Book Review // BUSY SPRING by Alex Morss & Sean Taylor

Title: Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up

Authors: Alex Morss, Sean Taylor

Illustrator: Cinyee Chiu

Publisher: Words & Pictures

Audience: Children (ages 3-6, pre-k - 1st grade)

Genre: Nonfiction

Pages: 32

Published: March 16, 2021

My Rating: 5 stars ✰✰✰✰✰

BUSY SPRING by Sean Taylor and Alex Morss tells the story of two young girls who join their father out in the garden for a day of exploration as the seasons change from winter to spring. As a children's librarian, I have read many, many books about the changing seasons, so it can be difficult to find a unique angle to talk about it from. However, I think the authors did an incredible job with this book, as did the illustrator. I was honestly amazed by just how informative this book was and how much detail was included—from observations about life cycles and food chains, to the ideas of composting and transformation, this book addresses so many unique aspects of the season in depth. Additionally, the book includes a few pages of non-fiction resources on plants, animals, and nature's symbioses. Finally, it includes some resources and potential action steps for how young readers can help the environment. This book would definitely be a little text-heavy for use in storytime programming, but I would certainly purchase this text for my library's collection and it is a sweet, interesting, and informative book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader's copy of this text for review!

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