In this book, a girl discovers two old potatoes that have begun to sprout at the back of the cupboard. She goes to throw them away, but her dad suggests instead that they try to grow new potatoes from the old ones. The story details how they prepare the soil, care for the plants, and protect
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
Little Groundhog loves his vegetables – and loves eating them out of his neighbor’s garden! One day he learns to grow his own, with a little help from some insect and animal friends.
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.”
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
About moonflowers, their pollinators, and what happens around them. A mix of fiction/nonfiction. Peter Loewer lives in Asheville.
A young girl finds an unknown seed and cares for it to discover what it is. Have your students plant a mystery seed and care for it after reading this book!
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.
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
