Picture Books for Spring

 Enjoy these great picture books celebrating Spring!

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.

My Garden by Kevin Henkes

After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee
As a young girl splashes in the rain, she plays a guessing game with the reader about other living things that enjoy a cloudburst.

The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss

In the middle of winter, different forest animals awake and run sniffing through the trees, to discover a single flower growing in the snow.

Kite Day by Will Hillenbrand

It's the perfect day to make and fly a kite. But a surprise is waiting for Bear and Mole on their windy-day adventure.

More Spring Stories --
And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Bears and Blossoms by Shirley Parenteau
Bloom by Deborah Diesen
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Early Bird by Toni Yuly
Finding Spring by Carin Berger
The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin
Miss Jaster's Garden by N.M. Bodecker
Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Pond Babies by Cathryn Falwell

Puddles!!! by Kevan Atteberry
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Seven Hungry Babies by Candace Fleming
Shake a Leg, Egg! by Kurt Cyrus
Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed
Sun Above and Blooms Below: A Springtime of Opposites by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
Telephone by Mac Barnett
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin
When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes


Check these and more spring books out on display at the Arnold Branch through April 24, 2021.

Welcome Spring!!!

This week, I am sharing some of my favorite spring picture books . . . .

The Bunny Who Found Easter by Charlotte Zolotow
A lonely rabbit searches for others of his kind from summer through winter until he finds one special bunny.

Bunnies!!! by Kevan Atteberry
A monster searches everywhere to find the things he loves: bunnies!!!

My Garden by Kevin Henkes
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

Peek-a-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice
An energetic bunny plays hid and seek with his forest friends.

Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee
As a young girl splashes in the rain, she plays a guessing game with the reader about other living things that enjoy a cloudburst.


More Spring Books --
10 Easter Egg Hunters: A Holiday Counting Book by Janet Schulman
Bloom by Deborah Diesen
Bunny's First Spring by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Caterpillar's Dreams by Clive McFarland
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Counting in the Garden by Emily Hruby
Egg by Kevin Henkes
Finding Spring by Carin Berger
The Green Line by Polly Farquharson
Here Comes Easter Cat by Deborah Underwood
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Miss Jaster's Garden by N.M. Bodecker
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching by Laura Gehl
Puddles!!! by Kevan Atteberry
Shake a Leg, Egg! by Kurt Cyrus
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen
Sun Above, Blooms Below: A Springtime of Opposites by Felicia Chernesky
Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Three Little Peas by Marine Rivoal
Wee Little Bunny by Lauren Thompson

Check these and more spring books out on display at the Arnold Branch through April 27, 2019.