Everything Spring (Picture the Seasons)
PreSchool-K—These pages burst with vibrant photographs of baby animals and close-ups of buds and growth. Esbaum uses poetic prose to connect children with the joy of the season: "Springtiptoesin,/stirring up earthy/smells, coaxing/color from the/winter-brown woods." Students will recognize themselves in the eager, tentative duckling taking to water. A climax of an oncoming storm sends animals scrambling for shelter. This slight but attractive book ends with a forecast for blue skies.—S. McClendon, Friends School of Atlanta, Decatur, GA(c) Copyright 2010.  Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.  No redistribution permitted.