Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn (Kenard Pak's Changing Seasons)

Gorgeous visuals and nice timely story.

I absolutely love the changing seasons from summer into fall. GOODBYE SUMMER, HELLO AUTUMN captures some of the things I love about the changing of the seasons, perfectly. Both in story telling, and vivid fall colored illustrations, Pak helps readers understand the changing of the warm summer days, into the chilly shorter fall days. Joining the young girl on her walk from her house, through the woods and country, and into her small town, and back again, readers see how nature prepares itself for the change from summer to autumn. As the girl welcomes the changes, she's greeted by nature, who tells her of each change. From the fox getting ready to hibernate, to the last of the summer flowers, to the chilly wind, everything has a purpose. With bright colorful changes on the trees, flowers and leaves, to the animals and bugs making preparations for cooler weather, readers see how everything gets ready for fall. This is a delightful story with charming illustrations. I love the diverse characters featured in this book, and all the details featured in each of the pages of this book. This book is perfect for curling up with on a cooler fall day.

I love this book’s illustrations and mood, and my son really loves it too! He’s 3 and really understood the concept of summer turning to fall because of this book! He kept asking “is it autumn day yet?” and really notices trees changing color etc. now. It’s simple enough for his age, but has more detail and depth than a lot of children’s books. Beautifully done!

This book is beautifully illustrated and is the perfect level for a budding reader. My young reader likes it a lot and it has become a returning favorite.

I teach multiply-handicapped students. The stark visual contrast is perfect for my students with vision loss. The vibrant colors are attractive to my students with a hearing loss. The pattern book helps keep all of their attention.

Love the book such a perfect book to transition from summer to fall! Such a cute for my daughters book display

Overall we enjoyed this book. The details were beautiful and the book was written in a way that a group of children of multiple ages would understand or be able to interpret from the graphics. In some ways though, I thought this book was a little more on the simpler side for my children, compared to our usual stories, but they still enjoyed it. They just didn't love it.

I love how the book describes change of weather. Cute book 📖