Summer Reading 2026

Reading List Ages 0-8

Planting hope (Mar 2026) By: Joseph, Frederick
More than a tree (Mar 2026) By: Kurpiel, Sarah
The weedy garden: a happy habitat for wild friends (Feb 2026) By: Renkl, Margaret
City farm (Nov 2025) By: Koon, Julie
Benjamin grows a garden (Sep 2025) By: Florence, Melanie
Everything grows in Jiddo's garden (Sep 2025) By: Matari, Jenan A.
See Marcus grow (May 2025) By: Bridgewater, Marcus
Picking tea with Baba (May 2025) By: Xu, Bin
Mara plants a seed (Apr 2025) By: Napoli, Donna Jo
Grace Lee Boggs: gardens of hope (Mar 2025) By: Daemicke, Songju Ma
Every peach is a story (Mar 2025) By: Masumoto, David Mas
Saturdays at Harlem Grown: how one big idea transformed a neighborhood (Jul 2024) By: Hillery, Tony
Before the seed: how pollen moves (Mar 2024) By: Buhrman-Deever, Susannah
All that grows (Mar 2024) By: Wong, Jack
Seeds of change (Feb 2024) By: Laden, Nina
There's no such thing as vegetables (Feb 2024) By: Lukoff, Kyle
Wintergarden (Nov 2023) By: Fox, Janet S.
Something, someday (Sep 2023) By: Gorman, Amanda
Berry song (Jul 2022) By: Goade, Michaela
A seed grows (Jun 2022) By: Portis, Antoinette
Sunflower seeds (Aug 2025) By: Heck, Ellen
How to say hello to a worm: a first guide to outside (Feb 2022) By: Percival, Kari
If you plant a seed (Mar 2015) By: Nelson, Kadir

Reading List Ages 9-12

Sugar shack (Aug 2025) By: Knisley, Lucy
The garden just beyond (May 2025) By: Leavitt, Lindsey
How to talk to your succulent (Apr 2025) By: Persico, Zoe
A girl called Joy (Dec 2024) By: Valentine, Jenny
The mailbox tree (Aug 2024) By: Lim, Rebecca
The strange wonders of roots (May 2024) By: Griffith, Evan
Leafy landmarks: travels with trees (Mar 2024) By: Schaub, Michelle
Big tree (Apr 2023) By: Selznick, Brian
A bit of earth (Mar 2023) By: Riazi, Karuna
Outside nowhere (Oct 2022) By: Borba, Adam
Seed (May 2022) By: Lewis, Caryl
The wisdom of trees: how trees work together to form a natural kingdom (Mar 2021) By: Judge, Lita
The vegetable museum (Mar 2019) By: Mulder, Michelle
When tomorrow burns (Mar 2026) By: Keller, Tae
Woodlore: discover the seasons and stories of the forest (Mar 2026) By: Parr, Kevin
Reach (Jan 2026) By: Rimington, Celesta
The stuff that stuff is made of: the things we make with plants (Sep 2025) By: Drori, Jonathan
Farming is female: twenty women shaking up the field: a community, food, and climate book for kids (Sep 2025) By: Sarah, Rachel
Rewilding (Aug 2025) By: Gerlits, Lisa