Stead's finely drawn illustrations, we see the imagined bears lounging in the seedbeds with a sign that reads: 'Please do not stomp here-there are seeds and they are trying.''- The Wall Street Journal 'This seemingly real-time experience of getting to green is a droll, wistful ode to the stamina behind wanting, will, and perseverance. Did birds eat the seeds? Did bears trample them? In Erin E. Stead's finely drawn illustrations, we see the imagined bears lounging in the seedbeds with a sign that reads: 'Please do not stomp here-there are seeds and they are trying.', This seemingly real-time experience of getting to green is a droll, wistful ode to the stamina behind wanting, will, and perseverance., 'Green is what the bespectacled boy in Julie Fogliano's 'And Then It's Spring' eagerly hopes to see as he waits for seeds he has planted to sprout from the brown earth. 5/10).' - Horn Book Magazine, Starred Review 'A first-time author and the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2011) team up in this beautiful ode to a patient gardener.' - Booklist, Starred Review, Green is what the bespectacled boy in Julie Fogliano's 'And Then It's Spring' eagerly hopes to see as he waits for seeds he has planted to sprout from the brown earth. '- Kirkus, Starred Review 'Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observationsâ€¦As for the illustrations, there's no sophomore slump for Stead: her second book is even better than her 2011 Caldecott winner, A Sick Day for Amos McGee (rev. 'This sweet seedling will undoubtedly take root and thrive.

And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano