Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait... and wait... until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.

Simón planted many carrots, but someone suggested that he also plant lettuce, tomatoes, eggplants ... And the garden grew so large that it became filled with vegetables and some hardworking farmers.

In each of the pages of this book, a comparison is established between a before and an after to discover the changes, which although subtle, occur in nature to give rise to wonderful phenomena. Thus, mother narrates the passing of time, while she waits and experiences a great transformation within her, weaving a very important bond. It is a book to understand the cycles of life, the importance of time and the poetic nature of waiting. Many stories within one to share, enjoy, live and remember.

Dad, Mom and my older brother play and bathe by the river. I prefer to chase a butterfly. It flies off to the meadow, which smells wonderful. I'm running after it, but it's not waiting for me. The butterfly disappears, but ... Look! A grasshopper! I close my eyes. I'm a bit scared. I hear all kinds of noises ... Oh, it's Mom!

Farmer Duck is no ordinary duck. He cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm — all because the farm owner is too lazy to do these things himself. But when Farmer Duck finally collapses from exhaustion, sleepy and weepy and tired, his farmyard friends come to the rescue.

In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost - burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers - trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing into a giant flower and, when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again.