Describes the defining characteristics of spring and discusses how readers can tell when this season is approaching. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary.
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.
The students of Miss Earth's class in rural Vermont experience an eventful spring when they become involved with a bullying new student, a competitive egg hunt, and genetically altered chicks.
Explains why Earth has seasons, describes the first signs of spring, names things that animals and people do in spring, and includes a simple experiment.
When Possum is awakened on the first day of spring by a loud noise that won't stop, he and all the other animals, who have also had their winters' sleep disturbed, set out to discover who is making all the racket.
When the townspeople complain about the cold weather, Old Winter's feelings are hurt and he takes a very long nap in the meat locker of the P&J Supermarket.