Plant a Seed, Read! : books for babies, toddlers & preschoolers | Summer Reading 2026 from Multcolib Early ChildhoodLike this list

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• How Do Apples Grow?

  McDonald, Jill (Jill McDonald-Gomez),

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  A board book that teaches toddlers all about how apples grow--from seed to sapling to tree to applesauce.

• Oscar's Tower of Flowers

  Tobia, Lauren,

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  Staying in his Nana's apartment while his mother is away, young Oscar helps tend a thriving flower garden that he then shares with neighbors in his community.

• A Good Place

  Cousins, Lucy,

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  Four insects set out to find the perfect home.

• Takelma. Plants

  Language Primer

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  From the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, this beautiful board book shares the Takelma words for several plants.

• A Seed Grows

  Portis, Antoinette,

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  The life cycle of a sunflower.

• Linh's Rooftop Garden

  Brown-Wood, JaNay,

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  Linh searches for blueberries in her rooftop garden. Includes recipe for blueberry and banana pancakes.

• Tiny Garden

  Underwood, Deborah,

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  On a street that covets big, showy gardens, Andrew sets out to grow his own tiny garden in this picture book about slowing down, appreciating the little things, and staying true to yourself.

• Benjamin Grows a Garden

  Florence, Melanie,

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  Benjamin is ready to eat all of the delicious fruits and vegetables... but they have to grow first!

• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

  Messner, Kate,

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  Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Found a Seed

  Ramsden, Rob,

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  A playful and poignant picture book that introduces children to the rewards of working with nature and discovering the cycle of life.

• How to Say Hello to a Worm

  a First Guide to Outside

  Percival, Kari,

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  "The beautiful simplicity of a garden is depicted through digital woodcut illustrations and engaging nonfiction text presented as a series of sweet questions and gentle replies."

• Over in the Garden

  Matthies, Janna,

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  This variation on the classic counting song "Over in the Meadow" tells the story of a group of children caring for a community garden.

• Joy Takes Root

  Wallace, Gwendolyn,

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  "In her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature."

• One Little Lot

  the 1-2-3s of An Urban Garden

  Mullen, Diane C.,

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  "Count the ways two hands, three days cleaning up, four planter boxes, and many more steps show how city neighbors transform one little abandoned lot into a beautiful community garden."-

• My Garden

  Henkes, Kevin,

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  After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

• Goodnight, Veggies

  Murray, Diana,

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  Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text invite the reader to a community garden where potatoes close their eyes, cabbages nod their heads, and corn covers its ears to go to sleep.

• My First Book of Growing Food

  Gilland, Åsa,

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  "Tots will learn that lettuce and tomatoes are easy to grow; herbs like rosemary, mint, and cilantro grow happily next to a bright window; and yes, tots can grow their own strawberries. And that's not all: The book shows readers how to start their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lola Plants a Garden

  McQuinn, Anna,

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  Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.

• In a Garden

  McCanna, Tim,

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  In a garden a seed grows to sprout to bud to flower, thriving in harmony with living creatures, especially insects.