A collection of 48 poems, 12 for each of the seasons. Spring / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Swing / Fran Haraway -- Map to spring / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Spring sun / Elizabeth Upton -- Don’t you dare / Beverly McLoughland -- Polliwog / Candace Pearson -- Suddenly green / James Hayford -- Budding scholars / April Halprin Wayland -- In concert / Fran Haraway -- April is a dog’s dream / Marilyn Singer -- Birthday / Candace Pearson -- White wings / Carl Sandburg -- Summer / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Summer sun / Elizabeth Upton -- The Fourth of July parade / Fran Haraway -- Swimming to the rock / Mary Atkinson -- Sand castle / Constance Andrea Keremes -- Summer moon / Ann Rousseau Smith -- August heat / Anonymous -- Indigo sky / Candace Pearson -- Small homes / Carl Sandburg -- Wildflowers / Any Ludwig VanDerwater -- The day after Labor Day / Joan Bransfield Graham -- Autumn / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- After / Prince Redcloud -- Apple pockets / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- The scarecrow prince / Terry Webb Har.