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And Then It's Spring
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.
Julie Fogliano's tender story of anticipation is brought to life b...more
Julie Fogliano's tender story of anticipation is brought to life b...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
February 14th 2012
by Roaring Brook Press
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A young boy has planted some seeds and fears something has gone wrong when nothing appears to be growing.
Loved the illustrations. Just loved them. My daughter loves them as well. She loves to sit and look at this book over and over again. The problem is she does not want me to read it to her. I read it once and ever since then every time I offer to read it again she says "Nah. I just like to look at the pictures."
So, frankly, the best thing that this book has going for it is being illustrated b...more
Loved the illustrations. Just loved them. My daughter loves them as well. She loves to sit and look at this book over and over again. The problem is she does not want me to read it to her. I read it once and ever since then every time I offer to read it again she says "Nah. I just like to look at the pictures."
So, frankly, the best thing that this book has going for it is being illustrated b...more
The most perfect kind of simple.
Favorite Quotes & Illustration
and the brown,
still brown, has a greenish hum
that you can only hear
if you put your ear to the ground
and close your eyes
[With the boy and the dog and the turtle and the bunny, their ears to the ground, listening for the hum of green. And the mice and squirrels and worms and ants under ground, listening for the hum.]
Favorite Quotes & Illustration
and the brown,
still brown, has a greenish hum
that you can only hear
if you put your ear to the ground
and close your eyes
[With the boy and the dog and the turtle and the bunny, their ears to the ground, listening for the hum of green. And the mice and squirrels and worms and ants under ground, listening for the hum.]
“And then it’s spring” written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead is a picture book about a little boy planting seeds in his dry, brown garden. The boy waits through fall and winter without seeing any results until spring arrives- and the garden becomes green and his plants begin to sprout. Although I did not particularly like the text within this picture book- for I thought it was indescriptive and bland- the illustrations were phenomenal, and thus I would recommend this 2012 pi...more
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book for 2012.
A Caldecott Contender? (This is one of my favorites of the year!)
"and then it's spring," written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead, is a simply lovely ode to spring and life and potential and anticipation. As winter ends and the potential for spring is apparent, a young boy and all of his friends (a dog, a turtle, a bunny, and birds) plant seeds and wait for the seedlings to erupt from the earth. There are all sorts of Science tie-ins here...more
A Caldecott Contender? (This is one of my favorites of the year!)
"and then it's spring," written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead, is a simply lovely ode to spring and life and potential and anticipation. As winter ends and the potential for spring is apparent, a young boy and all of his friends (a dog, a turtle, a bunny, and birds) plant seeds and wait for the seedlings to erupt from the earth. There are all sorts of Science tie-ins here...more
I read this book for the "picture book titles of choice" category from our syllabus. And Then It's Spring is a 2012 Boston Globe Horn Book winner written by first time author, Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead, who won the Caldecott for A Sick Day for Amos McGee. And I really can't decide if I like the text or illustrations better, but they definitely make a nice combination. A boy and his dog are growing impatient with waiting for spring and decide to plant a garden. The text may...more
I think the winner of the Caldecott award should be And Then It'sSpring by Julie Fogliano. I thought this book was a classic in the making. The illustrations are so simple yet every time I went back through I found something new I missed. The first time I read it I didn't even notice the bone and cookie labels in the garden. Even though it's the same setting, the details change with every page, like how the tire swing and bird house and feeder are added later on. I really like how the pictures s...more
In my opinion, this story deserves to be the winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal Award. The colors and shading in this story worked very well to portray a certain mood. This story starts off after winter time, when everything around is brown. The illustrator did such a good job of using different shades of brown to portray a dull, dreary feeling. At the end of the novel, everything is green and blossomed and colors are everywhere. The colors and shading throughout the book fit the theme perfectly...more
After looking over quite a few children's books eligible for the 2013 Caldecott Medal, I had no problem picking out my predicted winner. "And Then It's Spring" by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead is a wonderfully written, and beautifully depicted story about a young dedicated boy, who is anxiously awaiting the beginning of spring so that his beloved garden will have a fair chance to grow. The simple but sweet story is a perfect candidate for a Caldecott medal because of the abilit...more
A curious boy and his animal friends decide to change the color of nature around them. When they look around at the world, all they see is brown. "All around you have brown." They decide to plant a garden with various seeds and have to wait patiently for the process of plant development to take its course.
In Fogliano's book of anticipation and patience, the little boy's persistence pays off in the end when he goes out into the garden to find his world has changed to green and his plants flouris...more
In Fogliano's book of anticipation and patience, the little boy's persistence pays off in the end when he goes out into the garden to find his world has changed to green and his plants flouris...more
A young, bespectacled boy looks out over a brown landscape and waits. With the help of his friends, a rabbit, a dog, and a turtle, he plants seeds into the brown earth and waits. He waits through sunshine and rain. He waits and worries about his seeds. Were they eaten by birds or disturbed by bears? The weeks pass and still he waits and all is brown. Then once day he walks out of his house and suddenly the all around brown has turned into all around green and Spring has arrived.
