Local Librarian Give List Of Good Autumn Reads

By Michele Buberniak

Crisp apples, pumpkins, comfort food and Halloween make October a great month to enjoy! These titles will inspire you to get the most out of this colorful time of the year.

From Shoot to Apple By Stacy Taus-Bolstad. 2003

Young children will be interested in the colorful photos and easy to read text that shows the steps involved in growing this crunchy fruit from “shoots” rather than seed. This may even inspire them to eat more apples.

Cutie Pies: 40 sweet, savory, and adorable recipes

By Dani Cone. 2010

Do you love any kind of pie (not only apple or pumpkin), but don’t want the leftovers tempting you? Then this is the book for you! Some of the recipes for these mini desserts can be made in jar and are great as gifts!

How BIG Could Your Pumpkin Grow?

By Wendell Minor. 2013

Bright drawings of giant pumpkins populate this fun book that showcases pumpkin-growing competitions. Although some of the scenarios are exaggerated as to the potential size of this vegetable, children will enjoy the author’s vivid imagination.

Backyard Giants: The passionate, heartbreaking, and glorious quest to grow the biggest pumpkin ever

By Susan Warren. 2007

Who knew that there was intense rivalry and possibly sabotage involved in the competitions for the largest pumpkin at various contests around the United States? This book chronicles the story of growers from Rhode Island as they protect and coax their pumpkins to grow and perhaps weigh up to 1,000 pounds.

Spot’s Harvest

By Eric Hill. 2010

This bright board book for designed for young children has sturdy pages and a simple story featuring Spot the puppy and his friend Steve the monkey. They visit a farm to pick apples and pumpkins and enjoy apple pie in the end.

FICTION

The Apple Orchard

By Susan Wiggs. 2013

Although this adult fiction title has little to do with an apple orchard, the storyline will entertain readers. Tess Delaney, who has a successful career working with a prestigious auction house, is notified that she has a grandfather and a half-sister. Formerly unaware of their existence, Tess struggles to accept this news.

To complicate matters, she learns that her grandfather is in a coma and the apple orchard estate of which she now owns half is soon to be in foreclosure. Read this to find out if Tess will be able to accept the family she never had, help save the orchard and discover romance.

HALLOWEEN Best of Halloween  Tricks & Treats

Better Homes and Gardens. 2009

The title says it all, recipes, decorations and some costume ideas are included in this colorful selection.

Halloween

By Laura Marsh. 2012

Published by National Geographic, this short book has simple text designed for young readers. Bright photographs help to acquaint children with costumes, candy, trick or treating and a little bit of the holiday’s history.

Town in a Pumpkin Bash

By B.B. Haywood. 2013

Candy Holliday, blueberry grower from the fictitious town of Cape Willington, Maine gets involved in the town’s Fall Festival and in solving a murder when a dead body turns up.

This is the fourth title in the series featuring Candy and the colorful inhabitants of the small town, and is light,fun reading.

The Annotated Brothers Grimm

By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 2012 edition

Although this collection does not pertain to Halloween, the tales are suitable for reading aloud and many will send a chill up your spine. Fairy tales are still popular today as we many TV networks have weekly shows based on some of these stories.

This beautiful edition includes a sample of the 210 tales collected by the Grimms. It is based on the 1857 edition and includes short annotations with the tales that often explain the historical background of the story or other versions where the characters vary. Illustrations are by various artists including Arthur Rackham and many woodcuts appear throughout the book. Included is a biographical essay on the Brothers Grimm and an analysis of what roles fairy tales played and continue to play in society. Not academic in nature, this book is suitable for the casual reader or student.

Come in and browse our collection at the Bedford Branch Library, 8575 Jackman Rd. We have many titles on every subject!

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