Plant a Seed, Read! : books for K-3rd grade | Summer Reading 2026 from Multcolib KidsLike this list

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• All About Plants!

  Beaty, Andrea,

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• Just in Case

  Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

  Clendenan, Megan, 1977-

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  "Deep in the mountains of Norway, the Svalbard Seed Bank stores seeds of the world's food supply."

• Beansprout

  Reul, Sarah Lynne,

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  A child plants a mystery seed for a class project and is disappointed when nothing sprouts, but rescues the remaining seeds and decides to plant them.

• Sadiq and the Community Garden

  Nuurali, Siman,

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  There is an empty lot in Sadiq's neighborhood which is in serious need of cleaning up, and Sadiq has come up with an idea of what to do with it afterwards: build a community garden--so Sadiq sets out to get his classmates and friends involved and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All That Grows

  Wong, Jack, 1985-

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  As a boy walks around the neighborhood with his older, green-thumbed sister, she tells him all about the plants they see -- magnolias that smell like lemon cake, quince trees that will bloom the most beautiful red, daffodils that are the flower of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Henry Upside Down

  Bailey, Jenn, 1965-

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  "Henry, a young boy with autism, learns to manage his school garden with his best friend Katie--but Henry's world feels turned upside down when Katie brings along a new friend named Ivy"

• Yasmin the Gardener

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.

• A Garden to Save the Birds

  McClure, Wendy,

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  After a bird flies into their window, two children and their mother study how to keep birds safe, and soon their whole neighborhood is helping in different ways.

• The Flower Garden

  Kurilla, Renée,

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  After planting a seed packet in the backyard, things don't go as expected for best friends Anna and Tess. They fall asleep in the sun and wake up to blooms as tall as buildings!

• Prunella

  Ferry, Beth,

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  Prunella preferred corpse flowers to carnations, fungi to ferns, and poison ivy to petunias. The stickier and scarier the plant, the more Prunella loved it. And if the neighborhood kids stayed far away, well, Prunella never raised a stink. But then…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plants Can't Sit Still

  Hirsch, Rebecca E.,

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  Describes some ways in which plants can move, from sunflowers turning towards sunlight and vines creeping up a fence to tulips folding in at night and maple seeds whirling like helicopters in the wind.

• The Bad Seed Goes to the Library

  John, Jory,

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  "The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There's No Such Thing as Vegetables

  Lukoff, Kyle,

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  Chester plans to have a salad for lunch, but in order to do that, he'll need vegetables. So, off he goes to the community garden, except he quickly learns that he won't be dressing a salad anytime soon. Instead, the vegetables start dressing him…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Dandelion Seeds the World

  Richardson, Julia Marie, 1963-

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  "Dandelions thrive on all seven continents. The blooms are among the most resilient and adaptable in the world. Learn how the crafty plant travels on the wind and hitches rides in all manner of ways in order to spread far and wide. Includes a map…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Weedy Garden

  a Happy Habitat for Wild Friends

  Renkl, Margaret,

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  "A weedy backyard garden becomes a vibrant ecosystem that is home to an impressive array of plants and animals for any child patient enough to observe it."

• Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

  Metcalf, Lindsay H.,

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  Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book.

• Marya Khan and the Fabulous Jasmine Garden

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.

• Thank a Farmer

  Gianferrari, Maria,

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  Across wheat fields and city rooftop gardens, mushroom beds and maple forests, Thank a Farmer traces the food and clothing that a family uses back to the people who harvested and created them.