spring

A rural child discovers the sights, sounds, colors, and special feeling of spring.

Text, pictures, and related activities introduce experiences traditionally associated with spring: sports, weather, clothes, colors, feelings, and things to see, smell, touch, and hear.

The Root Children, who have been sleeping all winter, awake to become Blossom Children and experience the new life, the color, and the joys of spring.

Winter discovers a child in the snow and takes her home to raise as his daughter, only to find that she is Spring and will take his place.

Describes spring's gradual arrival on a farm.

Explains why the season of spring happens and how it manifests itself in the weather and changes in plants and animals.

Describes spring, with its animals, green smells, and renewed outside activities. When read vertically, the first letters of the lines of text spell related words arranged alphabetically, from "April" to "zenith.".

Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of spring.

Presents a wide variety of projects and activities based on the theme of spring.

For Henry and his big dog Mudge, spring means admiring the first snow glory, playing in puddles in the rain, and watching the five new kittens next door.