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Autumn Is Amazing!

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A Little Off the Top

10 Sneaky Oaks 11 Max & Gracie 12 The Last Night of August 14 Puzzles 16 Leaf Printing 18 Leap into Fall 20 10 Fabulous Fall Celebrations 22 Giant Pumpkin Boats 24 Apple-Picking Time 26 Mrs. Fly 28 Feel Your Skeleton 29 Kids Corner 30 Puzzle Solutions 2

Fall is a special time of year. Many trees are bursting with bright colored leaves.

Apples of all types are waiting to be picked, eaten, and pressed into cider. Days can be warm like summer, but the evenings are cool. It’s time for hayrides and wiener roasts. Some farmers turn their cornfields into complicated mazes for all to enjoy.

After a long summer of missing friends, everyone is back in school. Friday nights mean football games, and Saturdays are for soccer games. It becomes a time of pumpkin carving and planning your Halloween costume. You will read all about many of these things in this issue.

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If it’s warm out, go find a place outside to read and enjoy a glass of apple cider.

On a cold, rainy day, a cup of hot chocolate and a comfortable chair will be a great place to read Fall Fun. Happy reading and Happy Fall!

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Another word for fall is autumn. What makes it amazing is blazing fall colors and lots of activities. To really appreciate this season, make an autumn to-do list, then have fun with your family and friends! Here are some ideas to get you started.

Explore a Corn Maze Ready, set, go! Have a blast following the twists and turns of intricate paths cut into a huge field of corn. See how quickly you can find your way out of the maze!

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Hop on a Hayride Climb aboard a wagon, scramble onto a hay bale, then hold on. The wagon may be pulled by horses or a tractor. Either way, you’ll have a great, bumpy ride in the country!

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Build a Bonfire Nothing beats the taste of wieners roasted over an outdoor fire. Add some campfire songs or storytelling, and it’s an ideal way to enjoy cool fall nights!

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Carve a Pumpkin Find the perfect pumpkin at a pumpkin patch, then get creative and turn it into a jack-o’-lantern. Will you give it a scary or a happy face? The choice is yours!

Friday Night Lights Marching bands, cheerleaders, players, packed stands – they’re all a part of high school football games. Night games played under the lights are especially exciting. Be sure to dress in your school colors before heading out to enjoy the big game!

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by A. B. Sisson

You might not think of chipmunks and squirrels as predators, like lions and leopards. But in one way, they are. They hunt for their food. Lions pursue antelopes. Chipmunks and squirrels stalk acorns, the seeds of the oak trees.

Chipmunks and squirrels help oak trees. The animals spread oak seeds far away from the parent tree when they store food for the winter. Squirrels are scatter hoarders. They hide the seeds all over and come back to find them throughout the winter. Chipmunks carry seeds to their food-storage tunnels called larders. During the winter, chipmunks hibernate, but they wake every few days to eat. That means they need to have a good supply of food nearby. Either way, some stored acorns sprout, and the animals help oak trees end up in new territory.

In other ways, chipmunks and squirrels are the enemies of oak trees! Most years, chipmunks, squirrels, and other animals will eat so many seeds, they leave few to sprout and grow into new oaks.

The trees don’t just stand there and let the animals get away with all the seeds. They’ve found a trick to make sure more of their seeds survive. They battle the chipmunks and squirrels by using a special strategy called masting. Acorns and other forest tree seeds, such as walnuts and hickory nuts, are called mast. Every two to five years, oak trees cooperate and synchronize their seed production. That means there are ten times more acorns than usual. The trees yield a bumper crop. The sneaky oak trees make sure there are too many acorns for the animals to eat them all. Any leftover seeds have a chance to grow into towering oaks.

A group of oak trees may be called a stand, but the sneaky oaks don’t just stand there!

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Kingston, New Hampshire 11:03 AM It’s a crispy kind of day!

Max and Gracie and their owners, Linda, Craig, and their seven-year-old son, Ed, are driving the back roads of America. Perhaps you have seen Max and Gracie with their heads out the window. If not, here is a letter describing their most recent adventure.

a lake. found a path that led down to cie Gra k, par new a at d ive arr Soon after we smoky smell of her. It was a crisp day, with the She barked for Ed and me to join the ground, had already made their way to ves lea the of st Mo air. the in campfire past us. and a cold breeze gently slipped Gracie challenged me.

