The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling
Farm Fresh Cats (Scott Santoro) 3-5
In a mysterious case of a cabbage crop gone wrong, a farmer and his wife have a feline adventure on their hands when a strange and prolific crop shows up in their field...
Song: Farmer Plants the Seeds
Prop: Beans...talk about/show different kinds of beans
Jasper's Beanstalk (Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen) 2-4Okay, you just have to read this for the authors' names alone, don't you think? Follow Jasper as he spends a week tending (or not) a found bean. Simple cheerful illustrations help young readers appreciate the passage of time.
Wiggler:
Glove Rhyme: Sunflower glove rhyme
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? (Susan Shea) 2-4
Making wonderful use of bold color, design, and rhyme, Ms. Shea and Mr. Slaughter explore the difference between living and non-living things. This book delightfully engages children with a simple "yes" or "no" question.
Action Rhyme: Now I'm Growing Very Tall
Felt Board: Sunflower Seed Count
Closer: Wave Goodbye
More Books! (from Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read Alouds
Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
Can I Help? by Marilyn Janovitz
Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
Fran's Flower by Lisa Bruce
How Does A Seed Grow? by Sue Kim
Jasper's Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth
Lenny in the Garden by Ken Wilson-Max -- great interactive text
My Day in the Garden by Meila Ford
Sunflower by Meila Ford
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
What Color is Your Apple? by Jerry Pallotta
Who's in the Garden? by Phillis Gershator
Preschool Read Alouds
Ava's Poppy by Marcus Pfister
Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry - too bad the title gives the surprise away
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Tom Slaughter -CROWD PLEASER
Handful of Sunshine by Melanie Eclare
In the Garden, Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barret George
Jack and the Beanstalk by Nina Crews
Just Teenie by Susan Meddaugh
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
One Two Three Jump! by Penelope LivelyOver In the Garden by Jennifer WardRound the Gardenby Omri Glaser
Plant A Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr.
School Age Read Alouds
And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson
Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Farm Fresh Cats by Scott Santoro
Garden of Opposites by Nancy Davis
Gardener by Sarah Stewart
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Holly Bloom's Garden by Sarah Ashman
Huck Runs Amuck by Sean Taylor
Our Tree Named Steve by Alex Zweibel
