Wonderfall by Michael Hall

Michael Hall

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Wonderfall

Greenwillow Books An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

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Wonderfall Copyright © 2016 by Michael Hall All rights reserved.

Manufactured in China.

For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. www.harpercollinschildrens.com The digitally rendered images incorporate textures created with acrylic paint and soft pastels.

The text type is 18-point Avenir Light.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

ISBN 978-0-06-238298-6 (trade ed.)

“Greenwillow Books.”

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For Wendy, Anne,

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Kathy, and John

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Peacefall A gentle breeze is jiggling me.

I hear my acorns drop.

Plink, plunk, plop.

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Dutifall Beep!

The busy yellow bus is back.

I haven’t seen it since last spring.

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Plentifall Apples, apples, ready to munch.

Yellow, red, green— crunch, crunch!

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