Great Gardens - Books for Children and Teens
Picture books and teen fiction about gardens, hand-picked by CADL staff!
Picture books
- Linnea in Monet’s Garden by Christina Bjork
- The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
- The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
- Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
- Strega Nona’s Harvest by Tomie dePaola
- Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
- Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert
- Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
- Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French
- Flora's Surprise by Debi Gliori
- Chicken Said, "Cluck!" by Judyann Ackerman Grant
- My Garden by Kevin Henkes
- The Trellis and The Seed by Jan Karon
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
- Mama, Is It Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure
- Fern the Green Fairy by Daisy Meadows
- Our Community Garden by Barbara Pollak
- The Runaway Garden by Jeffery Schatzer
- The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
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Seeds, Seeds, Seeds by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Children's Chapter Books
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Over in
the Garden by Jennifer Ward
Teen Fiction
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Green Witch by Alice Hoffman
The Last Universe by William Sleator
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood

