Best Gardening Books for Kids

Grandpa’s Garden

Join Billy and his Grandpa from spring through fall as they prep, plant, care for, and harvest their veggie garden. The beautiful illustrations and excitement of watching things grow will keep your little ones captivated.

The final pages of the book share garden plots, tips for growing your vegetables, and what you can work on in each season. I love how Barefoot Books combine their beautiful stories with relevant information! It sparks long conversations and lots of questions from my little ones.

Ages 3-7

Who’s in the Garden

This darling book is so bright and colorful, it keeps younger kiddos entertained! My youngest gets big eyes and squeals in delight when we read this book. The peek-a-boo pages add excitement and curiosity for young readers as they guess who’s coming to see the garden.

This is a great board book to add to your collection.

Ages 1-4

Millie’s Chickens

This ADORABLE rhyming book shows life with suburban chickens. Millie looks after her chickens and shares their unique personalities. At the end of the book there are 7 informative pages going over the anatomy of a chicken, different breeds, and even some recipes to try with eggs.

Henry loves reading this book with his own chickens, and gives it a A+.

Ages 5-9

The Beeman

Learn about honey and beekeeping from The Beeman. This rhyming story is a fun read, and covers the basics of honey bees.

Then dive into the final pages that goes over the anatomy of a bee, and the different jobs they have within the colony. Learn about hives, tools needed to be a bee keeper, honey, pollination, and Grandma’s Apple and Honey Muffin recipe.

Ages 5-9

We Are the Gardeners

This darling book written by Joanna Gaines and her children is such a cute story about planting your very first vegetable garden. There will be obstacles and failures, but hard work will pay off.

The Big Book of Bugs

The illustrations in this book are so pretty, you almost forget you’re looking at a bunch of creepy crawlies. I love this book as part of your child’s gardening collection, because it talks about all the bugs that are a huge part of growing things.

From pollinators to earth worms and everything in between, this book is chalk full of fun information for your little planters.

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

This beautiful book explores all the hidden parts of our gardens. Up in the garden things are bright and green and buzzing, while down in the dirty the worms are digging and skunks are burrowing.

Every part of the garden is full of life and wonder

A Butterfly is Patient

This gorgeous book gives children an introduction into the world of butterflies. I just love the illustrations on every page, and the descriptive language to help kids learn. There’s a lot of opportunity to discuss things further with your little reader, and spark their imagination.

Secrets of the Vegetable Garden

We absolutely love the Shine-A-Light books by Carron Brown and Giordano Poloni. If you’ve never seen these books, you must check them out! Using a flashlight you can shine your light through certain pages to reveal secret images! my kids have so much fun with these books at bedtime.

Secrets of the Vegetable Garden teaches about what seeds are, how to plant them, different parts of the plant, and different parts of the flower.

Peek Inside the Garden

We love this adorable peek inside book. Look closely at different parts of the garden, from the bugs in the wood pile, to the birds in the trees. This book gives an exciting peek into the tiniest details of the garden. With multiple flaps there’s always something new to discover.