"From the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of How to be both: a breathtakingly inventive new novel--about aging, time, love, and stories themselves--that launches an extraordinary quartet of books called Seasonal. Readers love Ali Smith's novels for their peerless innovation and their joyful celebration of language and life. Her newest, Autumn, has all of these qualities in spades, and--good news for fans!--is the first installment...

Wanting to impart more to his students than mere facts and figures, an aging schoolteacher revels in his last days of teaching in a quaint New England village. New England schoolmaster MR. JEMINY lives with his housekeeper MRS. GRUMBLE on a hill overlooking a quaint village. The effects of a changing, post-war world lead him to impart more to his young pupils than mere facts and figures. He teaches them about great minds and writers, cautioning them...

Provides art and craft projects and activities based on the theme of autumn.

'In many parts of the United States, the leaves change color and the air grows cooler in autumn. Other parts of the world see autumn happen in this way too! Animals collect food for winter and make their homes ready for hibernation or simply a place to shelter when it's colder. Emerging readers will love this simple introduction to the many facets of the fall season. From what to wear to what the weather will be like, the main content covers it all...

"Fall can be a very fun time, with lots of exciting activities and special days to celebrate. Readers discover this and more as they learn all about autumn in this delightfully designed volume. Short, clear sentences detail the kinds of weather found in fall, the holidays people celebrate at this time of year, and other kinds of autumn adventures and activities. A helpful glossary of unfamiliar terms strengthens readers' vocabularies as they dive...

After an unexplainable incident at the Carnival of Games, Sara is forced to flee to the neighbouring region of Merrywater with her mother and seek shelter with an uncle and cousin she has never met before. Here, Sara learns of a secret kept hidden from her all her life, that her newfound family are amongst a select few people in the whole country who can use Magic.Sara learns from her cousin, Shumuti, that Magic is an energy found in the natural environment,...