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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nCamilla and the Fall Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n Julie Dillemuth, PhD<\/p>\n Laura Wood, Illustrator<\/p>\n Magination Press, Fiction, Aug 5, 2025<\/p>\n Suitable for ages<\/span>: 5-9<\/p>\n Themes<\/span>: Animals, Boars, Community, Festivals, Maps, Storm, Problem-solving<\/p>\n Opening<\/span>: \u201cFall was Camilla\u2019s favorite time of year.\u00a0 Dry leave swirling on the breeze make the air smell like her mos treasured old maps. Less daylight meant more cozy time to curl up in bed and read with a book.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Publisher\u2019s Synopsis<\/span>:<\/p>\n Our favorite mapping boar is back in her fourth adventure!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Camilla loves the annual Fall Festival. Hazelnut bread, chestnut pudding, leaf art, pinecone patterns . . . she can\u2019t wait to celebrate all her favorite traditions, just like every year.<\/p>\n Camilla, Parsley the porcupine, and all their forest friends work hard getting everything ready . . . only for a windstorm to destroy everything the night before the festival is supposed to start. Decorations are scattered throughout the forest and clear across the meadow! Does this mean the festival is ruined? Or can teamwork\u2015and Camilla\u2019s mapping skills\u2015save the day?<\/p>\n The festival might not look exactly the way it always has . . . but maybe change can be a good thing. And maybe they can discover some new traditions along the way. Camilla discovers that her favotie holiday doesn\u2019t have to be perfect to be just as special and maingful.<\/p>\n My thoughts:<\/span><\/p>\n With autumn approaching, Julie Dillemuth\u2019s delightful book about a forest fall festival will captivate readers imaginations.\u00a0 It features adorable and unusual forest animal friends \u2014 a boar, a porcupine, a rabbit, a bear, a skunk, a fox, a mouse and a bird \u2014 all working hard together to collect and prepare food, hang the decorations of berries, pinecones, leaf art and much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n The story embraces the many traditions of all of the forest friends. But when the storm wipes out their hard work, they animals must set aside their disappointment and come together to use their problem-solving skills. After all they are a team. Camilla\u2019s map-making skills help them to locate lost objects, mark landmarks and create a new path. Can they embrace change and still enjoy a great festival?<\/p>\n Laura Wood\u2019s lively illustrations are packed with expressive and lovable charachters.\u00a0<\/p>\n Includes a Reader\u2019s Note<\/em> from the author with more information about flexible thinking resilience and spatial thinking skills.<\/p>\n Julie Dillemuth<\/strong> has a PhD in geography and is the author of picture books that help children develop and practice spatial thinking skills, problem solving and social-amotional skills. She is also the author of Camilla tha Cartographer, Camilla and the Big Change, and Camilla, Super Helper.<\/em> Visit Julie at juliedillermuth.com and @JulieDillermuthBooks on Facebook and Pinterest.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n *The publisher provided an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n