Fall has been teasing us with a random breeze and slightly cooler mornings, and even though it doesn’t quite feel like it yet, the new season will be here soon! For our family, fall means three birthdays, football games, Halloween, Thanksgiving, pumpkin patches, and more time outside. Month after month of celebrations galore, and we are all in!
A routine that we incorporate into our baby’s nursery is changing out our books on display for a new holiday or season. It’s a fun way to celebrate whatever occasion is on the horizon while refreshing a new set of books into our reading rotation. Fostering a love of reading is one of my main goals as a mom, so even though Sully is only eleven months old, we read often. Changing up our shelves and decorating them adds an extra touch of festivity and makes grabbing a book over a movie or toy more natural. We’re doing all we can now to inspire that magic that reading a book brings!
Here are a few of our favorites broken down by topic:
Fall:
Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Shcaefer
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson
Five Little Pumpkins Illustrated by Ben Mantle
Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
Autumn Babies by Kathryn O. Galbraith
Halloween:
Goodnight Goon by Michael Rex
Little Blue Truck’s Halloween by Alice Schertle
Zombelina by Kristyn Crow
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandro
Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton
Thanksgiving:
Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving by Kimberly and James Dean
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet
Thanksgiving Is… by Gail Gibbons
Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Birthday:
The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
Before You by Rebecca Doughty
Cupcake by Charise Mericle Harper
Remarkable You by Pat Zietlow Miller
When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner
If you’re looking to build a seasonal book display, all you need are books! We’ve recently made it a weekly habit to attend story time at the library, so we’ve beefed up our shelves through checking out several new ones each Tuesday. We also tell people who are wanting to buy Sully a gift that a book is always welcome. Another fun way to slowly build a book collection is to gift each other a picture book in the theme of whatever occasion you are celebrating; for almost the same price as a card, you can get a book! Our favorite places to buy books are TJ Maxx (which always has a seasonal display at discounted prices), Target, All Aboard, and Books-A-Million. Facebook Marketplace and hand-me-downs from friends are a great way to add to your collection as well.
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home.” -Anna Quindlen
