Books About
Growing Things

The Garden by Freedom Patterson

Roots, Shoots, Buckets, and Boots: Gardening Together with Children by Sharon Lovejoy

The Children's Kitchen Garden: A Book of Gardening, Cooking, and Learning by Georgeanne Brennan and Ethel Brennan

Gardening Wizardry for Kids by Yvette Santiago Banek

Kid's Gardening: A Kid's Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt (with seeds and shovel) by Kevin Raftery, et.al.

Down to Earth: Garden Secrets! Garden Stories! Garden Projects You Can Do! by Michael J. Rosen

The Kids Can Press Jumbo Book of Gardening by Karyn Morris; illustrated by Jane Kurisu

A Child's Organic Garden by Lee Fryer and Leigh Bradford

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Gardening in Stories

The Berenstain Bears Grow-It: Mother Nature Has Such a Green Thumb by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Beautiful by Susi Gregg Fowler; illustrated by Jim Fowler

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart; illustrated by David Small

Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? A Garden Guessing Game by Anne F. Rockwell

Bud by Kevin O'Malley

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

A Gardener's Alphabet by Mary Azarian

What's This? by Caroline Mockford

In My Garden: A Counting Book by Ward Schumaker

Something is Growing by Walter Lynn Krudop; Spanish edition: Algo está Creciendo

Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine, illustated by Rene King Moreno; Spanish edition: Bajo la Luna de Limon

My First Garden by Tomasz Bogacki

Round the Garden by Omri Glaser, illustrated by Byron Glaser and Sandra Higashi

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Books for Parents and Teachers

Green Thumbs: A Kid's Activity Calendar for Indoor and Outdoor Gardening by Laurie Carlson

Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden: A Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups by Sharon Lovejoy

Gardening with Children by Beth Richardson; illustrated by Lynn Karlin

A Child's Garden: Enchanting Outdoor Spaces for Children and Parents by Molly Dannenmaier

Plants for Play: A Plant Selection Guide for Children's Outdoor Environment by Robin C. Moore

Natural Learning: The Life History of an Environmental Schoolyard by Robin C. Moore and Herbert H. Wong

Landscapes for Learning: Creating Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth by Sharon Stine

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Toys and Kits

Kidz Garden Kit: Veggie Variety (Dalen Products)

Kidz Garden Kit: Crazy Vines (Dalen Products)

Little Landscaper Garden Tools (Little Tykes)

Home Depot Garden Tool Set (Broadway Toys)

Garden Series Glove Story teaching puppet by Manhatten Toy Company

Worm Acres Composting Kit by Insect Lore

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The Great Plant Escape

KinderGarden

Composting for Kids

Kid's Valley Garden

Adventures of Herman the Worm

Grow It Yourself!

Garden Fun

Gardening for Kids

The Great Plant Escape (University of Illinois Extension)

Kid's Valley Garden

Plants and Our Environment

BrainPOP: Photosynthesis

How Stuff Works: Composting and Fertilizer

KidsGardening.com

Little Sprouts: Family Gardening and Your Kids

My First Garden--from Family.com

KinderGarden: An Introduction to the Many Ways Children Interact with Plants and the Outdoors (Texas A&M Horticulture Dept.)

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