Favorite Spring Children's Books
Ahh, I love digging my toes in the grass in early spring, and I’m downright giddy when it’s time to bring out the spring picture books with my children. Spring is about HOPE and GREEN and ADVENTURE, and it’s time to dig into some amazing stories as we open ourselves up to a new season!
My girls are now 8 and 11, and they still look forward to the day when we replace the book basket in our living room with the books for the new season.
Here are Our Favorite Children’s Books For Spring (some pictured above and below, some not 😊):
Andrew Henry’s Meadow by Doris Burn
The Berenstain Bear’s Big Book of Science and Nature by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Birds, Nests, and Eggs: Take-Along Guide by Mel Boring
The Butterfly Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
Caterpillars, Bugs, and Butterflies: Take-Along Guide by Mel Boring
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
The Farmer by Mark Ludy
Hank Finds An Egg by Rebecca Dudley
It Will Be Okay by Lysa TerKeurst
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Miss Maple’s Seeds by Eliza Wheeler - I sung its praises here in this Instagram post!
My Garden by Kevin Henkes (one of our absolute favorites - love the ending :))
Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman (an absolute staple in our homeschool)
Outside Your Window by Nicola Davies (LOVE LOVE this one, such lovely and fun poetry and illustrations!)
Raindrop, Plop! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur (the illustrations in this book conjure up the sweetest spring memories in me)
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
We Are The Gardeners by Joanna Gaines
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots by Sharon Lovejoy
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Alice’s Farm by Maryrose Wood (chapter book!)
The Complete Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem (just delightful.)
“Take care, my little ones, for the world is big and you are small.
But never forget, even the grandest of trees once had to grow up from the smallest of seeds.”
We sadly had to remove a dying tree from our front yard last summer - whoever planted it planted it too close to the power line, and it was hacked away too many times. But it left behind a wide stump that’s perfect for tea parties, tag home base…and book photo shoots! I even rested my wine glass on it the other day when we were in the yard playing soccer after dinner - ha! Thanks to the Arbor Day Foundation, we planted 3 new trees in our front yard last week - a Tulip Poplar (the state tree of Tennessee), Beech, and Catalpa. We will see how it goes!
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