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When Spring Comes
The author's fourth full-color photographic essay on the seasons celebrates early buds, nursing foals, and the spring holidays all the way through Memorial Day.
1 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1994
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May 14, 2019
Signs of spring are visible in the community.
February 4, 2012
When Spring Comes by Robert Maass is a photographic look at many Spring activities.
The text features a large font. Two favorite lines: "A sweet fresh breeze blows. Bright shades of green decorate winter's bare trees."
Maass' photographs are both big and small, illustrating such Spring activities as kite flying, farmers preparing fields, meltwater in streams, tapping sap, shades of green, Spring flowers, baby animals, hosuehold repairs, Spring cleaning, blossom painting, Passover and Easter, egg hunts, new bonnets, April showers, baseball rain delays, bird watching, May Day, love and marriage, and Memorial Day. Though the photographs were taken in 1993, and fashions change, they portray main events of Spring in an appealing manner.
This thoughtful, detailed introduction to the season will be useful for Spring or season themes. Hving grown up on a farm I enjoyed seeing the planting preparations, featuring a John Deere tractor. Showing the tapping of maple trees is another nice touch. As a children's librarian I appreciate the "make way for ducklings" nod.
For ages 4 to 7, Spring, seasons, holidays, photographs, and fans of Robert Maass.
The text features a large font. Two favorite lines: "A sweet fresh breeze blows. Bright shades of green decorate winter's bare trees."
Maass' photographs are both big and small, illustrating such Spring activities as kite flying, farmers preparing fields, meltwater in streams, tapping sap, shades of green, Spring flowers, baby animals, hosuehold repairs, Spring cleaning, blossom painting, Passover and Easter, egg hunts, new bonnets, April showers, baseball rain delays, bird watching, May Day, love and marriage, and Memorial Day. Though the photographs were taken in 1993, and fashions change, they portray main events of Spring in an appealing manner.
This thoughtful, detailed introduction to the season will be useful for Spring or season themes. Hving grown up on a farm I enjoyed seeing the planting preparations, featuring a John Deere tractor. Showing the tapping of maple trees is another nice touch. As a children's librarian I appreciate the "make way for ducklings" nod.
For ages 4 to 7, Spring, seasons, holidays, photographs, and fans of Robert Maass.
September 14, 2011
When spring comes we all perm our hair, put on our blue leggings and baggy, neon parachute jackets and go out to fly a kite.
Dated fashion photos notwithstanding, these books are calm and thoughtful introductions to the seasons.
Rabbit advocates won't like the line "Bonnets and bunnies appear at Easter," with a photo of a real bunny. One might take that as an approval of the purchase of live rabbits as Easter gifts.
Dated fashion photos notwithstanding, these books are calm and thoughtful introductions to the seasons.
Rabbit advocates won't like the line "Bonnets and bunnies appear at Easter," with a photo of a real bunny. One might take that as an approval of the purchase of live rabbits as Easter gifts.
January 14, 2013
realistic photos of Spring with helpful one sentence line per page.
April 2, 2013
This is a very informative book about Spring. The pictures seem a little dated now but the facts are all accurate. I would use this book during a spring lesson.
April 5, 2016
Images are dated.
February 5, 2024
Red 2nd
This was just ok. The photographic pictures were kind of weird; reminiscent of 80s elementary school textbooks.
This was just ok. The photographic pictures were kind of weird; reminiscent of 80s elementary school textbooks.
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