Pre school book about autumn fruit and vegetables

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Here's one to het you thinking. Am finishing my planning for work and I always read a story linked to what we have done during our session.

One of my last autumn sessions we are looking at autumn fruit and vegetables - can anyone think of a book that would link to that theme.

I did think of Eat you peas - but peas are not really an autumn vegetable - or are they?

No they are a summer veg

You need something about apples, or pumpkins, or pears ...

Can't think of much...

ooh pumpkins - why didnt I think of that! Nice lead into halloween.

dp suggested the big turnip.

There must be some book about Harvest Festival or something like that...?

Blackberries...?

There's one about Pumpkin Soup. It might even be called, 'Pumpkin Soup'.
Does anyone know it?

Meg and Mog - Meg's Veg ? thinkt her eare pumpkin , peas , carrots etc in it.

what MP???

Anyway, what does the Hungry Caterpillar eat? Or is it everything going?

The Tale of Peter Rabbit has references to parsnips, blackberries and carrots.

Spidermama founf pumpkin soup on amazon by helen Cooper. Is it ok for pre schoolers?

and there is a hard back copy on ebay if my library don't have it.

We have Pumpkin Soup. I think it would be very suitable for pre-schoolers. But it's not majorly about pumpkins! It's mainly about getting along with each other I think at heart. There are three animals who make the pumpkin soup together, they all have their tasks, but one day one of them (the duck I think) wants to do a different job. They fight and fall out and the duck goes off. Then the other two animals go look for her some time later, and imagine al the things that could have happened. Anyway they go back home and the duck is there and they all have pumpkin soup. It's quite a satisfying read, with good pictures and rhythm for reading aloud.

ooh have found meg's veg on amazon - that looks quite good and dd loves them so I could buy it for work and keep it for dd.

I think's meg's veg is the winner!

Not really fruit or veg, but the Little Red Hen shows the growing process, harvest and all that?

any other autumny books so far on my list are:
Good Night Sam
can't you sleep little bear

These are when we are talking about it getting dark.

The Winter Hedgehog
Meg's Veg

plus some more general autumn/ harvets festival/ halloween factual books for the older ones to look at.

That's a good idea sammac - we have the ladybird version of that- would need a picture book version for storytime.

That's the one I have too- just did a quick check of books in the kitchen. DS loves the enormous turnip just now, we have to role play it every day after nursery......you be the farmer etc.......

And the owl who was afraid of the dark, for the dark nights. We have a lovely picture book of it, it's a bit long though for one sitting.

I thought about role play with the enourmous turnip.

They have to be quite short, many of the children I work with have never had to sit still in their lives and some have never been read a book. We have worked up to story time slowly but surely so don't want to make it too much of a challenge.

Anything about trees - leaves falling off, autumn colours etc!

And your favourite scary books - I am thinking of "How many monsters?"

KNow what you mean about sitting still- I have a nurture class and that's a big thing! gave up on friday's story a t p6 when they were all over the place. Ho hum!

Room on a brooom, brilliant book, by same author as the gruffalo.