When Spring Comes Board Book

Henkes, Kevin

ISBN 10: 0062741667 / ISBN 13: 9780062741660

Published by Greenwillow Books, 2018

About this Item

Bookseller Inventory # 9780062741660

Bibliographic Details

Title: When Spring Comes Board Book

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: Board book

Book Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis:

From Caldecott Medalist and Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes and the acclaimed painter Laura Dronzek, the bestselling and award-winning creators of Birds and In the Middle of Fall, this sturdy board book edition of When Spring Comes is perfect for the very youngest readers.

Watch the world transform when spring comes! In a starred review, School Library Journal called this delightful picture book, “A must-have, joyful seasonal title for the youngest listeners.”

Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves unfurl and flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud, and puddles. You can feel it and smell it and hear it—and you can read it!

In this beautiful board book edition for young children, Caldecott Medalist and Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes uses striking imagery, repetition, and alliteration to introduce basic concepts of language and the changing of the seasons. And acclaimed artist Laura Dronzek’s gorgeous, lush paintings show the transformation from quiet, cold winter to the newborn spring.

In a starred review, The Horn Book said, “This joyful reflection is as welcome as spotting the first brave crocus.”

From the Back Cover:

When it is cold and snowy and bleak and brown, Spring seems very far away. But, if you wait, soon you will see leaves and blossoms. Soon you will feel pussy willows and raindrops. Soon you will smell flowers and mud. Soon you will hear birds and buzzing bees.

Are you ready for Spring?