Four friends, Missy Cat, Mistress Pig, Master Dog, and Mister Frog, enjoy the warm and sunny days of spring and summer together.

Text and pictures take us through a year of seasons beginning when spring arrives and a calf is born.

It's spring and 999 frogs wake up, they decide to awaken a still sleeping turtle, lizard, ladybugs, and a big snake.

Although Mother Bear urges Alfie to be patient and sleep, he cannot wait to see tiny butterflies on the wing and hear baby birds chirp in the trees.

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 flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud, and puddles. You can feel it and smell it and hear it -- and you can read it!

As his friends Bird, Mouse, and Bear celebrate the arrival of spring, Rabbit finds more and more things to dislike about the change of seasons until, at last, he admits that spring can be full of pleasant surprises.

"William asks his animal friends, one after another, to awake from hibernation and prepare a celebration for a special friend who has been away all winter." -- Provided by publisher.

A child describes some of the sights and sounds of early spring.

Describes in verse the lion that is March weather, which finally gives way to the lamb of spring.

Across the barnyard, Pip the chick spots a new friend to play with--Pup! But Pup isn't sure he likes how Pip plays--too rough. These two friends will weather the storm though. A bright, fun celebration of spring and friendship!