Garden Books For Children
Compiled by Nicole Accordino, Vance Elementary School Garden

• The Growing Story: Ruth Krauss
• A Garden for a Groundhog: Lorna Balian
• Mrs. Spitzer's Garden: Edith Pattou
• The Storm Book: Charlotte Zolotow
• The Tiny Seed: Eric Carle
• Mama is it Summer Yet? Nikki McClure

• Jack’s Garden: Henry Cole
• Inch by Inch: David Mallet
• Flower Garden: Eve Bunting
• A Farmers Alphabet: Mary Azarian
• Scarecrow: Cynthia Rylant
• Tops and Bottoms: Janet Stevens
• In the Tall, Tall, Grass: Denise Fleming
• Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!: Candace Fleming
• Planting a Rainbow: Lois Ehlert
• Growing Vegetable Soup: Lois Ehlert
• A Garden Full of Sizes: Simone Ribke
• My Backyard Garden: Carol Lerner
• My Garden: Kevin Henkes
• Linnea’s Windowsill Garden: Christina Bjork
• Weslandia: Paul Fleishman
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Beatrix Potter
• All in a Day: Cynthia Rylant

• Our Generous Garden: Anne Nagro
• The Garden of Happiness: E. Erika Tamar
• Market Day: Lois Ehlert
• Amelia's Road: Linda Jacobs Altman
• The Curious Garden: Peter Brown
• A is for Appalachia: Linda Hanger Pack
• Scarlette Beane: Karen Wallace

• First Strawberries: Joseph Bruchac
• Two Old Potatoes: Henry Cole
• Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden: George Levenson
• The Carrot Seed: Ruth Krauss
• Vegetables We Eat: Gail Gibbons
• Eating the Alphabet: Lois Ehlert
• Lunch!: Denise Fleming
• The Giant Cabbage by C. Stihler
• Henrietta and the Golden Eggs: Hanna Johansen
• The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County: Janice Harrington
• The Very Busy Spider: Eric Carle
• Microlife that Lives in the Soil: Steve Parker
• Diary of a Worm: Doreen Cronin
• Wiggle and Waggle: Caroline Arnold
• Wiggling Worms at Work: Wendy Pfeffer
• The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs: William Joyce
• The Great Frog Race and Other Poems: Christine O’Connell George
• Little Green: Keith Baker
• Waiting for Wings: Lois Ehlert
• Honeymakers: Gail Gibbons

• A Log’s Life: Wendy Pfeffer
• Leaf Jumpers: Carole Gerber
• Mighty Tree: Dick Gackenbach
• Why Do Leaves Change Color?: Betsy Maestro

• Six Crows: Leo Leonni
• The Red Poppy: Irmgard Lucht
• Bread is for Eating: David and Phillis Gershator
• The Tortilla Factory: Gary Paulson
• The Little Red Hen: Jerry Pinkney
• Bread, Bread, Bread: Ann Morris

• What Do Roots Do?: Kathleen Kudlinski
• Oh Say Can You Seed: Bonnie Worth
• A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds: Jean Richards

• Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: Linda Glaser
• Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof
• An Earthworm’s Life by John Himmelman
• Compost Stew: Mary McKenna Siddals
• Composting: Nature’s Recyclers: Robin Michal Koontz