And Then It's Spring

The book and then it's spring by Julie Fogliano is a great book about planting seeds and having to wait patiently. The story is about a little boy who plants many seeds right before spring. He plants them and then he waits and wishes for rain. The rain them comes but everything around him is still brown. He waits and waits for the brown to go away but one day it does. And then it is spring.

This book is a very sweet and poem-like. The pictures help to capture the meaning behind the book and the beauty that comes with spring. This book can be used in the classroom right before spring to help students understand the process of gardening and the importance of rain and soil. This can also get students very excited for spring time. In the classroom, a teacher could have students plant seeds of their own to have their own little garden in class. They can wait for the plants to grow all together, just like the boy in the story. Parents can also use this book at home to express the importance of springtime and what it brings to crops and the world around us.