Children's Books About... Gardening

These books are specifically available at the Dorothy Henry Library. Some of these may also be available at other locations throughout our library system as well!

Updated November 10, 2025
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Quiet in the garden /
Aliki
Paper Book
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Flower garden
Bunting, Eve
Paper Book
In this warm and sunny picture book, follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they put together a wonderful birthday surprise for mom: a window box flower garden. After the pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are purchased and dad and daughter take them home on...
Counting in the garden
Hruby, Emily.
Paper Book
COUNTING IN THE GARDEN celebrates the joy of growing flowers, fruits, and vegetables in one's very own garden. This hardcover book is a visual feast from one to twelve. Young children will love finding and counting all of the garden treats. Every other page introduces a new plant...
The rough patch
Lies, Brian
Paper Book
A Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A breathtakingly beautiful and luminescent book that is pitch-perfect for anyone of any age who has experienced any type of loss or disappointment, from New York Times-bestselling picture book creator Brian Lies. New...
Fox's garden
Princesse Camcam
Paper Book
One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the...
A place for rain
Schaub, Michelle
Paper Book
A spring storm brings the chance to build a rain garden in this charming, actionable picture book about protecting our waterways. Pitter-patter, splutter-splatter, drizzle turns to roar. . . . DOWNPOUR! But where do all those raindrops go? Dirty stormwater runoff can...
Grandpa Green
Smith, Lane.
Paper Book
A Caldecott Honor Book From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a Caldecott Honor-winning timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a...
Secrets of the garden : food chains and the food web in our backyard
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner.
Paper Book
Perfect for spring planting season--an outstanding book about backyard science the whole family will appreciate. Alice's family plants a vegetable garden each spring, and this budding naturalist reports all she sees about how the plants grow, what insects come to eat the plants,...
Biscuit and friends visit the community garden /
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin,
Paper Book
Join the beloved and bestselling little yellow puppy, Biscuit, as he visits the community garden. Biscuit is available in Level One I Can Read for the first time! Seeds--check! Shovel--check! Biscuit and the little girl are ready to visit the community garden. From planting flowers...
An elephant in the garden
Morpurgo, Michael
Paper Book
Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don't run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in...
A bit of Earth
Riazi, Karuna
Ebook
"Destined to be a new classic." --School Library Journal (starred review) "This story will find its way into your heart."--Tae Keller, Newbery Medalist for When You Trap a Tiger What might happen when an overlooked orphan feels the sudden urge to put...
The garden thief
Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Paper Book
Grandfather's friend, Mr. Yee, has broken his arm and can't tend to his beloved vegetable plot in the community garden. The Alden children gladly offer their services to help him with his prize-winning veggies. But they soon learn something mysterious is afoot at the community garden. Vegetables go...
A backyard vegetable garden for kids
Leavitt, Amie Jane.
Paper Book
In this step-by-step guide, you'll find out how to plan, design, grow, and harvest your own vegetable garden. You'll find that gardening is even more fun when you can eat what you have planted! You'll learn which are the perfect plants to grow in your area, what tools you'll need, and how to prepare...
Up in the garden and down in the dirt
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
In this exuberant and lyrical addition to the award-winning Over and Under series, emerging readers will delight in discovering the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves, and down in the dirt.From the author-illustrator team behind Over and Under the Snow<...
A backyard flower garden for kids
Leavitt, Amie Jane.
Paper Book
People all around the world enjoy the hobby of gardening. They love planting tiny seeds in the soil and watching them sprout into mature plants. Gardening isn't just for adults, however. Kids can plan, create, and maintain their own gardens, too. Gardening for Kids is rich with ideas and...
The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science
Sidman, Joyce
Paper Book
In this beautiful nonfiction biography, a Robert F. Sibert Medal winner, the Newbery Honor-winning author Joyce Sidman introduces readers to one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects. One of the first...

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