By Lauren Walsh, Capacity Building Americorps Member
Spring is here and with Earth Day coming up this week, we thought it would be a great time to share some of our favorite books and stories about gardening. Use this booklist to teach your kids some new gardening techniques and show them how fun it can be!
Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root
PreK-2nd Grade
Being a gardener doesn’t mean you need to live in a special place! The kids in this book get creative with where they plant their garden and turn an empty space into something beautiful.
Gorilla Gardener: How to Help Nature Take Over the World by John Seven
PreK-3rd Grade
This story begins by telling us how to make a seed bomb, and quickly turns magical, imagining a world where everyone plays among the plants.
Zee Grows a Tree by Elizabeth Rusch
PreK-3rd Grade
This book compares the growth of a young girl with her newly planted Douglas fir tree.
Seeds by Carme Lemniscates
K-3rd Grade
Seeds have tremendous power, but metaphorically and literally.
Seed School: Growing Up Amazing by Joan Holub
K-3rd Grade
The characters in this book are the seeds and follows one of the seeds as he tries to figure out what he’ll grow up to be.
A Seed is the Start by Melissa Stewart
1st-4th
This is a National Geographic Kids book that will teach kids all about seeds, with great vocabulary and photographs.
Let’s Eat! Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet by Kimberley Veness
3rd-8th
Get your kids thinking about what’s on their plates with this book about historical and current agricultural trends.
