I really liked the artwork in this book. There were plenty of details and it is easy for kids to follow and understand. Many of the wonders of spring were showcased, like the plants growing, animals coming out of hibernation, caterpillars turning it butterflies and tadpoles to frogs. It is a time where natures comes alive and wakes up after its long winter sleep. There was also a few pages in the back with educational information of plants, animals, insects and more. This would be interesting for kids to learn and talk about.

When two Asian girls join their father outdoors for gardening, they discover the many signs of spring in nature, including budding flowers, flitting bees and insects, birds weaving nests, and more. The rural-set story evolves into nonfiction with informational text on seasons, as well as changes in plants and animals during spring. Lovely illustrations by Cinyee Chiu emphasize the beauty, joy, and transformations of the season with many colorful full-bleed spreads. A nice look at nature’s awakenings for preschool through early elementary.

What a wonderful book! For me who lives in the city, the spring is not as much celebrated as in the countryside. We still got the pollens though (and I got sick because of them.), but this book tells us about how important spring is. What people usually do in the spring to help nature grow as it should, and how can we help. This is important since not much of children nowadays realize how fabulous springtime is.

Busy Spring is a stunningly illustrated picture book that introduces Spring to children and encourages them to observe their natural environment. In the story a father brings his two young daughters into their yard to garden and teach them about the natural world around them. Perfect for children 4 and up. I would love to read a book like this for each season!

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing this ARC.

Such a cute book about spring and life that comes back after a dark winter.
Living in Sweden, I am glad I have this book to read to my daughter.
Loved the illustrations, the fact that we see a dad being a gardener, the two sisters being kind to each other, the facts in the end for the different plants and animals.
It was a joy to read!
Thank you Netgalley for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a sweet and educational picture book for young kids about spring. Two little girls and their father spend time in their country yard on a spring day and notice all of the wildlife and changes of the season. There are diluted watercolor illustrations and there's a section at the end to teach you more about spring creatures and conservation. It missed the mark a little bit for me. Spring where I live in Minnesota doesn't just suddenly arrive and everything is green with flowers and butterflies. Right now we are about to enter spring here and there will be a big mix of mud, melting snow, budding trees, early spring flowers, cold and warm days, and so on. It happens over time, instead of just appearing as if by magic one morning in full bloom. That said, it's a very nice overview of nature's changes in springtime for young children.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

What a wonderful book! The illustrations are intricate and involving while the text is both entertaining and informative. And then there's the further information and even websites at the end! Once I get a print copy, I plan to share it while playing Vivaldi's Spring in the background. Every library needs a copy as well!

"Busy Spring" belongs in every preschool classroom and on children's home bookshelves, as well. The beautifully detailed illustrations invite children to slow down, to look closely, and take note of what they see. The realistic dialogue between two young girls and their dad transports the reader to the exuberant anticipation of early spring days when new life is bursting out everywhere! I love the way this book captures both of these important ways to engage with nature--quiet, careful observation and excited, celebratory anticipation.

The language and sentence structure make this a great read-aloud; the pictures make it a great quiet time book for a child to leaf through on their own.
The scientific info in the book's final pages is exactly the right amount of information, and I love that it takes climate change as a given. That's so refreshing!

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for a free ebook version for review.

This was a really cute children’s book about spring arriving! I liked how it was kind of split into two parts; first the fictional story to get kids engaged, and then the nonfiction section in the back to give more information about different aspects of spring after kids are hopefully already interested because of the first half of the book.

The illustrations were really pretty, and reading the book was a pleasant experience, I think this would be a great book to get kids engaged with learning about seasons, and the would be a perfect book to read right around March or April!

A beautiful children’s book about spring with a little adventure in their very own backyard. I love that the phrases are kept short and lots of pictures on every page so children can practice reading.

Though I do not agree 100% with everything mentioned in this children's picture book, it is still cute and some kids, those that love nature will enjoy the cute pictures.

A beautiful book about spring with wonderful illustrations. 18 pages are filled with bite-size information about the nature that surrounds us (in the ground, in the water, on the trees - everywhere). This book would make a wonderful book for a 3-6 year old child.

