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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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!

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Quiet in the garden /
Aliki
Paper Book
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In the night garden
Berger, Carin
Paper Book
A gentle, collage-illustrated bedtime read about the often mysterious and always beautiful experiences to be found in nighttime spaces. In the night garden fireflies look like fallen stars. Moonflowers unfurl and release their intoxicating perfume.
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...
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
Fleming, Candace.
Paper Book
Children will cheer for the bunnies--or for Mr. McGreely--as they delight in award-winning author Candace Fleming's clever sound effects and G. Brian Karas's vibrant, funny illustrations. Tippy, tippy, tippy, Pat! That's the sound three hungry bunnies make...
My garden
Henkes, Kevin.
Paper Book
How does your garden grow? A wondrous New York Times bestselling picture book from Caldecott medalist Kevin Henkes. A girl helps out in her mother's garden, but in the garden of her imagination, there are chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and...
A crown for Corina
Kemp, Laekan Zea
Paper Book
Today is Corina's birthday, and she's excited to wear the biggest crown with the most beautiful flowers picked from her abuela's garden. Each flower tells a special story about all the ways Corina is rooted in the family she loves. With elegant and eye-catching...
There's a ghost in the garden
Maclear, Kyo
Paper Book
A gentle, probing picture book from award-winning author Kyo Maclear and celebrated illustrator Katty Maurey about the special relationship between a grandfather and his grandson, and the many traces, memories, and even ghosts with which we live There's a ghost in Grandpa's...
The plant rescuer
Rivera, Matthew (Children's books illustrator)
Paper Book
Manny harnesses love, determination, and a visit to the library to care for his first plant and make his gardener father proud. Manny comes from a long line of gardeners, and to him, the greatest gardener of all is his dad. Dad always knows what plants need. Even with no yard to...
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...
A bunny for all seasons
Schulman, Janet.
Ebook
One summer day a bunny hops out of the woods and into a garden. "What a wonderful garden someone has made just for me," she thinks. All summer she feasts there. In the fall, she hides from the mean old cat behind big orange pumpkins. Then, just before the snows of winter, another bunny hops into her...
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...
The gardener /
Stewart, Sarah,
Paper Book
The Caldecott Honor-winning picture book from the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library. Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she...
Biscuit in the garden /
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin,
Paper Book
For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody's favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure! Biscuit is excited to explore the garden. From the prettiest flowers to the smallest bugs, there's so much to see. And the little puppy even finds his own special way to...
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...
Tiana's garden grows /
Alston, Bria
Paper Book
Before she cooks up something delicious in the kitchen, Disney Princess Tiana learns how to grow the ingredients in her garden in this all-new Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader! When Tiana decides to try cooking with a new spicy pepper, she is excited to begin--but first,...
Charlie's new friend
Drummond, Ree.
Paper Book
Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Charlie the Ranch Dog, is back with a new I Can Read story featuring our favorite bacon-loving basset hound. Charlie the Ranch Dog may have met his match in Mr. Rabbit, a sneaky ranch animal that steals from Mama's...
Pinkalicious and the flower fairy /
Kann, Victoria
Paper Book
Celebrate spring with Pinkalicious! #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann brings young readers a Pinkalicious I Can Read adventure about flowers and the power of imagination. Pinkalicious is absolutely positive that a flower fairy will visit her garden. After all, flower...
Pinkalicious : fairy house
Kann, Victoria.
Paper Book
Readers can watch Pinkalicious and Peterrific on the funtastic PBS Kids TV series Pinkalicious & Peterrific! A magical Pinkalicious I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann! Spring has sprung and Pinkalicious knows what that means--it's time for the...
The girl from Earth's end
Dairman, Tara
Paper Book
Gifted gardener Henna embarks from her island home to search for the plant that might save her papa's life in this vibrant story of love, grief, and growth. Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earth's End-...
Miss Nichol is in a pickle!
Gutman, Dan
Paper Book
With more than 34 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this fourth book of the My Weirdtastic School arc, Ella Mentry School starts a vegetable garden with one zany gardening instructor. Everyone likes veggies, right? Wrong! When Principal Stoker...
