Spring is my second favourite time of year. The days are getting brighter and there’s hope that warmer weather will be here. I also love all the flowers and new life. The cute lambs in the fields and the tulips and daffodils bringing their colour to what was so dull just a week before.

I have compiled a list of books suitable for toddlers and preschoolers around the theme of spring.

What Other Learning Could I Link In With Spring Books?

After reading these spring-themed books, why not try out one of these other activity suggestions?

• A sensory bin with dried spaghetti painted green and broken into pieces about 4cm long. Mixed together to look like grass. Add some flower sprinkles and some tubs and spoons and plastic or wooden baby animals.
• Get outside and do a spring scavenger hunt
• Create a woolly sheep using contact paper attached to a low window/French door and cotton wool balls.
• Create a daffodil picture using yellow and green tissue paper and pens.
• Go and splash in muddy puddles and play in a mud kitchen.
• Watch the rain, talk about what clothes we wear when it rains and why.

There are some fun spring sensory bin ideas here: Spring Sensory Bin Ideas For Toddlers – Fun Family Home

Best Toddler Books About Spring

Can You Catch The Bunny? by Rosie Adams

A finger trail story for little fingers to follow the bunny rabbit’s trail to collect the vegetables incorporating some lovely rhymes.

Can You Say it Too? Tweet! Tweet! by Sebastien Braun

A lift-the-flap book for little hands.

Ladybird, Ladybird, What Can You See? by Amelia Hepworth

Lovely repetition to encourage a love of books in your little one. This hardback book has flaps to lift and ends with a mirror for little one to see their own face.

Are You There Little Bee? by Taplin Sam

With holes to peep through and finger trails to follow, this is a great book for little ones.

When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes

A delightful board book showing the changes that happen when winter turns into spring.

That’s Not My Chick…

We love all the That’s Not My Books in our house. Great books to introduce babies and toddlers to a love of reading. Each page has something to touch and feel and the repetition is great.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Spring by Eric Carle

A trip through the land in springtime with the very hungry caterpillar.

Spring ABC by Jannie Ho

A beautifully illustrated board board with a different spring word for each letter of the alphabet.

Fluffy Chick by Rod Campbell

Meet a bunch of favourite springtime animals in this touch-and-feel board book.

Baby Animals

A touch and feel book introducing your little one to new baby animals.

Springtime by Anna Milbourne

A lift-the-flap book at spring introducing little ones to nature’s awakening.

Best Preschooler Books About Spring

Little Bear’s Spring by Elli Woollard

Little Bear wakes up from his winter hibernation and goes on a journey learning about what spring is. With amazing illustrations, this gentle story introduces your little one to the natural world in springtime.

Hello Spring by Jo Lindley

Spring is one of four friends (the other seasons) and she’s a bit anxious when Winter hands the crown over to her. Will this year’s spring be as good as last year’s? A story about friendship in springtime.

Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up by Sean Taylor and Alex Morss

Follow two children and their dad as they explore their back garden in springtime.

That’s My Flower by Alice Hemming and Nicola Slater

A fun story from the people who brought us The Leaf Thief. Squirrel finds a flower and claims it as his own but he has to keep it safe with help from Bird.

The Daffodil Who Couldn’t Dance by Jeff Sammon

Daniel is a daffodil who is a bit different from all the others. He has holes in his petals and can’t dance but he learns to push through diversity. A lovely story told through rhyme.

Are You Spring? by Caroline Pitcher

The cutest misunderstanding from baby Bear, Ulla. She thinks Spring is someone to meet and goes looking for her. But what does she find on the way?

Spring Colouring Book

And did you know I created my own colouring book? Here it is available on Amazon.

After you’ve finished with the sensory bin, why not try a spring scavenger hunt outside? There’s a free one linked below.

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