Fallin’ For Fall by Shuchita Mishra

Title Page: The words “Fallin’ For Fall” are surrounded by a smiling illustration of a pair of cinnamon sticks, an apple pie, a candelabra with pictures of loved ones, and a smiling illustration of a pumpkin. 

Page 1: An elated person wearing cozy fall clothing jumps into a pile of dried leaves. Above reads, “Fallin’ into crunchy leaves.” 

Page 2: At the top it reads, “Fallin’ into everything pumpkin.” Below is a flow chart of various, smiling, pumpkin flavored food and drink. It reads, “1. Start with a steamy soup” with an illustration of pumpkin soup in a smiling blue bowl. Next, it reads, “2. Drown it with that hard cider,” with an illustration of a hard cider in a frothing, smiling glass. Then, it reads, “3. Move on to those irresistible chips,” next to an illustration of a smiling bag of pumpkin patterned chips. Then, “4. Sip on that latte” underneath an illustration of a smiling latte labeled, “spicy.” “5. Choose your dessert, pie or cupcake?” in between illustrations of a smiling pie and a smiling cupcake. In the middle is a smug looking pumpkin saying, “C’mon, give in to me already!” 

Page 3: An elated person stands with her arms outstretched. Above it reads, “Fallin’ into fall trends.” Narration describes her outfit. It reads, “1. Get out that matchin’ cap, scarf, and socks! 2. It’s time to wear that granny smith sweater! 3. Put on that burgundy wine skirt. 4. Buckle it up with burnt brown boots.”

Page 4: At the top it reads, “Fallin’ into Halloween shopping mania.” A manic looking shopper in a black dress and boots rushes through the checkout lane with a shopping cart full of Halloween themed items. A cashier with a pumpkin head smiles wide. Next to the shopper, it reads, “The Spooky Halloween List: 1. Replace that lost witch’s hat 2. Buy Pumpkin LED lights 3. Spiderwebs 4. Pumpkin? 5. Oh, no! That costume?!?!”

Panel 5: It reads, “Fallin’ into cinnamony love.” Below is a flow chart of various, cinnamon flavored and scented items. It reads, “1. Start your morning with some cinnamon toasties” above two, smiling toasty squares. Above a smiling latte, it reads, “2. Pour some of that latte love over!” Next it reads, “Go for that afternoon cinnamon bun” next to an illustration of a smiling cinnamon bun. Then it reads, “Whisk that scented broom,” below a smiling broom. After that, there is an illustration of a smiling candle and written below, it reads, “5. Light those sweet candles at dusk.” In the middle, two smiling cinnamon sticks say, “Fall for our charm, my dear!” 

Panel 6: It reads, “Fallin’ for the Thanksgiving feast beast,” and below is a flow chart of various Thanksgiving themed items. It reads, “1. Decorate with a festive wreath” next to an illustration of a wreath with holly and yellow flowers. Below it reads, “2. Bakin’ those potatoes crisp,” above an illustration of smiling potatoes. Next, it reads, “3. Usin’ that unused tin of green beans” above a sleeping tin of green beans. Then it reads, “Creatin’ new traditions” next to a candelabra and picture frames of loved ones. Next it reads, “Eat that corn cob” below an illustration of a smiling corn cob. Next, it reads, “6. Let that wine and cheese be your desert all night long.” There is an illustration of a drunk looking bottle of wine and cheese. In the center, there is a smug looking turkey saying, “You are really here for me!” 

Panel 7: It reads, “Fallin’ for that fall hike!” In the center, there are two figures. One has a long brown coat and short hair. The other is wearing a long green coat, a brown bag, and an orange scarf. There is a flow chart of hiking themed items surrounding the two figures. It reads, “1. Wear those autumn coats out. 2. Take that precious selfie with your bestie!” above a selfie stick with a phone attached to it. Next it reads, “3. Take those detours into the deep woods,” above a trail map. Then it reads, “4. Share your favorite trail mix along the way” next to an illustration of a bag of trail mix. Next, it reads, “Light that bonfire!” below an illustration of a campfire. Next, it reads, “6. End your day with marshmallows on a stick!” underneath an illustration of a roasting marshmallow. 

Panel 8: It reads, “Fallin’ for everything apple.” In the center, there is an illustration of an apple tree with a figure at the base in a black dress and red scarf picking and apple up from the ground. There is a flow chart of apple themed activities and items surrounding the tree and figure. It reads, “1. Go apple picking.” Next, it reads, “2. Make that cider,” above a jug of apple cider next to a glass with cider and a cinnamon stick in it. Then it reads, “3. Bake that pie,” above an illustration of an apple pie. Next, it reads, “4. Chomp on a few donuts,” above an illustration of apple cider donuts on a cutting board. Then it reads, “5. Snack on those chips!” above an illustration of apple chips.

Panel 9: It reads, “And finally, fallin’ for the ball.” There is a flow chart of athletes. Next to an illustration of a football player, it reads, “1. Run the ball, sweaties!” Then there is a baseball player throwing a pitch with the words, “2. Watch ‘em take a swing at that ball,” written next to it. Then, it reads, “3. Take that slapshot” next to a hockey player. Then it reads, “4. And make that basket!” next to a basketball player doing a slam dunk.