Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.
Advises the reader about what to do, and not do, in order to successfully spot a whale, such as wrapping up in a not-too-cozy blanket, ignoring the roses, and especially, being patient.
Two children find an abandoned house deep in the woods. With peeling paint, broken windows, and personal items of the former tenants remaining, they wonder who once lived there and where they might have gone.