Spring's Sprung

Again... I love this set of books! The art is so amazing, the story so beautiful to read. Mother Earth is trying to get her daughts (The spring months) to get started... but they keep bickering... finally MOther Earth lets them all know she loves them all very much, and that they are all special. :) Heather mama of 5

Lynn tells the stories of the seasons so that young minds can understand the importance of each season in the yearly cycle of the earth. She uses catchy words that make you want to reread the book with your child. Nothing but pure joy!

Three beautiful sisters compete for Mother Earth's love and learn along the way that each is unique and that Mother has more than enough love for each of them. The watercolour illustrations are captivating and exquisite making the book enjoyable for both adult and child (even after the 100th read). A must have for every child's library.

Lynn Plourde's Spring's Sprung is an engaging, fanciful story about the three daughters of Mother Earth, March, April, and May, who are responsible for bringing springtime to the world. But after a long winter's sleep the three begin quarreling and forget their duty - will spring ever arrive? The warm and gentle illustrations by Greg Couch fill every two-page spread with generous color and life, in this enchanting and enthustastically recommended picturebook fable for beginning readers.

I like this book a lot. Illustrator Greg Couch outdoes himself with these wonderful double page spreads filled with purples, blues, pinks and greens of Springtime. One can feel the cool, breezy sunlit atmosphere that is fresh and lively and does one's heart good. The story examines the intense sibling rivalry of the three Spring sisters, March, April and May, the daughters of Mother Earth. Each girl wants to be the first, the best, the most beloved, and let's face it, they just woke up, so they're really in rare form with their crabbiness! Mother Earth chides them but gives equal loving approval for their accomplishments and unique qualities. In the end the girls rise to the joyous vibrations of Spring and the world is a brighter, happier place as, confident in their mother's love, they drop their rivalry. The illustrations are truly fabulous and the story while at first exhibiting a not-so-pretty side of human nature ends up affirming family love and celebrating cooperation.