One bright day Mouse and Momma go outside, and the wind keeps blowing things across their path. Something feathery and plump. Something wiggly and pink. Something green that hops and leaps away before you can look at it properly. Each one is a small riddle a toddler can solve out loud, and each one is another piece of evidence that spring has finally arrived.

Lauren Thompson keeps the language short and patterned so a child can predict the next line, which is exactly how very young readers first feel clever. Buket Erdogan fills the pages with soft greens, tulips and daffodils that make it look warm even in February.

This is the Classic Board Book edition from Little Simon, thick square pages sized for small hands, and the natural companion to Mouse's First Snow on the same shelf.