Gardening for Kids!

Getting fingers in the dirt and seeds in the ground are great activities for little learners. Explore these great books about gardening that are perfect for kids!

Updated May 3, 2024
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City beet
Cohen, Tziporah
Paper Book
When a notice for a community potluck is posted, Victoria and her neighbor Mrs. Kosta decide to bring a beet salad as their contribution. But first they need to grow this special vegetable for their dish. They plant the seeds in their garden plot, and throughout the summer they water, fertilize,...
All about plants!
Beaty, Andrea
Paper Book
What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others don't? And what's the tallest plant out there? Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Based on the bestselling series and the new Netflix show, this...
No nibbling!
Ferry, Beth
Paper Book
From New York Times-bestselling author Beth Ferry and illustrator A.N. Kang comes a tale filled with fantastic word play that will have kids laughing and insisting, "No nibbling!" One warm spring day, Derwood the goat planted a garden and patiently tended it as it grew. On...
My baba's garden
Scott, Jordan
Paper Book
The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together. A young boy spends his mornings with his beloved Baba, his grandmother. She doesn't speak much English, but they connect through gestures, gardening, eating, and walking to school together....
A garden in my hands
Sriram, Meera
Paper Book
This touching picture book celebrates the custom of applying henna for special occasions through a mother and daughter who share family memories and stories. The sweet smell of henna, and stories we carry, fill us with pride of a faraway home. There's a...
Gwendolyn's pet garden
Renaud, Anne
Paper Book
A unique solution is found when a little girl dreams of getting a pet. Gwendolyn longs for a pet. What kind? Any kind! How many legs? Two, four, ten--she's not picky! But her parents have other ideas, and instead they give her . . . a box of dirt. "It smells of swamp," Gwendolyn...

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