Our collection of preschool books about flowers is more than just pages with pretty petals; they are gateways to blossoming curiosity in young minds.
Dive into vibrant tales that teach colors, shapes, and life cycles through the beauty of blooms. Alongside these enchanting stories, flower preschool activities bring text to life, fostering hands-on learning that children adore.
Whether it’s following the journey of a tiny seed or exploring a garden’s worth of diverse flora, these books and activities plant the seeds of knowledge in delightful and memorable ways.
Together, let’s watch our little ones grow in wonder, just like the flowers they’ll come to love.
Preschool Books About Flowers
We understand the unique magic books hold for young, inquisitive minds. In this section, we uncover a world vibrant with colors and rich with the scents of springtime gardens. Here, the whispers of turning pages are invitations to journeys through enchanted, blooming meadows.
Each tale has been lovingly chosen to delight the senses and spark a deep, lifelong affection for the natural world in the hearts of our youngest readers. With these handpicked stories, you can nurture a growing love for reading and an appreciation for nature’s splendors.
ABC Flowers
Beautiful flowers from A-Z: a picture of a flower corresponding to the letter of the alphabet.
With rhythmic, rhyming text and beautifully patterned painting, Fantastic Flowers introduces young readers to 17 flowers that resemble all kinds of things. Budding botanists will be amazed at how much they look like upside-down pants, wild monkeys and even tiny babies!
The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went.
Beautiful collage-and-watercolor art follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful butterflies. Children engage with the book as they wiggle their fingers to water the seeds, clap to make the sun shine after rain, and shoo away a hungry snail.
Discover the beautiful science of flowers! Through full-color photos and simple, easy-to-follow text, this nonfiction book introduces emergent readers to the basics of botany, including information on how flowers grow, along with their uses.
Fletcher loves everything about spring: listening to the birds sing, smelling just-opened flowers, and playing chase with butterflies. But then Fletcher sees something he never expected to see in spring: snow. Oh, no!
Filled with excitement, a city girl and her father pick out a wonderful assortment of flowers, carry them home, and, sitting on newspaper, lovingly transplant them to a window box as a birthday surprise for Mom.
In this gently rhyming board book, a young boy creates a garden, one small action at a time. First he digs in the dirt and plants seeds, then he adds soil, water, and some patience. With time, the seeds grow and the boy excitedly discovers what he has helped to make.
Springtime is here, and Zinnia can’t wait to plant her seeds and watch them grow. She carefully takes care of her garden, watering her plants, weeding, and waiting patiently for something to sprout. And soon enough, the first seedlings appear!
Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home.
The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds
The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style.
With the able assistance of Thing 1 and Thing 2 — and a fleet of Rube Goldbergian vehicles — the Cat in the Hat examines the various parts of plants, seeds, and flowers; basic photosynthesis and pollination; and seed dispersal.
Young readers will be fascinated to find out what flower can be used to make a doll, which flower flavors tea, and which flower farmers feed to chickens.
Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.
