" Children’s book icon Margaret Wise Brown – author of the cherished classic Goodnight Moon – and Caldecott Medal-winner Leonard Weisgard bring young readers an enduring picture book about the magic of nature. Winner of the 1947 Caldecott Medal, this beautifully moving story centers around a little island in the midst of the wide ocean, and the curious kitten who comes to visit. As the seasons pass, the island and the creatures who call it home...

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"--

Too excited to hibernate through his first winter, a bear cub tries to find spring.

Puzzled and even frightened by seasonal changes, a little rabbit discovers the joy of the return of spring.

In simple text, a young boy watches how nature changes from winter into spring.

As his friends Bird, Mouse, and Bear celebrate the arrival of spring, Rabbit finds more and more things to dislike about the change of seasons until, at last, he admits that spring can be full of pleasant surprises.

Follows the story of a single tree through the changing of the seasons from fall to winter, as people, animals, and vehicles pass in front of the tree, celebrating holidays, playing in the leaves, and building nests. Includes blended words.

When the snow falls, a young boy makes a snowman that becomes his friend until the seasons change.

Follows a new bear cub and his mother as they discover the world together, through every season.

A little boy worries throughout the summer that he's not getting bigger, but at the end of the season he tries on his winter clothes and realizes that he has grown.