My Garden by Kevin Henkes*

We have owned this book for five years.
A girl enjoys gardening with her mother but has her own ideas of what she would grow in her own garden (seashells, jelly beans, only tomatoes) and what magical things would occur (strawberries glow like lanterns, only chocolate rabbits in her garden).
With my oldest (when he was three years old), we created our own book based on this story line.  In it he wrote what he would grow in his garden and what magical things would occur.
Now I am excited to write a similar book with my five year old!
Teaching idea: Have students write a book about their garden and its unusual capabilities.