1.
Series:
Whirl
Hardcover
Deborah Kerbel
9781771474283
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Apr 15, 2022
One whirligig’s journey reveals the delights of the natural world A stray maple seed, sometimes called a maple key or whirligig, is picked up by the wind and begins a long, wordless journey through a local neighborhood. It twirls and flips through a family’s backyard. It slips beneath skateboard wheels and sneakers in the park. It falls into the hands of a few curious kids, who include it in their games and artwork. Eventually, it finds a place to rest. With the help of a nosy bird and a tender puppy paw, it is dropped into a forest and firmly...
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3.
Series:
My Delicious Garden
Hardcover
Anne-Marie Fortin
9781771474689
$18.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Mar 15, 2022
A girl lovingly tends to her garden through the seasons In the depths of winter, one young girl is already dreaming of planting her very own vegetable garden. In January, she sketches out the rows of lettuce, the trellis for the peas, and a large plot for the tomatoes while she waits for warmer weather. March is time for sowing, and April gives way to the first leaves of her seedlings. As the seasons change from spring to summer, she (with the help of her moms) spreads compost and turns up the soil to finally plant her veggies into the earth. ...
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6.
Series:
In the Garden
Hardcover
Emma Giuliani
9781616898939
$41.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Apr 07, 2020
Marvelous wonders await in this extraordinary garden book. From season to season, children follow the life of a garden as each page reveals new treasures hiding under lift-up flaps. Peek inside the curious tulip bulb and discover the peas inside a peapod. Watch a ladybug help with pesky aphids and search for ripe strawberries under the leaves. Rich in detail, Emma Giuliani's bright, immersive illustrations and flaps in fantastic shapes, sizes, and colors carry the reader into the enchanted world of gardening. Discovering different facets of the...
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7.
Series:
The Little Gardener
Helping Children Connect with the Natural World
Hardcover
Julie Cerny
9781616898601
$35.95
GARDENING
Mar 10, 2020
The Little Gardener is an engaging illustrated guide for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and educators who want to help children explore the natural world through gardening. Part how–to, part teaching tool, and part inspiration, The Little Gardener is a thoughtful combination of detailed instructions, tips, anecdotes, and seasonal activities designed to connect gardeners to natural systems. With fun projects, useful charts, and creative journal prompts, The Little Gardener shows gardeners of all ages how to envision and build their garden to...
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8.
Series:
In the Garden
Board book
Kate Riggs
9781568463353
$14.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 2 - 4
Feb 25, 2020
Unfold the flaps of this board book to watch what grows in a garden environment.
9.
Series: Maker Comics
Maker Comics: Grow a Garden!
Paperback
Alexis Frederick-Frost
9781250152145
$19.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 13
Feb 25, 2020
Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide. Inside Grow a Garden, you'll find illustrated instructions for six gardening projects!Will, Violet, and Basil must be the unluckiest students at the Garden Gnome Academy. They've been stuck with Mr. Butternut, the school's most unpopular (and unusual) teacher. Will and his friends have to learn about soil and compost while their classmates get to study exotic plants and butterflies. Although things get a little messy (and stinky) in his class, Mr. Butternut does know a thing or two about growing delicious...
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10.
Series: Maker Comics
Maker Comics: Grow a Garden!
Hardcover
Alexis Frederick-Frost
9781250152138
$26.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 13
Feb 25, 2020
Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide. Inside Grow a Garden, you'll find illustrated instructions for six gardening projects!Will, Violet, and Basil must be the unluckiest students at the Garden Gnome Academy. They've been stuck with Mr. Butternut, the school's most unpopular (and unusual) teacher. Will and his friends have to learn about soil and compost while their classmates get to study exotic plants and butterflies. Although things get a little messy (and stinky) in his class, Mr. Butternut does know a thing or two about growing delicious...
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11.
Series: Spot Outdoor Fun
Gardening
Paperback
Nessa Black
9781681525396
$11.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 6
Jan 21, 2020
Grab your gear and head outdoors! The series of search-and-find books highlights new vocabulary and simple facts about fun outdoor activities. Find the picture, and learn the words! This search-and-find book invites young readers to look for vocabulary words while learning simple facts about keeping a garden.
12.
Series:
Sprout, Seed, Sprout!
