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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 440L
Language
English
Description
A series of vignettes provide an imaginative glimpse into the secret lives of a garden's unusual insects, including a ladybug who likes making mud angels and a cricket who dreams of grand adventures.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Description
Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
Two children from separate, long-feuding villages decide to put aside their hatred and build a forgiveness garden to bridge the gap between their communities and end the cycle of violence.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Roach introduces Westerners to the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism through a parable in which a man is lured to a mystical garden to meet the historical figures who have contributed fundamental teachings to the religion. Foreword by Robert Thurman.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
Description
Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.
15) Anywhere farm
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text explains how a farm can be planted anywhere, including a community garden, using just soil, sunshine, water, and a seed.
17) My Uncle Nikos
Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
Helena has a special relationship with her Uncle Nikos, who lives in a village in the mountains of Greece, in a small house with a large garden.
19) Garden spells
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Waverleys are a curious family, even their garden has a reputation, famous for its feisty apple tree that bears prophetic fruit, and its edible flowers, imbued with special powers. When Sydney returns home with a daughter of her own, she and her sister Claire must deal with their legacy.
20) The rough patch
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
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.