Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
by Kate Messner
Illustrator: Christopher Silas Neal
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 978-1-4521-1936-6
Keywords: Gardening, Flowers, Read-Aloud, Seasons
The flourishing plants and animals above the earth and roots and animals in the dirt below are described as grandmother and child tend a garden. Colorful, detailed illustrations.