Spring Goes Squish!

TITLE:  Spring Goes Squish!
AUTHOR: Marty Kelley
ILLUSTRATOR: Marty Kelley
PUBLISHER: Zino Press
COPYRIGHT: 2008

Get ready for an adventure as you read this noisy book about spring.  In spring you will find the sniffles associated with spring allergies, the crack of the baseball bat, the bzzzz of a bee, the boom of thunder, and the whish of the wind while flying a kite. 

It is written in rhyming verse with lots of onomatopoeia.  I liked the author's style as well as the fun illustrations used here.  This would be a fun book to read to a class of 2nd or 3rd grade students in my opinion. 

How Do You Know It's Spring?

TITLE:  How Do You Know It's Spring?
AUTHOR:  Ruth Owen
ILLUSTRATOR: 
PUBLISHER: Bearport
COPYRIGHT:  2012

Learn about the signs of spring with this educational book.  Included is information about new plants, buds, baby animals, and weather.

This is a well done book and would be great for the primary classroom library.  The photographs are wonderful and clearly labeled.  Special words in the text are done with bold print, and there is a page at the end called "Science Words" with these pictured and defined..  Another thing I liked was how various activities are included for kids to try.  One of these is to record the time it gets dark for a week.

It is for ages 5-8.  The AR reading level is 3.6.

Spring is Here

TITLE: Spring Is Here
AUTHOR:  Will Hillenbrand
ILLUSTRATOR: Will Hillenbrand
PUBLISHER: Holiday House
COPYRIGHT: 2011

Mole realizes that spring has arrived and does all he can to wake up Bear.  Bear just continues to snore.  Then he comes up with a great idea to wake him up!

This book is appropriate for the primary grades.  It has a lot of descriptive verbs used I noticed as I read.  The pictures are colorful as well and young children will enjoy this fun tale.

Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms

TITLE: Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms
AUTHOR: Julia Rawlinson
ILLUSTRATOR: Tiphanie Beeke
PUBLISHER: Greenwillow Books
COPYRIGHT: 2009

Fletcher the fox is so excited to find what he thinks to be white snow flakes falling to the ground. He hurries to tell his friends to come play with him in the snow. When he gets back to the spot, he realizes it really wasn't snow after all. The animals all enjoy the blossoms though. The illustrations in this book are amazing and very enjoyable. Preschool through primary aged children will enjoy this story.

My son and I enjoyed this story and the illustrations. It was our second book to read about Fletcher.