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This slim book provides a nuanced look at a familiar theme: poetry for the seasons. Taking a diary-like approach, the text begins and ends with the spring equinox, offering poems for different days throughout the year. A blue bird s song starts things off, poking / a tiny hole / through the edge of winter / and landing carefully / balancing gently / on the tip of spring. Verse by verse, day by day, the snow melts, April showers fall, magnolias bloom, berries ripen, warm rivers beckon swimmers, fireflies twinkle, a new school year starts, leaves turn, and winter returns. The poems stand on their own as solidly as they connect to each other, inviting multiple readings to experience the details. Fogliano s (If You Want to See a Whale, 2013) descriptions are laden with imagery, evoking the sensations felt by a change in temperature or the flavor of a blueberry. Complementing the poems are Morstad s gouache and pencil crayon illustrations that range from effectively simple (a firefly glowing in the dark) to tantalizingly detailed (spot the inchworm or the ladybug in the shrubs). A multiracial cast of children relishing the delights of the seasons adds to this title s appeal. Pair with Paul Janezco's Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems (2014) for another poetic look at the seasons. Booklist, starred review

Complementing the poems are Morstad's gouache and pencil crayon illustrations that range from effectively simple (a firefly glowing in the dark) to tantalizingly detailed (spot the inchworm or the ladybug in the shrubs). A multiracial cast of children relishing the delights of the seasons adds to this title's appeal. --Booklist, <i>starred review</i><i> </i>Spreads filled with gentle, watercolor depictions of children experiencing seasonal activities include some surprising details that demand closer perusal and wonderfully complement and extend the text. --School Library Journal, starred</p> This combination of poetry and art in praise of the familiar, natural world is sweetly, successfully dazzling. --Kirkus Reviews, starred</p> Working in gouache and pencil, Morstad (Swan) creates an appealing, multiracial cast of children in scarves and swimsuits, pajamas and parkas, while helping highlight the way that small things--a sprouting plant, a falling leaf--can herald big changes. -- Publisher's Weekly, <i>starred</i></p>

Complementing the poems are Morstad s gouache and pencil crayon illustrations that range from effectively simple (a firefly glowing in the dark) to tantalizingly detailed (spot the inchworm or the ladybug in the shrubs). A multiracial cast of children relishing the delights of the seasons adds to this title s appeal. Booklist, <i>starred review</i><i> </i>Spreads filled with gentle, watercolor depictions of children experiencing seasonal activities include some surprising details that demand closer perusal and wonderfully complement and extend the text. School Library Journal, starred</p> This combination of poetry and art in praise of the familiar, natural world is sweetly, successfully dazzling. Kirkus Reviews, starred</p> Working in gouache and pencil, Morstad (Swan) creates an appealing, multiracial cast of children in scarves and swimsuits, pajamas and parkas, while helping highlight the way that small things a sprouting plant, a falling leaf can herald big changes. Publisher's Weekly, <i>starred</i></p>

This slim book provides a nuanced look at a familiar theme: poetry for the seasons. Taking a diary-like approach, the text begins and ends with the spring equinox, offering poems for different days throughout the year. A blue bird s song starts things off, poking / a tiny hole / through the edge of winter / and landing carefully / balancing gently / on the tip of spring. Verse by verse, day by day, the snow melts, April showers fall, magnolias bloom, berries ripen, warm rivers beckon swimmers, fireflies twinkle, a new school year starts, leaves turn, and winter returns. The poems stand on their own as solidly as they connect to each other, inviting multiple readings to experience the details. Fogliano s (If You Want to See a Whale, 2013) descriptions are laden with imagery, evoking the sensations felt by a change in temperature or the flavor of a blueberry. Complementing the poems are Morstad s gouache and pencil crayon illustrations that range from effectively simple (a firefly glowing in the dark) to tantalizingly detailed (spot the inchworm or the ladybug in the shrubs). A multiracial cast of children relishing the delights of the seasons adds to this title s appeal. Pair with Paul Janezco's Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems (2014) for another poetic look at the seasons. Booklist, starred review Complementing the poems are Morstad's gouache and pencil crayon illustrations that range from effectively simple (a firefly glowing in the dark) to tantalizingly detailed (spot the inchworm or the ladybug in the shrubs). A multiracial cast of children relishing the delights of the seasons adds to this title's appeal. --Booklist, starred review Spreads filled with gentle, watercolor depictions of children experiencing seasonal activities include some surprising details that demand closer perusal and wonderfully complement and extend the text. --School Library Journal, starred This combination of poetry and art in praise of the familiar, natural world is sweetly, successfully dazzling. --Kirkus Reviews, starred Working in gouache and pencil, Morstad (Swan) creates an appealing, multiracial cast of children in scarves and swimsuits, pajamas and parkas, while helping highlight the way that small things--a sprouting plant, a falling leaf--can herald big changes. -- Publisher's Weekly, starred Complementing the poems are Morstad s gouache and pencil crayon illustrations that range from effectively simple (a firefly glowing in the dark) to tantalizingly detailed (spot the inchworm or the ladybug in the shrubs). A multiracial cast of children relishing the delights of the seasons adds to this title s appeal. Booklist, starred review Spreads filled with gentle, watercolor depictions of children experiencing seasonal activities include some surprising details that demand closer perusal and wonderfully complement and extend the text. School Library Journal, starred This combination of poetry and art in praise of the familiar, natural world is sweetly, successfully dazzling. Kirkus Reviews, starred Working in gouache and pencil, Morstad (Swan) creates an appealing, multiracial cast of children in scarves and swimsuits, pajamas and parkas, while helping highlight the way that small things a sprouting plant, a falling leaf can herald big changes. Publisher's Weekly, starred

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Julie Fogliano has spent her entire life reading children's books. Now she stays up way too late writing her own books while eating cereal. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and their three children. They make her very tired, but give her lots of good ideas. This is her third book. Julie Morstad is an award-winning illustrator and artist living with her family in Vancouver, B.C.

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