“On Monday, it starts to snow. Silent swirling. How high will it go?” Snow continues to fall through the week, with the question “how high will it go?” repeated daily. A mouse sees the first fluttering flakes, a fox leaps over a drift on Wednesday, and by Sunday only the antler of a roaming moose is visible above a snow bank. The following week shows a warming trend as the snow quickly melts and the animals from the previous week reappear in reverse order. Even mouse is able to lounge under a newly blooming wildflower by Sunday, when the animals celebrate the seasonal shift. “Trees budding, birds singing, everyone’s springing.” Indeed, spring has arrived—or has it? New snowflakes dot the air on the final pages. Watercolors, pastels, and Photoshop combined in the creation of a charming cast of woodland creatures and the soft hues of their changing landscape.

(Ages 2-6)