Fogliano’s simple...more
Fogliano’s simple...more
It's terrible when a picture book has wonderful, delightful even, illustrations but the text falls flat. Or vice versa. Especially when the pictures are as lovely as Erin Stead's. If you liked her style in A Sick Day for Amos McGee, which is quiet and lovely, you'll also enjoy And Then It's Spring, which follows a young boy and his dog (and a bunny!), who decide to plant a garden. It's a book about patience, as they wait for the seeds to take root, and for new life to sprout. I love the illustra...more
As the topic was Spring/Easter, I felt it fitting to read this story to my Nursery class. The whole week revolved around growing cress so this story complimented the week’s events. The story is set in the last few days of winter where a young boy is sick of seeing so much brown and is ready for the spring colours to come through. He plants some seeds, but to his dismay, nothing has grown yet! He waits and waits, and cannot comprehend why the seeds haven’t sprouted. What could have happened? Did...more
I am so very taken by this book. Aesthetically, it is magnificent - thick, creamy paper, endpapers that shift from gray blue to spring sky blue, perfect size for holding and sharing. The sparse, poetic text is positively lovely - who would have thought that brown was a "hopeful" color? Who would have known you could hear the "hum" of green by putting your ear to the ground? And the illustrations - what details! I spent a LONG time looking at them repeatedly. The expressions on the dog's face, th...more
Sometimes waiting on spring can feel like forever, especially when the colors of winter are all around. Brown, brown, brown everywhere you see. In And Then It’s Spring, a young boy and his loyal dog wait patiently and sometimes not so patiently for their garden to grow. The boy doesn’t understand why the seeds that he has planted won’t grow. Maybe some bears stomped on the seeds? Or some hungry birds found the seeds and decided they would be a perfect snack? No matter what the reason may be, the...more
Sometimes waiting on spring can feel like forever, especially when the colors of winter are all around. Brown, brown, brown everywhere you see. In And Then It’s Spring, a young boy and his loyal dog wait patiently and sometimes not so patiently for their garden to grow. The boy doesn’t understand why the seeds that he has planted won’t grow. Maybe some bears stomped on the seeds? Or some hungry birds found the seeds and decided they would be a perfect snack? No matter what the reason may be, the...more
This is a delightful first book by author Julie Fogliano. A young boy, in anticipation of Spring begins planting seeds in the ground and in flowerpots and waits. Waits through the weeks, the rain, the birds, and the bears. He waits for the first signs that his seeds have sprouted and that his efforts are not in vane. He waits hopefully and patiently for his seeds to sprout and his garden to grow and for Spring to come. Fogliano’s sparse text is brought to life by the subtle pen and woodblock pri...more
Cue Carly Simon's classic "Anticipation" as you read this book. When winter weather seems to linger far longer than anticipated, even the hardiest of souls may find their hearts longing for the freshness of spring. In this lovely picture book, a boy, red knitted hat and scarf keeping him warm, surveys the brown landscape and plants seeds in hopes of warmer weather. His dog, a turtle, a bunny, and various birds keep watch. He hopes for rain and a little bit of sun and, pondering all sorts of poss...more
Richie's Picks: and then it's spring by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead, ill., Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, February 2012, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-624-4
"First you have brown,
all around you have brown"
"I said yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah), yeah, yeah, yeah..."
After living here in Sebastopol all these years, it still blows me away, the manner in which spring arrives in California wine country. It is almost like a tidal wave, absolutely drowning you in scents and colors. You can walk down the street one...more
"First you have brown,
all around you have brown"
"I said yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah), yeah, yeah, yeah..."
After living here in Sebastopol all these years, it still blows me away, the manner in which spring arrives in California wine country. It is almost like a tidal wave, absolutely drowning you in scents and colors. You can walk down the street one...more
Patience is a virtue. Riiiiiight. Actually it is, but tell that to anyone under the age of fifteen (to pick an arbitrary age). Though it varies from child to child, immediate satisfaction is something our day and age strives to give us in everything from grocery shopping to movie selection. When kids can just hop on the internet and within less than a minute be connected to the sites they want and need then the idea of something taking not just days but weeks is capable of blowing their furry li...more
"And Then It's Spring" By Julie Fogliano is a simple story that is easy for readers of any age to follow along. It is about a little boy who is waiting for spring so that his seeds will grow. The book starts out in winter when it is brown all around, and the narrator explains the careful process of planting seeds, but he is anxious that his seeds will not grow. He waits patiently for his seeds to grow and notices all of the changes in the environment and then it eventually turns into spring. Dur...more
And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, is a story of patience and anticipation for Spring, following a boy and his animal friends planting a garden.
