Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes

Everything we eat comes with a story. This book shares the stories, memories, and feelings that live within each yellow pear tomato that grows in a young girl’s garden. What stories grow within the food in your school garden?

Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie

This book takes readers on one family’s journey of collecting fruits and vegetables from the woods, orchards, and garden all year long. Along the way, the family works together to put up applesauce, apple butter, apple cider, and other delicious treats for the winter. You’ll find recipes in the back.

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.

Two Old Potatoes and Me

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

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

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

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