Family Herb Corner

Botany

Beller, Joel. Experimenting with Plants: Projects for Home, Garden and Classroom. New York: Arco Publishing, 1985. (adult)

Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Children, 1987. (juvenile)

Ganeri, Anita. What's inside plants? New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1995. (juvenile)

Hunken, Jorie, et al. Ladybugs and Lettuce Leaves. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1982. (juvenile)

Jeunesse, Gallimard, et al. Atlas of Plants. New York: Cartwheel Books, 1996. (juvenile)

Landau, Elaine. Endangered Plants. New York: Watts, 1992. (juvenile)

Lerner, Carol. Plant Families. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1989. (juvenile)

Lindsay, Mary, ed. The Visual Dictionary of Plants. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. (juvenile)

Slusser, Effie Young, et al. Stories of Luther Burbank and His Plant School. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1920. (adult)

Olfers, Sibylle. The Story of the Root Children. Edinburgh, Scotland: Floris Books, 1990. (juvenile fiction)

Children's Gardening

Beshlie. Book of Coppice-culter. London: The Watts Group, 1988. (juvenile)

Bjork, Christina, and Lena Anderson. Linnea in Monet's Garden. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. (juvenile)

Bjork, Christina, and Lena Anderson. Linnea's Windowsill Garden. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. (juvenile)

Brooke, L. Leslie. Johnny Crow's Garden: A Picture Book. London: Frederick Warne and Company, 1903. (juvenile fiction)

Brown, Marc Tolon. Your First Garden Book. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. (juvenile)

Bryan, Felicity. A Garden for Children. London: Joseph, 1986. (adult)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. New York: Ladybird Books USA, 1996. (juvenile fiction)

Cecil, Evelyn. Children's Gardens. London: Macmillan, 1903. (adult)

Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow. San Diego: Harcourt, 1988, 2003. (preschool fiction)
Tells the story of a mother and child planting a rainbow of flowers in the family garden. Includes illustrations of plants labeled with plant name.

Fell, Derek. A Kid's First Book of Gardening: Growing Plants Indoors and Out. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1989. (juvenile)

Garland, Sarah. Peter Rabbit's Gardening Book. New York: Frederick Warne & Company, 1983. (juvenile)

Jekyll, Gertrude. Children and Gardens. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1908. (adult)

Kirkus, Virginia. The First Book of Gardening. New York: Franklin Watts, 1956. (juvenile)

Richardson, Beth. Gardening with Children. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 1998. (adult)
Filled with well-illustrated horticultural information, theme garden designs, recipes and family garden projects. Applicable to any children's gardening venue.

Walheim, Lance et al. Best Kids Garden Book. Menlo Park, CA: Sunset Publishing, 1992. (juvenile)

Wise, Tigger. Gardens for Children. Kenthurst, Australia: Kangaroo Press, 1986. (adult)

Wright, Sally. Gardening: A New World for Children. New York: Macmillan Company, 1957. (adult)

Children's Gardening Activities

Bales, Suzanne Frutig. Ready, Set, Grow: A Guide to Gardening with Children. New York: Macmillan, 1996. (adult)

Carlson, Laurie. Green Thumbs: A Kid's Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1995. (juvenile 3-9)

Fowler, Virginie. Grow a Plant Pet. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. (juvenile)

Goldenberg, Janet. Weird Things You Can Grow. New York: Random House, 1994. (juvenile)

Gray, Donald. Your Garden, Plan-Planting-Care. Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1935. (adult)

Kramer, Jack. Plant Hobbies: A Beginner's Book of Gardening Projects, Principles, and Pleasures. Cleveland: CollinsWorld, 1978. (juvenile)

Markmann, Erika. Grow It: An Indoor/ Outdoor Gardening Guide for Kids. New York: Random House, 1991. (juvenile)

Raftery, Kevin. Kidsgardening: A Kid's Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt. Palo Alto, CA: Klutz Press, 1989. (juvenile)

Rhoades, Diane. Garden Crafts for Kids: 50 Great Reasons to Get Your Hands Dirty. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1995. (juvenile)

Tilgner, Linda. Let's Grow: 72 Gardening Adventures with Children. Pownal, VT: Storey Communications, 1988. (adult)

Waters, Marjorie. The Victory Garden Kids' Book. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1994. (juvenile)

Community Gardens

Huff, Barbara A. Greening the City Streets: The Story of Community Gardens. New York: Clarion Books, 1990. (juvenile)

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. The Green Truck Garden Giveaway: A Neighborhood Story and Almanac. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. (juvenile fiction)

Container Gardening

Holmes, Anita. Flowers for You: Blooms for Every Month. New York: Bradbury Press, 1993. (juvenile)

Talmage, Ellen. Container Gardening for Kids. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1996. (juvenile)

Cooking

George, Jean Craighead. Acorn Pancakes, Dandelion Salad and 38 Other Recipes. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. (juvenile)

King , Elizabeth. Chile Fever: A Celebration of Peppers. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1995. (juvenile)

Fairies

Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Autumn with the Nuts and Berries They Bring: Poems and Pictures. London: Blackie, 1927. (juvenile)

Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Garden: Poems and Pictures. London: Blackie, 1927. (juvenile)

Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Summer: Poems and Pictures. London: Blackie, 1927. (juvenile)

Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Trees: Poems and Pictures. London: Blackie, 1927. (juvenile)

Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Wayside: Poems and Pictures. London: Blackie, 1927. (juvenile)

Family Gardening

Guinness, Bunny. Creating A Family Garden. New York: Abbeville Press, 1996. (adult)

Hooker, Worthington. The Child's Book of Nature, for the use of Families and Schools ... New York: American Book Company, 1886. (juvenile)

Madenski, Melissa. In My Mother's Garden. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. (juvenile fiction)

Ryder, Joanne. My Father's Hands. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1994. (juvenile fiction)

Skelsey, Alice Fulton. Growing Up Green: Children & Parents Gardening Together. New York: Workman Publishing Company, 1973. (adult)

Stewart, Sarah. The Gardener. New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1997. (primary school fiction)

Flowers and Gardening

Anderson, Janet. Sunflower Sal. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman, 1997. (primary school fiction)

Bunting, Eve. Sunflower House. San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1996. (juvenile fiction)

Carlstrom, Nancy White. Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna. New York: Macmillan, 1987. (juvenile fiction)

Dieckmann, Marliese. The Sunflower. Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1994. (juvenile fiction)

King, Elizabeth. Backyard Sunflower. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1993. (juvenile)

Lobel, Anita. Alison's Zinnia. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990. (juvenile fiction)

Lobel, Arnold. The Rose in My Garden. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1984. (juvenile fiction)

Pallotta, Jerry. The Flower Alphabet Book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1988. (juvenile)

Fruits and Vegetables

Bourgeois, Paulette. The Amazing Potato Book. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991. (juvenile)

Creasy, Rosalind. Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes: How to Grow a Rainbow Garden. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books for Children, 1994. (juvenile)

Daddona, Mark. Hoe, Hoe, Hoe, Watch My Garden Grow. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1980. (juvenile)

Edwards, D.J. Growing Food. New York: John Day Company, 1969. (juvenile)

Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. (juvenile fiction)

Florian, Douglas. Vegetable Garden. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. (juvenile fiction)

Herda, D.J. Vegetables in a Pot. New York: Julian Messner, 1979. (juvenile)

Johnson, Hannah Lyons. From Seed to Salad. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1978. (juvenile)

Kuhn, Dwight. More Than Just a Vegetable Garden. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Press, 1990. (juvenile)

Mintz, Lorelie Miller. How to Grow Fruits and Berries. New York: Julian Messner, 1980. (juvenile)

Taylor, Jane L., and J. Lee. Heritage Gardening - Vegetables. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Extension, 1984. (juvenile)

Gardening in Schools

Cohen, Joy and Eve Pranis. GrowLab: Activities for Growing Minds. Burlington, VT: National Gardening Association, 1988. (adult)

Herd, Meg. Learn and Play in the Garden. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1997. (juvenile)

Jaffe, Roberta, and Gary Appel. The Growing Classroom: Garden-Based Science. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1990. (adult)

Jurenka, Nancy Allen, and Rosanne J. Blass. Beyond the Bean Seed: Gardening Activities for Grades K-6. Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1996. (adult)

Jurenka, Nancy Allen, and Rosanne J. Blass. Cultivating a Child's Imagination through Gardening. Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1996. (adult)

