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Lending Library
Farm to School has a lending library available where you can check out books about gardening and eating healthy.
Books are due back to the lending library 2 weeks after check-out. Please return to:
SC Farm to School Program / 1200 Senate Street / Wade Hampton Building, 5th Floor / Columbia, SC 29201
Author | Title | Category | Grades |
| Barron, Rex | Showdown at the Food Pyramid | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Child, Lauren | I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Ehlert, Lois | Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Gibbons, Gail | From Seed to Plant | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Koller, Jackie | Peter Spit a Seed at Sue | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Miller, Pat | Sophie’s Squash | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Rockwell, Lizzy | Good Enough To Eat | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Sayre, April | Rah, Rah, Radishes | Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Scott, Emily | Dinner From Dirt: Ten Meals Kids Can Grow and Cook | Eating Healthy | Upper Elementary |
| Ayres, Katherine | Up, Down, and Around | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Coy, John | Two Old Potatoes | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Gourley, Robbin | First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Upper Elementary |
| Grigsby, Susan | First Peas to the Table | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Pryor, Katherine | Sylvia’s Spinach | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Stagliano, Katie | Katie’s Cabbage | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Upper Elementary |
| Swann, Rick | Our School Garden | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Swann, Rick | Our School Garden | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Butterworth, Chris | How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? The Story of Food | Local Food/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
Author |
Title |
Category |
Grades |
| Levine, Sarah | Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate | Ecosystems | Upper Elementary |
| Milner, Charlotte | The Bee Book | Ecosystems | Upper Elementary |
| Rotner, Shelley | The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They Disappearing | Ecosystems | Upper Elementary |
| Sullivan, Martha | If You Love Honey | Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Nelson, Kadir | If You Plant A Seed | Gardening/Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Richards, Jean | A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds | Gardening/Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Siddals, Mary Mckenna | Compost Stew | Gardening/Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Slade, Suzanne | What If There Were No Bees? | Gardening/Ecosystems | Upper Elementary |
Author | Title | Category | Grades |
| Aston, Dianna | A Seed Is Sleepy | Gardening | Lower Elementary |
| Ehlert, Lois | Planting a Rainbow | Gardening | Lower Elementary |
| Lanza, Patricia | Lasagna Gardening | Gardening | Teacher Resource |
| Larson, Nathan | Teaching in Nature’s Classroom | Gardening | Teacher Resource |
| Lin, Grace | The Ugly Vegetable | Gardening | Lower Elementary |
| Zoehfeld, Kathleen | Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard: Secrets of the Garden | Gardening | Lower Elementary |
| Zoehfeld, Kathleen | Secrets of the Garden | Gardening | Lower Elementary |
| Ayres, Katherine | Up, Down, and Around | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Coy, John | Two Old Potatoes | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Gourley, Robbin | First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Upper Elementary |
| Grigsby, Susan | First Peas to the Table | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Pryor, Katherine | Sylvia’s Spinach | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Stagliano, Katie | Katie’s Cabbage | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Upper Elementary |
| Swann, Rick | Our School Garden | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Swann, Rick | Our School Garden | Gardening/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
| Nelson, Kadir | If You Plant A Seed | Gardening/Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Richards, Jean | A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds | Gardening/Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Siddals, Mary Mckenna | Compost Stew | Gardening/Ecosystems | Lower Elementary |
| Slade, Suzanne | What If There Were No Bees? | Gardening/Ecosystems | Upper Elementary |
Author | Title | Category | Grades |
| Brisson, Pat | Before We Eat from Farm to Table | Local Food | Lower Elementary |
| McClure, Nikki | To Market, To Market | Local Food | Upper Elementary |
| Butterworth, Chris | How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? The Story of Food | Local Food/Eating Healthy | Lower Elementary |
Book Check-Out
To check out one of the above books, please email Michael Cranford at mcranford@scda.sc.gov with the following information:
- Your Name
- Organization or School
- Mailing Address
- Physical Address (if different)
- Phone Number
- Title of Book
- Author
- Comments or other suggestions for our Library