A rural child discovers the sights, sounds, colors, and special feeling of spring.

A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.

Beth admires her friend Molly's courage, but on a visit to Molly's country home, Beth surprises herself with her own bravery when the two become lost within the maze of a cornfield.

Spending the summer in the country with her grandparents, five-year-old Star has a chance to make friends with raccoons, swans,and other animals both domestic and wild.