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    Lerner Publications CompanyMinneapolis

    s

    Sheila Anderson

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    ToAida

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    Chiao

    khiao

    Copyright2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

    All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing

    Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

    Lerner Publications CompanyA division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.241 First Avenue NorthMinneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A.

    Website address: www.lernerbooks.com

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Anderson, Sheila. Are You Ready for Spring? /by Sheila M. Anderson. p. cm. (Lightning bolt booksTM Our four seasons) Includes index. ISBN 9780761345848 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. SpringJuvenile literature. I. Title.

    QB637.5.A53 2010 508.2dc22 2009016409

    Manufactured in the United States of America1 BP 12/15/09

    eISBN 978-0-7613-5965-4

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    Contents

    page

    7SpringWeatherpage

    11SpringingtoLife

    How Do Chicks Hatch?page28

    Glossarypage

    30

    Further Readingpage

    31

    Indexpage

    32

    page

    24SummerIsComing

    page

    18TheSp

    ringWorld

    page

    4SightsandSoundsofSpring

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    Sploosh! Sploosh! Do you

    hear that? It is the sound ofrubber boots splashing in deep,muddy puddles!

    4

    Soundsandof SpringSights

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    It is spring.

    The snow hasmelted, leavingsplooshy, squishymud in its place.

    Two boys playin mud puddles. 5

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    A bird linesits nest withsoft fluff.

    Listen! You can hear birds

    wings flapping as they fly toand fro. They work in pairs tobuild their nests.

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    WeatherSpring

    Heavy, gray clouds move in.

    It looks as if it might rain.Dont forget to bring yourumbrella!

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    Raindrops the size of pennies

    begin to fall. Plop, plop, plop.

    Rain taps against

    the windows in aspringtime shower.8

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    Rain makes a patter, patter,

    pattersound on rooftops,sidewalks, and umbrellas.

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    Thunder rumbles in the distance.

    Lightning

    flashesin

    brigh

    tzigz

    ags

    acrossthesky

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    SpringingtoLife

    Flowers and trees need springrains to grow. Tiny shoots emerge

    from the dark, moist earth.

    New leaves pokeout of a melting

    snowbank.

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    Knotty

    bud

    sformontrees

    .

    Th

    eywillb

    ecomedelicate

    ,

    brig

    htgr

    eenleaves.

    12

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    Spring brings lots of activity.

    Birds lay eggs. Soon we willhear the peep, peep, peepofnewly hatched chicks.

    Hungry baby birds callout to their parents. 13

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    Adult birds hunt worms to feed

    their hungry, fuzzy babies.

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    In springtime, mother deer

    give birth to fawns. Thesebabies'coats are sprinkledwith white dots.

    The white dots on afawns coat help ithide in the grass.

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    Bears begin to emerge from theircozy winter dens. They arehungry after long monthsof hibernation.

    A gri ly bearcomes out of its

    den. The bear sleptin the den all winter.16

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    Everyone feels energized bythe change in the weather.

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    As the weather gets warmer,families play together outdoors.

    SpringTheWorld

    This family istaking a hike.

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    Colo

    rfulkites

    whooshthr

    ough

    thesk

    y,whisked

    along

    onbr

    iskbreezes.

    19

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    People dig in the earth toplant seeds in flower bedsand gardens. Soon plants

    will grow from the seeds.20

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    Flowers begin to bloom,

    coloring the world with brightpinks, yellows, and reds.

    Flowers pokethrough last yearsdead leaves.

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    Insects flit here and there.Bees buzz from flower toflower.

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    This bison is sheddingits heavy winter coat.

    Anima

    lsbe

    gintoshed

    thei

    rwinter

    coats.

    23

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    The temperature gets warmer

    and warmer. It is time to packaway our bulky winter clothes!

    IsSummerComing

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    Days get longer and longer.

    Long days

    mean moretime to play!

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    Puddles and mud begin to dry

    up. Days are bright and warm.

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    Summer is on its way.

