Julie Fogliano

Offers encouragement and supplies, from a snack and a blanket to a map for finding the way home, to a loved one who may be facing a new challenge.

Children excitedly discuss the details of their upcoming birthdays.

Two girls quickly become best friends, even before they learn one another's names.

Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.

"A book of poetry moving through the seasons"--