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81) Timo's garden
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At first, the Great, Green Garden Tour sounds like a lot of fun. Before long, though, young rabbit Timo starts to find that it's a lot of pressure. Can he really call his garden "great?" Maybe it needs one little change...or a few... or a lot. Anxious to make his garden measure up, Timo forgets to take time out for anyone else. Luckily, his friends know just how to remind him of the value of being there for others: by being there for him when he...
82) No nibbling!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Derwood the goat has planted a garden and is prepared to defend it from all nibblers, including Tabitha the bunny, whom Derwood is convinced has designs on his growing vegetables; she teases him as the months go by, but after she helps him with the weeding the two become friends and share the feast.
83) Digging in
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Paige Moresco found her true love in eighth grade and lost him two years ago. Since his death, she's been sleepwalking through life, barely holding on for the sake of her teenage son. As Paige stares at her neglected lawn, she knows she's hit rock bottom. So she does something entirely unexpected: she begins to dig. As the hole gets bigger, Paige decides to turn her entire yard into a vegetable garden.
Author
Publisher
Minerva
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Today, little Jes�us has a big job to do. He's helping Pap�a at work, and he's in charge of the water jug -- which is also a magical clock! When it's empty, Pap�a explains, the workday is done. But what about all these thirsty animals? Soon, the water is gone, but the day is not over yet. Will Jes�us be fired?! Or is the jug not really magical after all?" --
Author
Publisher
Words & Pictures, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After a long sleepy winter, the trees, flowers, and animals are getting ready for a busy spring. Discover all the different ways nature wakes up when spring arrives in this fresh and fun story of a family exploring their garden."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"When a dog named Dutch hears the gardener going down the stairs each morning, he anticipates her every move. But most of all, he waits for the beautiful words, 'Okay, Dutch. Let's go outside.' It's a bright summer day. Dutch stands back from the dark, dusty toolshed, but the rest of the day is blissful -- rolling in the dewy grass, waiting for a scratch behind his ears, napping on the gardener's boots at midday and playing in the hose."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Adam feels alone in the strange new city. He misses the colors and friendships of his faraway home. Everything in the city looks gray and deserted until one morning he awoke and everything was white. He looked out of his window and saw some children building a snowman. He starts to building an elephant and a friendship begins when they all began to build snow animals like in his homeland. When Adam starts school, his teacher gives him some seeds...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Grace thinks her neighbour Larry's tiny garden is one of the wonders of the world. She helps him hoe, weed and water -- and together they solve problems from hungry squirrels to lettuce-eating slugs. As spring approaches, Grace helps Larry start hundreds of tomato plants in little pots, and Larry brings them to the school where he teaches. Grace wants to know what the students will do with all those plants. Larry tells her to wait and see, but promises...
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This inspring picture book celebrates the friendship between a young girl and an elderly woman as they plant seeds in a community garden alongside friends and neighbors, waiting for the seeds to flower. By mid-summer, the friends welcome a rainbow of color in the garden and picnics in the sun. At harvest, the young girl's elderly friend is bed-ridden, but jubilant as they share baskets with red tomatoes and snap peas amid the sweet smell of lavender....
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After learning that a hungry classmate is taking tomatoes from their garden, Lupe and her mother invite their neighbors to help in what becomes a community garden and gathering place. Includes recipes.
Author
Series
Craftily ever after volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Emily Adams learns that an empty dirt lot in town used to be a beautiful garden but now it's about to be paved over. So, she decides to take action. Emily and her three crafty friends, Maddie, Bella, and Sam decide the best way to save the old garden is to create a new one! But first they have to get the neighborhood on board. They research why gardens are great for the environment and the community, and they present the information to their friends,...
93) Sweet pea summer
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
A young girl stays with her grandparents while her mother is in the hospital. At first, the adjustment is hard. It's difficult to focus on anything other than missing and worrying about her mom. But then Grandpa suggests that she help in his garden. And what a garden it is! There are rows and rows of vegetables and all kinds of flowers, but the most beautiful of all are Grandpa's sweet peas. Maybe, Grandpa suggests, she can take care of them over...
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Chloë left her whole life back in Montreal, including her mom and her best friend. Now she's stuck in Victoria with her dad and her estranged grandfather, Uli, who recently had a stroke. When Chloë agrees to help Uli look after his garden, she's determined to find out why he and her dad didn't speak to each other for years. For decades Uli has collected seeds from people in the community, distinct varieties that have been handed...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Today Juanito is accompanying his father who is in the landscaping business, and he takes his sketchbook along to draw anything that catches his eye, and gets to help his father plan an entire garden--and then help plant it. Includes an autobiographical note.
97) All that grows
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A boy discovers he has much to learn while observing plants with his older sister -- a story about cultivating patience and letting knowledge grow. 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 Mother's Day, and even dandelions, whose greens can be...
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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Description
¡Ana y Andrew comienzan un jardín en el patio trasero! Van al vivero a recoger plántulas de maní. Mientras están plantando, mamá y papá les cuentan acerca de uno de los primeros botánicos afroamericanos, George Washington Carver.
Ana & Andrew get to start a backyard garden! They go along to the nursery to pick up peanut seedlings. While they're planting, Mama and Papa tell them about one of the first African American botanists, George Washington...
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Alcatoe the town witch and the local children of Plum Woods are up to some witchy business...like casting spells and growing a prize-winning turnip. But after their grouchy neighbor Mr. Pokeweed chases them out of his garden, the kids decide to take action and ask Alacatoe for help to win the Annual Harvest Festival Vegetable Pageant. From cursed fruit salad to potions filled with the sneeze of a donkey and the tail hair of a copy cat, Alcatoe knows...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Chuck Wood is the most popular kid in school, and Louie Ratso can't believe that Chuck has asked him for help! Chuck likes Louie's friend Fluffy Rabbitski, and he wants Louie to help him get Fluffy to notice him. As for Ralphie Ratso, he can't believe that his brother wants to spend all his time with Chuck instead of with him. Meanwhile, despite Louie and Chuck's attempts to get Fluffy's attention, she has eyes for only one thing: her garden. But...
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