“Here is the perfect book to welcome spring with your

favorite child.”

~ Kazuo Iwamura

Meet Mick, Mack and Molly…

Three young squirrels out exploring the new spring.

What will they find?

Caterpillars like to eat leaves.

Bees suck the nectar

from cherry

blossoms.

Find out what happens when the three squirrels meet a hungry

young bird.

What will this little bird eat?

Pine cones?

Raspberries?

Mushrooms?

Walnuts?

Find out in Hooray For Spring!

by Kazuo Iwamura

“The charming color illustrations, filled with cute, cartoonish animal characters, convey the wonder and

beauty of spring.”

~ Shelle Rosenfeld, Booklist

ReferencesIwamura, K. (2009). Hooray for spring! New York, NY: North-South Books Inc.

Rosenfeld, S. (2009). Review of hooray for spring. Booklist. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Hooray-Spring-Kazuo-Iwamura/dp/073582228X

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