Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms

10 best books like Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms (Julia Rawlinson): Duck! Rabbit!: (Bunny Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books for Young Children), Miss Rumphius, The Book Hog, Because, The Napping House, Hedgie's Surprise, An Egg Is Quiet: (Nature Books for Kids, Children's Books Ages 3-5, Award Winning Children's Books), Bear Wants More, Elmer, The Book with No Pictures

Duck! Rabbit!: (Bunny Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books for Young Children)
AuthorAmy Krouse Rosenthal
ISBN0811868656
New York Times bestselling children's book!

Smart, simple story that will make readers of all ages eager to take a side: From the award-winning author of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink comes a clever take on the age-old optical illusion: is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look...
Miss Rumphius
AuthorBarbara Cooney
ISBN0140505393
A beloved classic—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever!

Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation....
The Book Hog
AuthorGreg Pizzoli
ISBN1368036899
The Book Hog loves books-the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smell-and he'll grab whatever he can find. There's only one problem: he can't read! But when a kind librarian invites him to join for storytime, this literature-loving pig discovers the treasure that books really are.

Geisel...
Because
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1368019013
I knew Mo Willems wrote good books, but they can also be beautiful. I love this book so much. It is dear to me. I think any person who has heard a piece of music and loved it so much that it changed your life in that moment and your life was set on a creative path will understand this story. It is fantastic. I hope...
The Napping House
AuthorAudrey Wood
ISBN0152026320
Everyone knows the cumulative rhyme “This Is the House That Jack Built,” but The Napping House (1984) is close on its heels in the race for posterity: “And on that granny / there is a child / a dreaming child / on a snoring granny / on a cozy bed / in a napping house, / where everyone is sleeping.” Included...
Hedgie's Surprise
AuthorJan Brett
ISBN0399234772
Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgie, she substitutes an acorn, a strawberry, a mushroom...
AuthorDianna Hutts Aston
ISBN0811844285
Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, it magnificently...
Bear Wants More
AuthorKarma Wilson
When springtime comes, in his warm winter den a bear wakes up very hungry and thin!..." Bear finds some roots to eat, but that's not enough. He wants more! With his friends' help, he finds some berries, clover, and fish to eat, but that's not enough. Bear wants more! How Bear's friends help him to finally...
Elmer
AuthorDavid McKee
ISBN0688091717
"McKee's gentle humor and love of irony are in full force in this celebration of individuality and laughter." — Publishers Weekly

Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him!

If he were ordinary elephant color, the others...
The Book with No Pictures
AuthorB.J. Novak
ISBN0803741715
A book with no pictures?

What could be fun about that?

After all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the words on the page.

Words that might make you say silly sounds... In ridiculous voices...

Hey, what kind of book is this, anyway?

At...
Hello Lighthouse
AuthorSophie Blackall
ISBN0316362387
On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
The Good Egg
AuthorJory John
ISBN0062866001
In this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next best thing: a very good egg, indeed!

The good egg has been good for as long as he can remember. While the other eggs in his carton are kind of rotten, he always does the right, kind, and courteous thing....
Jabari Jumps
AuthorGaia Cornwall
ISBN0763678384
Working up the courage to take a big, important leap is hard, but Jabari is almost absolutely ready to make a giant splash.

Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks...
Inch by Inch
AuthorLeo Lionni
ISBN0688132839
Leo Lionni reminds me quite a bit of Eric Carle. He has simple drawings with simple stories that are entertaining and hit the right note. This was made as a Collage with colored pencils and crayons.

Birds are trying to eat an inch worm, but when they find out he can measure things, they want to be...
Plant the Tiny Seed
AuthorChristie Matheson
ISBN0062393391
How do you make a garden grow? In this companion to Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star, you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers.

Follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful...
The Reason for a Flower
AuthorRuth Heller
ISBN0698115597
2/16/2011 ** Read this with my students today before we pollinated the flowers of our rapid-cycle Brassica rapa plants. I wanted the kids to understand why we didn't yet have seed pods and why/how we needed to pollinate. The book was an excellent complement to our science lesson today and my students...
Finding Spring
AuthorCarin Berger
ISBN0062250191
Instead of hibernating as he should, a little bear cub goes out in search of spring—and he thinks he's found it! Gloriously illustrated with dioramas and cut-paper collages by the award-winning designer and illustrator Carin Berger, this stunning picture book celebrates the changing of the seasons.

