Being involved with a garden is so important for kids to learn how plants grow and where their food comes from. We're getting ready to plant our garden this year, and I have been looking for books about gardens to read with my kids. We found 5 great choices that we really enjoyed, and a list of 10 more that we want to try!
This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy for more details.
Here's 5 gardening books for kids that we have enjoyed:
Eric Carle's gorgeous art shows the life of a tiny seed who triumphs over all the odds to become a beautiful flower. This book is a must for any Eric Carle fans (like us!)
Peppa and her brother help their Grandpa with the garden and have all sorts of fun while waiting for it to grow. Warning, this might get your kids wiggling on the ground playing worm!
This book features the Cat in the Hat and classic Seuss style rhymes, which I love to read aloud. I also really like how it teaches all the different things that come from plants.
This book, first published in 1960, is a straight forward description of seeds become plants and goes through the steps to grow bean plants. This one is too advanced for my 2.5 year olds but I wanted to include it because it is a classic that is great for older kids. I remember doing the bean plants when I was a kid and will try them with my kids soon!
This is the first Lola book we've read and I thought it was very cute. I love the illustrations and simple story. This is a great choice for toddlers or preschoolers and will definitely make them want a garden of their own.
Now here's 10 more gardening books on our "to-read" list. Have you tried any of these? Let me know what you think!
This book is geared towards older children (8 and up) and is a collection of growing projects with clear, step by step directions. Since my husband is the gardener in the family, I'm looking forward to trying this one to learn a little more myself.
Based on the familiar rhyme "This is the House that Jack Built," this book follows the growth of a little boy's flower garden from planting to blooms.
I love the "peek inside" books and think this one will be super cute for us.
This is the story of a pig who is tired of only eating apples and wants to grow a vegetable garden. It has a lot of information on organic gardening, and has a corresponding app for iPad.
This interactive board book comes with a pull back ladybug that zooms through the garden exploring all there is to see. This is another one on my must read list!
A counting book about vegetables! My picky eater loves to count, so I'm hoping this one will help him want to try some more veggies.
Anything with flaps to lift is usually popular with us, so I'm looking forward to this one.
This book is described as an introduction to seeds and pollination for the preschool set - I think this will be a good choice for learning about plant life cycles.
We love Pat the Bunny books so this is another one high on our list!
We love Mercer Mayer books and Little Critter so we need to try this one too!
We are so happy to share these books with you as part of the Natural Parenting & Earth Month Blog Hop! Throughout April, over 40 bloggers will be sharing natural parenting, green living, and earth day tips and projects as part of this wonderful collaboration. Click here to find all the wonderful posts and bloggers taking part.