Books in Fall Field Trips series

Jennifer Blizin Gillis

Do you like sweet or tart apples? Visit a farm to discover how apples grow, what the different types of apples are, and how they taste. Make some delicious applesauce, and discover how to find the star inside every apple. Includes a recipe for applesauce and ideas for an apple tasting party.

Postmaster Drew gives a guided tour of the post office, where he explains such things as why there are so many types of stamps, what happens to a letter after it is mailed, and how heavy the heaviest package is that can be sent. Includes an activity.

Introduces the kinds of things one might see while visiting a museum.

Explains about a battlefield including a visitor center, maps and models, touring the battlefield, fortifications, earthworks, weapons and monuments and suggested battlefields to visit

Briefly describes what goes on at a construction site and some of the equipment used there

Book by Muriel L. Dubois

Introduces a typical grocery store, exploring what its employees do in the different departments out front and behind-the-scenes, and how customers pay for their purchases.

Briefly describes what goes on at an airport, some of the people who work there, and the job of controlling traffic in the air and suggests a related activity.

Leeper, Angela

Describes, in simple text, what a grocery store is, the kinds of items that it sells, and the people who work there

Introduces what a news room is like, who the people are that work to produce a newspaper, and how a paper is put together, printed, and delivered.