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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.

Book Check-Out

To check out one of the books listed, 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

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

TitleAuthorCategoryGrades
A Fruit is a Suitcase for SeedsRichards, JeanGardening/EcosystemsLower Elementary
A Seed Is SleepyAston, DiannaGardeningLower Elementary
Before We Eat from Farm to TableBrisson, PatLocal FoodLower Elementary
Compost StewSiddals, Mary MckennaGardening/EcosystemsLower Elementary
Dinner From Dirt: Ten Meals Kids Can Grow and CookScott, EmilyEating HealthyUpper Elementary
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to ZEhlert, LoisEating HealthyLower Elementary
First Garden: The White House Garden and How It GrewGourley, RobbinGardening/Eating HealthyUpper Elementary
First Peas to the TableGrigsby, SusanGardening/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to CommunicateLevine, SarahEcosystemsUpper Elementary
Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard: Secrets of the GardenZoehfeld, KathleenGardeningLower Elementary
From Seed to PlantGibbons, GailEating HealthyLower Elementary
Good Enough To EatRockwell, LizzyEating HealthyLower Elementary
How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? The Story of FoodButterworth, ChrisLocal Food/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
I Love Strawberries!Anderson, ShannonGardening/Local FoodUpper Elementary
I Will Never Not Ever Eat A TomatoChild, LaurenEating HealthyLower Elementary
If You Love HoneySullivan, MarthaEcosystemsLower Elementary
If You Plant A SeedNelson, KadirGardening/EcosystemsLower Elementary
In the Garden with Dr. CarverGrigsby, SusanGardening/EcosystemsUpper Elementary
Katie’s CabbageStagliano, KatieGardening/Eating HealthyUpper Elementary
Lasagna GardeningLanza, PatriciaGardeningTeacher Resource
My Family’s Corn FarmOlthoff, KatieGardening/Local FoodUpper Elementary
Night TreeBunting, EveEcosystemsUpper Elementary
Our School GardenSwann, RickGardening/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
Peter Spit a Seed at SueKoller, JackieEating HealthyLower Elementary
Planting a RainbowEhlert, LoisGardeningLower Elementary
Rah, Rah, RadishesSayre, AprilEating HealthyLower Elementary
Secrets of the GardenZoehfeld, KathleenGardeningLower Elementary
Showdown at the Food PyramidBarron, RexEating HealthyLower Elementary
Sophie’s SquashMiller, PatEating HealthyLower Elementary
Soup DayIwai, MelissaLocal Food/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
Sylvia’s SpinachPryor, KatherineGardening/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
Teaching in Nature’s ClassroomLarson, NathanGardeningTeacher Resource
The Bee BookMilner, CharlotteEcosystemsUpper Elementary
The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They DisappearingRotner, ShelleyEcosystemsUpper Elementary
The Ugly VegetableLin, GraceGardeningLower Elementary
To Market, To MarketMcClure, NikkiLocal FoodUpper Elementary
Two Old PotatoesCoy, JohnGardening/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
Up, Down, and AroundAyres, KatherineGardening/Eating HealthyLower Elementary
What If There Were No Bees?Slade, SuzanneGardening/EcosystemsUpper Elementary