“Dare you to go in the water,” t back out. into the freezing water – and righ Unable to resist a challenge, I ran und. Where was Gracie?

As I was shaking off, I looked aro k down to the see Gracie on the field. I ran bac I ran back up the path but didn’t Gracie?” lake and barked at Ed, “Where’s ket. He never asked, pulling a ball out of his poc “You want to catch a ball?” Ed ge. did get the hang of bark langua abandoned there. All I could smell was an I bolted around, sniffing here and by the base of onies, and dying leaves. Then, col ant ee thr , rm wo a t, nes s rabbit’ now and again, that appeared to breathe. Every a tree, I saw thousands of leaves do with the soft mound. I knew it had nothing to the h oug thr nt we ling ripp soft a breeze. pouncing. red out, then I surprised her by I silently waited until Gracie pee tead, were going to scare me, but ins Oh, Gracie girl, you thought you I scared you!

Max

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The Last Night of August

by Daryl-Lynne Gottier • illustrated by Pamela Harden ‘Twas the last night of August, when all through my mind, Flew the visions of summer I was leaving behind: The swimming, the biking, the beach in the sun, The hunting for fireflies, the cool things I’d done.

Finding shells at the ocean and frogs in the lake, Making paths through the tall grass and scaring a snake, My bike through the puddles, bare feet in the sand, Out late every evening. Summer life was just grand.

Now my sisters were tossing and turning in bed, Which made me believe school was something to dread.

On my chair lay my school clothes, backpack by their side, My stomach had jitters, and there was nowhere to hide.

The full moon was shining around me so bright, I knew I would have my eyes open all night.

School really was starting the very next day.

If I closed my eyes tight, would it just go away?

The leaves would be turning, the air, it would cool.

There was no way to stop it . . . tomorrow was SCHOOL! Soon alarm clocks were ringing, breakfast sat on my plate.

Mom told me to hurry or else I’d be late.

“Now, Brittany and Ashley, brush your teeth and your hair.

Josh, I checked the street corner, your bus soon will be there.

Grab your jacket and backpack, don’t forget your lunch money.

Now, hurry up, hurry up, HURRY UP, HONEY!” So out of the house I flew like a flash, Chasing two sisters in a shaky-legged dash.

And up to our corner the yellow bus flew, With a bus full of big kids and a huge driver too.

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And then in a twinkling, the bus “pulled” me inside.

It was doomed to be an unforgettable ride.

My breakfast just sat in my gut like a lump, And the bus driver hit every single road bump.

At last at my school, and then at my class, I peeked in the door and sure wished I could pass.

The desks were all lined up in nice little rows.

The teacher peered at me down the end of her nose.

Her eyes, how they darted, her cheeks were quite red.

She opened her mouth. I don’t know what she said.

I was led to a seat that was right by her desk, And was told, “You sit here, Josh. I am Mrs. Levesque.”

She started a grin that showed pearly white teeth.

Curly hair topped her head, big brown eyes just beneath.

She had a sweet face and a sweeter perfume That left us all grinning as she moved through the room.

I was calming down slowly and soon looked around.

My eyes grew in amazement at the cool things they found.

There were puzzles and books covering every long shelf.

I just might have some fun here, in spite of myself.

The walls had great posters and pictures and maps, A job chart with chores and names written on flaps.

In a corner were sticks, stones, and leaves in a tank.

It was home to the class pet, an iguana named Frank.

We did word games, some reading, and arithmetic too.

We practiced a fire drill so we’d know what to do.

We went to the library and picked out some books.

I bought my first hot lunch and met the two cooks.

We played Four Square at recess, and I made a new friend.

Soon the bell rang to tell us that school would soon end.

I heard my teacher call out as I walked out of sight, “You survived the first day, now go have a GOOD NIGHT!”

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by Joyce Styron Madsen

Crack the code to discover an autumn suggestion.

A. 3+2= ___ L. 7+8= ___ H. 1+1= ___ I. 5+8= ___

by Heather Walker

G. 8+8= ___ N. 2+1= ___ S. 5+9= ___ T. 7+3= ___ D. 6+6= ___ E. 4+5= ___ J. 3+4= ___ L. 9+8= ___ O. 6+5= ___ Y. 5+1= ___

HELP! I can’t find my way up the tree to the hole where I store nuts without crossing any lines.

