Ms. Jenna’s Small Bites Book Nook

Looking to expand your fruit and veggie-based books? Look no further! Our educator Ms. Jenna gathered all of her favorites together in one place for you. We hope you have fun exploring, reading, and LOVING these fruit and veggie-inspired books

A smiling woman with long, wavy blonde hair, wearing glasses and a blue shirt with tomato prints, against a plain white background.

Books for Academic Standards

A book cover titled "Jennifer Vogel Bass Edible Colors" featuring three multicolored carrots (yellow, red, and orange) with green leafy tops, and the subtitle "See. Learn. Eat."

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Edible Colors by Jennifer Vogel Boss

Review of colors, featuring many varieties of different fruits and vegetables

Cover of Mrs. Peanuckles's Vegetable Alphabet children's book featuring colorful illustrated vegetables such as eggplant, tomato, radish, bell peppers, and carrots with playful, bright colors.

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Mrs. Peanuckle’s Vegetable
Alphabet

Review of alphabet, featuring many varieties of different fruits and vegetables

Cover of a book titled 'Edible Numbers' by Jennifer Vogel Bass, featuring images of a pear, purple and green cauliflower, an orange, a plum, and a blueberry.

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Edible Numbers by Jennifer Vogel Boss

Review of numbers, featuring many different fruits and vegetables

Illustration of vegetables including an artichoke, cherry tomatoes, a yellow bell pepper, a green bell pepper, and a carrot. Accompanying text reads 'RAH, RAH, radishes! A vegetable chant by April Pulley Sayre.'

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Rah, Rah, radishes!
by April Pulley Sayre

Rhyming chant featuring many different vegetables — great for echo reading to build fluency

Cover of a children's book titled 'Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes' by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by John Parra. The cover features a boy and girl holding large tortillas, with colorful nature elements like trees, flowers, butterflies, and birds in the background.

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Round is a Tortilla by
Roseanne Greenfield Thong

Review of shapes, featuring many varieties of different fruits and vegetables

Cover of a children's book titled 'go, go, GRAPES! A Fruit Chant' with images of grapes, a sliced kiwi, a whole strawberry, and a peeled banana.

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Go, Go, Grapes!: A Fruit chant
by April Pulley Sayre

Rhyming chant featuring many different fruits — great for echo reading to build fluency

Books about Gardening

Children selling strawberries at a farm stand with a banner that reads "Spring is for strawberries" and various containers of strawberries and vegetables on the table.

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Spring is for Strawberries by Katherine Pryor and Polina Gortman

Two friends explore the seasons through the farmer’s market

Cover of a children's book titled "Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth" featuring a smiling woman with curly hair wearing a wide-brimmed hat, green striped shirt, and pink gardening gloves, standing outdoors amidst flowers, with a Dalmatian dog and a duck beside her.

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Compost Stew:
An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
by Mary McKenna Siddals

Help kids learn how to compost and develop habits that help protect the earth

Colorful children's book cover titled "Up, Down, and Around" showing a smiling boy standing in a garden with vegetables and a girl crawling near butterflies and pumpkin. Surrounding them are insects like ants, bees, and a caterpillar on a green plant.

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Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres

Follows how plants grow from seed to harvest

Colorful garden scene with various insects, birds, butterflies, and flowers, featuring the title 'Jack's Garden' and author's name Henry Cole.

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Jack’s Garden
by Henry Cole

Join Jack while he builds his garden with seeds and seedlings, buds and leaves, birds and bugs and butterflies, and blooms

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Learn about the plant life cycle! This book involves some guided movements to help kids learn all about the magic of a tiny seed.

Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson

Books about Food Systems

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Before We Eat: from Farm to Table by Pat Brisson

Explore the hard work that must happen before our food gets to our tables

An illustrated image of a grocery bag filled with fresh produce and items, including carrots, leafy greens, mushrooms, watermelon, tomatoes, and bread. Text on the bag reads "We're going to the farmers' market" by Stefan Page.

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We’re Going to the Farmers’ Market
by Stefan Page

Visit local farmers, choose fresh fruits and vegetables, and cook a colorful feast

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Join a group of neighbors as they cook a meal for their community. Experience the sounds, smells, and feelings in their little kitchen!

Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki