Frank Carlson Library

Classic tale of the little rabbit who ignores his mother's warnings and ventures into Mr. McGregor's garden in search of fresh vegetables.

One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and, in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.

"It is a normal afternoon in Sussex when Russell and Holmes return home to find a peculiar addition to their garden: a beautiful stone that once occupied the Imperial gardens in Kyoto. The stone immediately recalls the spring of 1924, when, on their way back from India (The Game), Russell and Holmes agreed to perform a small but exceedingly dangerous job for the emperor of Japan. At the time, Russell encountered a young Japanese woman on board their...

"Spring Is in the Air: As the young people of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, plant a garden in memory of their friend, Katie Ann begins to worry that her older brother, Ephraim, is dating her best friend. What if she somehow loses them both? But Christian, a new boy in the community, also works in the garden--and falling for him may be exactly the distraction, and lesson, that Katie Ann needs. Home by Summer: Clara Hertzler is surprised when Jerry Petersheim,...

Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.

Despite cooler fall temperatures in Washington, D.C., tempers flare at the White House when historical documents go missing from the curator's office and the gardeners are blamed. As if that isn't bad enough, Casey Calhoun has started receiving death threats, and the president's pooch is digging unsightly holes all over the South Lawn. Then the curator is found dead, with all evidence pointing to Gordon Sims, the chief gardener.

A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.

Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.

Helena has a special relationship with her Uncle Nikos, who lives in a village in the mountains of Greece, in a small house with a large garden.

When a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she and her family plant a garden and watch it grow through the seasons as she undergoes treatments and gets better.