Synopses & Reviews
What do you like about spring?
Longer days?
Blooming flowers?
April Fools'?
Cool spring showers?
What do you not like about spring?
Spring-cleaning?
Insect swarms?
Mud, mud, mud?
Thunderstorms?
This collection of poems and paintings captures the freshness and promise of spring, whether it comes in like a lion or a lamb. A companion to the highly praised Winter Eyes, Summersaults, and Autumnblings, Handsprings completes Douglas Florian's seasonal celebration.
Review
"[A]ll recommend this handsomely designed collection to anyone looking for poems of the season." Horn Book Magazine
Synopsis
Twenty–nine poems about spring are illustrated with Douglas Florian's distinctive and buoyant watercolours and extol the many virtues of the season–from those muddy puddles and emerging bulbs to rain showers and rainbows and that first day without mittens. Concrete poems, humour, ingenious wordplay, and audience appeal make this a consummate companion to the acclaimed poet's first three seasonal collections.
About the Author
Douglas Florian's books for children include
A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections
Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and
Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.
Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.