“What are the best Spring Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)?” We looked at 210 of the top Spring books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 14 titles, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Spring” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 175+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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The spring equinox signals the time of year when the days are getting longer, the growing season has begun, and animals give birth to their young. With accessible, lyrical prose and vibrant illustrations, this book explains the science behind spring and shows how the annual arebirtha of Earth has been celebrated by various cultures throughout the ages and the world. Teachers will appreciate the simple science, the multicultural history, and the hands-on activities in this book. Parents and librarians will enjoy sharing it with children at Easter and Passover time.
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Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to seeds. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to a fascinating array of seed and plant facts, making it a guide that is equally at home being read on a parent’s lap as in a classroom reading circle.
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Fletcher loves everything about spring: listening to the birds sing, smelling just-opened flowers, and playing chase with butterflies. But then Fletcher sees something he never expected to see in spring: snow. Oh, no! But it turns out that spring has another surprise in store for Fletcher—a warm and wondrous one. Jump into spring with Fletcher nd friends!
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Celebrate the power of friendship with Frog and Toad—a Caldecott Honor Book! From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be. These five adventurous tales are perfect for Level 2 beginning readers.
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Spring is finally here Corduroy and friends enjoy the springtime weather–the sun is shining and flowers bloom everywhere. They decide to plant a beautiful flower garden that they can take care of and share together. Celebrate the rejuvenating season of spring with Corduroy and four pages of springtime stickers.
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Jelly, jiggly.What will hatch? Wiggly, squiggly. . . tadpole.What is more exciting than waiting for an egg to hatch? Creatures of all varieties begin inside an egg-and those eggs also come in all shapes and sizes. From a squiggly tadpole to fuzzy robin to a leathery platypus, this charming text and unique illustrations show eight different animals as they begin life. With a cut-out on each page readers will have fun guessing… what will hatch?
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One bright day, Mouse and Momma head outside to play. The wind blows in something feathery and plump — a bird, and something wiggly and pink — a worm, and something green, who hops and leaps — a frog. But before it’s time to go back inside, Mouse finds something that’s soft and new with petals… the prettiest flower he’s ever seen! Could it mean spring is finally here?
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This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert’s bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.
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Newly back in print, this series of board books without text lead the young child through the seasons of the year in fun, active pictures. Playing with lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter eggs and watching baby birds.
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In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost — burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers — trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing into a giant flower and, when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again. Eric Carle’s eloquent text and brilliant collages turn the simple life cycle of a plant into an exciting story, a nature lesson, and an inspiring message of the importance of perseverance.
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The award-winning, bestselling husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek collaborate for the first time since their acclaimed picture book Birds. Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves unfurl and flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud, and puddles. You can feel it and smell it and hear it—and you can read it! Kevin Henkes uses striking imagery, repetition, and alliteration to introduce basic concepts of language and the changing of the seasons. And Laura Dronzek’s gorgeous, lush paintings show the transformation from quiet, cold winter to the joyful newborn spring. Watch the world transform when spring comes!
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Sniff. Sniff. Sniff. Spring is in the air. Mole can smell it. But Bear is still asleep after his long winter nap. How will Mole wake up Bear so they can celebrate together? When a knock, knock, knock and toot, toot, toot can’t get Bear out of bed, Mole cooks up a special treat. Spring fever is catching in this vibrant story of friendship.
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Surround yourself in Everything Spring. Stunning photography and detailed imagery capture the uplifting spirit of our favorite season in this counterpart to the National Geographic bestseller A Tree for All Seasons. We think of spring and we feel warmer, sunny days, we smell the freshness of nature’s flowers blooming again, and we picture little chicks and furry bunnies. These adorable baby animals are fun to look at and they represent the spirit of renewal and life that is spring. Every young creature finally ventures outside to play as the dreary days of winter fade away and color surround us all. Spring is about being outdoors enjoying all that our wonderful planet has to offer—it’s about living life to the fullest. In Jill Esbaum’s beautifully photographed picture book, young children can see, hear, and feel the warmth of springtime by reading and learning all about chicks, bunnies, and the other baby animals that come out to play in springtime.
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Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they’ve had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.
| # | Books | Author | Lists |
| 15 | Baby Loves Spring | Disney Baby | |
| – | – | – | Imagination Soup |
| 16 | Duck! Rabbit! | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Disney Baby |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 17 | Explore Spring: 25 Great Ways to Learn About Spring | Lauri Berkenkamp | Medium |
| – | – | – | PBS |
| 18 | Feel The Wind | Arthur Dorros | Medium |
| – | – | – | PBS |
| 19 | Flowers and Showers: A Spring Counting Book | Home School Preschool | |
| – | – | – | The Measured Mom |
| 20 | Hurray for Spring! | Home School Preschool | |
| – | – | – | Scholastic |
| 21 | It’s Spring! | Linda Glaser | Disney Baby |
| – | – | – | Home School Preschool |
| 22 | It’s Spring! | Linda Glaser | Home School Preschool |
| – | – | – | Scholastic |
| 23 | Jack’s Garden | Henry Cole | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Pragmatic Mom |
| 24 | Little Cloud | Eric Carle | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Home School Preschool |
| 25 | Mossy | Jan Brett | Disney Baby |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 26 | Mud | Scholastic | |
| – | – | – | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog |
| 27 | My Spring Robin | Medium | |
| – | – | – | The Measured Mom |
| 28 | Plant the Tiny Seed | Days With Grey | |
| – | – | – | Imagination Soup |
| 29 | Plants in Spring | Home School Preschool | |
| – | – | – | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog |
| 30 | Poppleton in Spring | Scholastic | |
| – | – | – | The Measured Mom |
| 31 | Singing in the Rain | Tim Hopgood | Days With Grey |
| – | – | – | We Are Teachers |
| 32 | Splish, Splash, Spring | Scholastic | |
| – | – | – | The Measured Mom |
| 33 | Spring is Here! | Home School Preschool | |
| – | – | – | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog |
| 34 | Spring Song | Scholastic | |
| – | – | – | The Measured Mom |
| 35 | Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic | Steven Schnur | Medium |
| – | – | – | PBS |
| 36 | The Curious Garden | Pragmatic Mom | |
| – | – | – | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog |
| 37 | The Happy Day | Scholastic | |
| – | – | – | The Measured Mom |
| 38 | The Reason for a Flower | Ruth Heller | Little Book Big Story |
| – | – | – | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog |
| 39 | The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | Little Book Big Story |
| – | – | – | Pragmatic Mom |
| 40 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Days With Grey | |
| – | – | – | Scholastic |
| 41 | Who Likes Rain? | Wong Herbert Yee | Medium |
| – | – | – | PBS |
| 42 | Worm Weather | Jean Taft | Days With Grey |
| – | – | – | We Are Teachers |
| 43 | 43567 | Imagination Soup | |
| 44 | A Child’s Calendar | John Updike | Little Book Big Story |
| 45 | A life renewed | QZ | |
| 46 | A Nest Is Noisy | Dianna Hutts Aston | Goodreads |
| 47 | A Rainbow of My Own | Home School Preschool | |
| 48 | A Room With a View | E.M. Forster | Huffington Post |
| 49 | A Separation | Katie Kitamura | Goop |
| 50 | A Whole Life | Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins | QZ |
| 51 | A Windy Day in Spring | Home School Preschool | |
| 52 | A Year in the Secret Garden | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 53 | Abracadabra, It’s Spring! | Anne Sibley O’Brien | We Are Teachers |
| 54 | All the Small Poems and Fourteen More | Valerie Worth | Little Book Big Story |
| 55 | An A to Z Recipe for the Earth | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 56 | An Egg Is Quiet | Dianna Hutts Aston | Goodreads |
| 57 | Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals | Ruth Heller | Goodreads |
| 58 | Animals in Spring | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 59 | Annie and the Wild Animals | Jan Brett | Goodreads |
| 60 | Ants in Your Pants, Worms in Your Plants! | Days With Grey | |
| 61 | Anywhere Farm | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 62 | Baby Bear Sees Blue | Disney Baby | |
| 63 | Birds of America | Lorrie Moore | Huffington Post |
| 64 | Birds of Spring | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 65 | Bob and Otto | Robert O. Bruel | Goodreads |
| 66 | Books for Living | Will Schwalbe | Goop |
| 67 | Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox | Susan Blackaby | Goodreads |
| 68 | Bunny’s First Spring, | The Measured Mom | |
| 69 | But Then it’s Spring | Julie Fogliano | Little Book Big Story |
| 70 | Butterfly Butterfly, A Book of Colors. | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 71 | Carrot Soup | John Segal | Goodreads |
| 72 | Caterpillar Spring, Butterfly Summer | Home School Preschool | |
| 73 | Cherry Blossoms | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 74 | Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones: A Book About Animals that Lay Eggs | Ruth Heller | Goodreads |
| 75 | Circe | Madeline Miller | QZ |
| 76 | Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck | Scholastic | |
| 77 | Compost Stew | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 78 | Counting in the Garden | Scholastic | |
| 79 | Creepy Carrots! | Aaron Reynolds | Goodreads |
| 80 | Diary of a Worm | Doreen Cronin | Goodreads |
| 81 | Difficult Women | Roxane Gay | Goop |
| 82 | Dormouse Dreams | Karma Wilson | Goodreads |
| 83 | Duck & Goose | Tad Hills | Goodreads |
| 84 | Every Day Birds | Amy Ludwig VanDerwater | We Are Teachers |
| 85 | Exit West | Mohsin Hamid | Goop |
| 86 | Finding Spring | Home School Preschool | |
| 87 | Five Little Chicks | Nancy Tafuri | Goodreads |
| 88 | Flower Garden | Eve Bunting | We Are Teachers |
| 89 | Frog Song | Brenda Z. Guiberson | Goodreads |
| 90 | from Africa | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 91 | Good Egg | Disney Baby | |
| 92 | Green | Disney Baby | |
| 93 | Groundhog Weather School | Joan Holub | Goodreads |
| 94 | Hail to Spring! | Home School Preschool | |
| 95 | Hey, Little Ant | Days With Grey | |
| 96 | How Do You Know It’s Spring? | Home School Preschool | |
| 97 | How It All Began | Penelope Lively | Huffington Post |
| 98 | Humble Roots | Hannah Anderson | Little Book Big Story |
| 99 | I See Spring | Medium | |
| 100 | Idaho | Emily Ruskovich | Goop |
| 101 | If You Hold a Seed | Disney Baby | |
| 102 | If You Were Born a Kitten | Marion Dane Bauer | Goodreads |
| 103 | In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb | Imagination Soup | |
| 104 | In the Small, Small Pond | Scholastic | |
| 105 | Inch by Inch | Scholastic | |
| 106 | Kevin Discovers Spring | Disney Baby | |
| 107 | Lady Chatterley’s Lover | DH Lawrence | Huffington Post |
| 108 | Leaves of Grass | Walt Whitman | Huffington Post |
| 109 | Less | Andrew Sean Greer | QZ |
| 110 | Let It Rain | Imagination Soup | |
| 111 | Let’s Look at Spring | Sarah L. Schuette | We Are Teachers |
| 112 | Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders | Goop |
| 113 | Little Blue Truck’s Springtime | Days With Grey | |
| 114 | Little Quack | Lauren Thompson | Goodreads |
| 115 | Little Seeds | Medium | |
| 116 | Little White Rabbit | Disney Baby | |
| 117 | Lola Plants a Garden | Medium | |
| 118 | Make Way for Ducklings | Disney Baby | |
| 119 | Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 120 | Maple Syrup Season | Ann Purmell | Goodreads |
| 121 | Marshmallow | Clare Turlay Newberry | Goodreads |
| 122 | Middlemarch | George Eliot | Huffington Post |
| 123 | Miss Rumphius | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 124 | Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale | Sibylle von Olfers | Goodreads |
| 125 | My Garden | Kevin Henkes | Goodreads |
| 126 | Old Bear | Kevin Henkes | Goodreads |
| 127 | One Rainy Day | Valeri Gorbachev | Goodreads |
| 128 | Orlando: A Biography | Virginia Woolf | QZ |
| 129 | Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature | Nicola Davies | Little Book Big Story |
| 130 | Over and Under the Pond | Days With Grey | |
| 131 | Perfect Little World | Kevin Wilson | Goop |
| 132 | Peter Rabbit’s Springtime | Disney Baby | |
| 133 | Plant a Kiss | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Goodreads |
| 134 | Poem Runs: Baseball Poems and Paintings | Douglas Florian | Goodreads |
| 135 | Puddles | Home School Preschool | |
| 136 | Q Is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game | Mary Elting | Goodreads |
| 137 | Rabbit’s Good News | Scholastic | |
| 138 | Rabbit’s Spring Adventure | Woodland Trust | |
| 139 | Rachel’s Day in the Garden | Days With Grey | |
| 140 | Rain | Manya Stojic | Goodreads |
| 141 | Rechenka’s Eggs | Patricia Polacco | Goodreads |
| 142 | Red Rubber Boot Day | Mary Lyn Ray | Goodreads |
| 143 | Robins!: How They Grow Up | Eileen Christelow | We Are Teachers |
| 144 | Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms | Days With Grey | |
| 145 | Seed to Plant | Days With Grey | |
| 146 | Seeds of Change | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 147 | Silly Little Goose! | Nancy Tafuri | Goodreads |
| 148 | Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons | Medium | |
| 149 | Spectacular Spring: All Kinds of Spring Facts and Fun | Bruce Goldstone | We Are Teachers |
| 150 | Spring for Sophie | Yael Werber | We Are Teachers |
| 151 | Spring is Here (Bear and Mole Stories) | Imagination Soup | |
| 152 | Spring is Here, Grumpy Bunny! | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 153 | Spring is Here! A Story About Seeds | Home School Preschool | |
| 154 | Spring Surprises | Home School Preschool | |
| 155 | Spring: A Pop-up Book | Imagination Soup | |
| 156 | Spring: Bright Baby Touch and Feel | Disney Baby | |
| 157 | Spring: Thinking about the seasons | Woodland Trust | |
| 158 | Step Gently Out | Disney Baby | |
| 159 | Storm is Coming! | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 160 | Stuck | Oliver Jeffers | Goodreads |
| 161 | The Alphabet Tree | Days With Grey | |
| 162 | The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book | Nancy Tafuri | Goodreads |
| 163 | The Cat in the Hat Spring into Summer and Fall into Winter | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 164 | The Complete Book of Flower Fairies | Cicely Mary Barker | Little Book Big Story |
| 165 | The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes | DuBose Heyward | Goodreads |
| 166 | The Creation Story | Norman Messenger | Little Book Big Story |
| 167 | The Drifter | Christine Lennon | Goop |
| 168 | The Easter Egg | Disney Baby | |
| 169 | The Forever Garden | Days With Grey | |
| 170 | The Futures | Anna Pitoniak | Goop |
| 171 | The Gardener | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 172 | The Giant Carrot | Medium | |
| 173 | The Gruffalo Spring Nature Trail | Woodland Trust | |
| 174 | The Lamb and the Butterfly | Disney Baby | |
| 175 | The Listening Walk | Medium | |
| 176 | The Man Who Shot Out My Eye is Dead | Chanelle Benz | Goop |
| 177 | The Missing Chick | Valeri Gorbachev | Goodreads |
| 178 | The Mothers | Brit Bennett | Goop |
| 179 | The Rain Came Down | Scholastic | |
| 180 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Tennessee Williams | Huffington Post |
| 181 | The Runaway Bunny | Disney Baby | |
| 182 | The Spring Chicken | Home School Preschool | |
| 183 | The Spring Equinox: The Greening of the Earth | Ellen Jackson | Goodreads |
| 184 | The Spring Visitors | Karel Hayes | We Are Teachers |
| 185 | The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One Day | Jessica Courtney-Tickle | Goodreads |
| 186 | The Thing about Spring, | The Measured Mom | |
| 187 | The Twelve Days of Springtime: A School Counting Book | The Measured Mom | |
| 188 | The Ugly Vegetables | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 189 | The Wind Blew | Pat Hutchins | Goodreads |
| 190 | The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare | Huffington Post |
| 191 | The World is Awake | Days With Grey | |
| 192 | Thunder Cake | Patricia Polacco | Goodreads |
| 193 | Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! | George Shannon | Goodreads |
| 194 | Tops & Bottoms | Days With Grey | |
| 195 | Until Spring Comes | Imagination Soup | |
| 196 | Waiting for Wings | Scholastic | |
| 197 | Wake Up, Baby Bear! | Lynn Plourde | Goodreads |
| 198 | Wake Up, It’s Spring! | Lisa Campbell Ernst | Goodreads |
| 199 | Wake Up! | Helen Frost and Rick Lieder | We Are Teachers |
| 200 | Wake Up! Wake Up!: A Springtime Lift-the-Flap Book | Disney Baby | |
| 201 | Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 202 | Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa | Jeanette Winter | Goodreads |
| 203 | Wangari’s Gift to the World | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 204 | Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 205 | Weather in Spring | Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | |
| 206 | Welcome Spring | Disney Baby | |
| 207 | Whatever Happened to Interracial Love | Kathleen Collins | Goop |
| 208 | When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons | Imagination Soup | |
| 209 | When The Rain Comes | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 210 | Where Do They Go When It Rains? | Gerda Muller | Goodreads |
| Source | Article |
| Days With Grey | The Sweetest Books for Spring — Days With Grey |
| Disney Baby | 25 Best Children’s Books for SPRING |
| Goodreads | Popular Spring Picture Books Shelf – Goodreads |
| Goop | The Spring Fiction Reading Guide |
| Home School Preschool | 24 of the Most Spectacular Spring Books for Preschoolers |
| Huffington Post | 8 Rejuvenating Books To Read In The Spring |
| Imagination Soup | 12 Cheerful Children’s Books About Spring |
| Little Book Big Story | 10 Books That Celebrate Spring |
| Medium | 19 Children’s Books That Celebrate the Beauty of Spring |
| PBS | Best Children’s Books for Celebrating Spring |
| Pragmatic Mom | Top 10: Best Picture Books for Spring |
| QZ | Spring reads: 11 books perfect for the season |
| Scholastic | Read-Aloud Story Books about Spring |
| The Measured Mom | 17 Books about Spring – The Measured Mom |
| Tips From A Typical Mom Blog | 20 Children’s Books About the Spring Season |
| We Are Teachers | Best Spring Books for Kids, As Chosen by Teachers |
| Woodland Trust | Spring books for kids – Nature Detectives – The Woodland Trust |
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