The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Henkes, Kevin

In the Middle of Fall

32 pp. | Greenwillow | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-274726-6 $8.99
New ed. (2017)

(3) PS Illustrated by Laura Dronzek. In this quietly joyful paean to fall, lush acrylic paintings in vivid autumnal colors foreground "frisky" gray squirrels; plump orange pumpkins; and shiny red apples that look "like ornaments." The brief, lyrical text is pitched perfectly to preschoolers. As with its companion, When Spring Comes, this board book edition's smaller trim size doesn't diminish the impact of Dronzek's bold compositions.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2017