Gardening Book List for Children

Plants & Kids
Gardening Book List for Children
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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Mary Jane Frogge, Nebraska Extension Associate

Two children sitting in a forest.

We learn about our world reading books. Picture by Pixabay.com.

Gardening Book List for Children
TitleAuthorGrade Level
Sunflower HouseEve BuntingK-3
A Seed Grows : My First Look at a Plant's Life Cycle (My First Look at Nature)Pamela HickmanK-3
Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots: Gardening Together with ChildrenSharon Lovejoy4-8
Green Thumbs: Teaching Children the Joy of GardeningLaurie Carlson4-8
Kid's Pumpkin Projects: Planting and Harvesting FunDeanna F. Cook4-8
Investigative Learning with The Private EyeKerry Ruef4-9
The Growing ClassroomRoberta Jaffe2-6
Learn and Play in the GardenMeg Herdpre K-4
In the Three Sisters GardenJoanne Dennee1-6
A Child's Garden: Enchanting Outdoor Spaces for Children and ParentsMolly Dannenmaier1-8
Tiny Green ThumbsC.Z. Guestpre K-2
The Children's Kitchen Garden: A Book of Gardening, Cooking and LearningGeorgeanne BrennanK-7
Eat the Fruit, Plant the SeedMillicent SelsamK-3
This Year's GardenCindy RyantK-3
Mrs. Plum's ParadiseElisa TrimbyK-3
The Beetle BushBeverly KellerK-4
Growing ColorsBruce McMillanpre K
Now I Know all about SeedsSusan Kuchallapre K-1
The Tiny Seed Eric CarleK-3
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Jeanne Titheringtonpre K-1
Growing Vegetable Soup Lois Ehlert K-1
Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel K-2
Pumpkin People David Cavagnaropre K-4
The Reason for a Flower Ruth HellerK-3
The Carrot Seed Ruth KraussK-3
Gardening with Kids Sharon MacLatchieK-6
Corn is Maise, Gifts of Indians AlikiK-3
How a Seed Grows Helen JordanK-2
My Garden: A Journal Louise Murphy1-6
Linnea's Windowsill Garden Christina Bjork4-5
In My Garden:  A Child's Garden Helen Oechsli1-4
Rosy's Garden Satomi Ichikawa3-5
From Seed To Salad Hannah Lyons Johnson3-5
Your First Garden Book Marc Brown2-4
Linnea's Almanac Christina Bjork4-5
The Science Book of Things that Grow Neil Ardley3-5
Hoe, Hoe, Hoe Watch My Garden Grow Mark Daddona4-6
The Plants We Eat Millicent Selsam4-6
Gardening Naturally D. X. Fenten6-8
The Victory Gardens Kid's Book Marjorie Waters3-6
Kids Gardening: A Kid's Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt Kevin Rafferty 4-6
Lets Grow! Linda Tilgner1-6
Sow and Grow Gabrielle Woolfritt2-4
From Flower to Fruit Anne Ophelia Downden6-8
From Seed to Plant  Gail Gibbons1-3
How Seeds Travel Cynthia Overbeck5-6
Seeds and Seedlings Terry Jennings3-6
Seeds Get Around Nancy Whitepre K-2
Seeds: Pop, Stick, Glide  Patricia Lauber2-5
How Seeds Travel: Popguns and Parachutes Jane B. Moncure4-6
My First Look at Nature Dorling Kindersleypre K-1
Get Growing! Lois Walker1-5
More That Just a Vegetable Garden Dwight Kuhn2-6
Nicky the Nature Detective Ulf Svedberg4-6
A Kid's First Book of Gardening Derek Fell2-6
Planting A Rainbow Lois EhlertK-1
The Kid's Nature BookSusan Milord4-7
Grow It! Erika Markmann2-5
Vegetable Garden Douglas Florianpre K-1
Honeysuckle Sippings: Plant Lore of Childhood Jeanne R. Chesanow4-6
Gardening Wizardry for Kids L. Patricia Kite3-8
Sunflower Houses Sharon Lovejoy4-8
The Amazing Potato Book Paulette Bourgeois2-6
The Amazing Dirt Book Paulette Bourgeois2-6
More Than Just a Flower Garden Dwight Kuhn2-6
City Green DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan6-8
Weird Things You Can Grow Janet Goldenberg3-8
Grandpa's Garden Lunch Judith Caseley3-5
The Cabin Faced West Jean Fritz 3-5
My Side of the Mountain Jean George4-6
Where the Lilies Bloom V. Cleaver and B. Cleaver 4-7
Wise Child Monica Furlong5-7

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