Mother Earth attempts to put her wild child, Autumn, to bed.

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.

Nature displays different colors to announce the seasons of the year.

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn." -- Provided by publisher.

Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the country he runs straight for Country Frog's rock to play games with him, but during the winter things change for them both.

Ruby and Rufus love the water. They play on the pond every day! But what will they do when the pond turns to ice?

"A young girl describes her special friend, a tall, old tree that listens to her secrets, houses her animal friends, and changes throughout the seasons. Includes peek-a-boo die-cut holes in cover and on pages." --

Nothing is better than summer, with its joys of swimming every day and eating ice cream. One little boy's older sister tells him he'd better make the most of it, because summer is going to end soon. When winter comes, she assures him, it will be cold and dark, and the icy rain will turn to snow. They'll be stuck on the sofa for days and won't even dream of eating ice cream. The illustrations belie the bleak forecast with images of glowing autumn leaves,...

"Días y días y días pasan, hasta que pasan doce meses y cuatro estaciones. Amigos y familiares juegan en el sol, en la lluvia, en el viento y en la nieve. ¡Y entonces comienza un año nuevo! Este libro bilingüe con bellas ilustraciones enseña a los niños el vocabulario de las estaciones en español e inglés." -- La sobrecubierta. "Days and days and days go by, adding up to twelve months and four seasons. Friends and family play in sun and...

Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.