"Bunny Hopwell doesn't understand why everyone is so excited about spring-- he was born just before the winter, and all he's known is snow and cold. But after smelling fresh grass and hearing robins sing, he finally understands what spring is"--Back cover.
To Humphrey and the students at Longfellow School, spring seems impossibly late this year, but fortunately, planning a school Family Fun Night keeps the students (and classroom pets) busy as they look for signs of the changing seasons.
Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.
As his friends Bird, Mouse, and Bear celebrate the arrival of spring, Rabbit finds more and more things to dislike about the change of seasons until, at last, he admits that spring can be full of pleasant surprises.
Presents facts on various aspects of nature in spring, including weather, plants, and animals, paired with instructions for twenty-five hands-on activities and experiments.