Moore, Robin C. Plants for Play: A Plant Selection Guide for Children's Outdoor Environments. Berkeley: MIG Communications, 1993. (adult)

Pranis, Eve, and Jack Hale. GrowLab: A Complete Guide to Gardening in the Classroom. Burlington, VT: National Gardening Association, 1988. (adult)

Williams, Dora. Gardens and Their Meaning. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1911. (adult)

Gardening through the Seasons

Beshlie. The Book of Harvesters. London: The Watts Group, 1988. (juvenile)

Rudolph, Marguerita. How a Shirt Grew in the Field. New York: Clarion Books, 1992. (juvenile fiction)

Rylant, Cynthia. This Year's Garden. Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, 1984. (juvenile fiction)

Gardening with Grandparents

Caseley, Judith. Grandpa's Garden Lunch. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990. (juvenile fiction)

Moore, Elaine. Grandma's Garden. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1994. (juvenile fiction)

Palmisciano, Diane. Garden Partners. New York: Antheneum, 1989. (juvenile fiction)

Perkins, Lynn Rae. Home Lovely. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1995. (juvenile fiction)

Zolotow, Charlotte. I Know a Lady. New York: Greenwillow, 1984. (juvenile fiction)

Herbs

Kite, L. Patricia. Gardening Wizardry for Kids. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 1995. (juvenile)

Laird, Elizabeth. Rosy's Garden: A Child's Keepsake of Flowers. New York: Philomel Books, 1990. (juvenile)

Native American Gardening

Caduto, Michael J., and Joseph Bruchac. Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996. (adult)

Unkalunt, Atlaile. The Earth Speaks. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1940. (adult folklore)

Nature

Bunting , Eve. Night Tree. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. (juvenile fiction)

Durrell, Gerald Malcolm. The Amateur Naturalist. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. (adult)

Gibbons, Gail. The Honey Makers. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1997. (juvenile)

Herck, Alice. The Enchanted Gardening Book: Ideas for Using Plants to Beautify Your World, Both Indoors and Out. New York: Random House, 1997. (juvenile)

Joyce, William. The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. New York: Laura Geringer Book, 1996. (juvenile fiction)

Nabhan, Gary Paul. The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places. Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. (adult)

Nature Craft

Bjork, Christina, and Lena Anderson. Linnea's Almanac. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. (juvenile fiction)

Eaton, Marge. Flower Pressing. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Company, 1973. (juvenile)

Lovejoy, Sharon. Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 1994. (adult)

Lovejoy, Sharon. Sunflower Houses: Garden Discoveries for Children of All Ages. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 1991. (adult)

Organic Gardening

Fryer, Lee. A Child's Organic Garden. Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, 1989. (juvenile)

Hart, Rhonda Massingham. Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs: Controlling Garden Pests Organically. Pownal, VT: Storey Communications, 1991. (adult)

MacLatchie, Sharon. Gardening with Kids. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1977. (adult)

Plant Folklore

Chesanow, Jeanne R. Honeysuckle Sipping: The Plant Lore of Childhood. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1987. (adult)

Miller, Candace R. Tales from the Plant Kingdom. Lima, OH: Pourquoi Press, 1995. (adult)

Soil

Appelhof, Mary. Worms Eat My Garbage. Kalamazoo, MI: Flower Press, 1997. (adult)

Bourgeois, Paulette. The Amazing Dirt Book. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1990. (juvenile 7-11)

Videos

National Gardening Association. Indoor Gardening: Advice from GrowLab Classrooms. Burlington, VT: National Gardening Association, 1991. (35 minutes) (adult)

Purcell, Amy. Look What I Grew: Windowsill Gardens. Los Angeles: Pacific Arts, 1992. (45 minutes) (juvenile)

Pottier, Mary. Mill Valley Children's Garden: An Outdoor Learning Lab. Mill Valley, CA: Ballwood/IVP Production, 1994. (30 minutes) (adult)

Metropolitan Banana Productions. My Amazing Garden. Minneapolis: Metropolitan Banana Productions, 1994. (30 minutes) (juvenile)

National Gardening Association. Plant a Question: Using the GrowLab Teaching Cycle. Burlington, VT: National Gardening Association, 1991. (30 minutes) (adult)