| Animals: |
| Insects and their Cousins |
Title |
Author |
Wiggling Worms at Work |
Wendy Pfeffer |
An Earthworm’s Life |
John Himmelman |
Wonderful Worms |
Linda Glaser |
A Slug’s Life |
John Himmelman |
Some Smug Slug |
Pamela Duncan Edwards |
Snail |
Jens Olesen |
The Snail’s Spell |
Joanne Ryder |
A House for Hermit Crab |
Eric Carle |
About Insects |
Cathryn Sill |
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! |
Jennifer Dussling |
On Beyond Bugs! : All About Insects |
Cat in the Hat Series by Tish Rabe |
Caterpillars, Bugs, and Butterflies |
Mel Boring |
Are you a Bee? |
Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries |
The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive |
Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen |
Are you a Dragonfly? |
Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries |
Mealworms: Life Cycles |
Donna Schaffer |
A Ladybug’s Life |
John Himmelman |
Ladybug, Ladybug |
Ruth Brown |
Hey, Little Ant |
Phillip and Hannah Hoose |
Those Amazing Ants |
Patricia Brennan Demuth |
Crickwing |
Janell Cannon |
The Spider |
Margaret Lane |
About Arachnids |
Cathryn Sill |
A Pillbug’s Life |
John Himmelman |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Eric Carle |
The Very Quiet Cricket |
Eric Carle |
The Very Lonely Firefly |
Eric Carle |
The Honeybee and the Robber |
Eric Carle |
The Grouchy Ladybug |
Eric Carle |
The Very Busy Spider |
Eric Carle |
If You Were An Ant |
S.J. Calder |
Where Butterflies Grow |
Lynne Cherry |
Two Bad Ants |
Chris VanAllsburg |
How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects |
Ruth Heller |
Be Nice to Spiders |
Margaret Bloy Graham |
Dragonflies |
Oxford Scientific Films |
Look Closer |
Brian and Rebecca Wildsmith |
Bugs: A Closer Look at the World's Tiny Creatures |
Jinny Johnson |
Butterfly & Moth |
Eyewitness Series |
Insects and Spiders (Picturepedia) |
P. D. Hillyard |
| Dinosaurs |
Title |
Author |
Magic School Bus: In the Time of the Dinosaurs |
Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen |
Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur? |
Cat in the Hat Series by Bonnie Worth |
| Fish |
Title |
Author |
The Fish Who Couldn’t Swim |
John Bush & Korky Paul |
Rainbow Fish to the Rescue |
Marcus Pfister |
Fish is Fish |
Leo Lionni |
Rainbow Fish |
Marcus Pfister |
Swimmy |
Leo Lionni |
| Amphibians |
Title |
Author |
The Salamander Room |
Anne Mazer |
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog |
Jack Kent |
I Love to Eat Bugs |
John Strejan |
The Frog & the Toad |
Mike Linley |
Eyewitness Amphibian |
Barry Clarke |
About Amphibians |
Cathryn Sill |
The Life Cycle of a Frog |
Bobbie Kalman and Kathryn Smithyman |
Frog Odyssey |
Juliet and Charles Snape |
Jump, Frog, Jump! |
Robert Kalan |
Frogs: See How They Grow |
|
Why Frogs Are Wet |
Judy Hawes |
The Frog Alphabet Book |
Jerry Pallotta |
Animal Lives: The Frog |
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| Reptiles |
Title |
Author |
Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians |
|
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back |
Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London |
Little Turtle’s Big Adventure |
David Harrison |
Turtle Tale |
Frank Asch |
The Snake Who Was Afraid of People |
Barry Louis Polisar |
Snakes are Hunters |
Patricia Lauber |
Verdi |
Janell Cannon |
About Reptiles |
Cathryn Sill |
Turtle Splash |
Cathryn Falwell |
Box Turtle at Long Pond |
William George |
Look Out For Turtles! |
Melvin Berger |
How the Turtle Got Its Shell: Tales From Around the World |
|
A Color of His Own |
Leo Lionni |
| Birds |
Title |
Author |
Owl |
See How They Grow Series |
The Owl: a Photographic Essay |
Mahabu Miyazaki |
Owl Moon |
Jane Yolen |
All About Owls |
Jim Arnosky |
Owl Babies |
Martin Waddell |
Five Little Ducks |
Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey |
About Birds |
Cathryn Sill |
If You Were a Bird |
S.J. Calder |
Cradles in the Trees |
Patricia Brennan Demuth |
Secret Place |
Eve Bunting |
The Big Golden Book of Backyard Birds |
Kathleen N. Daly |
A Skyway of Geese |
Bill Martin |
Rechenka’s Eggs |
Patricia Polacco |
Birds |
Brian Wildsmith |
My Little Book of Wood Ducks |
Hope Irvin Marston |
Birds |
Bruce Coleman |
What Makes a Bird a Bird? |
May Garelick |
Fine Feathered Friends |
Tish Rabe |
The Robins in Your Backyard |
Nancy Carol Willis |
The Birdwatchers |
Simon James |
Ducks Don’t Get Wet |
Augusta Goldin |
See How They Grow: Duck |
|
This Way Home |
Lisa Westberg Peters |
Flute’s Journey |
Lynne Cherry |
Hawk, I’m Your Brother |
Byrd Baylor |
| Mammals |
Title |
Author |
Stellaluna |
Jannell Cannon |
About Mammals |
Cathryn Sill |
The Squirrel and the Little Rhinoceros |
Mischa Damjan |
Chipmunk Song |
Joanne Ryder |
Animals Born Alive and Well |
Ruth Heller |
Fox’s Dream |
Tejima |
Amazing Bats |
Frank Greenaway |
Baby Raccoon |
Beth Spanjian |
Bats |
Joyce Milton |
Home for a Bunny |
Margaret Wise Brown |
Come Out Muskrats |
Jim Arnosky |
Raccoons and Ripe Corn |
Jim Arnosky |
Little Friends |
Mike Logan |
Lunch |
Lois Ehlert |
Fox |
See How They Grow Series |
Eyewitness Mammal |
Steve Parker |
Small and Furry Animals |
Gill Tomblin |
Bats, Shadows in the Night |
Diane Ackerman |
Baby Animals |
Marcus Schneck |
Is a Camel a Mammal? Cat in the Hat Series |
Tish Rabe |
Henry and the Red Strips |
Eileen Christelow |
Red Fox |
Hannah Giffard |
Red Fox |
Karen Wallace |
Mouse Count |
Ellen Stoll Walsh |
Raccoon on His Own |
Jim Arnosky |
Raccoon Moon |
Nancy Carol Willis |
Nuts to You! |
Lois Ehlert |
The Squirrel |
Margaret Lane |
Gray Squirrel’s Daring Day |
Geri Harrington |
Squirrels and Chipmunks |
Allan Fowler |
Busy Beavers |
Lydia Dabcovich |
Rabbits |
Kate Petty |
Rabbits and Raindrops |
Jim Arnosky |
Bat Loves the Night |
Nicola Davies |
Plants:
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| Trees |
Title |
Author |
The Tree |
Naomi Russell |
Maya and the Town That Loved a Tree |
Kiki & Kathryn Shaw |
Whisper From the Woods |
Victoria Worth |
The Giving Tree |
Shel Silverstein |
The Great Kapok Tree |
Lynne Cherry |
The Dead Tree |
Charles Robinson |
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf |
Leo Buscaglia |
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf |
Lois Ehlert |
Once There Was a Tree |
Natalia Romanova |
The Life Cycle of a Tree |
Bobbie Kalman and Kathryn Smithyman |
| Flowers & Seeds |
Title |
Author |
Flowers |
Gail Saunders-Smith |
Seeds |
Gail Saunders-Smith |
A Seed Grows |
Pamela Hickman and Heather Collins |
The Tiny Seed |
Eric Carle |
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush |
Tomie dePaola |
Oh Say Can You Seed? Cat in the Hat Series |
Bonnie Worth |
The Life Cycle of a Flower |
Molly Aloian and Bobbie Kalman |
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds |
|
The Carrot Seed |
Ruth Krauss |
Sunflower House |
Eve Bunting |
Frog and Toad Together (The Garden) |
Arnold Lobel |
The Reason for a Flower |
Ruth Heller |
Planting a Rainbow |
Lois Ehlert |
Sunflower |
Miela Ford & Sally Noll |
Habitats:
|
| General |
Title |
Author |
I See Animals Hiding |
Jim Arnosky |
A House is a House for Me |
Mary Ann Hoberman |
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats |
Jim Arnosky |
The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A book about animal habitats |
|
Secret Place |
Eve Bunting |
Backyard Detectives: Critters Up Close |
Nic Bishop |
| Field |
Title |
Author |
In the Tall, Tall Grass |
Denise Fleming |
Over In the Meadow |
Ezra Jack Kent |
The Hidden Life of the Meadow |
David M. Schwartz |
| Forest |
Title |
Author |
In a Nutshell |
Joseph Anthony |
In the Woods: Who’s Been Here? |
Lindsay Barrett George |
Lost in the Woods |
Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick |
In Grandpa’s Woods |
Sharon Hart Addy |
A Tree is Nice |
Janice May Udry |
Forest of Dreams |
