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Lerner Publications Company
Minneapolis
s
Sheila Anderson
To Aidan
Chiaokhiao
Copyright
©
2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anderson, Sheila.
Are You Ready for Spring? / by Sheila M. Anderson.
p. cm. — (Lightning bolt books
TM
– Our four seasons)
Includes index.
ISBN 978–0–7613–4584–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Spring—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QB637.5.A53 2010
508.2—dc22 2009016409
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 – BP – 12/15/09
eISBN 978-0-7613-5965-4
Contents
page
7
Spring
Weather
page
11
Springing
to
Life
How Do Chicks Hatch?
page
28
Glossary
page
30
Further Reading
page
31
Index
page
32
page
24
Summer

Is
Coming
page
18
The
Spring
World
page
4
Sights
and
Sounds
of
Spring
Sploosh! Sploosh!
Do you
hear that? It is the sound of
rubber boots splashing in deep,
muddy puddles!
4
Sounds

and
of
S
pring
Sights
It is spring.
The snow has
melted, leaving

splooshy, squishy
mud in its place.
Two boys play
in mud puddles.
5
A bird lines
its nest with
soft fluff.
Listen! You can hear birds’
wings flapping as they fly to
and fro. They work in pairs to
build their nests.
6
Weather
Spring
Heavy, gray clouds move in.
It looks as if it might rain.
Don’t forget to bring your
umbrella!
7
Raindrops the size of pennies
begin to fall.
Plop, plop, plop.

Rain taps against
the windows in a
springtime shower.
8
Rain makes a
patter, patter,

patter
sound on rooftops,
sidewalks, and umbrellas.
9
Thunder rumbles in the distance.
Lightning flashes in
bright zigzags
across the sky
10
Springing
to

Life
Flowers and trees need spring
rains to grow. Tiny shoots emerge
from the dark, moist earth.
New leaves poke
out of a melting
snowbank.
11
K
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12
Spring brings lots of activity.
Birds lay eggs. Soon we will
hear the
peep, peep, peep
of
newly hatched chicks.
Hungry baby birds call
out to their parents.
T
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13
Adult birds hunt worms to feed
their hungry, fuzzy babies.

14
In springtime, mother deer
give birth to fawns. These
babies' coats are sprinkled
with white dots.
The white dots on a
fawn’s coat help it
hide in the grass.
15
Bears begin to emerge from their
cozy winter dens. They are
hungry after long months
of hibernation.
A gri ly bear
comes out of its
den. The bear slept
in the den all winter.
16
Everyone feels energized by
the change in the weather.
17
As the weather gets warmer,
families play together outdoors.
Spring
The
World
This family is
taking a hike.
18
C

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19
People dig in the earth to
plant seeds in flower beds
and gardens. Soon plants
will grow from the seeds.
20
Flowers begin to bloom,
coloring the world with bright
pinks, yellows, and reds.
Flowers poke
through last year’s
dead leaves.
21
Insects flit here and there.
Bees buzz from flower to
flower.
22
This bison is shedding
its heavy winter coat.
A
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