![]() ![]() One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Children’s Books of 2012 A Few Reviews:Īnd Then It’s Spring is one The Washington Post‘s Best Kids Books of 2012. ![]() Stead, recipient of the 2011 Caldecott Medal. Julie Fogliano’s tender story of anticipation is brought to life by the distinctive illustrations Erin E. until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait. ![]() Then one day spring is suddenly, gloriously, here–replacing the brown with shades of green happiness.įollowing 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. And Then It’s Spring pays homage to the hopefulness and anticipation that accompanies planting the first seeds of spring in the dark soil of winter–waiting, checking, waiting, wondering if the first green shoots will ever come and imagining all the things that could have gone wrong for those little seeds. ![]()
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