Gardening Books for Young Children

What do you do when you love gardening and want your kids to love it too? Buy them cool books, of course! We've been blessed to receive lots of great kids books as gifts and because folks know how much I love gardening, they've given us some great books on growing things for my little girl. All four books below are really for younger kids as my daughter is almost two, and I really recommend them. For convenience, I'll add a link where you can buy one for your own kids/grand kids but I don't make any money from Amazon.

1. Two Little Gardeners by Margaret Wise Brown.

A Little Golden Book Classic, "Two Little Gardeners" has some great vintage illustrations and I love how Ms. Brown (she also wrote Good Night Moon) weaves together poetry and prose. Ultimately, it's very educational but keeps children's attention through story telling. This one is my favorite right now.

Two Little Gardeners on Amazon

2. Who's In The Garden? by Phillis Gershator

Designed for toddlers, this board book is super colorful. My daughter likes the peek a boo parts and turning the pages herself. The book focuses more on the little creatures in the garden (and they don't need to glorify rabbits in the garden if you ask me) but it's super cute and holds up to a lot of abuse.

Who's In The Garden on Amazon

3. Secrets of the Vegetable Garden by Carron Brown and Giordano Poloni

One of a series by Usborne Books, this book covers a lot about growing plants from seeds and the great flashlight trick makes it really attention grabbing for kids. My daughter isn't quite old enough to appreciate it fully but it would be great for preschoolers. I enjoy how it not only covers basic gardening but also touches on bees and pollination as well as other insects and bugs in the garden. It's very educational.

Secrets of the Vegetable Garden on Amazon

4. The Garden In Our Yard by Greg Henry Quinn

Published in 1995, it makes me feel old to say this book has been around 20 years. It's similar to "Two Little Gardeners" in that it tells the story of gardening from Spring through Winter and makes educational information seem entertaining by turning it into narrative. The rhyming in the story telling also makes it more fun for kids.

The Garden In Our Yard

For now, those are the gardening books we've been reading. What children's books on gardening do you love? I'd love to hear about it in the comments below.