"The spring sunlight is the nature's alarm clock"
Very well said.
Colorful illustrations. Thy capture the spring frenzy well.
Kids can get excited about all the changes around them with spring right around the corner.

Busy Spring is a wonderful story about the arrival of spring. The story follows two young girls and their father throughout their yard in search of signs that it’s spring so that their father can plant carrots in their home garden.

The artwork is beautiful! There were several pages explaining pollination, animal migration, and how plants and animals hibernate and grow between winter into spring. There were further resources at the end of the story for kids to check out online. There were also activity prompts for children to help animals during the shifting season of spring arriving early due to climate change. A very great ways for kids to be a part of the solution on climate change.

This book was fantastic! I would highly recommend this entertaining and informative read for the whole family, classroom, or library. I think this would especially appeal to homeschooling parents.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up by Sean Taylor & Alex Morss
Rating: 5/5

A celebration of everything that IS Spring and the busying that comes with the waking of Spring, after Winter. For me, Spring is the best time of the year and Sean Taylor has described a small child’s experience of Spring, so clearly and beautifully that I feel the sense of anticipation and excitement.
I liked the father daughter conversation, it felt natural. The bit when Jasmine corrected her father about frogs growing into butterflies added heartfelt humour and character.
The exploration of the garden by Jasmine, her sister and her father, complemented nicely with the exploration that insects and animals make at this time of year. And beautiful compositions created by Cinyee Chiu, with a colour palette that mirrors the uplifting celebration of Spring.

The last four spreads provide the reader with information about everything to know about Spring, from science to nature. So maybe each time the book is read by the parent, a different pocket of information can be told to the child so they learn something new each time. Or a conversation can be started to discuss how the child feels about Spring and what they know about Spring.

I sat down with my son to read this book the first thing I noticed was the beautiful illustrations.My son became more interested in the story as I read,enjoying the story of exploring the garden during spring.

Busy spring is educational but in a fun way that engages children.Appealing to their curiosity and imagination.

I reviewed this ARC for NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

This is a children's book with a lot of Non-Fiction stuff in the back of the book that I read to my twin boys. This is a cute children's book all about Spring, and we are so ready for Spring. My boys and I always work in the garden during the Spring, so this is a great book for them. They loved the pictures in this book. I think this is good for reading to younger readers, or it is good for older 1st to 3rd to read. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (words pictures) or author (Sean Taylor and Alex Morss) via NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that. This book is schedule to be release on March 16-2021.

Such beautiful book just as the spring itself. Busy Spring features two girls and their father who all went out to their garden because winter was over, it's finally spring and there are things to be done in their garden. I love the illustrations so much. It's so beautiful and adorable and perfectly captures the beauty and warmness of spring. While they were in the garden their father taught them things about nature from the flowers to the animals living there. Further and into the later parts, it discussed more facts about nature, like what is spring, plants and animals and their relationship with one another, all in a simple manner that can easily be understood. It also addresses climate change and the fact that kids can help nature too and gives few ways on how. Overall, Busy Spring is a quick, fun and informative book perfect to read with kids while teaching them or introducing them to nature. The illustrations will surely help kids be more engaged and interested to read the book and hopefully to learn more about the subject too. I recommend.

Book that written in two parts. The first part is the story of a little girl and her father and their experience of the great outdoors, the plants and animals, as all awake from the winter with the beginning of spring. This part of the book is not particularly creative and is a bit wordy for a child. The second part of the book is more descriptive about why spring occurs, what happens to plants, animals, etc. It would be a good book to read to introduce children to the concepts of seasons and nature in general.

I wasn't expecting this to be so educational and informative! I picked it up thinking it was just a picture book for kids, and it is, but when you finish the sweet story of the family welcoming spring, the rest of the book focuses on educating kids about plants, animals, migration, life cycles, climate change and safeguarding the natural world. How wonderful! This is a lovely little book for parents to read to their children, perhaps before starting a garden or teaching them about kindness to all creatures, large and small.