In November
In November the air turns crisp and cold. Families, animals, and insects all gather together for warmth. This is a great book to share with students to celebrate the month of November.
K-2
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
Dragons love feasting on tasty princesses, but one dragon is different. Herb loves vegetables and wants the dragons to be peaceful creatures. Will he convert his friends to his unusual ways?
My Father’s Hands
A father makes a beautiful, green, growing garden filled with hidden treasures that he shares with his garden. The poetic prose of this book is captivating for young readers, and could serve as a writing lesson for older ones.
Mud Soup
Rosa loves her grandmother’s mud soup but Josh is afraid to try it. Could it really be made of mud? The book includes a recipe for “mud” soup.
Strega Nona’s Harvest
Every year Strega Nona plants a beautiful garden, and this year Big Anthony wants to plant one as well. When harvest day comes, Strega Nona’s kitchen is already overflowing with vegetables from her garden, so what will Big Anthony do with his?
The Ugly Vegetables
A Chinese family grows a garden that is different from everyone else’s in the neighborhood. Instead of beautiful flowers, their garden grows strange vegetables. When it’s time to harvest the veggies and make soup, everyone in the neighborhood comes by for a taste.
Yucky Worms
Told from the perspective of a young boy gardening with his grandmother, this book shares lots of interesting worm facts in the format of a fictional story.
Who Grew My Soup?
A boy goes on a magical journey to the farms where his soup ingredients were grown.