This beautifully told story follows Billy from early spring to late summer as he helps his grandpa on his vegetable patch. They dig the hard ground, sow rows of seeds, and keep them watered and safe from slugs. When harvest time arrives they can pick all the vegetables and fruit they have grown. Children will be drawn in by the poetry of the language and the warm illustrations, while also catching the excitement of watching things grow! Includes educational endnotes on gardening throughout the year.

From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes this Caldecott Honor Book, a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come. This title has Common Core connections. Grandpa Green is a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Picture Books title for 2011. One of School Library Journal's Best Picture Books of 2011.

My Grandpa is the stunning picture book debut from Marta Altés, author of I Am An Artist. A moving and memorable book about the very special relationship between an elderly grandfather and his adoring grandson, this unique look at old age through the eyes of a young bear is big-hearted, poignant and beautifully observed.

Presents the different ways grandfathers show their grandchildren love, from putting extra marshmallows in hot chocolate to sending cards and telling stories.

I Grow in Grandad's Garden is a captivating, illustrated story book, that's more than a story! It's a personal development book for early learners. It takes your chlidren, grandchildren or students on a personal growth journey that's fun. It helps you discover what makes children happy, sad, afraid and excited. It contains interactive questions designed to help you get closer to your children and grandchildren. It enables you to pass on good values naturally to your children and grandchildren - the values of gratititude, forgiveness, courage and generosity which set children up for a life of success and significance.

This book celebrates the special names that children call their grandparents (some culturally based, some wonderfully made up) and features the unique activities they do together. Full color.

Grandpa shares his photos and his memories with his young grandson in this heartwarming story. Appealing illustrations and leveled text will engage emergent readers. Pairs with the nonfiction title Communities Then and Now.

A girl lovingly tends to her garden through the seasons In the depths of winter, one young girl is already dreaming of planting her very own vegetable garden. In January, she sketches out the rows of lettuce, the trellis for the peas, and a large plot for the tomatoes while she waits for warmer weather. March is time for sowing, and April gives way to the first leaves of her seedlings. As the seasons change from spring to summer, she (with the help of her moms) spreads compost and turns up the soil to finally plant her veggies into the earth. As the months go by, she lovingly weeds, waters, and cares for her garden until it's time to harvest a bounty big enough to share with all their friends! My Delicious Garden celebrates the joy of growing food from seed and is a cozy exploration of the connections between nature, food, and community.

Celebrating magical grandads everywhere. Perfect for father's day! A striking and heart-warming celebration of taking a moment to notice the beauty in everyday things. When a young boy finds himself thrown into a new city, his world suddenly feels very grey. But with the help of his Grandpa, he discovers that things aren't always what they first seem and that beauty can be hidden in even the most unexpected of places. An uplifting tale of life's simple pleasures from acclaimed illustrator, Fiona Lumbers.

Equipped with only sandwiches and imagination, Lollipop and Grandpa set off on an exciting expedition in the back garden where they encounter 'chimpan-trees', a 'hippo-potta-compost' and a 'croco-logus'.