Fall of the Year by Margaret Wise Brown and Illustrated by Leo Espinosa

Fall of the Year

The world's on fire in the cold clear air

The world shouts Autumn everywhere

All the little animals began to grow more fur

All the summer birds began to fly away,

The little grey kitten came out of the wind to purr

And the leaves blew away. All in one day. 

Darkness came before the night

The air grew cold enough to bite

Chrysanthemums were shaggy yellow

The leaves turned red

The leaves turned brown

The tumbled all over the frosty ground

The worlds on fire in the cold clear air

The world shouts AUTUMN everywhere. 

                                                                      --Margaret Wise Brown

                                                                                             From A Celebration of the Seasons

Isn't she adorably pleased about the fall? I love this picture! 

A Celebration of the Seasons is a collection of Margaret Wise Brown's poems found in a trunk in a barn after she died. 12 artists collaborated on an illustration for each poem and then musicians composed tunes to go with the poems. My kids love it!