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...
Pumpkin time!
Deak, Erzsi.
Paper Book
The day the cows strolled down Main Street in fancy hats...Evy didn't notice. What was Evy doing? Evy is so focused on watching her garden grow that she misses all the silliness going on around her--pigs DANCING, donkeys FLYING, and sheep HAVING A PICNIC. But after Evy's...
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...
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...
A crown for Corina
Kemp, Laekan Zea
Paper Book
A charming story about a girl who learns a beloved family tradition and the symbolism behind the Mexican flower crown, from two Pura Belpré award-winning creators. Today is Corina's birthday, and she's excited to wear the biggest crown with the most...
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...
One watermelon seed
Lottridge, Celia Barker.
Paper Book
In this deceptively simple counting book, Max and Josephine tend their garden while readers follow along, counting from one to ten as the garden is planted. Then readers can count in groups of tens as the garden is harvested, while they search through the pictures for the many small animals that...
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...
Tippy-toe chick, go!
Shannon, George 1952-
Paper Book
· Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! will be featured in the HarperCollins booth at major institutional conferences, including TLA, IRA, ALA and NCTE
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 1939-
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...
All that grows
Wong, Jack
Paper Book
From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Jack Wong, a story of a boy who discovers that the more he learns, the more there is to know! On their neighborhood walks together, a boy learns from his older sister all about the plants they see -- magnolias that smell like lemon cake, creeping...
Biscuit in the garden
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin 1957-
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...
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...
Chicken said, "Cluck!"
Grant, Judyann
Paper Book
An ALA Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book This hilarious and award-winning beginning reader is filled with simple, repetitive sentences and illustrated with bright artwork depicting Chicken's funny expressions and poses. Chicken Said, "Cluck!" is sure to make beginning readers ask to enjoy...
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...
Annie and Snowball and the pink surprise
Rylant, Cynthia.
Paper Book
Annie and Henry spot a hummingbird in the garden in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read by the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning creators of Henry and Mudge. Annie and her bunny, Snowball, like to grow flowers in Annie's backyard. Annie also loves to play outside with her cousin and best...
Garden friends
Paper Book
Children just learning to read will love exploring the garden in this book. Meet creepy crawly friends that live in the dirt. Who would've guessed there were so many different critters surviving down there?  Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age...
The secret garden
Howe, James
Paper Book
The story of an unhappy little girl, her invalid cousin, and the healing power of friendship and love. Reading level- 4.8.
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 song of orphan's garden
Hewitt, Nicole M.
Paper Book
Combining the gentleness of Miyazaki, the wintry wonderland of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the whimsicality of Newbery winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Nicole M. Hewitt's debut middle-grade novel, The Song of Orphan's Garden, is an enchanting fantasy tale...
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...
An elephant in the garden
Reade, Simon
Paper Book
An Elephant in the Garden is Simon Reade's new adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's best-selling children's novel. 1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother - and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. Escaping...
June jam
Roy, Ron 1940-
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 boy who grew dragons
Shepherd, Andy
Paper Book
"'The Boy Who Grew Dragons' is good-hearted fantasy fun."-New York Times Book Review "This gently funny title is a must-purchase for public libraries, and a great recommendation for readers of all ages"-School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW ...
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 1890-1979
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...
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...
Up in the garden and down in the dirt
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
A follow-up to Over and Under the Snow that explores the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year, now in paperback.  Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening...
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...
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 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...
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