Hello, Fall! – Deborah Dieson

A Tree For All Seasons – Robin Bernard

I Love Fall! – Alison Inches

Fall Weather: Cooler Temperatures – Martha E.H. Rustad

Pete the Cat Falling for Autumn – James Dean

Little Fox’s Surprise – Trace Moroney

Love is Kind – Laura Sassi

Awesome Autumn – Bruce Goldstone

Autumn in the Forest – Rusty Finch

Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn – Kenard Pak

What to Look For in Autumn – Elizabeth Jenner

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I hope this post helped you find some fun Fall books to add to your collection! Got questions? Let me know! I’d love to chat and get to know you better! You can find us below in some of our favorite places to hang out. Can’t wait to chat with you about your Preschooler’s learning journey!


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