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Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn Hardcover – Picture Book, August 16, 2016

by Kenard Pak (Author, Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,459 ratings
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As trees sway in the cool breeze, blue jays head south, and leaves change their colors, everyone knows--autumn is on its way!

Join a young girl as she takes a walk through forest and town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with every flower and creature and gust of wind, she says good-bye to summer and welcomes autumn.

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    1 - 2
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    8.8 x 0.4 x 11.3 inches
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    Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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    August 16, 2016
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    1627794158
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    978-1627794152
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PreS-Gr 1—A girl wearing a red scarf greets a nippy late summer morning. The child wanders through woods, by a creek, and across farmland and finally arrives in town, encountering all sorts of flora and fauna along the way. She greets everyone in a friendly tone, saying hello to trees, blue jays, foxes, distant thunder, breezy wind, and the approaching chill in the air. In the end, returning home, it's "Goodbye, summer…Hello autumn!" Short sentences are positioned over the pictures. The spare text and muted watercolor illustrations blend perfectly to create a feeling of wonder at the change of seasons. This is an upbeat look at the promise of fall's glories. VERDICT A gentle, gorgeous welcome to summer's end and fall's beginning, perfect for storytime or one-on-one reading.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI

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"Pak’s well-executed first appearance as both author and illustrator offers a warm welcome to fall." ―The Horn Book, starred review

"A gentle, gorgeous welcome to summer’s end and fall’s beginning, perfect for storytime or one-on-one reading." ―School Library Journal

"A visual success conjuring up the best about the seasons’ changes." ―Kirkus Reviews

"The focus is on the natural world, but Pak (Flowers Are Calling) celebrates city life, too, with drawings of diverse townspeople . . . that show a rainbow of a community. It’s a thoughtful look at the kind of change that unfolds almost imperceptibly." ―Publishers Weekly

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (August 16, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1627794158
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1627794152
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.8 x 0.4 x 11.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,459 ratings

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Kenard Pak is an author and illustrator originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Much of his work is about memory, nature, and solitude. Kenard has worked as an artist on many animated films with Dreamworks, Walt Disney Feature, PDI, and Laika. He has authored and illustrated the seasonal "Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn" series, and illustrated other authors' books including "Have You Heard The Nesting Bird?", "The Dinner That Cooked Itself", " The Fog", and "The Hundred-Year Barn". Kenard Pak lives in San Francisco. Visit his website at pandagun.com and follow him at instagram.com/kenardpak

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Great book, beautiful pictures
I used my copy to make a fall story walk for the town library
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P Sanders
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2023
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Perfect Fall book for the classroom!
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Sabuhi Imam
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book to Preschoolers!
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023
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arrived on time. I am impressed!
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is perfect for curling up with on a cooler fall day.
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2017
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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.
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christa simpkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fall intro
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2022
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Love the book great for teaching about seasons I made a class book out of it! Love it a little on the expensive side couldn’t find it in paperback.
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Amber P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful illustrations. Simple text.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021
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We enjoyed reading this. It's beautifully illustrated, and the text reads almost like a poem. As an extra nice little addition, you'll notice the boy in the story passes out flowers to everyone he passes on his walk-- something you don't notice until you read it a few times. Very sweet.
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Shauna
4.0 out of 5 stars Simple story to explain change of season
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
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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.
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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Nightly Bedtime story favorite
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021
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My daughter absolutely LOVES this book. It's not the most interesting read for the adult though, it's very repetitive. The art work throughout the book is so beautiful which makes it hard to dislike the book. This was my daughter's nightly favorite until the seasons changed.
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aealbin
5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyed.
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019
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This is such a sweet little book. My girls (Aged 6 & 4.5) loved discovering how the pages went together (she picks flowers, has a bouquet, then hands flowers out to people, etc)

They quickly figured out that one side is the girl talking to the season, and the season responding on the opposite page. It’s a nice book for the transition seasons.

I personally love the style of illustrations. A very beautiful book.
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L. Guerra
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this series. Living Book!
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2023
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I love every book in this series. I use them as living books in our seasonal units every year!
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BB94
5.0 out of 5 stars Love! Some American spellings
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2022
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Love this! I figured since it was an American book and fall had been changed to autumn in the title, that the spelling inside would be the same. Did notice colour was written as color, just for parents to be mindful if they are wanted correct uk English grammar etc! Didn’t bother us as I’m the reader to my daughter in our house as she’s still little!
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Giulia
5.0 out of 5 stars Stupendo♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Reviewed in Italy on September 29, 2022
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Winderful💖
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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars Llibre molt bonic de la tardor
Reviewed in Spain on March 20, 2021
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Les imatges són molt boniques i expliquen el pas del temps entre dues estacions. Pots aprofundir i anar explicant els detalls que van sortint al llarg de la història. Intentarem comprar la resta de la col.lecció.
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Sabrina Bartsch
5.0 out of 5 stars Top
Reviewed in Germany on December 5, 2018
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Total schön. Sehr zu empfehlen!
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