Spring!

Leslie Patricelli Board Books

by Leslie Patricelli

"A nearly perfect board book in tone and ­content. Bring it on, story hour." —School Library Journal (starred review)

Puddle, puddle, puddle, MUD! Our favorite bald baby celebrates a new season with an adorable friend.

Squish! Squoosh! Squash! It’s raining, but that’s OK, because rain means that spring is here! Baby and a best buddy love to be outside, enjoying the tulips and daffodils, the leaves on the trees, the butterflies and bumblebees. Look, there’s a bunny hopping! And a froggy plopping! Best of all is playing together in the slippery mud . . . oops! Good thing the rain is coming down to clean everyone off! Little fans and big ones alike will skip along with Baby in this salute to the season of everything new.

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens

26 pages, Board Book

Published March 3, 2026

About the author

Leslie Patricelli is the American writer and illustrator of the best selling line of toddler books, starring her inimitable Baby character, including Potty, Toot, Yummy Yucky, Big Little, and Hair. She has more than 30 books for children, including her preschool books, Higher! Higher! (a Boston Globe Book Honor Award winner), Be Quiet, Mike!, Faster! Faster! and The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster Party; as well as a middle-grade novel, The Rizzlerunk Club: Best Buds Under Frogs, published in 2018. Leslie Patricelli grew up in Issaquah, Washington close to Pine Lake. Leslie Patricelli majored in Communications at the University of Washington and took classes at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. Leslie Patricelli created and animated Rover the Dog for Windows XP help installed on more than 60 million computers worldwide.

Reviews

[SamSamSam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing new, but very cute! I learned that those little flowers I always saw in the grass as a kid are clover flowers, so it was fun to learn something. Great onomatopoeia with some unusual words like "sproing," "sloop," and "squoosh." If it's Patricelli it's going to be good and this is no exception.

[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one! Cute and active and fun to read aloud.

[TFE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loves patricelli, maybe not as much as sister. Loved the splashing puddles. big smiles.

[TJE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still enjoys patricelli baby books. liked reading, especially with brother