"In a simple, cheerful conversation with nature, two young children witness how the season changes from autumn to winter"-- - (Baker & Taylor)

Two children walk through their town, greeting the elements of nature that they meet and noting how the environment is changing from autumn to winter. - (Baker & Taylor)

A brother and sister explore the outside world on a beautiful autumn afternoon that finds them greeting the changing trees and migrating birds that signal the approaching winter season. By the creator of Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. - (Baker & Taylor)

As leaves fall from their trees, animals huddle against the cold, and frost creeps across windows, everyone knows—winter is on its way!

Join a brother and sister as they explore nature and take a stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the setting sun to curious deer, they say goodbye to autumn and welcome the glorious first snow of winter in Kenar Pak's Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter.

Kenard Pak is the author and illustrator of Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. Starting out as an artist with DreamWorks and Disney, Mr. Pak has also illustrated children’s books such as Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? by Rita Gray and The Dinner That Cooked Itself by J. C. Hsyu. He now lives in San Francisco with his wife and their three cats. - (McMillan Palgrave)

Booklist Reviews

On a hilltop in late autumn, a girl and a boy play with a pile of leaves. As they walk past a farm and into the nearby town, they greet what they see, from birds, beasts, and flowers to the setting sun and the North Star. Each offers an informative response, such as the frost and icicles' reply, "Hello! We decorate the windows and hang from the eaves." After snow falls overnight, the kids return to the hilltop to build a snowman. The book's last line is its title, saying farewell to fall while hailing winter. While the text offers imagery enhancing the observations related to seasonal change, it's the artwork that will draw children to this quiet, inviting book. Created with digitally-enhanced pencil and watercolors, Pak's illustrations offer a strong sense of place, with overlapping layers of tawny hues and varied textures creating depth, while falling and blowing leaves add movement to the scenes. A worthy companion volume to Pak's Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn (2016) and a welcome classroom read-aloud choice. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.

Horn Book Guide Reviews

"Hello, late autumn afternoon." In this companion to [cf2]Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn[cf1], a sister and brother take a long walk, greeting leaves, birds, farm animals, the setting sun, and more; the next morning, it's snowing. "Hello, winter!" Evocative pencil and watercolor illustrations on full-bleed double-page spreads beautifully capture the changing seasons as the warm colors of fall give way to cool grays and whites. Copyright 2018 Horn Book Guide Reviews.

Kirkus Reviews

A brother and sister walk through woods and town, acknowledging autumn and welcoming winter in this picture book. Expanding on Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn (2016), author/illustrator Pak continues the theme, this time with a black-haired, brown-skinned boy and girl who ramble through woods, town, and countryside as they converse with the trees, birds, horses, sheep, deer, snow, and wind, saying goodbye to fall and hello to winter. The digitally enhanced watercolor-and-pencil illustrations are as quiet and graceful as the slow passage of the seasons. Diversity, both ethnically and culturally (a Kwanzaa kinara, a Jewish menorah, and a star-topped Christmas tree are all included in the illustrative details, as are various colors of people), is well-represented. But many of the nature facts in the text are inaccurate. Cardinals don't "fly far, far south," daisies of the type illustrated do not bloom in the late autumn, and autumn evenings (as opposed to nights) are shorter, not l onger. Such lapses make the whole story suffer. Factual errors aside, the story flows well—its cadence is serene and accepting, with a pleasant, otherworldly quality that is reinforced by the soft double-spread illustrations. Lovely to look at; frustratingly inaccurate. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.

School Library Journal Reviews

PreS-Gr 2—Two children experience the transition from autumn to winter in this luminous picture book. In a brown field edged with trees, a dark-haired duo, perhaps brother and sister, play in a pile of red, yellow, and orange leaves. As they travel across the landscape, the text alternates between simple greetings—"Hello, leaves…Hello, clouds."—and responses. "Hello! We're ready to fly far, far south," the robins and cardinals reply. This dialogue is whimsical and informational, succinctly describing the habits of animals and plants preparing for winter, but also greeting the "silent night" who "quiet(s) the juniper and maple trees." The children journey from the forest's edge, past a farm, and into town as the hazy afternoon turns to blue twilight. While they sleep, their world is transformed into a winter snowscape with only the occasional red leaf appearing as a visual link to autumn. Upon waking, they reverse their journey, greeting snowflakes, frost, and icicles, and finally building a snowman in the same field where they began. Pak's digitally enhanced watercolor-and-pencil illustrations contrast the rounded softness, reds, and browns of the countryside with the sharp corners, grays, and blues of a vibrant, diverse urban community preparing for the winter holidays. Each detailed spread is arranged horizontally, making it easy for young audiences to follow the children's movement from left to right across the countryside. VERDICT Lyrical and informative, this lovely introduction to the seasons is perfect for sharing with young audiences in groups or one-on-one.—Chelsea Couillard-Smith, Hennepin County Library, MN