10 Delightful Children's Books About Gardens, Fruits and Vegetables

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Today I’m sharing our favorite children’s books about gardens. For Earth Day this year we planted tomato and cucumber seeds to create a small garden in our backyard. My daughter absolutely loved planting the seeds and she constantly asked “Is it growing yet? Did it grow!?” See our fun Earth Day event on Instagram.

We are all about keeping learning fun. So when my kids are interested in a particular activity or topic I try to incorporate it into our play. Our daughter is really into gardening, vegetables and seeds! We took a trip the library and found our favorite children’s books about gardens.

While she is interested in gardening and learning about the Earth, we thought it would be appropriate to also teach her about sustainability and reusing items. How cute is this reusable tote from Snapfish? Great for the Earth and our library books 🙂 See more at the end of the post for a special 60% off discount code!

Top 10 Children’s Books About Gardens:

Growing Vegetable Soup: Follow a father and child as they plant, water and nurture their seeds into vegetables! Your children will love seeing how the plant grows and how to cook up a yummy vegetable soup.

The Vegetables We Eat: Explore all the vegetables we eat through illustrations, diagrams and cross sections. Informative yet fun for children to learn about a variety of vegetables.

The Carrot Seed: A classic book about a boy who plants a carrot seed. Everyone tells him it won’t grow, but he is determined to see this seed bloom.

Eating The Alphabet / Planting a Rainbow: We love these books from Lois Ehlert. The pages are colorful, bright and kids love to point out all the fruits and vegetables they know!

The Tiny Seed: Another classic Eric Carle book about the life of a flower from seed to bloom. Beautiful illustrations and lively text will draw the reader in!

The Fruits We Eat: Similar to the vegetables we eat this hardcover book explores different fruits and children learn how they grow. It’s informative, but engaging. Your children will love the illustrations while finding their favorite fruits!

Rah, Rah, Radishes!: With this book’s fun rhyming text and colorful food your kids will learn about the joys of healthy eating.

My Garden: A little girl explores her imagination in the garden she grows. She grows chocolate bunnies, vibrant flowers and jelly bean bushes! A fun garden themed book to stretch your children’s imaginations.

Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes: Introduce kids to the joys of gardening! Learn about different color vegetables and how they grow while learning easy recipes to make with the vegetables. This book is filled with comprehensive text and bold illustrations.

The Curious Garden: Another classic book about a little boy who loves to be outside. He wants to make his world a greener place. While exploring he discovers a struggling garden and takes care of it, transforming his world.

Do you read books about gardens, vegetables or fruits? What are some of your favorites? I noticed my daughter is more likely to eat a vegetable or fruit if she knows more about it. That’s why reading is so great!

As a part of our Earth Day exploration we also learned about recycling and reusing. Izzy was so excited when she saw her picture on this everyday canvas tote. She couldn’t wait to take it to the library to fill it up with books. We also personalized a travel mug with our Earth day photos. Of course every busy mom needs a travel mug of coffee or tea. Perfect for library trips. Please tell me my kids aren’t the only ones who run up and down the aisles while screaming!? This mama needs more coffee!

Finally, we love creating personalized photo gifts at Snapfish because it’s so easy. It’s also adorable to see my kids smiling faces each time I take a sip of my coffee.