Hello, spring. Budding trees, chirping birds, croaking frogs, and the little gray mice who greet them all: this square board book walks the youngest readers through the season's small wonders, one bright spread at a time.

It belongs to Leo Lionni's Friends, the board book series inspired by the classic works of the legendary author and illustrator Leo Lionni, four time Caldecott Honor winner and creator of collage classics. The cut paper style artwork here, rendered by illustrator Julie Hamilton in Lionni's spirit, gives babies the same torn paper textures and friendly mice that made those originals immortal, printed on sturdy pages that shrug off small hands.

The publisher suggests it for Easter and springtime reading, and a 6.75 inch square board book does fit an Easter basket suspiciously well. Pair it with its seasonal siblings, A Little Book About Winter and A Little Book About Food, and the nursery shelf has a year round Lionni corner.