This is a book about farm animals, and what happens during one year on a farm.
In January, the cows stay in the barnyard, and the chickens don't lay many eggs. By March, you can tell spring is coming: the barn is filled with baby animals. Month by month, the animals at Maple Hill Farm sense the changing seasons and respond to the changes.

Through gently humorous text and charming illustrations, Alice and Martin Provensen capture one year at their beloved Maple Hill Farm in a way sure to delight city slickers and country folk alike.

Alice and Martin Provensen夫妇的代表作之一，描写了枫树山农场里一年四季的变化。从一月到十二月，繁重的农活和简单的快乐——从鸟儿迁徙到马慵懒的享受夏日的阳光，从奶牛在稗到小动物充满农场，人类和动物在这里和平共存。插图很简单，轻轻彩色，洒在整个微妙的细节里。幽默的文字，也自然而有韵味。如果你住在乡下，你会活回想起这里这么多有趣的点滴；如果你住在城里，你会感受到这本迷人发书的平和节奏。

Alice Provensen collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on numerous highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Glorious Flight and Nancy Willard's Newbery Medal-winning A Visit to William Blake's Inn, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times. Alice lives in Staatsburg, New York, on Maple Hill Farm.