As the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the author's poetic words, the illustrations celebrate the joys of fatherhood by showing African American dads and their kids enjoying the year together.

"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--

After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends and instructs them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own.

"Worm is busy all year round. In spring, he sows flowers, in summer, he visits the baby animals, in fall, he rakes leaves, and in winter, he dresses up nice and warm. Which things does he use? And what happens in the forest? Discover the four seasons together with Worm"--

A young girl describes what she loves most in her garden during each season.

A tree branch in the mountains travels through the seasons and across rivers and oceans until it becomes a piece of driftwood on the beach.

"A book with peek-through holes that let a child view the changes in a tree throughout the four seasons"--

"The joy of the changing seasons means saying hello to new but familiar rituals, like spring picnics in the park or homemade lemonade in summer. But there's also the bittersweet feeling of doing something for the last time, like mowing the lawn one final time on a brown day in autumn or watching the last of the geese fly south"--

A little boy worries throughout the summer that he's not getting bigger, but at the end of the season he tries on his winter clothes and realizes that he has grown.

Izzy brings his new friend, Larry the snowball, home and, over the course of a year, introduces him to each season before rushing him back to the freezer. Includes facts about seasons and discussion questions.