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English
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When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt."--
5) My garden
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Bantam trade paperback edition
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Sisters Claire and Sydney are the last of their curious family, a family that have always had peculiar gifts that make them outsiders in their small North Carolina town. When Sydney leaves, then later returns home with a young daughter the sisters must deal with their common legacy and each other
7) Seedfolks
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Every spring, Pinkalicious loves to see all of the beautiful flowers and blossoming trees come to life in her family's garden. Of course, Pinkalicious knows that the blooming garden is all because of the hard work of the fairies! This year, Pinkalicious wants to be ready for the fairies' arrival, so she makes a cozy house for the fairies to stay in during their visit. Peter and Pinkalicious camp out in the backyard, waiting for the fairies to appear--but...
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Malaya, 1951, Yun Ling Teoh, a survivor of a Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace in the tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, a Japanese garden and its creator, Aritomo. Yun Ling becomes Aritmomo’s apprentice. Yet mysteries remain in place: who is Aritomo, and what is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war?
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2009, c1999
Edition
Special anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After noticing that a visiting hummingbird likes her pink petunias, Annie and her rabbit Snowball, accompanied by Henry and his dog Mudge, fill the garden with pink objects to attract more hummingbirds.
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Front lawns, beware: The Germinatrix has you in her crosshairs! Ivette Soler is a welcome voice urging us to mow less and grow some food—in her uniquely fun, infectious yet informative way." —Garden Rant
People everywhere are turning patches of soil into bountiful vegetable gardens, and each spring a new crop of beginners pick up trowels and plant seeds for the first time. They're planting tomatoes in raised beds,...Author
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English
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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.
14) Crystal gardens
Author
Series
Ladies of Lantern Street volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Moving to a country cottage where she seeks refuge in a paranormally charged garden, Evangeline Ames is rescued from a would-be assassin by the garden's owner, Lucas Sebastian, who taps Evangeline's detective skills to solve a buried-treasure mystery and stop a common enemy.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
232 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
How to transform a front yard from grass to a garden. Includes garden styles, tips on creating and maintaining the garden, planting suggestions, and examples of more than 70 front-yard gardens across North America.
18) Sylvia's spinach
Author
Publisher
Readers to Eaters
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sylvia plants spinach in a garden at school and learns to give something a new try.
19) The rough patch
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
20) Grow it, cook it
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shows how to grow plants and then use them in delicious recipes.
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