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Nature - Plants Genre
Books in the Nature - Plants genre:
The First Book of Gardening (1956)
A book on gardening for children.
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Author(s):
Virgina Kirkus
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)
Fun things to know about the seashore.
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Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Man and His World (1958)
Stories and poems about the natural world for older readers.
Wide Wonderful World (1958)
An anthology of stories and poems about the world we live in for younger children.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
The Golden Garden Guide (1960)
A practical handbook of gardening and outdoor living, prepared in cooperation with the Ford Motor Company.
Author(s):
John Burton Brimer
Et al
Illustrator(s):
William Sayles
Ned Seidler
Peter Spier
Golden Guide to Lawns, Trees and Shrubs (1961)
An illustrated guide to selecting, planting and caring for your lawn and garden.
Cricket in a Thicket (1963)
A collection of nature poems.
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Author(s):
Aileen Fisher
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Cypress Country (1965)
An illustrated look at the plant and animal life in the great southern cypress swamps.
Author(s):
Marjorie Bartlett Sanger
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury (1967)
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Doctor Dolittle Boxed Set (1967)
Includes Doctor Dolittle’s Circus, Zoo, Caravan, Garden, In the Moon, Return.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Let’s Learn About Sugar (1969)
Tells the story of sugar cane and sugar through the ages.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
James E. Barry
The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock (1978)
Fiona the cabbage moth and Jeremy the shamrock find friendship.
Author(s):
Ethel Marbach
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Woodland Crossings (1978)
Five short fables or stories about the natural world.
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Author(s):
Stephen Krensky
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
Food Market (1981)
Sally accompanies her mother and the baby to the grocery store.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (1982)
A not-too-serious look at everyone’s favorite confection.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Carrot Holes and Frisbee Trees (1983)
A gardner’s carrots mysteriously grow larger and larger year by year.
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Author(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s):
Nina Winters
The Mouldy (1983)
Author(s):
William Mayne
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1986)
Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.
Author(s):
Cecil Frances Alexander
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Anno’s Faces (1989)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Old Mother West Wind (1990)
Stories of the inhabitants of the green meadows, woods and streams.
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Author(s):
Thornton W. Burgess
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Thrashin’ Time: Harvest Days in the Dakotas (1991)
Peter gets to help when the steam thrasher comes to his father’s farm.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
June 29, 1999 (1992)
Author(s):
David Wiesner
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
More Stories from the Round Barn (2002)
The second volume in the history of the Dougan family farm in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin (2003)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Egielski
Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (2015)
A not-too-serious look at everyone’s favorite confection, in a new revised edition.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
The Turnip (2015)
Badger Girl is delighted to find the biggest turnip she has ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she is unable to pull it up without help from family and friends.