"Jack's Garden" and "Fox In the Forest"

Both of these books are fiction, but filled with facts about nature.

Jack's Garden
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Henry Cole

This book is on two levels. One is for young children. The other is for older children.
Jack is planting a wildflower garden.
The excellent illustrations show different stages from preparing the garden and what is in soil to seeds to plants to pollinators and more.
For young children the text sets up a phrase and adds a layer to it on each page.
For older children, the illustrations show and name the creatures and wildflowers in Jack's garden. There is also a page urging children to plant their own gardens.

Fox In the Forest
5 stars
Author: Lorna Domke
Illustrator: David Besenger
Missouri Conservation Department book

A gray fox kit wakes up bitten by a flea that urges the kit to go out exploring the woods. The kit meets up with numerous forest residents before finding his way back home. The flea knows interesting tidbits about the various creatures.
The illustrations are true to life, yet have a softness to them making this book a fun adventure to take with gray fox kit.