Enjoying Autumn with Your 0-Year-Old! A Special Selection of Picture Books Perfect for Read-Aloud Time
Picture books are an important presence that nurture the heart of a rapidly growing newborn.
As autumn arrives, picture books that gently depict nuts, fallen leaves, and seasonal changes cultivate a baby’s rich sensitivity.
Here, we introduce autumn-themed picture books you can enjoy together with your 0-year-old baby.
Simple picture books with gentle colors and rhythmic words stimulate a baby’s curiosity and create precious time to engage their five senses.
Spend a wonderful autumn with your baby through picture books.
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Enjoying Autumn with 0-Year-Olds! Recommended Picture Books for Read-Aloud (11–20)
Hide-and-Seek at Halloween
The Halloween-themed die-cut lift-the-flap picture book “Halloween no Kakurenbo” (Halloween Hide-and-Seek) is a wonderful title that sparks children’s imaginations.
Pages that make you wonder “What could this be?” at first transform into Halloween-themed images when overlaid with the die-cut pages.
It features classic, easy-to-recognize motifs like ghosts, witches, and jack-o’-lanterns that prompt an instant “Ah!” from kids.
Highly recommended for anyone looking for a first Halloween picture book or a book that lets children enjoy simple quiz-style play.
fig carrot
This is a picture-book adaptation of the traditional children’s song “Ichijiku Ninjin.” Vegetables that appear in the song—such as figs, carrots, Japanese pepper (sansho), and shiitake mushrooms—are depicted in illustrations.
The artwork is so detailed that it feels like looking at real vegetables.
Some vegetables that children don’t often see also make an appearance, and this book may spark their interest in varieties they haven’t known before.
Since this nursery rhyme is a counting song, be sure to sing along as you enjoy the picture book.
Various potatoes
It seems that potatoes planted in September and harvested from November to December are called “autumn potatoes.” This picture book, ‘All Sorts of Potatoes,’ features those potatoes as the main characters and is perfect for autumn.
Potatoes are used in a wide variety of dishes and are vegetables that children know well.
In the book, they transform into French fries, croquettes, nikujaga, and potato salad.
Since autumn is known as the season of hearty appetites, read this book, work up your hunger, and enjoy plenty of delicious autumn foods.
fruit
The picture book Fruits, known for its realistic illustrations, features plenty of autumn flavors like apples, persimmons, and grapes.
The fruits look so fresh they seem almost real.
First, they’re shown whole, and then in the next illustrations they’re cut into pieces.
With a friendly “Here you go,” the fruit is offered, and children might reach out as if to take it and eat.
It’s a lovely book that lets you enjoy looking at the fruits and pretending to eat them.
Be sure to enjoy real autumn treats alongside the book, too.
rustling maple leaves
A book that lets you feel the scenery and air of autumn, “Sawa Sawa Momiji.” With illustrations of crimson maple leaves and plump acorns tumbling down, it’s a picture book that makes you want to close your eyes and feel the autumn breeze.
The sound of maple leaves rustling away in the wind, the thud of acorns hitting the ground, the chill of the breeze…
Autumn is a season of brilliant colors, but it’s also one where you can enjoy so many different sounds.
The little faces on the maples and acorns are adorable, making this a picture book that even babies can enjoy.
Be sure to pick it up as a companion for the fall season.
Mogura-kun and Autumn
The story features Mole-kun and a young great tit.
When autumn comes, plums fall into their home, and the two of them cook the plums into jam and then make pastries using the jam.
Soon their friends from the forest gather, and it turns into a wonderful time spent together.
Some of you might find it curious that plums are presented as an autumn delicacy.
In fact, this is a Czech tale.
Since plums aren’t very familiar in Japan, many children might wonder, “What do they taste like?”
In conclusion
Autumn is the perfect season for picture book time that nurtures the five senses of babies under one year old.
Through picture books with gentle colors and pleasing textures, enjoy warm, interactive moments with your little one.
May your encounters with books that cultivate children’s sensitivity create wonderful, lasting memories.