This book captures the waiting and expectation of planting seeds. First, nothing happens. Then, nothing happens. Eventually, there is green!

2.5 stars: This was kind of boring. ( )

This book is appropriate for primary readers
This book is about a young boy who is watching the seasons change and hoping that what he has planted will grow
This book is useful in teaching about problems and solutions

A gentle spring book about how everything feels brown, but eventually good things grow.

A little boy, his dog, and his rabbit plant a garden and wait for spring to arrive. The world is brown and they must wait through days and rain, fears of birds and bears. It is a simple story of hope and waiting. The illustrations are simple and sweet, the colors not bright but milky and classic. The whole feel of the story is one of earlier days of childhood, but it is a little somber. ( )