Literature and Plants

This is a short bibliography of literature to accompany plant and plant kingdom instruction. These are for K-2 unless indicated in parenthesis. Sequence of the germination process, tall tales, vegetables and gardening are among the many topics here.

• Ada, Alma Flor. Una semilla, nada mas. 1994 Scholastic, NY.

• Bunting, Eve. Someday a tree. 1993 Clarion Books, NY. (grades 2-5)

• Bunting, Eve. Sunflower house. 1996 Harcourt Brace and Co, San Diego.

• Carle, Eric. The tiny seed . 1995 Simon and Schuster, NY. (Originally Crowell Publ. 1970.)

• Ehlert, Lois. Eating alphabet soup. 1987 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY.

• Ehlert, Lois. Growing vegetable soup. 1987 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY.

• Ehlert, Lois. Sembrar sopa. Translation- Alma Flor Ada. 1996 Libros Viajeros, San Diego.

• Garland, Sherry. The lotus seed. 1993 HBJ, Singapore.(grades 2-5)

• Ginsberg, Mirra. Mushroom in the rain. 1974 Macmillam Publ., NY.

• Himmelman, John. Amanda and the magic garden. 1987 Viking Hestral, NY.

• Janovich, Marilyn. Can I help? 1996, North South Books, NY.

• Kocielniac, Bruce. Bear and bunny grow tomatoes. 1993. Umbrella Books, Alfred A. Knopf, NY.

• Lexa, Carole. In the children's garden. 1994 Shaefer, Henry Holt and Co.. NY.

• Mahy, Margaret, Lathrop, Lee. The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper. 1990 Shepard Books, NY.

• Margollo, Jean. I'm a seed. 1996 Scholastic, NY.

• Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. The green truck garden giveaway: a neighborhood story and almanac. 1997 Simon and Schuster, NY.

• Rudolf, Marguerita. How a shirt grew in the field. 1992 Clarion Books, NY. (grades 2-5)

• Titherington, Jeanne. Pumpkin, pumpkin. 1986 Greenwillow Books, Hong Kong.

• Tolstoy, Alesky Nikolayevich. The great big enormous turnip. 1968 F. Watts Publ., NY.

• Vagin, Vladimir. The enormous carrot. 1998, Scholastic Press. NY.

• Watson, Mary . The butterfly seeds. 1995 Tambourine Books, NY.

• Westcott, Nadine Bernard. The giant vegetable garden. 1981Little Brown, NY.

• Wilner, Isabel. A garden alphabet. 1991, Dutton Children's Books, NY.

• Wolf, Janet. The rosy fat magenta radish. 1990 Little Brown, Boston.

• Zemach, Margot. The little red hen. 1984 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY.

• Zolotow, Charlotte. When the wind stops. 1975 Harper and Row, NY.

Pumpkins: Pumpkin, pumpkin. Titherington, Jeanne. 1986 Greenwillow Books, Hong Kong.

It's pumpkin time. Hall, Zoe. 1994 Blue Sky Press, NY.

The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper. Mahy, Margaret, Lathrop Lee. 1990 Shepard Books, NY.

Teacher resources:

The tree almanac: a year-round activity guide. Russo, Monica. 1993 Sterling Publ., NY.

Science fun with peanuts and popcorn. 1986 Wyler, Rose and J. Messner, NY

How to grow a jelly glass farm. Mandry, Kathy. 1974 Parthenon Books.

Earthworms. Jennings, Terry. 1988 Junior Science, Glouster Press NY.

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