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The following list contains source books about Plants. The books range in age from Preschool level (age 1-3) to grade 8 (age 14). Links to sources for purchase may be found by clicking on each title or may readily be acquired through your local library. Additionally, several of the titles may be found in read-aloud form on YouTube or other video sharing platforms.

Books About Plants Fiction Nonfiction

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Pre-K - Kindergarten

Planting a Rainbow

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Plant the Tiny Seed

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The Carrot Seed

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The Secret Garden: A Flowers Primer

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Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

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Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

A Seed Is Sleepy

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From Seed to Plant

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From Seed to Pumpkin

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From Seed to Sunflower

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Horse & Buggy Plant a Seed!

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How a Seed Grows

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Just Like Us! Plants

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The Blossom Shoppe

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The Curious Garden

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The Giving Tree

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The Great Kapok Tree

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The Little Gardener

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The Reason for a Flower

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The Sequoia Lives On

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We Planted a Tree

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2nd Grade - 4th Grade

A Day with Yayah

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A Walk on the Shoreline

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Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum

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Let's Get Gardening

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Perfectly Peculiar Plants

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Plant, Sow, Make & Grow

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Plants That Never Ever Bloom

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Pretty Tricky: The Sneaky Ways Plants Survive

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Sadiq and the Green Thumbs

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The Dandelion Seed

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The Rainforest Ecosystem

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Three Lost Seeds: Stories of Becoming

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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees Click image to open expanded view Read sample Follow the author Franck Prévot Franck PrévotFranck Prévot Follow Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

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Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa

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4th Grade - 6th Grade

Botany in a Day

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Forest Talk: How Trees Communicate

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Katya's Book of Mushrooms

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National Geographic Pocket Guide to Wildflowers of North America

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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide

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One Day in the Woods

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The Basics of Plant Structures

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The First Book of Plants

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The Plant Hunters

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The Science of Plants: Inside Their Secret World

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The Secret Garden

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Wild Flowers of North America

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6th Grade - 8th Grade

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds

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Around the World in 80 Trees

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Edible Wild Plants

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First Studies of Plant Life

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Forests (Diminishing Resources)

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From Flower to Fruit

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Ninja Plants: Survival and Adaptation in the Plant World

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The Book of Leaves

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The Reason for Flowers

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The Story of Seeds

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The Visual Dictionary of Plants

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