A Harvest of Color – Growing A Vegetable Garden

Sophie and her friends work together to grow a neighborhood vegetable garden. From zucchini to potatoes to carrots, the kids grow it all. Page by page, vegetable by vegetable A Harvest of Color gives great gardening advice in the voice of the children, and offers hints that are helpful to any gardener, old or young.

The Gardener

An intriguing, illustrating story told through a series of correspondence written by a girl who loves gardening. Lydia Grace writes to her family in the country after she is sent to live with her Uncle in the city during the Depression.

This Year’s Garden

As the seasons change, so do the garden tasks for Uncle Dean, Granny, and Uncle Joe. Winter is a time for planning next year’s garden, spring is for planting, and summer and fall are for harvesting. Reflecting on a full year of maintaining a family garden, this story emphasizes the enthusiasm the family has during

Diary of a Worm

You learn a bit about worms and keeping a diary–and you get plenty of laughs. (For instance, one page reads “June 15 – My older sister thinks she’s so pretty. I told her that no matter how much time she spends looking in the mirror, her face will always look just like her rear end.”

Scarlette Beane

On Scarlette Beane’s fifth birthday, her grandfather gives her a garden to grow all on her own. Her veggies grow so big it takes the whole town to help harvest them and make soup. Then one night, she plants magic seeds that grow into a vegetable castle! This book is all about the wonderful things

Tops and Bottoms

A trickster tale that also shows how different vegetables grow. Bear is too lazy to grow his own vegetables, so he enlists hare to help him out. Now they just need to figure out an equitable way to divide the harvest.

The Tiny Seed

In autumn, the wind blows a tiny seed off of a flower, and the seed embarks on a long journey. Avoiding the hot sun and deep ocean, the tiny seed lands on the ground and grows into an enormous flower. Eventually, it sends its own seeds away. Eric Carle’s magnificent collages and inspiring message of

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