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Flowers and Gardens Spring 2026 |
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Leonard Grows a Haunted Garden
by Mike Ciccotello
A cheerful ghost grows a boo-tiful (and totally not haunted) springtime garden in this laugh-out-loud picture book--the perfect gift for Easter, Halloween, or year-round fun.
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Dreaming Alongside
by Monique Gray Smith
Dragonfly invites the reader to journey with her to visit the places in our lives that give rise to brilliant dreams for the future, from our bookshelf, where we picture the stories we will tell, to the blanket of moss, where we feel nurtured and peaceful.
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A Cup of Quiet
by Nikki Grimes
Together, Grandma and Grandbaby venture into the garden to gather the gentler sounds of nature in their cup of quiet, slowing down and spending a special day together.
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The Night the Garden Glowed
by Brendan Kearney
Wilbur's new house is full of surprises, and in the garden he finds the best one of all. The garden is glowing! Can you help Wilbur figure out why?
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Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden
by Jenan Matari
Jiddo's garden is a wonder. In it grows so many amazing things--to see, smell, and taste. But helping him to tend the garden teaches this young girl about even more than fig trees. It gives her a chance to discover just who she is. Many years ago, like so many Palestinians, her family was forced to leave their homeland. But Jiddo shows her how, until they can return, tending a garden can connect them to home--and to each other.
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Over in the Garden
by Janna Matthies
This variation on the classic counting song Over in the Meadow tells the story of a group of children caring for a community garden.
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Bichos Buscadores (Busy Bugs): Mi Primer Busca Y Encuentra (First Look and Find)
by J. L. Rothberg
Edición en español: Acompaña a estas criaturitas de muchos colores a buscar cosas escondidas en 7 escenas de jardín! Después ve al final del libro y descubre más desafíos de Busca y Encuentra. Con conceptos de aprendizaje como letras, colores, formas y más! Spanish edition: Join these colorful critters as you search for hidden things in 7 garden scenes! Then flip to the end of the book for even more Look and Find challenges. Learning concepts include letters, colors, shapes, and more!
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Our Wild Garden
by Daniel Seton
When Ali and Poppy hear about wild gardening at school, they immediately start to dream about all the adventures they could have if they invited the wild into their garden. They speak to their parents, and soon set to work transforming their ordinary back garden into a beautifully (and slightly less tidy) place, full of wild flowers and butterflies, where they can see hedgehogs and migrating birds, fox cubs and hummingbird hawk moths.
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Waiting for Hanami
by J. P. Takahashi
Sai's been waiting for her family reunion at the sakura (Cherry Blossom) festival, but with the big crowd she seems to shrink down until meeting cousin Avi, with whom she dreams up ways of diving into family history and honoring new connections.
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Millie and the Midnight Hedgehog
by Bernadette Watts
A modern environmental fairytale from celebrated illustrator Bernadette Watts about connecting to nature and discovering joy and hope in plants and animals. Millie's parents care a lot about the Planet. In fact, sometimes they are so busy that Millie passes lonely hours admiring Mrs. Periwinkle's wonderful garden. One day, she gives Millie three potted plants. As they grow, so does Millie's joy--until one night a dreadful storm threatens to knock the pots all over! Can Millie overcome her fear of thunderstorms to show the earth how much she cares, too? A lovely tale of how Mother Nature--and a little hedgehog--can bring us all together.
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Flowers
by Rebecca Phillips-Bartlett
Flowers are beautiful to look at, but what do they do? They help new plants grow! Learn about different types of flowers, what they need to grow and bloom, and more. Colorful photos paired with fun illustrations help young readers explore the plentiful plants in their world.
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DK Super Planet Global Gardens by DKHumans have been creating gardens for thousands of years for their beauty, for research, for medicines, and even for poisons. Journey around the world--and into space!--to explore rich and diverse gardens, discover how gardens help us and our environment, and learn how to grow and protect your own garden.
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How to Grow a Garden: Find a Plant for Every Place
by Frances Tophill
Welcome to a glorious world of plants and discover how, with the simple act of growing, you are putting hope back into the world. Wander through 20 diverse spaces containing more than 100 plants that each make the world a better place in a different way. Some have the power to heal, some nourish, while others help to repair and restore Planet Earth. Then discover more than 20 activities to help you (and your garden!) flourish in every season with Frances Tophill, one of the country's best-loved gardeners.
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Make Art with Nature: Find Inspiration and Materials from Nature
by Pippa Pixley
Find out how the very earth beneath your feet can be used to make paints and pastels, and how flowers can be repurposed to create inks. Children can learn how to pour paint onto a canvas, how to put pencil to paper and draw, how bits of old paper can make a beautiful collage, and how different mediums can come together to create incredible prints through nature.
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Charming Woodland Crafts: 50 Fun and Easy Projects Made from Natural and Recycled Materials
by Sibia Torres Padilla
Make spellbinding nature crafts that will transport your wild child into the realm of fairies, gnomes and enchanted toadstools. Discover how to use flowers and fairy lights to create a dreamy Flower Lantern, or fill a glass jar with moss, painted rocks and little treasures to invite a fairy into your very own Fairy Jar. Kids who love all things creepy crawly will get a kick out of collecting seed pods and painting their own Seed Pod Dragonflies or repurposing a plastic bottle to catch cardboard bugs in a unique Insect Dome. Every project uses recycled materials you can find in your home or backyard. These sweet and charming heirloom crafts will inspire kids of every age--even those kids at heart adults--to find the magic in the mundane, create special memories and preserve a bit of nature's wild beauty.
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Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown: A Picture Book
by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez
Told through the language and imagery of the native Mexican flowers and plants comes the life of acclaimed and beloved artist Frida Kahlo. Like a flower, Frida blossomed, wilted, was crushed, survived, and thrived, growing into one of the most celebrated Indigenous painters. This poetic and empowering picture book features the very flora Frida grew in her garden, bought at the market in her hometown, painted in her famous portraits, and wore proudly in a crown around her head.
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The Deadliest: Flower
by Eleanor Spicer Rice
Six flowering plants face off against the Death-O-Meter to determine which will be crowned the deadliest of them all.
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Beginning Reader, Juvenile Fiction & JGRAPHIC
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Flower Queen
by Priti Birla Maheshwari
Queen Bee thinks taking care of the class flowers will be easy, but when they stay droopy even after she waters them she realizes she must ask for help.
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Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies
by Megan McDonald
Imagine a door. A teeny-tiny fairy door. Now imagine it's magic. Open the door. Enter the enter the enchanted world of Eliza, who longs to believe that pixies, elves, brownies, hobgoblins, and the like are real. Now imagine Eliza's delight when she discovers that a bit of fairy dust and a tiny handmade door can magically transport her to the Land of the Fairies. There, she is Eliza of the Elves, champion of fairy folk.
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The Case of the Missing Flower (Ivy and Bearlock Holmes Book 1) by Kristyna LittenFirst in a cozy, original full-color chapter book series about the adventures of super-sleuth Ivy and her grandpa Bearlock Holmes. When the rare Agave flower goes missing from Bearona's botanic gardens, it's up to super-sleuth Ivy and her grandpa Bearlock Holmes to crack the case. The first book in a brand-new mystery fiction series, this interactive book features 15 puzzles that are woven into the action, so readers can feel immersed in the exciting detective plot. With adorable illustrations and cozy text that blends mystery with real world science and nature, this new early chapter book series is perfect for budding sleuths.
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