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Series: In the Garden Hardcover Emma Giuliani 9781616898939 $39.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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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 toge... + Read More
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Series: In the Garden Board book Kate Riggs 9781568463353 $14.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 2 - 4 Feb 25, 2020

Unfold the flaps of this board book to watch what grows in a garden environment.
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Series: Maker Comics Maker Comics: Grow a Garden! Paperback Alexis Frederick-Frost 9781250152145 $17.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 13 Feb 25, 2020

Listed in The Beat's most anticipated graphic novels for winter 2020Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide.Inside Alexis Frederick-Frost's graphic novel, you will 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 m... + Read More
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Series: Maker Comics Maker Comics: Grow a Garden! Hardcover Alexis Frederick-Frost 9781250152138 $26.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 13 Feb 25, 2020

Listed in The Beat's most anticipated graphic novels for winter 2020Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide.Inside Alexis Frederick-Frost's graphic novel, you will 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 m... + Read More
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Series: Spot Outdoor Fun Gardening Paperback Nessa Black 9781681525396 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest 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.
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Series: Just Like Us! Just Like Us! Plants Paperback Bridget Heos 9780358003885 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 7 May 28, 2019

Get the facts on an array of leafy organisms and discover the unexpected ways humans and plants are alike inJust Like Us! Plants. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What living things wear perfume, bask in the sun, use weapons to defend themselves, and even go on ocean cruises? PLANTS! While they might seem as different from humans as possible, we actually have a lot in common with our photosynthesizing friends. From drinking water to disguising themselves to communicating with one another, plants are a lot like us—though... + Read More
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Series: Sprout, Seed, Sprout! Hardcover Annika Dunklee 9781771473088 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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Series: Natural World Board Book My Little Garden Board book Katrin Wiehle 9781328543950 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 0 - 3 Jan 08, 2019

Journey through the garden in this environmentally-friendly board book made from 100% recycled materials.Hedgehog, Mouse and Sparrow live in the garden and introduce readers to their home: showing the vegetable plots, the fruit trees, and the many other creatures who share their world. Elegantly designed with spare text, these gentle earth tone illustrations complement the sustainable format. This eco-friendly book encourages little readers to enjoy nature—inside and out!
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Series: Just Like Us! Just Like Us! Plants Hardcover Bridget Heos 9780544570948 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 7 Aug 21, 2018

Get the facts on an array of leafy organisms and discover the unexpected ways humans and plants are alike inJust Like Us! Plants. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What living things wear perfume, bask in the sun, use weapons to defend themselves, and even go on ocean cruises? PLANTS! While they might seem as different from humans as possible, we actually have a lot in common with our photosynthesizing friends. From drinking water to disguising themselves to communicating with one another, plants are a lot like us—though... + Read More
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Series: Anna Wang Novel The Year of the Garden Paperback Andrea Cheng 9781328900173 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 6 - 9 Apr 24, 2018

This prequel to THE YEAR OF THE BOOK follows perceptive, astute Anna as she strives to grow a perfect garden — only to realize that the garden she grows with her new friend is more than good enough, weeds and all. A heartfelt and charming introduction to the Anna Wang series. When Anna is gifted a copy ofThe Secret Garden, it inspires her to follow her dreams—maybe she can plant ivy and purple crocuses and the birds will come. Or maybe what grows from her dream of a garden is even better: friendship. And friendship, like a garden, often has a m... + Read More
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Series: Play Learn Do Let's Grow Vegetables! Hardcover Anne-Sophie Baumann 9791027603671 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 5 Apr 03, 2018

Learn to plant and grow vegetables! There's so much to do in this activity book: prepare the dirt, plant the seeds, water the plants—and watch them grow! Each page presents different tasks, using pull-tabs to loosen the soil, put seeds in the ground, and harvest the vegetables when they're ready.• Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions• Flaps and pull-tabs encourage young gardeners to practice real-life skills• Sturdy board book is ideal for travel with built-in handleFans ofLet's Grow Vegetables! will also enjoy other books in the series, i... + Read More
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Series: My Nature Sticker Activity Books Garden Insects and Bugs My Nature Sticker Activity Book Paperback Olivia Cosneau 9781616896645 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest 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?
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Series: Grow Hardcover Cynthia Platt 9781681522395 $25.99 JUVENILE FICTION 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.
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Series: Green Green A Community Gardening Story Hardcover Marie Lamba 9780374327972 $25.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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.
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Series: 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 Mar 14, 2017

A companion to the newOver and Under the Pond and the belovedOver 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 theWashington 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, discover t... + Read More
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Series: Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie A Story About Edna Lewis Paperback Robbin Gourley 9780544809017 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 7 Sep 06, 2016

Long before the natural-food movement gained popularity, Edna Lewis championed purity of ingredients, regional cuisine, and farm-to-table eating. She was a chef when female chefs—let alone African American female chefs—were few and far between. With lyrical text and watercolor illustrations, Robbin Gourley traces the roots of Edna's appreciation for the bounties of nature through the seasons. Folk rhymes, and songs about food are sprinkled throughout the text, and five kid-friendly recipes and an author's note about Edna's life are included.
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Series: Edible Colors See, Learn, Eat Board book Jennifer Vogel Bass 9781626722842 $12.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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Series: Tokyo Digs a Garden Hardcover Jon-Erik Lappano 9781554987986 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Mar 01, 2016

Winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature — Illustrated Books Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and skyscrapers have been built up around the family’s house where once there were hills and trees. Will they ever experience the natural world again? One day, an old woman offers Tokyo seeds, telling him they will grow into whatever he wishes. Tokyo and his grandfather are astonished when the seeds grow into a forest so lush that it ta... + Read More
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Series: BabyLit Primer The Secret Garden A BabyLit(TM) Flowers Primer Board book Jennifer Adams 9781423638728 $14.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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.
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Series: Grow a Garden Matching Game Game Chronicle Books 9781452114576 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest 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.
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Series: Potatoes on Rooftops Farming in the City 2nd edition Paperback Hadley Dyer 9781554514243 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 12 Jul 19, 2012

From high school students to high-rise dwellers, people—including Michelle Obama—are discovering innovative ways to grow fresh, healthy, and delicious fruit and vegetables at home, in community gardens, and at school. This brisk, informative overview explains how farming in the city is not only fun, but also important for the planet. There are many ways to farm in the city: a Detroit high school program teaches students to grow food and raise chickens; in Tokyo, a bank vault was converted into an underground greenhouse; in Nairobi, local youth... + Read More
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Series: Lessons from Mother Earth Paperback Elaine McLeod 9780888998323 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 2 - 5 Apr 01, 2010

Tess has visited her grandmother many times without really being aware of the garden. But today they step outside the door and Tess learns that all of nature can be a garden. And if you take care of the plants that are growing, if you learn about them -- understanding when they flower, when they give fruit, and when to leave them alone -- you will always find something to nourish you. This gentle story demonstrates the First Nations' tradition of taking care of Mother Earth.
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Series: The Gardener Paperback Sarah Stewart 9780312367497 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 7 May 01, 2007

By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The LibraryLydia 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 ambitious rooftop garden -- which she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging an... + Read More
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Series: Roses for Gita Paperback Rachna Gilmore 9780929005850 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Canadian school grade range 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.