This book is for PreK-2nd grade. It tells the story of Mother Earth, Cousin Summer, Aunt Spring and the rest of the family's journey to different seasons. I feel this book would be great for track printing and is easy to follow along. Also the pictures aid in illustrating the story. Overall, great read.

Mother earth wakes up her children when it is time for spring to arrive. The go out into the forest and play and each season the new person brings the season on. Then when winter comes the root children go back to sleep.
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This books talks about season. All of the children live under the Earth and Mother Nature introduces them to the season. When they meet the seasons they connect and enjoy everyone of them.

I really enjoyed this book and would definitely read it to my students. It is beautifully illustrated with creative oil paintings that all children would enjoy to look at. Th book talks about the adventures of the "root children" as the seasons change from winter to spring to summer to fall and then back to winter again. So, since it talks about all of the seasons it would be a great book to read if your students are learning about the seasons. It talks about how things change from season to season. I think students would love the very detailed, colorful book. ( )

This elegantly crafted book is a pure delight! The light-hearted text and the beautiful evocative oil paintings that illustrate the story lead us on a whimsical journey through the changing seasons. We are re-introduced to delightful characters from an old German story about birth and rebirth and treated to the colorful adventures of the Root Children as they awaken in Spring and begin painting the bugs and making lovely flower costumes. We also meet Old Grandfather Winter, Mother Earth, Kind Aunt Spring, Jolly Cousin Summer, and Studious Uncle Fall. The joyous adventures of the Root Children as they meet their older relatives and a host of woodland creatures out in the world are brimming with color and fun. The multi-racial children sport colorful butterfly wings and flower garlands as they frisk about the abundant earth revelling in Nature. The expressions and body language of real children are reflected in these lovely illustrations. The double page spreads draw one in to the festivities and are complimented by a beautiful, uncharacteristic font style for added ambiance. The dust jacket is a smooth silvery paper with a glossy full color picture of the Root Children and a lovely tangle of budding trees. The endpapers are a silvery blue with the same lovely trees and the covers of the book itself are a simulated embossed soft brown leather with a picture of a little Root Child girl holding a lighted candle, oak leaves in her hair. No detail was spared in this lovely book. ( )