Hardcover
Annika Dunklee
9781771473088
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 7
Mar 15, 2019
One day, when a boy sees his dad cut an avocado in half, he decides to plant the fruit’s seed and grow it into…an avocado tree! One glass of water, two careful hands, and three pointy toothpicks later, it’s time to wait…and wait…and wait…for it to grow. At long last, the boy and his faithful pet cat see one root, two roots, three roots emerge! Three scoops of soil, three sprinkles of water, and a lot more waiting…lead to one sturdy stem, two clapping hands, and three grateful cheers. The avocado tree starts to appear! One, two, and three year...
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13.
Series: My Nature Sticker Activity Books
Garden Insects and Bugs
My Nature Sticker Activity Book
Paperback
Olivia Cosneau
9781616896645
$11.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 6
Mar 20, 2018
They are often so small that you hardly notice them, but all kinds of amazing creatures share our gardens: from ladybugs, butterflies, and dragonflies to spiders, bees, and beetles, garden insects play an important role in nature and are fascinating to observe. Did you know that there are beetles that eat cow dung, or that flies love to clean themselves? Are you surprised to learn that there's lots of life in a dead tree?
14.
Series:
Grow
Hardcover
Cynthia Platt
9781681522395
$25.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Mar 13, 2018
Can one little girl transform a neighborhood? With a seed of an idea and helping hands from neighbors, a girl's dream to clean up an abandoned city lot grows into something much larger. Cynthia Platt's light prose is brought to life by artist Olivia Holden's beautiful pastels in this inspiring story of hope and community.
15.
Series:
Green Green
A Community Gardening Story
Hardcover
Marie Lamba
9780374327972
$25.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 2 - 5
May 09, 2017
Green grass is wide and fresh and clean for a family to play in, and brown dirt is perfect for digging a garden. But when gray buildings start to rise up and a whole city builds, can there be any room for green space? The neighborhood children think so, and they inspire the community to join together and build a garden for everyone to share in the middle of the city.
16.
Series: Over and Under
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
(Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book)
Paperback
Kate Messner
9781452161365
$11.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 5 - 8
Mar 14, 2017
A companion to the new Over and Under the Pond and the beloved Over and Under the Snow, this sweet exploration of the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year "could not be more lovely," according to the Washington Post. Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant and lyrical book, discove...
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17.
Series:
Edible Colors
See, Learn, Eat
Board book
Jennifer Vogel Bass
9781626722842
$12.50
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 2 - 5
Apr 26, 2016
Now available board book!Teach children how to eat their colors in this bold, artful concept book about the world of unusual fruits and vegetables!Carrots are ORANGE.They are also PURPLE.Look what else can be PURPLE!With a combination of unusual foods and a kaleidoscope of colors, this concept book shows that not all foods have to look the same way. A banana can be red, broccoli can be purple, and cherries can be yellow and still taste just as delicious.Inspire picky eaters of all ages withEdible Colors, a book that shows how familiar tasty foo...
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18.
Series: BabyLit Primer
The Secret Garden
A BabyLit(TM) Flowers Primer
Board book
Jennifer Adams
9781423638728
$14.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (months) from 0 - 3
Jan 15, 2015
As seen in the New York Times “Will delight bookish babes of all ages.” —COOL MOM PICKS “The simplicity of these books is its genius.” —KID LIT REVIEWS BabyLit® is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar’s Alison Oliver, these books are a must for every savvy parent’s nursery library.
19.
Series:
Grow a Garden Matching Game
Game
Chronicle Books
9781452114576
$21.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 3
Mar 04, 2014
Kids will enjoy learning about the garden's abundant delights on these 56 beautifully illustrated cards while developing memory and concentration skills as they match the colorful pairs of garden helpers—such as ladybugs, butterflies, wheel-barrows, and watering cans—plus garden goodies like pumpkins, tomatoes, and other flourishing flora, from nasturtium to tulips and more.
20.
Series:
The Gardener
Paperback
Sarah Stewart
9780312367497
$12.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 7
May 01, 2007
The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor 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 initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece -- an amb...
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21.
Series:
Roses for Gita
Paperback
Rachna Gilmore
9780929005850
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from K - 3
Sep 17, 1996
Gita, recently emigrated from India, wants to plant a garden like her grandma’s back home. She receives unexpected help from her crotchety old neighbour, Mr. Flinch. As the two garden, Gita sees Mr. Flinch in a new light.