Happy Spring!

It’s the first day of spring, and it truly feels like a glorious return of warm weather.  In honor of the day, here’s a fantastic book.

Fogliano, Julie (2012).  And Then It’s Spring (PreK-3)

Winter ends, leaving nothing but brown earth all around.  There aren’t many colors–maybe some blue in the sky–but there’s the hope of seeds and plants and wonderful green things.  Waiting for those flowers, however, is almost unbearably difficult.  Maybe birds ate all the seeds.  Maybe bears came along.  Or, just maybe, the seeds are waiting for exactly the right moment.

This is a sweet picture book for sharing again, and again, and again.  It’s a delightful reminder that, no matter how hard it is to wait for something, the reward is always worth the wait.