Platt, Christine A.
Summary: "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 Carver"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLALewis, Gary
Summary: "Ground covers are an essential part of any garden-they suppress weeds, mask problem areas, and knit different parts of the garden together. Yet only a handful of old standbys are commonly used, resulting in dull, unimaginative landscapes. In reality, there are thousands of exciting, garden-worthy plants that make excellent ground covers-people just don't know about them. This comprehensive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 LEWGadzekpo, Darryl
Summary: "From Plant to Plate is the perfect book to inspire kids to get growing, get cooking, and get plant-powered eating. With more than 25 tasty recipe ideas from basil pesto pasta to squash muffins, you'll master a variety of plant-powered food that you'll love to cook and eat. You'll be taught how seeds should be planted and learn how to find the best soil for your plants. Darryl Gadzekpo and Ella...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 GADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 635 GADAbbas, Marzieh
Summary: "Nadia and Nadir begin collecting kitchen scraps and learn about layering, aerating, and how compost can enrich the soil naturally."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR PURPLE ABBSunshine, Daisy
Summary: Shamrock is excited to study garden science, but when his Golden Rose seed does not grow, he becomes convinced that he has the Gardener's Curse and only a secret visit to Doctor Mush in the Gnome Village will help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2022
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Summary: "Today, little Jesús has a big job to do. He's helping Papá at work, and he's in charge of the water jug -- which is also a magical clock! When it's empty, Papá 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 Jesús be fired?! Or is the jug not really magical after all." -- page [2] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minerva 2023
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Summary: Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMBeaty, Andrea
Summary: "What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others don't? And what's the tallest plant out there?"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2022
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2 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Ada BeatyBjork, Christina
Summary: An illustrated introduction to plants and how they grow with information on creating a home garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: R&S Books 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 BJOHumphreys, Helen
Summary: A young woman gardner Gwen Davis flees to the Devon countryside where she will be in charge of a Land Army group of young girls who are to plant food crops on a country estate. At the estate along with the girls a regiment of Canadian soldiers live and form friendships, etc. Gwen comes to know herself and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beeler Large Print 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HUMBrown, Peter
Summary: Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE BroCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BrownCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BROSmith, Gideon
Summary: "Part gardening book and part craft book, this complete guide will not only show you basic growing techniques for nearly 200 succulent varieties, but it will also show you how to make high-quality succulent crafts too! Succulents for Your Home and Garden includes overviews on how to grow succulents and care for them, plant profiles of over 180 succulent species - from the easy-to-grow hens and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9525 SMIMartin, Jacqueline Briggs
Summary: This picture book biography brings to life the pioneering woman farmer who founded Eva's Garden more than 50 years ago in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and continues to introduce culinary herbs, greens, flowers and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Readers to Eaters 2024
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Summary: Little by little, good things grow! Come play in the garden with Gracie! Join the garden tea party with her sister Sarah, taste tomatoes right off the vine with her crunchy munchy brother Joshua, and plant seeds! Some seeds, though, don't grow fast enough for Joshua. He wants to munch on tomatoes NOW. What will he do while he waits on those tiny tomato seeds to grow? Step into the garden to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: B&H Kids 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CASFord, Bernette G.
Summary: While visiting her uncle John in the city for the summer, an African American girl, L'il Sissy, her siblings, and uncle transform an empty lot into a vegetable garden. Includes recipe for succotash.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Olivia plants a garden / adapted by Emily Sollinger ; illustrated by Jared Osterhold -- Olivia becomes a vet / adapted by Alex Harvey ; illustrated by Jared Osterhold -- Olivia and her ducklings / adapted by Veera Hiranandani ; illustrated by Shane L. Johnson -- Olivia takes a trip / adapted by Ellie O'Ryan ; illustrated by Jared Osterhold -- Olivia goes camping / adapted by Alex Harvey ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN OLILay, Richard.
Summary: Provides a guide to gardening, covering such subjects as preparing soil, fertilizing, and removing pests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 LAYStierle, Cynthia
Summary: The characters from "Frozen" offer step-by-step instructions for gardening projects, including sprouting beans and building a troll garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 STIWolf, Allan
Summary: Learn vital processes and procedures about gardening through different types of poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOLCapucilli, Alyssa Satin
Summary: Armed with seeds and a shovel, Biscuit and the little girl visit the community garden where they plant flowers with new friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CAPSmith, Marny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 SMILerner, Carol.
Summary: Discusses how to care for plants indoors, including such aspects as light, temperature, humidity, pests, diseases, equipment, and how to choose and grow your own plants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635.965 LERLondon, Lucy
Summary: To grow a peaceful garden, wait for the last frost (just kiss the cold good-bye!). Now dig yourself a patch. . . . From choosing seeds and digging holes to watering the plants and giving them sunlight, A Peaceful Garden shows readers just what a garden needs to grow, with two cats as guides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, a division of HarperCollins 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LONSheth, Kashmira
Summary: It's Take Your Child to Work Day, and Nina, Kavita, and Jay are all going to work with Mom, a landscape architect, to learn how to start a garden. Naturally that's not enough for Nina, who quickly develops big plans for a business selling the vegetables she plans to grow. But her plans don't include managing the problems that inevitably arise, including rabbits, slugs, mosquitos, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023