As life is the pond and in its surroundings is shown through rhyming words, seasons can be followed through colors and cycles, from spring to winter. Denise Fleming displays vivid colors contrasting with background exposing details as seasons and animals change.

This is a great book for beginner readers. It has very big letters and colorful pictures. It is a great book for lessons on pond creatures.

This book is meant for very young children. It goes through different animal noises that live in or around the pond. Also it discovers all the different actions each animal performs in nature.

This book is an informational book because it tells young children what they potentially could find in a pound. Genre is informational. Media is water color. Age Appropriateness: primary.

Great for grades k-2.This book describes the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn. Fiction. Helps with reading fluency in the classroom. Ilustrations drawn with pastals.