Autumn Picture Books That 3-Year-Olds Will Love! A Recommended Collection Perfect for Read-Alouds
When we think of autumn, we think of reading season.
It’s the perfect time to enjoy picture books, too.
Three-year-olds eagerly follow the autumn worlds in picture books—with sparkling eyes—taking in the brightly colored leaves, the bountiful fruits, and moon-viewing scenes.
Here, we’re introducing picture books about autumn that you’ll want to enjoy together with three-year-olds.
We’ve picked titles that nurture imagination and help children feel the changing seasons through autumn’s nature and traditions.
Explore the world of autumn through picture books with your children!
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Autumn Picture Books That 3-Year-Olds Will Love! A Recommended Read-Aloud Collection (1–10)
The Sports Day at Wacky Mountain
Autumn is sports day season.
The children are surely tingling with nerves and excitement at the chance to show how hard they’ve worked.
Some are looking forward to it, while others feel anxious.
“Henteko Mountain’s Sports Day” is the perfect picture book for times like that.
When Henteko Mountain turns red, a slightly odd sports day begins.
What’s odd about it? Even when the footrace starts, there’s no finish line.
You can choose your own course, and everyone runs however they like.
It portrays a sports day with no winners or losers—just pure fun and freedom.
After reading this book, children might start looking forward to sports day, too.
I’m Acorn, Bo-shi-kun.
Bo-shi, a little acorn, feels a flutter of nervous excitement about how he’ll grow up.
This is the story of that tiny acorn, Bo-shi, as the main character.
As he spends time with friends and in nature, he gradually learns courage, kindness, and other important things.
With its colorful illustrations and rhythmic text, it’s perfect for reading aloud.
This warm, memorable picture book encourages children to feel, “I can do my best, too.” Adults will enjoy it as well, so be sure to read it together with your kids.
Forest Piano
This charming picture book tells a heartwarming story: when a little girl starts playing a tree stump as if it were a piano, the forest animals gather and it turns into a concert.
It’s adorable how the animals follow her lead, imagining leaves and flowers as instruments and playing along.
What kind of music might unfold amid the beautiful autumn scenery? We’d love for children to join the performance with their imaginations.
It’s a wonderful book that’s perfect for this season often called the “autumn of the arts.”
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Akino’s Fluttering Magic!
Magic tricks are often performed as entertainment at children’s events.
Kids are captivated by the wonders happening right before their eyes.
In this picture book, a magician and an assistant lose their way in a haunted forest.
Unable to find the exit, they wander around and start performing magic to ease their loneliness.
Then, in a curious turn, autumn fruits begin transforming one after another! It’s a page-turner that makes you excited to see what they’ll turn into next.
Be sure to check whether the magicians make it safely out of the forest, too.
Korowan Toko Koro
This is the autumn volume in the Korowan series, “Korowan and Rolling Acorns.” In the story, Korowan goes out to a park in autumn and finds lots of round things scattered on the ground.
A little cat tells him they are acorns.
Korowan then starts searching for all kinds of acorns lying about.
His excitement at discovering new things in autumn is so adorable and heartwarming.
Children who read this picture book will surely want to go to the park to look for nuts themselves.
A Tale of a Moonlit Night
When we think of the moon, we usually picture a rabbit, but the characters in this picture book are mice.
The mice, who lived inside a picture of the moon, long to see the real moon and slip out of the painting.
They spend their time enjoying things they couldn’t do inside the picture, like basking in the sun, but when night falls, they begin to miss the moon in the painting.
The real moon and the moon in the picture each have their own charm—how did the mice feel about them? Please read the picture book to find out.
Tonight, Professor Wildcat is moon-viewing.
The story features Dr.
Wildcat, a slightly clumsy, food-loving forest doctor.
He completely forgets that he’s supposed to go to the moon-viewing party and hurriedly heads to the venue with the young squirrels.
They take a shortcut the squirrels told him about, but the footing is shaky and it’s dark, so one mishap after another occurs.
It’s a picture book you can enjoy with a bit of suspense as you wonder whether Dr.
Wildcat will make it to the venue on time.
It’s perfect for reading aloud on the night of the moon-viewing, too.