A CHILDREN'S GARDEN OF CLASSIC BOOK | Top 40 of 2005 The list of 40 classic tales for children as chosen by The American Horticultural Society and the Junior Master Gardener organization:

"Brother Eagle, Sister Sky" by Susan Jeffers.
"Camille and the Sunflowers" by Laurence Anholt.
"Carrot Seed" by Ruth Krauss.
"Clara Caterpillar" by Pamela Duncan Edwards.
"The Gardener" by Sarah Stewart.
"The Gazebo" by Ethel Pochocki.
"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein.
"The Great Kapok Tree"by Lynne Cherry.
"The Empty Pot" by Demi.
"How Groundhog's Garden Grew" by Lynne Cherry.
"Inch by Inch: A Garden Song" by David Mallett.
"I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato" by Lauren Child.
"The Leaf Men" by William Joyce.
"Lily's Garden" by Deborah Kogan Ray.
"Linnea in Monet's Garden" by Christina Bjork.
"The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss.
"The Lotus Seed" by Sherry Garland.
"Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
"Mrs. Spitzer's Garden" by Edith Pattou.
"Oliver's Vegetables"by Vivian French.
"Once There Was a Tree" by Natalia Romanova.
"Place to Grow" by Stephanie Bloom.
"Plantzilla" by Jerdine Nolen.
"Pumpkins" by Mary Lyn Ray.
"Scarlette Beane" by Karen Wallace.
"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
"The Shaman's Apprentice" by Lynne Cherry.
"Sunflower House" by Eve Bunting.
"Sunflower Sal" by Janet S. Anderson.
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter.
"The Tin Forest" by Helen Ward.
"The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle.
"Too Many Pumpkins" by Linda White.
"Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens.
"Two Old Potatoes and Me" by John Coy.
"The Ugly Vegetables" by Grace Lin.
"Wanda's Roses" by Pat Brisson.
"Weslandia"by Paul Fleischman.
"Whose Garden Is It?" by Mary Ann Hoberman.
"Wild Child" by Lynn Plourde.
Source: KRT/The Philadelphia Inquirer