

Did birds eat the seeds? Did bears trample them? In Erin E. "Green is what the bespectacled boy in Julie Fogliano's 'And Then It's Spring' eagerly hopes to see as he waits for seeds he has planted to sprout from the brown earth.

One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012 And Then It's Spring is one of 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. Full color.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. About the Book Stead, the Caldecott-winning artist of "A Sick Day for Amos McGee," dazzles once again in this ode to the first stirrings of spring.