A...
In the Middle of Fall
AuthorKevin Henkes
In the Middle of Fall is the type of book Kevin Henkes and his wife, the fine artist Laura Dronzek, work together on best: a simple, spare story celebrating nature's glories through understated words and paintings. Autumn is perhaps the most sensuous of the four seasons. Brightly hued leaves clinging...
The Wind Blew
AuthorPat Hutchins
A rhymed tale describing the antics of a capricious wind.

The wind blew, and blew, and blew! It blew so hard, it took everything with it: Mr. White’s umbrella, Priscilla’s balloon, the twins’ scarves, even the wig on the judge’s head. But just when the wind was about to carry everything...
Abracadabra, It's Spring!
AuthorAnne Sibley O'Brien
ISBN1419718916
Sun shines on a patch of snow.
Hocus pocus!
Where did it go?

Winter turns to spring in this lyrical book that celebrates the magic of nature and the changing seasons. Eleven gatefolds open to re-create the excitement and surprise of spring’s arrival, revealing what happens when...
From Seed to Plant
AuthorGail Gibbons
ISBN0823410250
Flowers, trees, fruits--plants are all around us, but where do they come from?

With simple language and bright illustrations, non-fiction master Gail Gibbons introduces young readers to the processes of pollination, seed formation, and germination. Important vocabulary is reinforced...
Goldfish on Vacation
AuthorSally Lloyd-Jones
ISBN0385386117
From a New York Times bestselling author and a rising-star illustrator comes a humorous tale based on an amazing-but-true story about the summer a city fountain was used as a goldfish pond.

H, Little O, and Baby Em are stuck in the city for the summer with only their pet goldfish--Barracuda,...
A Piglet Named Mercy
AuthorKate DiCamillo
ISBN0763677531
Every porcine wonder was once a piglet! Celebrate the joy of a new arrival with this endearing picture-book prequel to the New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson series.

Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson live ordinary lives. Sometimes their lives feel a bit too ordinary. Sometimes they wish something...
The Digger and the Flower
AuthorJoseph Kuefler
ISBN0062424335
From the acclaimed author/artist of Beyond the Pond and Rulers of the Playground comes a breathtaking new book with a powerful message about the environment, perfect for fans of Peter Brown’s The Curious Garden and Kadir Nelson’s If You Plant a Seed.

Each day, the big trucks go to work....
When Spring Comes
AuthorKevin Henkes
ISBN0062331396
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...
Florette
AuthorAnna Walker
ISBN0544876830
I love this kind of story. This poor girl is a gardener. Her parents moved her to the city where there is no green. It’s a concrete jungle and this little girl is so sad. She longs for plants and draws them on everything. Why would you bring a little girl like that to the city —yeah yeah, I know, work.

Anyway,...
Felipe and Claudette
AuthorMark Teague
ISBN0545914329
Felipe and Claudette are the only animals left at the pet shelter. Who would ever adopt pets like them?
Each adoption day, all of the pets at Mrs. Barrett's adoption shelter are sure to look their best. And each adoption day, all of the pets are adopted, except for two -- Felipe (a grumpy cat) and Claudette...
A Rainbow of My Own
AuthorDon Freeman
ISBN0140503285
Rainbows are magic! No matter how torn, battered, and bitter my heart gets, I will always believe magic can be found at the end of a rainbow. Not so sure about that pot of gold theory, but that’s a whole other story! ;)

With color, fun, and wonder, Don Freeman captures the remarkable, evanescent...
Lola Dutch
AuthorKenneth Wright
ISBN1681195518
Meet Lola Dutch, a creative girl who is bursting with grand ideas.

From the best ways to serve breakfast -- an elegant feast! -- to the ideal sleeping spot -- a majestic blanket fort, of course! -- Lola is inspired all day long.

Her dear companion Bear sometimes says she is just too much,...
The Egg Tree
AuthorKatherine Milhous
ISBN0689715684
There are 3 colors for the illustrations and they are like pastels. It is not a bright book with sharp colors. The art was a let down here. The story was fine. A family goes on an Easter Egg hunt and one girl finds some fancy painted eggs the grandmother had forgotten about. They take the fancy eggs and make...
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