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Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 2
Language
English
Description
When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.
Author
Publisher
Ivy Kids
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Mimi was a perfectly ordinary girl who lived a perfectly ordinary life. She didn't want many things. But there was one thing she wanted more than anything else... to see fairies in her garden. Could she ever make a garden perfect enough that they would come?" -- Page [4] of cover.
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Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Kitty volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kitty and her feline friends discover a secret roof garden and learn all about plants and gardening.
10) Holes in the sky
Author
Language
English
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Description
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.
11) City green
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.
Author
Series
Zapato power volume 11
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Freddie and Mr. Vaslov see a meteor fall, Freddie tries to find a meteorite for Mr. Vaslov's birthday and while searching, Freddie and Amy also decide to see if the old school garden can be restored.
14) A bit of Earth
Author
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives...
15) Grandpa Green
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
17) Harvest
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A girl and her mother spend the day gathering vegetables, fruit, and herbs from their garden.
19) The protest
Author
Series
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Lily and her friends organize a protest in order to save their neighborhood public garden from being demolished"--
Author
Publisher
Tundra Book Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl goes to her mother's homeland and develops an appreciation for nature. Returning to Canada she plants a garden that represents both sides of her heritage as Taiwanese plants grow side-by-side with Canadian wildflowers."--
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