Reviews
"This sweet seedling will undoubtedly take root and thrive. "-- Kirkus , Starred Review "Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observations…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. 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. 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. 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.'"-- 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. "--School Library Journal, Starred "In an understated and intimate partnership, Fogliano and Stead conjure late winter doldrums and the relief of spring's arrival, well worth the wait."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred "This sweet seedling will undoubtedly take root and thrive. "-- Kirkus , Starred "Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observations…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. 5/10)." -- Horn Book Magazine , Starred "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 "…a humble yet miraculous world…"-- BCCB, "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. 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.'" -- 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." -- School Library Journal, Starred "In an understated and intimate partnership, Fogliano and Stead conjure late winter doldrums and the relief of spring's arrival, well worth the wait." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred "This sweet seedling will undoubtedly take root and thrive. " -- Kirkus, Starred "Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observations...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. 5/10)." -- Horn Book Magazine, Starred "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 "...a humble yet miraculous world..." -- BCCB, Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observations...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. 5/10)., 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., "In an understated and intimate partnership, Fogliano and Stead conjure late winter doldrums and the relief of spring's arrival, well worth the wait."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "This sweet seedling will undoubtedly take root and thrive. "-- Kirkus , Starred Review "Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observations...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. 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, In an understated and intimate partnership, Fogliano and Stead conjure late winter doldrums and the relief of spring's arrival, well worth the wait., Praise for A Sick Day for Amos McGee : "Erin E. Stead's beautifully wrought woodblock prints and pencil work create almost painfully expressive characters... This gentle, ultimately warm story acknowledges the care and reciprocity behind all good friendships." - Kirkus Reviews , starred review, "This seemingly real-time experience of getting to green is a droll, wistful ode to the stamina behind wanting, will, and perseverance. "--School Library Journal, Starred "In an understated and intimate partnership, Fogliano and Stead conjure late winter doldrums and the relief of spring's arrival, well worth the wait."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred "This sweet seedling will undoubtedly take root and thrive. "-- Kirkus , Starred "Fogliano's poetic yet grounded narrative is reminiscent of Charlotte Zolotow's picture-book texts in its understatement and straightforward, childlike observations…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. 5/10)." -- Horn Book Magazine , Starred "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
