Children's Books - Stories from the Garden
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The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
By Gail Gibbons
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Be taken into the world of Arnold and his apple tree as we see how it "keeps him very busy all through the year." In Spring he watches the bees on the apple blossoms and makes a swing, in Summer he builds a tree house and watches the apples grow, in Fall he collects the apples and makes apple pies and cider with his family, in winter he builds a snowman to keep his tree company. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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Apples and Pumpkins
By Anne Rockwell
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"When red and yellow leaves are on the trees, we go to the Comstock Farm to pick apples and pumpkins." Join this young girl and her parents as they pick red, shiny apples and the best pumpkin in the patch that they later carve into a jack-o-lantern to sit bright on their doorstep Halloween night. Softcover, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Simon and Schuster |
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Pumpkin Town!
(Or, Nothing is Better and Worse Than Pumpkins)
By Katie Meky
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When unneeded pumpkin seeds carelessly tossed aside by the farmer’s sons are caught on the wind, no one would have predicted the nearby town would be inundated with pumpkins the following fall. After the sons clean up the pumpkin mess and are rewarded with watermelons, will history repeat itself? Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
Pumpkin Town!
Hardcover HMH-5699......$16.00
Softcover HMH-1936......$6.99
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Houghton MifflinHarcourt |
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Carrot Soup
By John Segal
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Rabbit plants a variety of carrots (Early Horn, Lunar White, Bolero, and more) so he can make a delicious soup, but when he goes to harvest them, he is distraught to find they are all gone. As he visits each of his friends to ask about the carrots, they avoid his questions implying they haven’t seen the carrots, but we see in background illustrations that his friends are up to something. Discouraged and disappointed, Rabbit arrives home to discover his friends have thrown him a surprise party featuring…carrot soup! Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Simon and Schuster |
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Up, Down, and Around
By Katherine Ayers
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Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres. “Okra grows up. Onions grow down. Tomatoes twine around and around.” Simple rhyming text, lively, detailed illustrations, and repeated short verses make this book an ideal read-aloud sure to captivate young children. 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
Up, Down, and Around
Hardcover CW-3784......$16.99
Softcover CW-0170......$6.99
Big Book CW-0187...... $24.99 |
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Candlewick Press |
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Whose Garden Is It?
By Mary Ann Hoberman
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A beautiful, blooming garden full of fruits and vegetables catches Mrs. McGee's eye one day while taking a walk, "Whose garden is it?" she asks of the colorful display. Her question renders many rhyming answers from the gardener, who says it is his, to the seeds in the ground, who claim to have started it all. Every animal and plant in the garden give a claim to its ownership, even the rain. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 3-7.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season
By Wendy Pfeffer
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With expressive prose and vivid illustrations, this colorful book explains the science of the equinox and how different cultures have celebrated harvests throughout history. From Egypt to Nigeria, England to Japan, this book not only teaches you about the harvest, but it also invites you to celebrate the harvest with different cultures. Hardcover, 37 pages. Ages 6 and up.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Penguin Putnam |
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Simple words in detailed descriptions give life to the vivid full-color photographs of this story of a pumpkin's beginning...and end. Readers will marvel at all there is to know about a pumpkin when a journey through the growing cycle of this symbol of Autumn ends with instructions on how to carve your own jack-o'-lantern (with the help of an adult) for the holiday it celebrates - Halloween! 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
Pumpkins
Hardcover MPS-1849......$17.95
Softcover MPS-1418......$6.99 |
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Macmillan Publishing Services
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Watermelon Day
By Kathi Appelt
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There's a watermelon growing in the corner of the patch where the fence posts meet, and Jesse is waiting. Waiting for it to fill up with the cool summer rain and the hot summer sun. Waiting until at least it is ripe and ready for eating. Waiting until it is ready for her family's annual watermelon day. Does Jesse EVER get her melon? Read and find out! Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 3-6.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Macmillan Publishing Services
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Pumpkin Pumpkin
By Jeanne Titherington
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Jamie plants a pumpkin seed in the spring. He spends the summer watching it grow and grow and grow...until it's finally the perfect size for Halloween jack-o-lantern. Young children will enjoy following the progress of Jamie's seed as it develops from sprout to harvest. Softcover, 24 pages. Ages 3-8.
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Manufacturer/Publisher:
Harper Collins |
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