Spring Books (fiction)
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms
Fletcher enjoys the sunny weather and the warmth of spring. But when he stumbles across snowy flakes gently floating to the ground, he spreads the news of winter’s return to all his friends. But spring is full of wonderful surprises for Fletcher and his friends.
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Spring is Here: A Bear and Mole Story
Excitedly he taps on the window and knocks on the door-- he even tries playing the trumpet to wake his friend so they can celebrate together. But Bear keeps snoozing.
Excitedly he taps on the window and knocks on the door-- he even tries playing the trumpet to wake his friend so they can celebrate together. But Bear keeps snoozing. But Mole is determined, so he milks and gathers and bakes a special springtime surprise for his friend-- the perfect way to wake up!
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Plant the Tiny Seed Board Book
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Badger's Perfect Garden
Plant the Tiny Seed Board Book
Beautiful collage-and-watercolour art follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colourful butterflies. Children engage with the book as they wiggle their fingers to water the seeds, clap to make the sun shine after rain, and shoo away a hungry snail. Appropriate for even the youngest child, Plant the Tiny Seed is never the same book twice—no matter how many times you read it!
And for curious young nature lovers, a page of facts about seeds, flowers, and the insects and animals featured in the book is included at the end. Fans of Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, and Press Here will find their next favourite book in Plant the Tiny Seed.
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Badger's Perfect Garden
2020 Growing Good Kids Book Award 2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List 2019 Florida Book Award - Bronze Medal It's springtime and Badger is ready to plant the perfect garden. He has spent months gathering and sorting seeds. It's been a lot of work but it's worth it. His friends Red Squirrel, Dormouse, and Weasel come to help. They weed. They rake. And finally they plant. Afterwards, everyone celebrates, and Badger can already imagine the perfect rows of flowers and vegetables. But then a rainstorm comes and washes away the beautiful seeds. Badger's perfect garden is ruined. Or is it? Author Marsha Diane Arnold's gentle story will encourage young readers to think beyond plans and expectations and imagine the wonderful possibilities that may occur when life and nature have other ideas.
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What Will Grow?
Seeds can be big or small, round or pointy, and all sorts of colours. They can become flowers, trees, fruits, or vegetables, and they sprout all times of year, during spring, summer, fall, and winter.
But all seeds have one thing in common--inside each is a new plant life waiting to emerge. What kind of plant will bloom? Wait and see what will grow!
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Bloom: An Ode to Spring
Dig holes in the autumn soil. Drop the bulbs in one by one.
Cover them with dirt.
Come spring, the bulbs will flower!
In this lushly illustrated story from Deborah Diesen that celebrates life and growing up, a mother and daughter plant a garden to see how something small blooms into something as beautiful and strong as their love.
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
In the Rain (In the Weather)
Explore the secret realm beneath the dirt that brings the world of nature to life: Follow a young girl and her grandmother on a journey through the year planning, planting, and harvesting their garden—and learn about what's happening in the dirt to help make it all happen.
Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt exists a busy world—earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow—populated by all the creatures that make a garden their home.
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On a rainy day, a young girl makes a paper boat, splashes in puddles, makes mud pies, and has other springtime fun!
Elizabeth Spurr and Manelle Oliphant together create a perfect sit-in-your-lap reading experience for toddlers.
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Spring for Sophie
From snowy days to grey skies, a little girl watches and waits and wonders, will spring ever come? And then one day…Sophie listens and watches for the signs of spring. Day after day, the same snow is frozen outside her window and the skies above are as grey as the day before. And then Sophie thinks will spring ever come and how will I know it is here?
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Wake Up, Woods
Early in the year, our North American forests come to life as native wildflowers start to push up through patches of snow. With longer days and sunlight streaming down through bare branches of towering trees, life on the forest floor awakens from its winter sleep. Plants such as green dragon, squirrel corn, and bloodroot interact with their pollinators and seed dispersers and rush to create new life before the trees above leaf out and block the sun s rays.Wake Up, Woods showcases the splendor of our warming forests and offers clues to nature's annual springtime floral show as we walk in our parks and wilderness areas, or even in shade gardens around our homes.
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Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Let It Rain
Early in the year, our North American forests come to life as native wildflowers start to push up through patches of snow. With longer days and sunlight streaming down through bare branches of towering trees, life on the forest floor awakens from its winter sleep. Plants such as green dragon, squirrel corn, and bloodroot interact with their pollinators and seed dispersers and rush to create new life before the trees above leaf out and block the sun s rays.Wake Up, Woods showcases the splendor of our warming forests and offers clues to nature's annual springtime floral show as we walk in our parks and wilderness areas, or even in shade gardens around our homes.It's Spring!
