It's Easy! All You Need Is Love by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Bears are known to be a bit grumpy when they emerge from hibernation, and this rumpled bear is no exception. Melting snow is making chilly puddles all around. Bah!
But what's that sound?
It's a happy bluebird whose song seems to call forth the spring itself. Trees begin budding and bright flowers push up out of the muddy fields.
The bluebird perches on Bear's head and offers him a freshly picked flower and then leads him through the landscape.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS LOVE!
And as Bear and Bird make their way down the road, spring unfolds before them and a joyful throng assembles as the parade progresses to a happy "happening" in the park.
NOWHERE YOU CAN BE
THAT ISN'T WHERE YOU'RE MEANT TO BE!
Altogether, now, everyone:
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED!
In a sweet tribute to fellow-feeling and spring joy, the lyrics to Lennon and McCartney's anthem to love, so familiar to Baby Boomers and Beatles fans, becomes the lively rhyming text to All You Need Is Love,
Labels: Love--Fiction, Songs--Fiction, Spring--Fiction, Stories in Rhyme (Grades K-3)
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