Splish, Splash, Spring

by Jan Carr, Dorothy Donohue (Illustrator)

Illustrations of puddles, peeping birds, blooming boughs, sunshine, and kites are brought joyously to life in a lyrical and colorful celebration of spring. By the creators of Frozen Noses. Reprint.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Realistic Fiction, Poetry

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 14, 2001

Reviews

[Jamie E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful rhyming scheme with a fair bit of poetic license thrown in for some clever couplets. Great for one-on-one storytime as well as a group format.

[Olivia S · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pictures are kind of neat, but kind of busy and hard to follow at times. Nothing particularly special.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

first day of spring storytime - lots of fun rhyming and alliterative sounds to emphasize!

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

rain, spring

[Christina Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

May is learning about Spring. This a cute spring book with colorful collage illustrations.

[Goshen PL Childrens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for Storytime, March 22nd
Theme: Spring Stories / Flowers

Fun little hidden images, cute rhyming words and of course, collage images.

[Ina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rhyming text and brightly colored paper collage illustrations capture all the joy of spring. Three children cavort through the book with a variety of animals and discover the wonders of spring…baby birds, the first crocus, and flying kites. I liked that there was a child of color in the book! I will often have African-American families at my story times…and I like it when a book includes characters of color. My audience loved the illustrations, and enjoyed the story as well as the opportunities to count birds and bugs and kites.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used this for a Toddler Time on Spring. It was well received, and the rhyming text begs to be read with bounce. There are a lot of 'meaty' (sloppy, grubs, frilly, etc) vocab words, so its a nice choice for Early Lit skill building.

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved everything about this, from the art to the rhyme scheme to the fact that there's a black girl in it and there's no mention anywhere of race or skin color, she just HAPPENS to be black in a perfectly normal setting. We need more of that in books, movies, and on TV.

[Lois · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the rhythm and rhyme in these books by Jan Carr. They are so fun to read and I love the creatively layered illustrations.

[Trista · Rating 3 out of 5]

Descriptive text and collage illustrations. Good book for primary readers.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

The cut paper illustrations (there is a word for this... what is it?) were so real I believed I could touch them.

[Edna · Rating 3 out of 5]

The bright paper-collage illustrations are a detailed feast when reading this book which is filled with rhyming and lyrical text.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting illustrations

[Quiana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice rhyming and illustrations.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book. Colorful. Invented words like "raindroppy"! Rhyming and onomatopoeia.

[Nicole Reads Romance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun little spring story, beautiful paper collage pictures.

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read at Drop-In Story Time on 4/12/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun rhyming text and paper cut illustrations.

[Michelle Farella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute spring story, but I not my kind of ST book.

[Kayleena Nielson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the art!

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three young ones play on a spring day. The illustrations are made from layered paper--pretty awesome and simple.

Great for toddler storytimes.

[Dewey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an ok rhyming book to read for any age storytime on Spring. I originally found it looking for books about rain, but it really doesn't spend much time talking about rain...womp womp.

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for preschool story time on spring!

[Vicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rhymy colorful book about spring. The illustrations make you want to pop into the pictures!

[Miss Janis the Storytime Lady · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay. 04/14/16 Thu 04/17/18 Tue

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, simple rhymes and sweet 3-D illustrations.

[Deb]

Very colorful, illustrator was great. Lots of action on the pages.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I LOVE the illustrations made from cut paper. Going to try this one in Toddler Time today.

[Ruth Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for a springtime storytime about rain! Short and sweet.