As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jen Hill.
In the middle of winter, Sophie is ready for spring. Her mother tells her to listen for it. Eventually, she hears the first chirps, but it's still cold and snowy. So her parents tell her to use her other senses to follow spring's progress. The book advances nicely through the change in seasons; gouache spreads of the landscape alternate with more action-filled vignettes.