Books like Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

A heartwarming picture book about a young girl who, with her father’s help, plans a flower garden as a special birthday surprise for her mother.

A young girl treasures a bottle containing her heart, but as it becomes heavier she feels increasingly drained and disconnected from the world around her.

The Alden children solve a mystery in the community garden.

Julia Donaldson invites young readers into a playful garden where a group of animals counts and works together, all told in lively rhyme.

Anxiety-stricken Beatrice tries to keep up the facade of perfection as a school talent show contestant, only to make a costly mistake that could ruin everything she's worked so hard to achieve.

When school opens, a group of children build a makeshift mud classroom that lasts six months until an unexpected rainy season washes it away, weaving lessons of resilience and community.

Olivia receives a surprise seed from her teacher and nurtures it in her garden, eager to see what plant will sprout.

A playful rhyme where a little sister counts and eats increasingly absurd numbers of animals, until she spouts a hilarious 'peas' pratfall.

A charming rhymed tale in which Ant Hill friends collect seeds, plant them, and patiently await the arrival of spring to harvest the thriving garden.

The acorn and the pumpkin / La Fontaine Babe Ruth, the home-run king of baseball The bells / Edgar Allan Poe Casey at the bat / Ernest Lawrence Thayer Casey's comeback / James Wilson The cataract of Lodore / Robert Southey The cloud / Percy Bysshe Shelley Columbine and her playfellows of the Italian pantomime David Copperfield and little Em'ly [arranged] / Charles Dickens David, the shepherd boy [arranged from the Bible] East o' the sun and west o' the moon [a Norse folk tale] Gigi and the magic ring / Ann Macdonell The golden bird [a German fairy tale] The golden touch / Nathaniel Hawthorne The knights of the silver shield / Raymond MacDonald Alden The little-man-as-big-as-your-thumb-with-mustaches-seven-miles-long [a Russian legend] The maiden, the knight, and the waterfall [a Roumanian fairy tale] Miska and the man-with-the-iron-head [a Hungarian fairy tale] The peddler's song / William Shakespeare Phaeton [a Greek myth] The prince who rode through a mousehole [a Czech folk song] The raggle, taggle gypsies [Old folk song] The renowned and world-famous adventures of Punch and Judy - Rhodopis and her gilded sandals [a folk tale of ancient Egypt]. The six swans [a German fairy tale] The sky at night [from the Bible] The snow-queen / Hans Christian Andersen Song on May morning / John Milton The trial by fire [a Maori folk tale from New Zealand] Vladimir's adventures in search of fortune [a Yugoslavian tale from Serbia] White horses / Hamish Hendry The winter's tale / Charles and Mary Lamb The youth who wanted some fun [a Welsh fairy tale].

Young readers learn to grow pumpkins by planting seeds, watering, weeding and harvesting, then using the fruit in playful and tasty ways.

A child learns that a persistent problem can transform into an unexpected gift, revealing courage, strength, and growth while encouraging readers to confront and understand their own challenges.