Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.Julie Fogliano's tender story of anticipation is brought to life by the distinctive illustrations Erin E. Stead, recipient of the 2011 Caldecott Medal. And Then It's Spring is one The Washington Post's Best Kids Books of 2012.One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012度過了白雪覆蓋的冬天，小男孩和他的小狗受夠了遍地土黃，他們決定栽種一個花園。他們挖土、埋下種子、遊戲和等待……持續等待……直到最後，土黃色中出現了希望的生機，春天終於悄悄來了。茱莉．福萊諾這個充滿期待的溫柔故事，在2011年凱迪克金牌獎得主艾琳．史戴別具風格的插畫中，更顯栩栩如生，散發春天的氣息。《然後，春天就來了》更榮獲2012年波士頓環球報號角書獎(Boston Globe-Horn Book Award)！本書中文版由道聲文化出版

Julie Fogliano has spent her entire life reading children's books. Now she stays up way too late writing her own books while eating cereal. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and their two boys. They make her very tired, but give her lots of good ideas. This is her first book.Erin E. Stead first met Julie Fogliano while working together in a New York City bookstore. Today she lives in a 100-year-old barn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband, Philip, who is an author and illustrator, and with whom she co-created A Sick Day For Amos McGee, winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal, for Roaring Brook Press. Erin creates her illustrations using woodblock printing techniques and pencil. blog.erinstead.com

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