By Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2026
32 pages
978-0-06-346925-9
Ages 3-6
Anyone who has experienced a long, cold winter is familiar with the hopeful titular plea, “Is it spring?” “Yes” is the answer provided by the flowers, budding branches, and birds in the blue, blue sky. “Yes, it is spring.” Asked again, though, the icy, sharp wind; thick, gray clouds; and sleepy squirrels respond that it is “not yet” spring. Asked a third time, the late-season snow gives a resounding “no.” “No, no, no!” With pastel perfection and exemplary pacing, the warmth of the sun finally arrives—and stays—to melt winter into spring. “Yes! Yes! Yes! And it was spring.” ©2026 Cooperative Children’s Book Center