"Introduces concepts and vocabulary of fall--autumn colors, changes in plants and animals ... and wind, which soon leads to the next season"--

"Two mice talk about where the seasons come from"--

As the seasons pass, Arnold enjoys a variety of activities revolving around his apple tree. Includes a recipe for apple pie and a description of how an apple cider press works.

Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.

When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.

Little Tree is very happy in the forest, where he is surrounded by other little trees and his leaves keep him cool in the heat of summer, but when autumn comes and the other trees drop their leaves, Little Tree cannot be persuaded to let his go, even after they wither and turn brown.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the seasons of the year and the joy each one brings.

"Over the course of a year, a family learns about the role of the sun in the changing seasons"--

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"--