The changing color of autumn leaves is certainly one of the most flamboyant hallmarks of the new season. Linoleum-cut illustrations show two children and a dog playing among the falling leaves, as the poetic text describes the characteristics of eight types of trees. “Red maple’s broad and pointed leaves / flame bright and vivid as a match. / The sugar maple’s leaves are orange, / like pumpkins in a pumpkin patch.” A concluding page outlines the scientific process behind leaf-color change, but it is the bold illustrations and lyrical words throughout the rest of this picture book that truly celebrate the season. (Ages 4–8)