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Festive Children's Books About Fall Under $5

Young readers will enjoy reading these favorite and affordable fall themed books! 

By Scholastic Editors
October 14, 2024

Falling leaves, apple picking, decorating pumpkins — autumn is full of fun activities and multi-sensory experiences. Reading favorite fall books will help your students usher in a new season and get excited about all of the wonderful changes and things they'll learn that lie ahead. These budget-friendly children’s books about fall are a great addition to your classroom library.

Fall is filled with many traditions, like baking apple pie and carving jack-o-lanterns. A fall-themed book will give your students exposure to multiple traditions that take place during this magical season. 

Check out these charming books all about apples!

For example, Let It Fall is a sweet story about enjoying quintessential autumn activities, like playing in the colorful leaves and hayrides at the county fair. Dive into the fall season and create an interactive lesson plan with this wonderful, budget-friendly book! 

For students interested in pumpkins, try reading aloud Welcome Fall: Pumpkins, a fun nonfiction title about the beautiful changes that fall brings complete with eye-catching photos. Your students will enjoy these autumnal books and marvel at the beauty of the season. 

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Paperback Book

Let It Fall

Grades Pre-K - 1
$2.99$3.99
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With soft colored art, adorable children, and colorful outdoor scenes, this book celebrates all the seasonal awe of autumn.

$4.49$5.99
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Take a magical trip to the pumpkin patch with Princess Truly and her magical, sparkling curly hair!

The old lady says "Hooray!"
We have a trip today!
Grab your bag. Say hello!
Get on the bus. Off we go!

Board Book

My Pumpkin

Grades Pre-K
$3.74$5.99
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Young trick-or-treaters can join one adorable monster as he picks out the best pumpkin to make a most spectacular jack-o'-lantern in this hauntingly sweet introduction to the most popular Halloween and autumn traditions.

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Welcome Fall: Leaves

Grades 1 - 2
$3.71$4.95
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Celebrate the change and colors of fall through bright, gorgeous photographs accompanied by clear and engaging text for beginning readers of nonfiction.

Paperback Book

Twas the Night before Thanksgiving

Grades 1 - 2
$4.13$5.50
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The incomparable Pilkey adapts the classic Christmas poem to tell his wacky Thanksgiving tale. 

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Little Elliot: Little Elliot, Fall Friends

Grades Pre-K - 1
$4.46$5.95
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It's autumn in the big city, but there's too much hustle and bustle for Elliot and Mouse! The two decide to vacation to the countryside to explore fall. "Lush illustrations." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

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This autumn-themed book takes the traditional rhyme to new heights of silliness.

Paperback Book

Little Critter: The Fall Festival

Grades K - 2
$4.46$5.95
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Little Critter enjoys fall festival activities, including apple picking and hay rides.

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Apple Picking Day!

Grades K - 1
$4.46$5.95
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When a sister and brother visit a local apple orchard, they run gleefully through the rows of trees and race against other children to pick the most apples. The story of their day captures the lighthearted joy of fall field trips.

Paperback Book

The Biggest Ever: The Biggest Apple Ever

Grades Pre-K - 1
$3.71$4.95
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As another year at Mouseville School begins, the students will be learning about apples, starting with a contest to find the biggest one ever! 

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Fresh Fall Leaves

Grades K - 1
$3.74$4.99
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Celebrate the joys of autumn and freshly-fallen leaves.

 

 

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The Spooky Wheels On The Bus

Grades Pre-K - 2
$4.49$5.99
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A haunted Halloween bus ride that will have children singing with excitement. 

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I Need My Monster

Grades K - 2
$3.71$4.95
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A unique monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this picture book relies on the power of humor over fear, appeals to a child's love for creatures both alarming and absurd, and glorifies the scope of a child's imagination.

 

Paperback Book

Sing and Read Storybooks: Ten Little Pumpkins

Grades Pre-K - K
$3.71$4.95
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These familiar American songs are now in book form, accompanied by humorous and energetic illustrations. Sheet music is featured at the end of each lively book.

$4.46$5.95
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Apples! The word alone makes us think of the fall — red ripe apples falling off the tree as the leaves begin to change. This book shows that apples aren't just fruit, they're iconic of everything Autumn. This book presents photographs and discussions of apples and shares information about their history and uses.

Paperback Book

Let's Bee Thankful (Bumble and Bee #3)

Grades K - 2
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Autumn leaves are falling, and that means it's time for Bumble and Bee to paint pumpkins and help Froggy make a special apple pie. But when the air turns frosty, Froggy decides it's time to find a quiet place to settle in for the winter. Can Bumble and Bee and their zany antics tempt Froggy into one more cozy adventure?

Paperback Book

Picking Apples & Pumpkins

Grades Pre-K - 1
$2.99$3.99
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This colorful book tells the story of a family who visits a New Jersey farm in autumn to have a picnic, and engage in seasonal activities such as picking apples, selecting pumpkins, baking apple pies, and creating jack-o-lanterns.

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Welcome Fall: Leaves

Grades 1 - 2
$3.71$4.95
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Celebrate the change and colors of fall through bright, gorgeous photographs accompanied by clear and engaging text for beginning readers of nonfiction.

Paperback Book

Welcome Fall: Pumpkins

Grades 1 - 2
$3.71$4.95
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Celebrate the change and colors of fall through bright, gorgeous photographs accompanied by clear and engaging text for beginning readers of nonfiction.

Paperback Book

Apple Picking Day!

Grades K - 1
$4.46$5.95
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Who doesn't love to go apple-picking at the first sign of fall? When a sister and brother visit a local apple orchard, they run gleefully through the rows of trees and race against other children to pick the most apples. The story of their day captures the lighthearted joy of fall field trips.

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