Hooray for Spring!

It has been a long, cold, snowy winter.  I've been looking forward to spring for quite a while.  And it is finally here.  In celebration of spring starting on Thursday, here are some of my favorite spring books for children . . .

Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.

The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss
The animals share their happiness at the coming of spring.

Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters
Early one spring a little duck arrives at her pond and finds it still frozen, but not for long.

Wake Up, It's Spring! by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Word of the arrival of spring spreads from earth to worm to seed to lady bug and on through the natural world to a sleeping family, until everyone is dancing in celebration.

Countdown to Spring: An Animal Counting Book by Janet Schulman
Simple text and pictures of animals celebrating the arrival of spring teach young readers to count to ten.