Resources for Growing Gardeners

Check out these stories and resources for young gardeners recommended by our local Seeds for Sharing experts!

Updated April 9, 2024
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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...
Let's get gardening
Paper Book
This easy-to-follow, step-by-step book is full of fun, eco-friendly ideas for gardening at home. Learn to grow your own vegetables and herbs, attract awesome wildlife such as butterflies and bees, and be a green gardener with lots of recycling tips. Whether you've got a big...
Miss Rumphius
Cooney, Barbara
Paper Book
A beloved classic that is lovelier than ever! One of The Atlantic's 65 Essential Children's Books Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a...
Nature's best hope : how you can save the world in your own yard
Tallamy, Douglas W.
Paper Book
This middle grade edition of the groundbreaking bestseller by Doug Tallamy will inspire kids to use their backyard to help save the planet.  In Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition), Tallamy empowers kids to use their own yards to help combat the...
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