Please draw a path starting at the arrow in front of me and ending at the arrow by my hole. And remember, I can’t cross any lines!

by Doris Fisher

Follow the directions to cross out words in the grid.

The remaining words will spell out a message about autumn.

1. Cross out all colors.

2. Cross out all two-letter words.

3. Cross out all animals.

4. Cross out words that rhyme with hat.

5. Cross out all numbers.

6. Cross out all fruits.

Now, reading from top to bottom, write the remaining words on the lines. The first word has been written for you.

U. 4+4= ___ F. 2+2= ___

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ANSWER: AUTUMN __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________.

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bat hat pie bird pear hare sock shoe bowl heart snake worm spoon crown canoe ghost tooth mouse mouth candle needle banana football 4 tepees raindrop wishbone saltshaker candy corn green bean

by Evelyn Christensen

©Liz Ball www.hiddenpicturepuzzles.com

Fill in the squares so that each row, column, and six-square section has the letters R-A-K-I-N-G.

All the kids in this puzzle have their birthday in the fall. They have planned a fun fall activity for their birthday parties. Use the clues to figure out each kid’s birthday and fall party activity.

by Julie Truesdell

Hints: 1. Evan’s birthday is October 25, but no one will make scarecrows at the party.

2. There will be a leaf rubbing at Macy’s party, but it is not October 10.

3. Kids will make leaf wreaths on September 30, but it not be Dallas’s birthday.

Birthday September 30

Dallas

October 10

October 25

Party Activity November 2

Leaf Wreath

Leaf Rubbing

Pumpkin Carving

Scarecrow Making

For answers, leaf over to Page 30.

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by Jane Scherer • illustrations by Pamela Harden

Leaf printing is a lot of fun. You can use your prints to make gift tags, greeting cards, wrapping paper, or albums. There is no end to the things you can decorate! How about a coaster or mat made out of cloth for Mom? Or a bookmark made from construction paper for Dad?

What You Need: • a few nice leaves with stems left on. Make sure they’re fresh and not dried out. They can be large (easy to handle) or small.

• a few bottles of water-based paint. For a fall leaf, you might use red, yellow, or orange. For a spring print, you could use a light or dark green.

• a tray or dish to hold your paint. Your tray or dish must be large enough to hold your leaf.

• paper or cloth, depending upon what you want to decorate. It’s a good idea to practice on scraps first.

• lots of newspaper to cover your work area • a few paper towels and a bowl of water to clean your hands between printings • a paintbrush

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• optional: a thin felt-tip pen

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What You Do: 1. When you’re ready, find that perfect leaf. You’ll use the stem as a handle. If you’d like to use a leaf from an indoor houseplant, ask your mom or dad first.

2. Pour some paint into the dish – only enough to cover the front of the leaf. Your prints will look prettier if you don’t use gobs of paint. Just the outline of the leaf should appear on the paper or cloth.

3. Lay the leaf face-down in the paint. With your fingertip or the paintbrush, press it down gently. Then lift it out.

4. Gently press it onto your paper or cloth. Lift the leaf quickly, and lay it down on the newspaper. You can use it again if it doesn’t tear.

5. Let your project dry completely.

6. If you like the way it looks, you can outline your leaf with a felt marker after it dries.

7. Be sure to sign your name and add a

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date.

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Leap into Fall with a Walk in the Woods

Walking through a forest in the fall can be quite an adventure in color. You will see many trees with brilliant yellow, red, and orange leaves. The colors of leaves you see on the ground can help you identify the kind of trees they came from. Maples have leaves of dark red. Sugar maples turn red and bright orange. Oak leaves turn red or brown. Birch trees turn yellow. All of these trees shed their leaves and are called deciduous trees. Deciduous means to fall down, and that’s what their leaves do.

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As you walk on through the woods, you may come upon green trees that look like the kind we decorate in our homes at Christmas. These trees are called evergreens because they remain green forever. They have very narrow leaves. These leaves are called needles because they look like the long, skinny needles we use for sewing.

Take a walk through the woods with your family and look for these many different trees. Explain the difference between deciduous and evergreen to them.

