Spring is the time of new beginnings. Leaves begin to re-appear on trees, flowers emerge from the ground, and animals awaken from their winter slumber. Everything is made new again. Bright colors and new life spring up before our eyes.
Books can usher in a “spring” for a reader. What was once drab and dreary, like a tree without leaves, can be made beautiful and vibrant as pages are turned and new ideas are formed. Creativity and imagination spring to life when books are read. Everything is made new and fresh as connections are made, questions are pondered, and mental puzzles are put together.
Spring is the perfect time to curl up with your kids and bring new ideas to life through reading! (Actually, ANY time is the perfect time to read with your child!) I’ve compiled a list of books about some of my favorite elements of spring. I hope you will sit down and enjoy a few of these titles with your children. Enjoy and happy spring!
SPRING
Flowers and Showers: A Spring Counting Book by Rebecca Fjelland Davis
When Will It Be Spring by Catherine Walters
Everything Spring by Jill Esbaum
Poppleton in Spring by Cynthia Rylant
Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand
Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
Splish, Splash, Spring by Jan Carr
RAIN
Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branley
Franklin and the Thunderstorm by Paulette Bourgeois
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle by Joanna Cole
The Rain Came Down by David Shannon
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr.
SPRING WEATHER
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
FLOWERS/PLANTING
Planting the Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
BUTTERFLIES
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
My, Oh My – A Butterfly! All About Butterflies by Tish Rabe
Fancy Nancy- Bonjour Butterfly by Jane O’Connor
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by by Deborah Heiligman
Olivia and the Butterfly by Natalie Shaw
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons
RAINBOWS
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
What Makes a Rainbow by Betty Ann Schwartz
The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow: A Book About Color by Joanna Cole
Over the Rainbow by E. Y. Harburg
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