Stead's woodblock and pencil illustrations have lots of details. Stead captures a variety of expressions effectively. The dog, rabbit and turtle on nearly every page are fun to watch. Children can note the changes in the boy's clothing. I loved the details showing the dog looking at a squirrel in a tree, planting his bo...more
Stead's woodblock and pencil illustrations have lots of details. Stead captures a variety of expressions effectively. The dog, rabbit and turtle on nearly every page are fun to watch. Children can note the changes in the boy's clothing. I loved the details showing the dog looking at a squirrel in a tree, planting his bo...more
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There is something magical and haunting about this little book. It arrived in February, the worst month in the year, and was a ray of sunshine, a beacon of hope, a promise that spring was coming. "First you have brown. All around you have brown." The birds huddle on stalks of wheat. The turtle wears a stocking cap. The dog looks at his child with a face that says, "Really? It's brown and cold and there is no romping." But..."then there are seeds," and as every gardener knows this is where the ma...more
Making my way through the current Stars so Far list.
Erin Stead's illustrations caught me from the first drawing on the jacket flap where a dog peers at a mound of dirt, apparently waiting for more bones to sprout. The animals were both realistic-ish and adorable at the same time. I loved the little bird with a bib, having just finished gorging on tomato seeds, and the tiny bunny watering the carrot seeds.
There are also subtle lessons here like 'make the change you want to see,' 'good things com...more
Erin Stead's illustrations caught me from the first drawing on the jacket flap where a dog peers at a mound of dirt, apparently waiting for more bones to sprout. The animals were both realistic-ish and adorable at the same time. I loved the little bird with a bib, having just finished gorging on tomato seeds, and the tiny bunny watering the carrot seeds.
There are also subtle lessons here like 'make the change you want to see,' 'good things com...more
The language is playful and childlike ("please don't step here. there are seeds and they are trying"), in the way that good poetic language often is. The title even reminds me of that ee cummings poem [in Just--] ("...when the world is mud-/ luscious...). The writing in And Then It's Spring is kind of a hybrid of that and my favorite Karla Kuskin-y, Ruth Krauss-ish goodness. And since now is the year when, besides buying our Whitman Samplers at the drugstore and folding paper in half to cut out...more
This reminds me of the way Peter Rabbit is structured. The ending of the story suggests that there is a 'message' (in this case, something like 'just be patient and the green spring will come'). But the entire arc of the story, all the memory and the interesting things that happen, happens in the middle. So all things considered, this is a book about brown (not much about spring at all). So fun!
There's a wonderful double page spread with a cross section of everything that's happening undergroun...more
There's a wonderful double page spread with a cross section of everything that's happening undergroun...more
This spare picturebook perfectly captures the that difficult waiting period between winter and spring, not just for gardeners, but for all of us. A serious young gardener plants seeds and then lies in wait as the weeks pass by. While anxiously waiting, he images some pretty whimsical and humorous situations in which something might have happened to his struggling seeds, but in the end, patience wins.
Caldecott winner Stead's quiet illustrations pair well wih the text. Her details in the plants an...more
Caldecott winner Stead's quiet illustrations pair well wih the text. Her details in the plants an...more
Everyone has that feeling at the end of a long winter, the impatience for spring to come and bring all of its new life and new hope. The same impatience you feel when something old has passed and you are waiting to see what wonderful new thing will replace it.
In this remarkable story, readers meet a young boy anxiously awaiting the sprouting of some seeds he has carefully planted in the brown earth. Like a mother hen, he watches over the small mounds of dirt. Day after day and week after week,...more
In this remarkable story, readers meet a young boy anxiously awaiting the sprouting of some seeds he has carefully planted in the brown earth. Like a mother hen, he watches over the small mounds of dirt. Day after day and week after week,...more
Review for 3sh Horn Book
Written by Julie Fogliano, And then it’s Spring is a straightforward picture book written from the perspective of a young child. The book begins brown and dreary which inspires the young character to plant seeds. The boy and his companions; a dog, rabbit, and turtle are in search of spring. I think young children (grades k-3) would enjoy the building suspense of this story. The illustrator, Erin Stead, has once again created illustrations that tell the story itself. Pay c...more
Award Book Assignment ( 4 out of 4) :
And Then It's Spring is nominated to win the Horn book award. This book is about a little boy who wants to plant seeds. He learns a lesson of being patient and waiting for it to grow through the seasons. What makes this book unique is its vivid pictures and beautiful colors. The storyline is simple and easy for young readers to follow. What supports this story the most is the pictures. There is great detail on each page and would consider this picture book a...more
And Then It's Spring is nominated to win the Horn book award. This book is about a little boy who wants to plant seeds. He learns a lesson of being patient and waiting for it to grow through the seasons. What makes this book unique is its vivid pictures and beautiful colors. The storyline is simple and easy for young readers to follow. What supports this story the most is the pictures. There is great detail on each page and would consider this picture book a...more
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May 12, 2012 09:41am