Then make a big pile of the leaves that have fallen. Be like a deciduous leaf. Taking a running start, leap, fall down in the leaves, and do it again. Have fun with your leaf leaping!

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What do you do with a 1000-pound pumpkin? You could make a kitchen-full of pumpkin pies or carve the world’s largest jack-o’-lantern. Or you could do something wacky and unexpected, like turn it into a giant pumpkin boat!

The town of Tualatin, Oregon, celebrates fall in an impressive way. Each October, it puts on a festival guaranteed to put you into the fall spirit. There are lots of fall-season activities and pumpkins everywhere. How does pumpkin golf sound? Or pumpkin bowling?

To get people even more pumped up about pumpkins, there are giant pumpkin boat races. Thousands go to the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta every year to see costumed characters compete in zany water races – while paddling a hollowed-out giant pumpkin.

It’s outrageous fun!

Getting these humongous pumpkins to the festival and then into the lake is not easy.

This is a job for trailers, cranes, and other equipment. Once the growers of these monsters scoop out a lot of pumpkin goop and make a space for themselves inside, they climb in, paddles ready. They have the honor of being in the first race. Then others have a chance to race the massive orange fruits themselves. Yes, a pumpkin is a fruit!

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Trying to control a 1000-pound floating pumpkin is challenging. It wobbles and wants to go this way and that. Even with paddles, the rowers can have a hard time steering their pumpkin boats. They get turned around and work hard to get back on course. And remember: They do all this while dressed in outlandish outfits! But this organized chaos is what makes the races so exciting to watch.

Other towns also have giant pumpkin boat races. They’re all full of action and laughs. The watching crowds have a great time, and the rowers do too. Would you like to be a giant pumpkin boat captain someday? Start planning your costume!

Photos courtesy of City of Tualatin West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta

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by Glenn DeTurk illustration by Simony Silva

Every year in old New England, When the nights are cold and clear, Sometime in late September Apple-picking time is here.

Mom packs us a picnic lunch And we bundle in the car.

We strain hard to see the orchard. “Is it far? Is it far?�

When at last we get there, We set off with empty sacks.

The morning air is crisp, But the sun is hot upon our backs.

Rows and rows of trees, With heavy branches hanging low, I run through the tall grass.

Which way should we go?

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“This way, over here,” I shout.

“No, that way over there!”

This tree is loaded full, Ripe apples everywhere!

I find the perfect apple.

S-n-a-p! My teeth sink in.

Sweet, crisp, crunchy bites of fall, The juice dribbles down my chin.

There are other things to do here – Hayrides, squeezing cider in a press, But roaming through the orchard Is what I like the best.

We pick Cortland and Delicious, McIntosh and Rome, And when at last our bags are full, Then we head for home.

But next year, I’ll be back When the nights are cold and clear, Sometime in late September, When apple-picking time is here.

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by Paula Matzek • illustrated by Shannon Comins “Yea!” shouted Chuck, “No teacher today!”

It was true. At least it seemed to be true. Mr. Digman was nowhere to be seen, and there was no substitute teacher, either.

“Yippee!” yelled Amy. “We can have a good time today!”

“Let’s have a party!” screamed Chris, dancing wildly around his desk.

Suddenly, at the height of the celebration, a calm, pleasant, high voice was heard above all of the commotion. “Good morning, class.

Please take your seats.”

“What was that?” gasped a stunned Chuck.

“It came from the direction of Mr. Digman’s desk,” whispered Marie.

“Correct! I am your substitute teacher.

Please sit down and get started on your journals.”

“There’s nothing over here but a fly!” exclaimed Chris, who was examining Mr. Digman’s desk top.

“That’s Mrs. Fly to you,” said the fly firmly.

“Please sit down and get to work.”

A shocked silence was followed by a sudden flurry of murmured conversation.

“A talking fly!” . . . “This can’t be real!” . . . “What’s going on?”

“Mr. Digman is sick today,” explained Mrs. Fly, “but I expect you to follow all of the regular rules and procedures. My nephew Bernie Fly has spent many days visiting your class. Perhaps you remember him observing your reading group.”

“Yeah,” said Chris, “I remember that fly. He hung around for days.”