    What will you do inthe summer? 27

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    How Do

    Chicks Hatch?Many baby animals are born in thespring. One of them is the baby chicken,

    or chick.Mother chickens lay eggs when they areready to have chicks. One tiny chick isinside each egg. The mother chicken sits

    on the eggs after she lays them. Soonthe chicks are ready to hatch.

    A chick picks at its eggshell when itsready to hatch. This is called pipping .

    A chick has a tiny horn on the topof its beak. The horn is called an eggtooth. The chick uses its egg tooth tobreak out of its egg.

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    Its a lot of work for a chick to break outof its egg! The chick is wet and tired

    when it first breaks free. It may lie stilland rest for a few hours. Soon its downyfeathers have dried. The chick is ready

    to explore its surroundings.

    A chicks egg tooth falls off within a dayafter the chick hatches. The chick startsgrowing feathers just a few weeks later.Shell look more like a chicken than a

    chick in no time!

    A chick watches

    another chick hatch.29

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    Glossary

    breeze: a mild windbud: a leaf or flower that has not yet opened

    emerge: to come out

    energize: to become active and full of energy

    fawn: a baby deer

    hatch: to break out from inside an egghibernation: the practice of spending winter in asleeplike state

    moist: wet

    shed: to lose fur

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    Further Reading

    Baxter, Nicola. Spring. Mankato,MN: Sea-to-Sea Publications, 2009.

    Enchanted Learning: Earths Seasonshttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/seasons.shtml

    Glaser, Linda. Its Spring! Minneapolis: MillbrookPress, 2002.

    Pfeffer, Wendy. A New Beginning: Celebratingthe Spring Equinox. New York: Dutton Children'sBooks, 2008.

    Ray, Mary Lyn. Mud. San Diego: Harcourt, 2001.

    Schnur, Steven. Spring Thaw. New York: Viking,2000.

    Watch a Chick Hatchhttp://www.msichicago.org/online-science/videos/video-detail/activities/the-hatchery

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    Index

    activities, 1820animals, 6, 1316, 23,2829

    buds, 12

    clouds, 7

    flowers, 11, 21

    gardens, 20

    insects, 22

    lightning, 10

    mud, 45, 26

    nests, 6

    puddles, 4, 26

    rain, 79

    temperature, 24thunder, 10

    umbrellas, 7, 9

    Photo AcknowledgmentsThe images in this book are used with the permission of: Gerry Lemmo, pp. 1, 6, 10, 11, 15,

    21, 27;

    Almir1968/

    Dreamstime.com, p. 2;

    Mike Ford/

    SuperStock, p. 4;

    age fotostock/

    Su-perStock, pp. 5, 9, 20, 23, 29; Steve Satushek/Photographers Choice/Getty Images, p. 7; Stockbyte/Getty Images, p. 8; Photononstop/SuperStock, pp. 12, 13; Flirt/SuperStock,p. 14; Shane Moore/Animals Animals, p. 16; Westend61/SuperStock, p. 17; KwameZikomo/SuperStock, p. 18; Pacific Stock/SuperStock, p. 19; Karlene Schwartz, p. 22;Hemis.fr/SuperStock, p. 24; Ed Simpson/Photographers Choice/Getty Images, p. 25;Prisma/SuperStock, p. 26; Le Do/Dreamstime.com, p. 30; Erkki Makkonen/Dreamstime.com, p. 31 (both).

    Front cover: Darrell Gulin/Photographers Choice/Getty Images (top); Chris Stein/Stone/Getty Images (bottom)

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    TM

    Learn all about the different sea-sons in the Our Four Seasonsseriespart of the Lightning BoltBooksTMcollection. With high-energydesigns, exciting photos, and fun

    text, Lightning Bolt BooksTMbringnonfiction topics to life!

    Our Four Seasons

    Are You Ready for Fall?Are You Ready for Spring?Are You Ready for Summer?

    Are You Ready for Winter?

    The days are getting warmer. Andtheyre getting longer. Baby birds arehatching. The grass is turning green.Do you know what season is here? Its

    spring! What else happens in spring?Read this book to find out!