Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season

by Gary D. Schmidt (Editor), Susan M. Felch

A delightful collection reveals how nature celebrates rebirth and renewal, exploring the delicate balance between the new and the ancient and evoking the sense that springtime is a time of poignant renewal, youth merged with age, and giddy joy tempered by wisdom.

Genres: Nature, Poetry, Essays, Nonfiction

326 pages, Hardcover

First published February 16, 2006

About the author

Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan,with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

With each section beginning with a Shaker's hymn, this was a pleasure to read...although I read it over a few springtimes. Excerpts from many poets and other writers are included in the volume, including Jane Kenyon and Donald Hall, and the five different sections explore spring as a season from its hopeful beginnings with mud and rain and the smell of the season, to what we call "ideal spring days". My favorite of this series is still the Winter entry, but this book was lovely.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of a four-book series with lovely illustrations and selections that will help you live in the moment of spring. One to return to year after year.

[Dawn Meyers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book~ a wide ranging collection of excerpts, poems and essays celebrating Spring. Everyone from Annie Dillard, Robert Frost, and a wide range of other authors.

[Your Common House Bat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a nice collection; got quite a few book added to my 'to read' shelf from this one. If you're looking for something to read going into spring this is a wonderful one unless you're opposed to some religious aspects here and there. It's a nice collection of both poems and essays.

[Nancy Brady]

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