A child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals.
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As days stretch longer, animals creep out from their warm dens, and green begins to grow again. Everyone knows - spring is on its way! Join a boy and his dog as they explore nature and take a stroll through the countryside, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the melting brook to chirping birds, they say goodbye to winter and welcome the lushness of spring.
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The snow is melting, flowers are blooming, and light rain is falling. Spring is finally here! Enjoy all the wondrous signs of the season with Maryann Cocca-Leffler's exuberant celebration of spring!
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Planting a Rainbow
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Mouse's First Spring: A Book about Seasons (Classic Board Books)
Bear Wants More (Classic Board Book)
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Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons
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Peter Rabbit Tales - A Spring Surprise
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Hail to Spring! (Springtime Weather Wonders)
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When Spring Comes
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Explore SPRING in the forest with this lively, interactive Lift-a-Flap Surprise board book! Little ones will love learning all about springtime fun in the forest while following a mama deer and her sweet little fawn as they trek around the woods soaking in all the sights and sounds and meeting new woodland friends. The birds are singing, wildflowers are blooming, raindrops plip-plop in puddles, and the rainbow is bright in the sky. What a wonderful day to be a little fawn in the forest! A perfect way to celebrate the season with your toddler!
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One bright day, Mouse and Momma head outside to play. The wind blows in something feathery and plump (a bird), something wiggly and pink (a worm), and something green that hops and leaps (a frog). But before it's time to go back inside, Mouse finds something with petals that’s soft and new...the prettiest flower he’s ever seen! Could it mean spring is finally here?
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Mouse's First Spring: A Book about Seasons (Classic Board Books)
Mouse and Momma head out to play--only to discover that spring has sprung in this Classic Board Book!
One bright day, Mouse and Momma head outside to play. The wind blows in something feathery and plump (a bird), something wiggly and pink (a worm), and something green that hops and leaps (a frog). But before it's time to go back inside, Mouse finds something with petals that's soft and new...the prettiest flower he's ever seen! Could it mean spring is finally here?
Bear Wants More (Classic Board Book)
When springtime comes, in his warm winter den a bear wakes up very hungry and thin!
Bear comes out of hibernation and he's VERY hungry.
He eats everything in sight--but he still wants more!
Bear's friends finally help him satisfy his HUGE hunger by throwing him a surprise birthday party.
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Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons
Some fly long distances, while some swim to warmer waters. Some take a long, warm sleep where they live, while others have a thick, cozy coat and can stay in the snow!
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Spring Is Here, Corduroy! (Sticker Stories)
Spring is finally here! Corduroy and friends enjoy the springtime weather--the sun is shining and flowers bloom everywhere. They decide to plant a beautiful flower garden that they can take care of and share together. Celebrate the rejuvenating season of spring with Corduroy and four pages of springtime stickers.
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Hurray for Spring
Hurray for Spring! is a whimsical welcome to a child's favorite season. Delightful, rhyming text with lots of fun words make this a wonderfully cadenced anthem to spring. Adorable illustrations with larger-than-life details spring off the page. See why Booklist says "Right on target for spring-themed story hours in libraries and preschool centers as well as one-on-one reading, this accessible picture book offers a child's eye view of the season."
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Peter Rabbit Tales - A Spring Surprise
It's springtime and all the animals are preparing to celebrate with a spring picnic! Everyone has to bring something to share with their friends, but there's just one small problem . . . Peter Rabbit can't think of ANYTHING to bring.
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Hail to Spring! (Springtime Weather Wonders)
Springtime weather can bring big storms. The lyrical, rhyming text takes young readers on a journey with furry and feathery friends to experience springtime hail.
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FINDING SPRING
Instead of hibernating as he should, a little bear cub goes out in search of spring—and he thinks he's found it! Gloriously illustrated with dioramas and cut-paper collages by the award-winning designer and illustrator Carin Berger, this stunning picture book celebrates the changing of the seasons.
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When Spring Comes
Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves unfurl and flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud, and puddles. You can feel it and smell it and hear it—and you can read it!
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Spring in the Forest (Lift-a-flap Surprise)
Explore SPRING in the forest with this lively, interactive Lift-a-Flap Surprise board book! Little ones will love learning all about springtime fun in the forest while following a mama deer and her sweet little fawn as they trek around the woods soaking in all the sights and sounds and meeting new woodland friends. The birds are singing, wildflowers are blooming, raindrops plip-plop in puddles, and the rainbow is bright in the sky. What a wonderful day to be a little fawn in the forest! A perfect way to celebrate the season with your toddler!
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And Then It's Spring
Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.
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