7 Gardening Books for Kids

Check out these 7 beautiful stories on gardens and all the wonders they can hold for you and your young readers!

Grandpa Green by Jane Smith. A young boy shares the story of his grandfathers life through the topiary trees he's made in the garden.

The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen. Most gardens grow with soil, sunlight, and water, but Theo and her grandpa's garden grows with paint and their imagination. A lovely story of how a grandpa shows his granddaughter how they too can have a garden even when they live in an apartment lacking in dirt.

In the Garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby. A small community of rural children learn first-hand from Dr. George Washington Carver how to grow their own food having struggled with planting and farming due to depleated soil from cotton farming.

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner. Young readers discover the many treasures to be found in the garden beds and beneath the dirt from which their roots grow.

Jack's Garden by Henry Cole. Told in familiar verse to This is the House that Jack Built, Children read about the steps to building a garden all the way through seeing blooms pop up from the ground in vibrant color.

Linnea's Windowsill Garden by Cristina Bjork. Explore Linnea's world of gardening through various activities, stories, and how-to's projects. From organizing a pea Olympic game to scrumptious recipes, this book is bound to be a favored narrative resource book for young green thumbs.

Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens. A lazy, sleepy bear gets tricked by a clever hare in this retelling of an American slave story. Who will come away with the most food from the harvest?