As spring slowly turns to summer, a little boy builds a fort and plants a garden in impatient anticipation.

Follows a family through one day and muses in the possibilities that the day holds--from enjoying treats at the bakery, to admiring handmade goods from local artisan shops, to observing the new construction in town.

Simple words and cut paper illustrations follow an apple as it falls from a tree, becomes part of a school girl's lunch, and is buried through the changing seasons until it sprouts anew.

Illustrations and rhyming text pay homage to a new day, with promises for the future in its "perfect piece of time.".