OBD Spring Is Here - YOUTH

As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbour Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray. Includes excerpt from author's final book in the same series, "The Penderwicks at last" at the end of the book.

"How do we know it's spring? The sun shines, and rain falls. Baby animals are born, and flowers bloom. This book shows young readers how to recognize the changes that happen in spring. Includes a video, which launches via a 4D app."--

Puzzled and even frightened by seasonal changes, a little rabbit discovers the joy of the return of spring.

In simple text, a young boy watches how nature changes from winter into spring.

"Animals and children alike watch as the world transforms from the dark and dead of winter to a full and blooming spring."--Provided by publisher

Although Mother Bear urges Alfie to be patient and sleep, he cannot wait to see tiny butterflies on the wing and hear baby birds chirp in the trees.

Bear Child notices that the clothes he wears, the things everyone does at work and play, and other parts of his world all change with the seasons.

Too excited to hibernate through his first winter, a bear cub tries to find spring.

The three squirrel children, Mick, Mack and Molly are puzzled about what to feed the hungry baby birds.

A mother in Chicago tells her daughter how Grandma used to make a special surprise on the freezing cold winter mornings in Belarus--so special that it seemed to bring spring with it.