The treehouse library
James, Anna
Paper Book
The fifth magical adventure in the USA Today bestselling Pages & Co. series, starring Milo, the book smuggler. Perfect for fans of The Secret Library, Inkheart, and Mr. Lemoncello's Library! Milo Bolt is ready to be the hero of his own story. With...
Edie the garden fairy
Meadows, Daisy
Paper Book
The fairies are going green! The fairy king and queen have just put together a new team of seven fairies for a very special mission. They are the Earth Fairies! Together, they're going to work their magic to clean up the environment. But they can't do it alone. Luckily, Rachel and...
Your grandparents are zombies
Montgomery, Anson.
Paper Book
Choose from 9 possible endings in this interactive Choose Your Own Adventure book for 5- to 8-year-old readers! Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-are now for little kids, too! Filled with colorful illustrations on almost...
An elephant in the garden
Morpurgo, Michael
Paper Book
Devastated to learn that a beloved elephant in the zoo where their mother works is to be euthanized to keep it from panicking if bombs are dropped nearby, Lizzie and Karl of World War II-era Dresden persuade the zoo director to let the elephant be temporarily relocated to their family garden and are...
A bit of Earth
Riazi, Karuna
Paper Book
"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...
June jam
Roy, Ron
Paper Book
It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! With the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids! June is for Jam... In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and...
The peach thief
Smith, Linda Joan
Paper Book
"Nuanced, richly atmospheric, and exquisitely written." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This shimmering middle-grade debut set in 1850s Lancashire, England, explores longing, belonging, and the courage it takes to find your place--and bloom. The night...
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...
The mystery of the traveling tomatoes /
Warner, Gertrude Chandler,
Paper Book
The Aldens are helping the owner of a local restaurant grow delicious food in a garden. They work hard to water and weed and take care of the fruits and vegetables that are growing. But soon the children notice the strangest thing--the plants are moving. The tomato plants aren't in the same spot...
Live sustainably!
Boyle, Angela
Paper Book
Maker Comics: Live Sustainably! is a step-by-step DIY guide that will help kids roll up their sleeves and get making with confidence! Inside this graphic novel you'll find instructions for eight sustainability projects. After Isaac is caught vandalizing a sign at his...
The apple argument
Yolen, Jane
Paper Book
In the Garden of Eden, as soon as God buried Vegetables in the ground, and put Fruits on trees and vines, the Fruits began to argue among themselves. "I am hardiest," said Apple. "I am sweetest," said Grape. "Enough!" said God, sending two caretakers to the Garden. "Eat me!" the Fruits called to...
How does your garden grow? : great gardening for green-fingered kids
Matthews, Clare.
Paper Book
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<...
Super simple butterfly gardens : a kid's guide to gardening
Kuskowski, Alex.
Paper Book
Help kids create a garden full of flowers and butterflies! Kids will be able to plant in their backyard, pick plants butterflies love, make a drinking fountain for butterflies and more. Super Simple Butterfly Gardens will help them learn how. Dig into the world of gardening! Simple text, how-to...
Super simple fairy gardens : a kid's guide to gardening
Kuskowski, Alex.
Paper Book
Help kids make a magical garden! Kids will be able to plant a fairy garden in their backyard, grow enchanting plants, set up fairy houses and furniture and more. Super Simple Fairy Gardens will help them learn how. Dig into the world of gardening! Simple text, how-to photos, and garden care advice...
The city sings green : & other poems about welcoming wildlife
Silverman, Erica
Paper Book
A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic. Perfect for fans of The Curious Garden and Harlem Grown.  In Oslo, Norway: citizens create a honey-bee highway that...
Karl, get out of the garden! : Carolus Linnaeus and the naming of everything
Sanchez, Anita
Paper Book
Do you know what a Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis pinnatis incises, racemis simplicibus is?* Carolus (Karl) Linnaeus started off as a curious child who loved exploring the garden. Despite his intelligence-and his mother's scoldings-he was a poor student, preferring to be...
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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