CHILDREN'S BOOKS ABOUT GARDENING
Storybooks are great to inspire, motivate and excite children about gardening. Below is a list of books about gardening, great to use as a read aloud or even for an ELA lesson! Click on each book title to be redirected to an Amazon page to purchase. Most of these books have read alouds on YouTube as well.
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- Â Â Â Â Â A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
- Â Â Â Â Â Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root and G. Brian Karas
- Â Â Â Â Â Berries, Nuts, And Seeds by Diane L. Burns
- Â Â Â Â Â Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals and Ashley Wolff
- Â Â Â Â Â Counting in the Garden by Kim Parker
- Â Â Â Â Â From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
- Â Â Â Â Â Gardening Lab for Kids: 52 Fun Experiments to Learn, Grow, Harvest, Make, Play, and Enjoy Your Garden by Renata F. Brown
-      Gardening Projects for Kids by Jenny Hendy
-      How Groundhog’s Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
-      I Can Grow a Flower by DK
- Â Â Â Â Â If You Hold a Seed by Elly MacKay
- Â Â Â Â Â If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
- Â Â Â Â Â Let It Rain by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- Â Â Â Â Â Lola Plants A Garden by Anna Mcquin and Rosalind Beardshaw
-      Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
-      Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou and Tricia Tusa
- Â Â Â Â Â My Garden by Kevin Henkes
- Â Â Â Â Â Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants by Bonnie Worth and Aristides Ruiz
- Â Â Â Â Â Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel and David Catrow
- Â Â Â Â Â Paddington Bear in the Garden by Michael Bond and R. W Alley
- Â Â Â Â Â Peppa Pig and the Vegetable Garden by Candlewick Press
- Â Â Â Â Â Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson
-      Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
- Â Â Â Â Â Plants Feed Me by Lizzy Rockwell
- Â Â Â Â Â Square Foot Gardening with Kids by Mel Bartholomew
-      The Bear’s Garden by Marcie Colleen and Alison Oliver
-      The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 Ways to Get Kids Outside, Dirty, and Having Fun by Whitney Cohen and John Fisher
-      The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- Â Â Â Â Â The Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton
- Â Â Â Â Â The Gardener by Sarah Stewart and David Small
- Â Â Â Â Â The Little Gardener by Jan Gerardi
-      The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes
- Â Â Â Â Â The Night Gardener by Terry Fan and Eric Fan
- Â Â Â Â Â The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds (Explore!)Â by Ruth Heller
- Â Â Â Â Â The Upside-Down Garden by Rosalie M. Meropol and Jeanette Bradley
- Â Â Â Â Â Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres and Nadine B. Westcott
- Â Â Â Â Â Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner and Christopher S. Neal
- Â Â Â Â Â We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines and Julianna Swaney
- Â Â Â Â Â Yucky Worms by Vivian French and Jessica Ahlberg