Rosemary Wells |
The Gift of the Tree |
Alvin Tresselt |
Where Once There Was a Wood |
Denise Fleming |
The Wild Woods |
Simon James |
The Hidden Life of the Forest |
David M. Schwarz |
Where the Forest Meets the Sea |
Jeannie Baker |
In the Woods |
Ermanno Cristini & Luigi Puricelli |
The First Forest |
Joanne Gile |
A Walk in the Woods |
Caroline Arnold |
| Marsh |
Title |
Author |
Around The Pond: Who’s Been Here? |
Lindsay Barrett George |
Squish: A Wetland Walk |
Nancy Luenn |
Over the Steamy Swamp |
Paul Geraghty |
Crawdad Creek |
Scott Russell Sanders |
Ducklings and Pollywogs |
Anne Rockwell |
What’s In The Pond? |
Anne Hunter |
Wetland Walk |
Sheri Amsel |
Down By the Bay |
Raffi |
In the Pond |
Ermano Cristini & Luigi Puricelli |
In the Small, Small Pond |
Denise Fleming |
Seasons & Weather:
|
| Evening/Night |
Title |
Author |
Grandfather Twilight |
Barbara Berger |
The Stars are Waiting |
Marjorie Dennis Murray |
Animals of the Night |
Merry Banks |
| Rain |
Title |
Author |
Rain Talk |
Mary Serfozo |
The Rainstick: A Fable |
Sandra Chisholm Robinson |
Wind: Gilberto and the Wind |
Marie Hall Ets |
Where Does the Wind Blow? |
Cindy Rink |
| Spring |
Title |
Author |
Spring: It’s Spring |
Linda Glaser |
| Summer |
Title |
Author |
It’s Summer |
Linda Glaser |
| Fall |
Title |
Author |
It’s Fall |
Linda Glaser |
How Do You Know It’s Fall? |
Allan Fowler |
The Day It Rained Leaves |
Steve Stout |
Why Do Leaves Change Color? |
Betsy Maestro |
| Winter |
Title |
Author |
It’s Winter |
Linda Glaser |
What do Animals do in Winter? |
Melvin and Gilda Berger |
Big Tracks, Little Tracks |
Millicent E. Selsam |
Stranger in the Woods |
Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick |
In the Snow: Who’s Been Here? |
Lindsay Barrett George |
Do Not Disturb |
Margery Facklam |
Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here |
Jean Craighead George |
Winter Lullaby |
Barbara Seuling |
Whose Tracks are These? |
Jim Nail |
Keep Looking |
Milicent Selsan & Joyce Hunt |
The Mitten |
Jan Brett |
The Hat |
Jan Brett |
The Winter Solstice |
Ellen Jackson |
The Big Snow |
Berta & Elmer Hader |
Animals in Winter |
H. Bancroft & R. Van Gelder |
The Snowy Day |
Ezra Jack Keats |
Snow |
Roy McKie & P.D. Eastman |
The Self-Made Snowman |
Fernando Krahn |
| Nature Awareness: |
| Senses |
Title |
Author |
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses |
Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen |
Eyes |
Judith Worthy |
Whose Nose Is This? |
Dr. Richard Van Gelder |
Listen to the Rain |
Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault |
Who’s Peeking at Me? |
Kees Moerbeek |
Who’s There? |
Charles Reasoner |
Who’s Peeking? |
Charles Reasoner |
Play With Me |
Marie Hall Ets |
When I’m Sleepy |
Jane R. Howard |
| Earth Conservation |
Title |
Author |
Why Should I Protect Nature? |
Jen Green and Mike Gordon |
Dear Children of the Earth, A Letter from Home |
Schim Schimmel |
Everybody Needs a Rock |
Byrd Baylor |
Girls Who Looked Under Rocks |
Jeannine Atkins |
The Wump World |
Bill Peet |
The Lorax |
Dr. Suess |
Lester and Clyde |
James H. Reece |
Just a Dream |
Chris Van Allsburg |
The Earth & I |
Frank Asch |
Earthdance |
Joanne Ryder |
On the Day you were Born |
Debra Frasier |
| Water Cycle |
Title |
Author |
The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over |
Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen |
The Magic School Bus: At the Waterworks |
Joanne Cole and Bruce Degen |
| Decomposition |
Title |
Author |
What’s Under the Log? |
Anne Hunter |
A Log’s Life |
Wendy Pfeffer |
The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad |
|
Dirt |
Steve “The Dirtmeister” Tomecek |
| Food Chains and Webs |
| Title |
Author |
| Pass the Energy, Please! |
Barbara Shaw McKinney |
| The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains |
|
| Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs |
Patricia Lauber |
