Book Spine Poetry: A Not So Secret Garden

My Garden

The Carrot Seed

Mud

Potato Joe

Ten Little Caterpillars

My Garden by Kevin Henkes JF H
The girl in this book imagines a garden where anything, like chocolate bunnies, seashells, and jelly beans, can grow.

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss; illus. by Crockett Johnson JF K
Through words and pictures Krauss and Johnson tell the story of a boy who grows a carrot.

Mud by Mary Lyn Ray; illus. by Lauren Stringer JF R
This book celebrates the messy fun that can be had with sloppy, slippery mud.

Potato Joe by Keith Baker JF B
The children’s rhyme of, “one potato, two potato” is featured in this humorous picture book.

Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr.; illus. by Lois Ehlert JF M
Ten different caterpillars, from a cabbage looper to a monarch, and the nature around them are the subject of this brightly illustrated book.