![image from Gracias * Thanks by Pat Mora and illustrated by John Parra](http://leeandlowbooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/graciasp1.jpg)
Happy Summer Solstice!
![image from Gracias * Thanks by Pat Mora and illustrated by John Parra](http://leeandlowbooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/graciasp1.jpg)
While it may not feel like it, today is the first day of spring! We’re very excited for our forthcoming spring titles, which you can check out here. To kick off the spring season, here’s an image and poem from Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates Risueños y otros poemas de primavera, written by Francisco X. Alarcón, and illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez, published by Children’s Book Press, an imprint of LEE & LOW.