Picture Books for Little Gardeners 

Join us for a Gardening Storytime!
expires Friday at 4pm
Charissa at the Ridgecrest Branch Library reads My Busy Green Garden by Terry Pierce and illustrated by Carol Schwartz with permission from Tilbury Publishers.

 Books About Gardens
The Bear's Garden
by Marcie Colleen

Assisted by her trusty stuffed bear to imagine a beautiful place where life and love can grow, a little girl uses her creativity to turn a vacant lot into a thriving community garden, in a tale based on true events.
Me, Toma and The Concrete Garden
by Andrew Larsen

Staying in his aunt's drab city neighborhood while his mother recuperates from surgery, young Vincent befriends a neighbor before their dirtball game in an empty lot seeds a community-transforming garden. By the author of A Squiggly Story. 
In My Garden
by Charlotte Zolotow

An intergenerational tribute to the experiences of nature across the seasons through the eyes of children and adults depicts two friends who watch the birds, fly a kite, plant flowers and play in the snow, in an updated rendering of Zolotow’s 1960 picture book. 
Flower Garden
by Eve Bunting

In a simple rhyming text and bold illustrations, a little girl and her father purchase a birthday garden for her mother--pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies--and hurry home to prepare their birthday surprise.
 
Also available in eBook on Hoopla
The Forever Garden
by Laurel Snyder

Singing while tending her garden every day, Honey is assisted by her young neighbor, Laurel, who misses her friend and worries about the garden when Honey has to move away. By the award-winning author of Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova.
 Even More Books About Gardens
Picture Books
How Does My Garden Grow? by Gerda Muller
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden by Edith Pattou
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall
 
Picture eBooks
Dragons in the Garden by Melanie Leavey
Grandpa's Garden by Stella Fry
There's a Hole in My Garden by James Stewart
There's a Pest in the Garden by Jan Thomas
 
Get Older Siblings Reading About Gardens Too!
In Our Backyard Garden: Poems by Eileen Spinelli
Kitchen Science Experiments: How Does Your Mold Garden Grow?
by S. Bardhan-Quallen
Linnea's Windowsill Garden by Christina Björk
My Indoor Garden by Carol Lerner
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser
The Victory Garden by Lee Kochenderfer