Now I See Spring
One of four seasonal baby board books from a multi-award winning, New York Times bestselling duo
Published on 9. April 2026
Book
Board book
24 pages
978-1-5295-3573-0 (ISBN)
Description
From multi-award winning, New York Times bestselling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, Now I See Spring is one in a unique quartet of board books that playfully shows the changing seasons through a child's eyes.
The house. The tree. The garden. Me.
Sparse and rhythmic text invites readers to explore a farm setting through different seasons, gently introducing everyday words. Envisioned as a set that also can be read as standalone stories, each of the four books in this series has identical text but a different visual treatment to show the time of year. In spring, the tree's leaves are budding, rain falls from the sky, a sweet treat is a cookie and the perfect hat is a yellow one that keeps you dry. Now I See Spring celebrates all the wonderful things about the season from a kid's point of view - and why it's their favourite time of year.
Collect them all:
Now I See Summer
Now I See Autumn
Now I See Winter
The house. The tree. The garden. Me.
Sparse and rhythmic text invites readers to explore a farm setting through different seasons, gently introducing everyday words. Envisioned as a set that also can be read as standalone stories, each of the four books in this series has identical text but a different visual treatment to show the time of year. In spring, the tree's leaves are budding, rain falls from the sky, a sweet treat is a cookie and the perfect hat is a yellow one that keeps you dry. Now I See Spring celebrates all the wonderful things about the season from a kid's point of view - and why it's their favourite time of year.
Collect them all:
Now I See Summer
Now I See Autumn
Now I See Winter
Reviews / Votes
In an ever-changing, fast-paced world, there is something calmly reassuring about the board book collaborations by Barnett and Klassen. Small amounts of text and simple shapes with textured pastel colours leave plenty of room left for the reader to fill in the space with their own reflections. Drawn from the child's perspective, the standout page for us was 'Me', a picture of a shadow against a boarded house; because no spring walk is complete without chasing long, sun-spun shadows. -- Catherine Hudson * Junior Magazine *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 1 to 3 years
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5295-3573-0 (9781529535730)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 60 children's books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Extra Yarn, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? and the Shapes series, all illustrated by Jon Klassen; Just Because illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; A Polar Bear in the Snow illustrated by Shawn Harris; John's Turn illustrated by Kate Berube, as well as the Mac B., Kid Spy series and The First Cat in Space graphic novels. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Mac's books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and several international prizes. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Mac was named the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress. His website is macbarnett.com and his Instagram handle is @macbarnett.
Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year. He is the creator of the Your Places board book series; the picture book The Rock from the Sky; illustrated fiction book The Skull; and he is the illustrator of Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Triangle, Square, and Circle, all written by Mac Barnett. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles. Find him on Instagram as @burstofbeaden.
Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year. He is the creator of the Your Places board book series; the picture book The Rock from the Sky; illustrated fiction book The Skull; and he is the illustrator of Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Triangle, Square, and Circle, all written by Mac Barnett. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles. Find him on Instagram as @burstofbeaden.