Spring Has Sprung! Picture Books About Spring

A child observes the arrival of spring and its effects on plants and animals.

Includes suggestions for nature study projects.

Booklist Editor's Choice - Books for Youth

Following 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.

They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.

Heidi has done it again with this wonderful, wholesome book about the spring season, tying family and nature together in a book that will leave you feeling excited about spring!

Discover the world as it wakes from its winter slumber, the flowers blossom, the animals come out from their resting place, and nature comes alive during this season of renewal.

Head outside and play soccer and baseball with your friends while enjoying a wonderful picnic lunch from the food you grew in your garden! 

Surround yourself in Everything Spring.

Stunning photography and detailed imagery capture the uplifting spirit of our favorite season in this counterpart to the National Geographic bestseller A Tree for All Seasons.

Sniff. Sniff. Sniff. Spring is in the air. Mole can smell it.

But Bear is still asleep after his long winter nap.

How will Mole wake up Bear so they can celebrate together?

When a knock, knock, knock and toot, toot, toot can’t get Bear out of bed, Mole cooks up a special treat.

Samantha Berger and Pamela Chanko’s breezy rhyming text and Melissa Sweet’s charming watercolor illustrations spread the news that spring is here! 

As with Il Sung Na’s previous books, Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit is filled with rich illustrations, charming animals, and a simple, lyrical text — all wrapped up in a gorgeous package.

It’s a gentle introduction to the ideas of adaptation, hibernation, and migration, and an exuberant celebration of changing seasons.

Gloriously illustrated with dioramas and cut-paper collages by the award-winning designer and illustrator Carin Berger, this stunning picture book celebrates the changing of the seasons.

Instead of hibernating as he should, a little bear cub goes out in search of spring — and he thinks he’s found it!

Fletcher loves everything about spring: listening to the birds sing, smelling just-opened flowers, and playing chase with butterflies.

But then Fletcher sees something he never expected to see in spring: snow.

Oh, no! But it turns out that spring has another surprise in store for Fletcher — a warm and wondrous one.