Dirt needs digging. Water needs splashing. Garden books need reading. 

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Crockett Johnson

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

The Garden of Happiness by Erika Tamar, illustrated by Barbara Lambase

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, pictures by David Small

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Potatoes on Rooftops: Farming in the City by Hadley Dyer

Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes