Resources+for+Literacy

Here is a list of great books to read about plants and gardening:

__Apple Doll, The__ by Elisa Kleven

__Pumpkins__ by Ken Robbins

__Sunflower,The__ by Frances Barry

__Tiny Seed__ by Eric Carle

__Follow the Drinking Gourd__ by Jeanette Winter

Books that I have that can be loaned: Dawn Davis - Moriarty School 823-4206

__Sally's Beans__, Beverly Randell

__In City Gardens__, George Ancona

__Miss Rumphius__, Barbara Cooney

__Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House__, Judi Barrett

__Where Frozen Vegetables Come From__, Daily Reader

__This is the Seed__, Alan Trussell-Cullen

__The Carrot Seed__, Ruth Krauss

__Samuel's Sprout__, Angela Shelf Medearis

__The Brother Who Gave Rice__, Dori Jones Yang

__Potatoes on Tuesday__, Dee Lillegard

__Rice Cakes__ - a play, Brenda Parkes

__If You Like Strawberries, Don't Read This Book__, Diana Noonan

__The Compost Heap__, Harlow Rockwell

__Potato__, __A Tale from the Great Depression__, Kate LIed

__Chili Peppers__, Katacha Diaz

__Flower Garden__, Eve Bunting

__Pumpkin, Pumpkin__ by Jean Titherington

__Picking Apples and Pumpkins__ by Amy Hutchins

__Blueberries for Sal__ Robert McCloskey

Usborne First Nature – __Flowers__

__Flowers__ Creative Teaching Press

__The Carrot Seed__ Ruth Krauss

__Growing Vegetable Soup__ Lois Ehlert

__The Reason For a Flower__ Ruth Heller

__Grandpa’s Garden Lunch__ Judith Caseley

__Anna’s Garden Songs__ Lena Anderson, Mary Q. Steele

__If A Tree Could Talk__ Creative Teaching Press

__Talk About Soil__ Angela Webb, Chris Fairclough

__Eating the Alphabet__ Lois Ehlert

__Anno’s Magic Seeds__ Mitsumasa Anno

__Everybody Bakes Bread__, Norah Dooley

__Everyone Serves Soup__, Norah Dooley

__Everybody Eats Rice__, Norah Dooley

__A Tree in the Forest__, Jan Thornhill

__The Red Poppy__, Irmgard Lucht

__Where Cereal Comes From__, Daily Reader

__Where Pasta Comes From__, Daily Reader

__In The Garden__, David M Schwartz

__From Kernel to Corncob__, Ellen Weiss

From the Houghton Mifflin Readers:

__The Huge Carrot__ (1.6.1)

__Planting Beans and Beets__ (1.8.1.)

__The Empty Lot__ (2.2.2)

__Busy Bees__ (2.4.2)

__The Amazing Earthworm__ (2.4.2)

__My Green Thumb__ (3.3.3)

__Pick A Pumpkin__ (3.3.3)

__The Apple Man__ (4FOG)

__Peters Harvest__ (4.2.3)

__Jane in the Beanstalk__ (4.3.2)

__Potato Pride__ (4.6.1)

__Peter's Harvest__ (4.6.1)