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April Showers Bring May Flowers!

Picture books that will help readers get ready to play in the dirt and plant something pretty!

Laurel County Public Library

9 items

  • A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden! The perfect book to put you in the mood to plant flowers! Available in other formats.
    BookSan Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1988. — E EHLER/1988
  • Plant, Sow, Make & Grow

    Mud-tastic Activities for Budding Gardeners

    Coombs, Esther,
    This beautiful book will get little gardeners interested in the garden all year round, with pages packed full of seasonal information and fun crafting activities!
    BookLewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom : Button Books, 2019. — J 635.083 COOMB 2019
  • Discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under leaves, and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world of a garden through the course of a year! Available in other formats.
    eBookChronicle Books LLC, 2015
  • Help kids create a garden full of flowers and butterflies! Kids will be able to plant in their backyard, pick plants butterflies love, make a drinking fountain for butterflies, and more.
    eBookABDO, 2015
  • What Does Bunny See?

    a Book of Colors and Flowers

    Park, Linda Sue,
    Join our friend rabbit as he wanders through a cottage garden learning about different flowers and their beautiful colors. Available in other formats.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] — E/PARK/2018
  • Plant a seed to watch it grow! Press on the cloud to make it rain! This fun book teaches children about the different things seeds need in order to grow.
    BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — E MATHE 2017
  • Even something little can do big things! Read about a tiny seed, smaller than the others, as it makes an amazing journey to find a wonderful place to grow. Available in other formats.
    BookNatick, MA : Picture Book Studio, [1987] — E CARLE 1987
  • This book is perfect for beginning readers, and helps children learn how to create and care for a flower garden.
    eBookJump!, 2015
  • Tiny the dinosaur loves her new flowers. Have fun with this Dinosaur Train book that gives readers simple information about the characteristics of flowers.
    BookNew York : Simon Spotlight, 2019. — E GALLO 2019