Frank Carlson Library

The dead-pan narration in this debut picture book delivers a perfect child-like vision with humor and panache, depicted in luminous detail. A little boy shows what happens when he drops larger and larger objects, both in terms of size and imagination, down a mysterious hole that grows throughout the year in his garden. But what happens in December?

After seeing a picture of a flower garden, Wellington is determined to grow a garden even though he lives in a cold, snowy area.

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text invite the reader to a community garden where potatoes close their eyes, cabbages nod their heads, and corn covers its ears to go to sleep.

"Join the How to Catch kids as they try to catch a magical Garden Fairy"--

When a pest eats all the vegetables in the garden, Duck comes up with a plan to stop whatever is feasting on his crops.

Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.

Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.

"From the I Can Read Level 1 series. Biscuit, everyone's favorite yellow puppy, is in Level One for the first time! Seeds--check! Shovel--check! Biscuit and the little girl are ready to visit the community garden. From planting flowers with new friends to feeding the birds, there are so many ways to help in the garden! Alyssa Satin Capucilli celebrates the joy of community--with Biscuit, everyone's favorite little yellow puppy. Biscuit and Friends...

In this creative non-fiction story, Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans. In this warm and inclusive story by U.S. Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor, inspired by her own childhood diagnosis of diabetes, readers join along as differently abled kids use their strengths to work together and learn about each other.

As a Father's Day gift to the twins' Dad, Bradley, Brian, and their cousins Lucy and Nate try to identify and stop whatever creature is biting fruits and vegetables in the garden.