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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper	Margaret Mahy	A bossy and demanding plant insists on going home with Mr. Parkin, who usually only tends quiet pumpkins, and from that moment his peaceful existence is changed	OL11153382W
The poppy seeds	Jean Charlot,Clyde Robert Bulla	A little boy's attempts to grow poppies in his drought parched village soften the heart of the grouchy old man who has the village's only spring in his back yard.	OL12649W
Wings (Wings Series, Book 1)	Aprilynne Pike	When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a fairy and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching…	OL13761879W
Rhino, rhino, sweet potato	Francine Prose	When hungry rhinos rampage the village eating all the sweet potatoes, Roy bravely goes and teaches them new ways to live.	OL14952617W
Prairie days	Patricia MacLachlan,Micha Archer	Describes summer days growing up on the prairie.	OL16645659W
The watermelon seed	Greg Pizzoli	After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome.	OL16694605W
Corduroy's garden	Alison Inches	When the beans that Lisa has planted are dug up by a dog, Corduroy reseeds the garden that he was supposed to be watching, but he and Lisa are in for a surprise when the "beans" finally appear on the…	OL1683681W
Batman	Scott Ciencin	When Poison Ivy tries to turn Gotham City into a jungle, Batman comes to the rescue.	OL17866976W
Plantzilla goes to camp	Jerdine Nolen	Through a series of letters a boy, his parents, and others discuss Camp Wannaleavee, the camp bully, and Plantzilla, who has been forbidden to come but misses his caretaker and arrives in time to bec…	OL18167077W
Noah's wife	Sandy Eisenberg Sasso	Noah's wife Naamah is called upon by God to gather the seeds of every type of plant on Earth and bring them safely onto the ark before the great flood.	OL18228478W
Miss Maple's Seeds	Eliza Wheeler	After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends and instructs them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own.	OL19330108W
Sadie's snowy tu B'Shevat	Jamie Korngold	Sadie wants to plant a tree for Tu B'Shevat. But it's the middle of winter! Sadie learns why the tree-planting holiday is celebrated in winter and finds her own special ways to celebrate it.	OL19744635W
The halloweeds	Veronica Cossanteli	Dan promised he'd look after his siblings, but he hadn't bargained on his scientist parents dying on a jungle research trip. The children decamp to crumbling Daundelyon Hall. Horrible Aunt Grusilla r…	OL20829104W
Leaf Man (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards))	Lois Ehlert	A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him. On die-cut pages.	OL2347045W
Jack and the beanstalk	Anne Adeney	#One day, when there is no food left in the cupboard, Jack's mum sends him to market to sell daisy the cow.	OL24273952W
The Tiny Seed	Eric Carle	A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.	OL52982W
Trapped in time	Ken Petti	When Zenda arrives late to class and finds everyone frozen in time, she suspects a rare plant is the cause and, with Persuaja's help, she manages to go back in time on the astral plane to seek the an…	OL5702553W
The gardener and the vine	Andrew McDonough	Basil, a branch on a scraggly vine, learns that when we trust in God and His loving care, we become a part of the family of God. Story based on the teaching of Jesus in chapter fifteen, verse one of …	OL7943384W
Bliss, Blueberries, and the Butterfly	Jill L. Donahue,Jill L Donahue	Read-it! Readers… will delight children while strengthening their independent reading skills. Read-it! Readers and Read-it! Readers en Espanol are simple and effective ways to get the reading results…	OL8718496W
The Big Seed	Ellen Howard	As her mystery seed develops throughout the summer, Bess discovers growing makes things just the right size.	OL93463W