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Spring Picture Books

Spring is finally springing! Celebrate by reading some of these charming picture books. HerrickDL KidPicks

Herrick District Library

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  • Sun shines on a patch of snow. Hocus pocus! Where did it go? Winter turns to spring in this lyrical book that celebrates the magic of nature and the changing seasons. Eleven gatefolds open to re-create the excitement and surprise of…
    BookNew York : Abrams Appleseed, 2016. — Pic OBrien 2/16
  • Baby Bear has so much to learn about the world! From the moment he wakes until it’s time to curl up and go to sleep, he explores outside with his mama. They see green leaves, blue jays, brown trout, and—best of all—a patch of yummy red…
    Board BookNew York : Little Simon, 2014, ©2012. — Bdbk Wolff 5/15
  • When springtime comes, in his warm winter den a bear wakes up very hungry and thin!..." Bear finds some roots to eat, but that's not enough. He wants more! With his friends' help, he finds some berries, clover, and fish to eat, but that's…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2003. — Pic Wil 3/09
  • What a wonderful way for preschoolers to practice counting and, at the same time, celebrate the coming of spring! From ten little ladybugs crawling all around the crocuses to one Easter basket brimful of carrots, corn, berries, and other…
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2002]
  • Nobody is watching. Now’s the perfect chance. Ready bunny, Steady bunny, EVERYBUNNY DANCE! Thus begins a whimsical celebration of movement, which will have children jumping out of their seats to dance, play, and sing with these cheerful…
    BookNew York : McElderry Books, 2017. — Pic Sandall 1/25
  • As days stretch longer, animals creep out from their warm dens, and green begins to grow again, everyone knows―spring is on its way! Join a boy and his dog as they explore nature and take a stroll through the countryside, greeting all the…
    BookNew York : Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — Pic Pak 2/20
  • What child doesnt love the first signs of spring? Its spring, and the world is full of new leaves, and cherry blossoms, and hungry baby birds. Mick, Mack, and Molly can see that caterpillars like to eat leaves, and bees like to suck nectar…
    BookNew York : NorthSouth, [2009], ©2009. — Pic Iwamura 7/09
  • A little green hummingbird is flying through a sunny garden, leaving a path for sharp eyes to follow. An artist is watching--and painting what he sees! With a playful, rhyming text and vibrant collage illustrations, Keith Baker captures…
    BookSan Diego : Harcourt, [2001], ©2001.
  • One bright spring day a little white rabbit sets out from home on an adventure. What does he find? Look! Everything is new. Anything is possible. . . .
    BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, 2011. — Pic Henkes 1/11
  • One bright day, Mouse and Momma head outside to play. The wind blows in something feathery and plump -- a bird, and something wiggly and pink -- a worm, and something green, who hops and leaps -- a frog. But before it's time to go back…
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005.
  • A delightful, rainy day celebration! I sing a little rain song, a simple song, a plain song, a pitter-patter-tip-tap-on-the-windowpane song. Drip drop, plip plop, pit pat, split splat! Put down your umbrella! Take off your galoshes! It's…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2012. — Pic Gibson 6/12
  • Mole can smell that spring is in the air, but Bear is still asleep after his long winter nap! Excitedly he taps on the window and knocks on the door-- he even tries playing a trumpet to wake his friend so they can celebrate together. But…
    BookNew York : Holiday House, 2011. — Pic Hillenbr 5/11
  • When they feel spring's warm, gentle breezes, bears leave their winter dens, rabbits bound out of their burrows to hop through clover-filled meadows, butterflies emerge from their cocoons. With lush illustrations and an inviting…
    BookSan Diego : Harcourt Brace, [2001], ©2001.
  • Be still, and watch a single blade of grass. An ant climbs up to look around. A honeybee flies past. What would happen if you walked very, very quietly and looked ever so carefully at the natural world outside? You might see a cricket…
    BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2012], ©2012. — Pic Frost 9/14
  • A Caldecott medalist and a Newbery Honor-winning poet celebrate the beauty and value of spirals.What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again—in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even…
    BookBoston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. — j 811.54 Sid 2/12
  • 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…
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, [2012], ©2012. — ON ORDER (AND THEN IT'S SPRING)
  • What young child doesn’t love playing in the dirt? And who hasn’t wondered what goes on in the lives of all the creatures who live underground? Celebrated Caldecott Honor medalist Denise Fleming applies her signature bold and bright…
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, [2012], ©2012. — Pic Fleming 9/12
  • One cold winter day, Blue returns to her nest to find something wonderful: Egg! Or rather a snowball she mistakes for an egg. Blue puts Egg in a pail and sets off to look for Egg's mother. But as the winter winds down and the temperature…
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2012], ©2012. — Pic Ward 2/12