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“Yes,” said Mrs. Fly, “that was Bernie, and he always came home just buzzing with excitement. He was

quite impressed with the behavior and work habits of your class.

So, naturally, I am thrilled to have this opportunity.”

Chuck was having so much fun that he forgot all about his plans to squash her.

“Let’s squash her at recess,” whispered Chuck to John.

When the day was over, the students were sad to say good-bye to Mrs. Fly.

“Sh-h-h,” whispered John.

The class soon discovered that Mrs. Fly could be very strict.

Anyone who failed to follow directions immediately found Mrs. Fly sitting directly in his or her ear, buzzing angry orders to “Pay attention,” “Sit up straight,” “Get busy,” and “Proofread your work.”

Marie liked having Mrs. Fly for a reading teacher because Mrs. Fly walked along each line of print as Marie read. Marie never lost her place once.

Mrs. Fly’s handwriting lessons were the best.

She shuffled around in the chalk dust on the chalk tray and then marched carefully and precisely across the chalkboard. She formed every letter perfectly with a series of tiny footprints.

“That’s cool!” shouted Chris, forgetting to raise his hand.

“Yes, and you can do it, too, just as soon as you learn to walk on walls,” chuckled Mrs. Fly. “I hope she teaches us how to do that during recess,” whispered Amy. But when recess came, Mrs. Fly led the class in a lively game of Simon Says.

“Simon says wave your left wing – oops, I mean arm,” giggled Mrs. Fly.

During science class, Mrs. Fly told her whole life story, including her narrow escape from a hungry spider in the shed behind the gas station last summer.

“Will you ever be our substitute again?” asked John.

“Yeah, and teach us to walk on walls?” pleaded Amy. “We’ll see,” said Mrs. Fly. “In the meantime, you may be seeing my nephew Bernie at school. He’s been having some trouble with using the guide words in the glossary.”

When Mr. Digman returned the next day, he asked the students to write about their day with the substitute teacher.

“Well,” he said after reading their papers, “I can’t believe that you all got together and collaborated on this wild story. A teacher who can walk on walls and fly around the room? How did you think of such a thing?”

The students just grinned at each other and tried to keep from giggling.

Later, when the reading group was gathered around the table, Mr. Digman heard a faint buzzing sound and saw a small black speck moving around on his open glossary page. “It’s that fly again!” he exclaimed.

“BERNIE!” shouted all of the students.

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n o t e l e k S r u o Feel Y Halloween is the season when we think about skeletons, so it’s a good time to experiment with yours!

Try this: Hold out your hand with your palm facing up. Now turn your hand over so your palm faces down. You can only do it because of a “trick” your skeleton plays.

You have three long bones in each of your arms. From your shoulder to your elbow, there is one bone called the humerus. From your elbow to your wrist, there are two bones, the ulna and the radius. You can’t see these bones, but you can feel them. Use your other hand to squeeze through your arm, and you will be able to feel the three different bones.

Skeletons are made of many solid, hard bones with joints between them. Most of your skeleton’s joints work like hinges that let parts of your body move back and forth.

But a few of your joints can twist, like those in your neck when you turn your head sideways.

Your radius bones can twist too. Look at the illustration. When your hand is palm up, your radius and ulna are SIDE

BY SIDE. When your hand turns palm down, your radius bone TWISTS and CROSSES right over your ulna bone!

It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? You can experiment to prove it happens. Hold your hand palm up and use your other hand to squeeze the sides of your lower arm. You will feel your ulna and radius bones through the flesh. Keep squeezing and turn your hand palm down. As you do, you will feel the two bones cross! It’s kind of a creepy feeling.

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Imagine how many things you would NOT be able to do if you couldn’t turn your hands palm up AND palm down!

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Squirrel Fun on page 14

Mystery Picture Puzzle on page 15

Hidden Message on page 14 Go outside and enjoy the fun of fall!

Leap into Autumn on page 14 TEN

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Raking Leaves Sudoku on page 15

Fall Birthday Party Logic on page 15 Dallas – October 10, Scarecrow Making Evan – October 25, Pumpkin Carving Macy – November 2, Leaf Rubbing Tate – September 30, Leaf Wreath

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Photo Credits: by Virginia State Parks staff [CC BY 2.0] 4 (bottom); photo by A. B. Sisson 10 (bottom-right).

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