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And Then It's Spring
Contributor(s): Fogliano, Julie (Author), Stead, Erin E. (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1596436247     ISBN-13: 9781596436244
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
OUR PRICE:   $17.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Seasons
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2010049379
Lexile Measure: 600
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 8.85" W x 10.74" (0.84 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Seasonal - Spring
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 161236
Reading Level: 2.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

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 by the distinctive illustrations Erin E. Stead, recipient of the 2011 Caldecott Medal.

This title has Common Core connections.

And Then It's Spring is one of The Washington Post's Best Kids Books of 2012.
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012

Contributor Bio(s): Stead, Erin E.: - Erin E. Stead has illustrated several children's books with her husband, Philip C. Stead. Their first picture book, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, won the Caldecott Medal. She has also illustrated And Then It's Spring (written by Julie Fogliano) and contributed to Eric Carle's What's Your Favorite Animal? The Steads divide their time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and New York City.Fogliano, Julie: - Julie Fogliano is the New York Times bestselling author of And Then It's Spring and If You Want to See a Whale as well as the poetry collection, When Green Becomes Tomatoes. Recipient of the 2013 the Ezra Jack Keats award, her books have been translated into more than ten languages. Julie lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and three children. When she is not folding laundry or wondering what to make for dinner, she is staring out the window waiting for a book idea to fly by.