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夫婦的代表作之一，描寫了楓樹山農場里一年四季的變化。從一月到十二月，繁重的農活和簡單的快樂——從鳥兒遷徙到馬慵懶的享受夏日的陽光，從奶牛在稗到小動物充滿農場，人類和動物在這里和平共存。插圖很簡單，輕輕彩色，灑在整個微妙的細節里。幽默的文字，也自然而有韻味。如果你住在鄉下，你會活回想起這里這么多有趣的點滴；如果你住在城里，你會感受到這本迷人發書的平和節奏。

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.