My go-to themes for May are connected to spring, growing, flowers, gardens, and Mother's Day.
Flowers
- How to Grow a Friend by Sara Gillingham
- Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel
- The Rose in My Garden by Anita Lobel
- Fantastic Flowers by Susan Stockdale
- This is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Donald Crews
Extension Activities:
Mothers
- Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by Mem Fox, illustrated by Marla Frazee
- Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee
- Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Polushkin Robbins, illustrated by Jon Goodell
- My Mom by Anthony Browne
- The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Tomie de Paola
- This Quiet Lady by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Anita Lobel
Extension Activities:
Bugs
- Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar by Clare Jarrett
- Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming
- Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner
- Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek
- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
- I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges
- Yoo-Hoo Ladybug by Mem Fox, illustrated by Laura Ljungkvist
Gardening
- A Garden of Opposites by Nancy Davis
- In the Garden: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George
- Inch By Inch by David Mallett, illustrated by Ora Eitan
- My Garden by Kevin Henkes
- Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
- Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
- Whose Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Jane Dyer
Fruits & Veggies
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Crockett Johnson
- Jamberry by Bruce Degen
- The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood
- The Pea Patch Jig by Thacher Hurd
- Rah Rah Radishes by April Pulley Sayre
- Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Extension Activities:
