Henry Carter Hull

Friends celebrate the seasons and enjoy activities through the months of the year.

It is December, and there are many things for the family to do around the farm to get it ready for winter.

Story about the chain of events happening on a farm when a single leaf blows into the barn.

As spring slowly turns to summer, a little boy builds a fort and plants a garden in impatient anticipation.

Illustrations and simple text combine the senses of sight, sound, smell, and taste to describe the colors of the seasons.

"The joy of the changing seasons means saying hello to new but familiar rituals, like spring picnics in the park or homemade lemonade in summer. But there's also the bittersweet feeling of doing something for the last time, like mowing the lawn one final time on a brown day in autumn or watching the last of the geese fly south"--

From flip-flops and hide and seek to fireworks and ice-cream trucks, there is something for everyone in this bright and buoyant celebration of the summer season.

On a visit to a farm, Xiao Ming shows his friends the new Chinese characters he has learned by explaining that the characters are like pictures.

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

Describes, in rhymed cumulative text and illustrations, how various young animals and one small human prepare for sleep at the end of a spring day.