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Gardening

You can learn to love from planting flowers.
BOOK LIST (to print) -- GARDENING
PICTURE BOOKS
♦   $   ​Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth
♦   $   ​​The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a giant flower!
ELEMENTARY
FC   N5  Stories from Gardening
♥   Gardens Shown to the Children  by Janet Kelman (1912)
♦   $   ​Linnea's Almanac by Christina Bjork
Filled with fun projects and brimming with Linnea's energy and enthusiasm, Linnea's Almanac is guaranteed to teach everyone something new.
♦   $   ​Linnea's Windowsill Garden by Christina Bjork
'Linnea loves plants. She grows them all over her room - in pots, and crates, even in glass jars.  In this book, she takes you on a tour of her indoor garden. She tells you about her orange tree (and plantable pits and seeds, including melons, tomatoes, and grapes); she shows you how to take a cutting from a Busy Lizzie and how to trim an avocado plant. '

♥   ​Little Gardens for Boys and Girls  by Myrta Higgins 
♥   Mary's Garden and How It Grew  by Frances Duncan 
♥   The Children's Book of Gardening  by Cecily Sidgwick 
♥   When Mother Lets Us Garden  by Frances Duncan ​
MIDDLE SCHOOL
♥   A Few Familiar Flowers  by Margaret Morley (1891)
How to love them at home or at school.
♥   The Garden Book for Young People  by Alice Lounsberry ​
HIGH SCHOOL
$   ​A Child's Garden  by Molly Dannenmaier
Enchanting outdoor spaces for children and parents. Featured throughout this profusely illustrated book are miniature paradises that parents and grandparents have designed just for the children in their lives, highlighting an enchanting variety of elements that will make any garden come alive for children.
♥   A Simple Flower Garden for Country Homes by Charles Barnard (1870)
$   ​Joy in Your Garden by Joy Bossi
♥   Little Gardens: How To Beautify City Yards and Small Country Spaces  by Charles Skinner (1904)
♥   My Handkerchief Garden by Charles Barnard (1889)
$   ​Planting a Bible Garden by F. Nigel Hepper
Identifying and growing plants mentioned in the Scriptures
♦   $   ​Square Foot Gardening  by Mel Bartholomew
♥   ​The Joyous Art of Gardening  by Frances Duncan (for older youth or adults) 
♥   ​​The Shakespeare Garden  by Esther Singleton (1922)

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