and then it's spring. written by Julie Fogliano. illustrated by Erin E. Stead. 2012. 32p. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
Author Website: us.macmillan.com/author/juliefogliano
Medium: woodblock prints and pencil
Awards and Honors: starred reviews in School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Horn Book Magazine and Booklist
Audience: 2 and up
Annotation:
A boy and his dog plant a garden and wait expectantly for it to bloom.
Personal Reaction:
It's winter when the boy and his dog plant the seeds, and everything is brown. Then it rains and everything is wet; wet, but still brown. As the boy and his dog hopefully wait for their seeds to sprout, they begin to imagine all the things that could have gone wrong (birds, stomping bears). Week by week, the expectant pair wait patiently until one day they walk outside and the world has bloomed into green all around them and the tiny sprouts have pushed through the soil.
This gentle and poetic little book, with its lovely illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Erin Stead (A Sick Day for Amos McGee, 2011), is an ode to hope, anticipation and new possibilties.
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