Bibliography of Garden Books for Kids

Generously provided by Jennifer Cunningham

Children's Fiction and Picture Books

• And the Good Brown Earth, Kathy Henderson, 2003
• Busy Seeds, Irma Simonton Black, 1970
• The Carrot Seed, Ruth Krauss, 1945
• First Tomato, Rosemary Wells, 1992
• A Gardener's Alphabet, Mary Azarian, 2000
• The Gigantic Turnip, Alexsei Tolstoy, 2000
• Grandpa's Garden Lunch, Judith Casely, 1990
• Growing Vegetable Soup, Lois Ehlert, 1990
• Inch By Inch (The Garden Song), David Mallet, 1995
• It's Pumpkin Time!, Zoe Hall, 1994
• Jack's Garden, Henry Cole, 1995
• June 29, 1999, David Wiesner, 1992
• Let's Grow a Garden, Gyo Fujikawa, 1978
• My Day in the Garden, Miela Ford, 1999
• My First Garden, Tomek Bogacki, 2000
• My Garden Grows, Aldren Watson, 1962
• The Plant Sitter, Gene Zion, 1959
• Planting a Rainbow, Lois Ehlert, 1992
• The Seed Bunny, Jennifer Selby, 1997
• Sunflower House, Eve Bunting, 1999
• Sunflower, Miela Ford, 1995
• The Surprise Garden, Zoe Hall, 1999
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter, 1902
• The Tiny Seed, Eric Carle, 1987
• The Turnip, Janina Domanska, 1969
• Titch, Pat Hutchins, 1972
• The Ugly Vegetables, Grace Lin, 1999
• Too Many Pumpkins, Linda White, 1996
• Where Does Your Garden Grow? Augusta Goldin, 1967
• Who Goes There In My Garden?, Ethel Collier, 1963
• Willie's Garden, Myra McGee, 1977

Children's Nonfiction

• Compost Critters, Bianca Lavies, 1993
• Compost!: Growing Gardens from Your Garbage, Linda Glaser, 1996
• Everything Grows, Raffi, 1989
• From Seed to Plant, Gail Gibbons, 1991
• Garden, Robert Maass, 1998
• How a Seed Grows, Helene Jordan, 1992
• How Seeds Travel, Cynthia Overbeck, 1982
• In My Garden: A Counting Book, Ward Schumaker, 2000
• One Bean, Anne F. Rockwell, 1999
• Plants Give Us Many Kinds of Food, Jane Belk Moncure, 1976
• See My Garden Grow, Jane Belk Moncure, 1976
• A Seed is a Promise, Claire Merrill, 1990
• Seeds and More Seeds, Millicent Selsam, 1959
• Wonderful Worms, Linda Glaser, 1992
• The Vegetables We Eat, Gail Gibbons, 2008
• What's This? A Seed's Story, Caroline Mockford, 2000.
• The Young Scientist Investigates Seeds and Seedlings, Terry Jennings, 1989

Teacher and Parent Resources

• Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children, Sharon Lovejoy, 1999
• The Victory Garden Kids' Book, 1994
• Gardening with Children (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide), Monnika Hanneman, 2007
• Ready, Set, Grow!, Rebecca Spohn, 2007