And the Good Brown Earth

And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson, Candlewick Press, 2003, ISBN 1-4155-3531-0
PS: Joe and Gram grow a garden, with the help of the good brown earth.
Well constructed book about the life cycle of a garden. Sequencing cues appear throughout the book as Gram declares it is "digging time" or "weeding time". The whole storyline is tied together with the phrase "And the good brown earth got on with doing what the good brown earth does best....day after golden day until..."

Flower Garden by Eve Bunting

Flower Garden by Eve Bunting, illus by Kathryn Hewitt, harcourt Brace and Co., 1994, ISBN 0-15-228776-0
Publisher's Summary: Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.
A warm, sweet book about a little girl working hard to bring joy to her mother on her birthday. Great book for kindergartners--use when studying gardens, springtime, colors, flowers, following directions, sequencing, lots of possibilities. Some good upper-level vocabulary words to introduce as well (trowel, pansies, daffodils, geraniums, jamboree).