Happy Spring!
The calendar might say it’s spring, but where I live it is in the 30s today. All the more reason to dive into spring-themed picture books!
Today I am sharing 4 picture books that celebrate spring.
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SPRING An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur
This author has written an acrostic book for each season, and I think we have read them all! This book is poetic, uniquely descriptive, and filled with sweet illustrations.
Butterfly House by Eve Bunting
This book tells the sweet story of a young girl who rescues a caterpillar and creates a home for it to live in while it makes its transformation. It’s also a lovely generational story about a grand daughter and her grandpa. 
The last page includes instructions on how to raise a butterfly of your own.
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Waiting for Wings is another butterfly story for the spring. This book is very colorful, and the story is simple. I couldn’t help but think of Eric Carle books (in particular, The Very Hungry Caterpillar) as I read this one.
Mama, Is It Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure
After spring comes summer, so perhaps spring (for some) is just a lot of waiting for an even more beloved season. That seems to be the theme of this story by Nikki McClure. The child in this story repeats the same question and her mom responds with a “not yet” and some descriptive words about spring.
I shared these 4 books with 2 of my children and asked them to tell me which one was their favorite.
My almost-4 year old’s favorite was SPRING The Alphabet Acrostic because of the “babies” (humans & animals) that were mentioned on a couple pages. My 10 year old’s favorite was The Butterfly House.
If it’s warm where you are, grab one of these books and soak in some sunshine while you share a story that celebrates spring!
If it’s not warm, well, you can still grab one of these books and perhaps do a little make-believe.
What about you? Is it spring-like where you are?
Until next time,
Charissa
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Great Sprint book choices! I’ll have to check them out for my boys!
I hope you and your boys enjoy them, Bessy!
I adore picture books and I really enjoyed the ones you chose to feature. My six year old isn’t reading yet but still LOVES looking a beautiful illustrations. I think some of these might have to go in his Easter basket!
I’m sure your 6 year old would love any of these, Kiley. 🙂
These are so cute! We will need to give these a try!
Hope you enjoy them, Jessica!
Love it! So much fun in these books!!
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These illustrations look great! Looking forward to taking my girls to the library this week.
The library = my favorite place 🙂
These are great choices! I love the illustrations in the first book that you posted, so pretty!
Thanks, Melissa 🙂
I love these spring book choices. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful I will have to look into some of these.
A great way to celebrate spring with our children!
These look great and we have not read any of them!
Oh, yay, Dara! I’m glad these are new to you!!
Waiting for Wings looks like such a fun read. I love her illustrations!
The illustrations are beautiful!
I like the look of the butterfly book, I immediately thought of Eric Carle too!
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I will have to go check out these books! They all look like so much fun! Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome, Danielle!
These would also be great to put in an Easter basket!! Lovely books and great ideas!
Thanks, Ayana!
These are sweet books! We love The Butterfly House! We also really enjoy Mud…super cute for the really little ones.
Hi, Lauren! I will have to check out Mud. 🙂