Starting with Spring and working his way through the seasons, Grant Snider has created a book that covers the magical moments of childhood. From catching a tadpole that turns into a frog, playing basketball as the sun sets, expressing the joy of finding a new friend, or even the tedium of boredom on a rainy day stuck inside.

Snider’s whimsical poems are all laid out in colourful comic panels, which is the perfect, engaging way for parents and teachers to introduce the joy of poetry to the visually oriented reader, making use of the ever popular medium of the graphic novel. The comic panels help to create flow, running from left to right, up and down, sometimes in a circle and then, why not, following the rollercoaster or a ferris wheel around the page as the words of the poem unfurl.

This is Grant Snider at his best, with pages full of inspiration for any aspiring young wordsmith or cartoonist you may know. For ages 7+.