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Suggested Children’s Literature for PLT PreK-8 Activities
Prepared by Beth Lesure (& others as noted), NH Project Learning Tree
February 2004 (added to through 2005)
1. The Shape of Things
• Animal Watch. Newbridge.
How can we learn more about animals? By studying them up close where they live! Whether scientists are tracking tigers in the jungle, searching for insects in the rain forest, or observing pigeons in a park, they're always making new discoveries. Grades 2-4. couldn’t find
• Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Scholastic. 1987.
In the autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost – burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers – trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing into a giant flower, and when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0689842449, found bn.
• Berger, Melvin. Animal Senses. Newbridge.
Students will be surprised to learn that the katydid's ears are on its front legs, a snake smells with its tongue, butterflies taste with their feet, and more. Grades 2-4. ISBN: 1567842151. unavailable
• Bouchard, David. Voices from the Wild-- An Animal Sensagoria. Chronicle Books. 1996.
Describes how animals use their senses to survive in the wild. The book is divided into five sections--sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. Each section features five animals relating, in first person, the special ways the particular sense helps them hunt, avoid predators, and care for their young. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0811814629 found at library
• Buchanan, Ken and Debby. It Rained on the Desert Today Northland Publishing. 1999.
The book is written from the perspective of a small desert-dwelling girl who can see, smell, hear and sense the coming deluge to her desert home. The sights, sounds, musical contour, and rhythm of the storm are described with poetic imagery. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0873587499. unavailable
• Dodds, Dayle Ann. The Shape of Things. Candlewick Press. 1994.
Shapes are everywhere in this energetically illustrated book filled with colorful shapes. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 1564026981, found bn. WI EC
• Feely, Jenny. Living and Nonliving. Sundance.
Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0613305604. found bn
• Fisher, Aileen. Animal Houses. Bowmar. 1973.
Discover the Joys of nature observation and exploration through the eyes of a child in one of the many books by Aileen Fisher. A colorful addition to a unit on shapes, through rhyme this book compares the square houses of people with the more rounded dwellings of an assortment of animals. Grades PreK-1 ISBN: 0837208599, found library. WI EC
• Gold, Kari Jenson J. Patterns Everywhere. Newbridge.
This leveled reader explores patterns in nature. ISBN: 1567843069. Grade K. unavailable
• Hammerstrom, Frances. Walk When the Moon is Full. Crossing Press. 1975.
The author describes 13 moonlight walks with her children and the nature observations they made. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0912278692. found library
• Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Greenwillow Books. 1986.
A colorful picture book presenting photographs of familiar objects exhibiting round and angular shapes. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0688147402. Found bn. WI EC
• Hoban, Tana. So Many Circles, So Many Squares. Greenwillow Books. 1998
Tana Hoban is know for her birght, colorful picture books. In this book, circles and squares are discovered everywhere in the natural and man-made world around us. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0688151655, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Hoban, Tana. Cubes, Cones, Cylinders and Spheres. Greenwillow Books. 2000. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688153259, found bn. MN EC
• Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascale de Bourgoing. The Tree. Cartwheel Books. 1992.
Through many brightly covered transparent pages, the young child is introduced to the truly fascinating world of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590452657, found library. MN EC, NH
• Lee, Frances. Looking at Flowers. Sundance.
This leveled reader explores flowers from a child’s point of view. Grade PreK. Couldn’t find
• Leslie, Clare Walker. Nature All Year Long. Greenwillow Books. 1991.
Describes the different plants, animals, and landscapes that can be seen outdoors each month of the year. Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0787293997. found bn
• Levenson, George. The Pumpkin Circle; The Story of A Garden. Tricycle Press, 2002.
A first rate introduction to the growth cycle. Photographer Samuel Thater matches the author’s informative, rhythmic text with pictures that convey a wealth of information. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1582460787, found bn.
• Locker, Thomas. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art. Harper Collins. 1995.
A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0064437507, found bn
• Lunis, Natalie and Nancy White. Exploring Everyday Wonders. Newbridge.
Sparkling dewdrops…flashing fireflies… a shooting star. Children discover that each of nature’s everyday wonders holds a science secret. Grades 2-3. ISBN: 1582733686 unavailable
• MacKinnon, Debbie. Eye Spy Shapes. Charlesbridge. 2000.
Bright colorful photographs invite the reader to listen to the clues and look through the peepholes to discover five simple shapes: a square, triangle, circle, star, and rectangle. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0881061352, found bn. WI EC
• MacMillan, Bruce. Counting Wildflowers. Lothrop Lee and Shepard. 1986.
A counting book with photographs of wildflowers illustrating the numbers one through twenty. Grades PreK- 5. ISBN: 0688140270, found library
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Nayer, Judy. My Five Senses: A Lion’s Tale. Sundance.
Adorable illustrations and whimsical, rhyming text teach children that they experience nature through their five senses. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840671. unavailable
• Neuschwander, Cindy Wayne Geehan. Sir Cumference and The First Round Table. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1998
“When his knights get together, they sit at such a long table that everyone has to shout to be heard. Can Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter measure up to the challenge of building a better table? The fallen tree provides the perfect answer. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1570911525, found bn.
• Waldrop, Victor (ed). What do Animals See, Hear, Smell and Feel? (Ranger Rick Books.) National Wildlife Federation. 1990.
Explores how animal senses are often superior to those of people. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0945051247. unavailable
• Robbins, Ken. Autumn Leaves. Scholastic Inc. 1998.
The author invites children to learn about the characteristics of 13 different trees, focusing on the shapes of their leaves. Grades PreK-2 ISBN: 0439149886, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Rotner, Shelley and Kreisler, Ken. Nature Spy. Macmillan. 1992.
Photographs portray a young girl as she takes a close up look at nature’s wonders examining an acorn on a branch, the lines on a leaf, and the golden eye of a frog. Grades PreK-1. ISBN: 0027778851, found bn. WI EC
• Sandved, Kjell B. The Butterfly Alphabet. Scholastic. 1996.
A world-renowned nature photographer presents photographs of butterflies from throughout the world, using close-up views of wing designs that look like letters of the alphabet. Grades PreK- 3. ISBN: 0439079470. found bn
• Seuss, Dr. The Shape of Me and Other Stuff. Random House. 1997.
Rhyme and silhouette encourage children to consider the shape of bees, beans, flowers, and big machines. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0679886311, found bn. WI EC
• Sohi, Morteza E. Look What I Did With A Leaf. Scholastic. 1993.
The author gives creative ideas on making animals out of different shaped leaves. Colorful illustrations make it easy for anyone to create a nature critter. A brief field guide to leaves can be found at the back of the book. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0802774407, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Stynes, Barbara White. Walking with Mama. Dawn. 1997.
What sweet intimacy a mother and child share when walking together in nature! The toddler, way up high in a backpack, can see so very far. It’s bouncy and warm, too. Mother and child not only discover the wonders of nature but also deepen the wonders of love. Grades K-2 ISBN: 1883220572. found library
• Tildes, Phyllis Limbacher. Gifts. Tailwinds. 2001.
Experience the joy and wonder of a young girl as she explores the simple gifts of nature in the world around her. A feather, a blossom, a leaf, or even the fresh smell of spring air . . . whatever the gift may be, our natural world has much to offer. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0881069655, found bn
2. Get In Touch With Trees
• Berger, Melvin. Animal Senses. Newbridge.
Students will be surprised to learn that the katydid's ears are on its front legs, a snake smells with its tongue, butterflies taste with their feet, and more. Grades 2-4. ISBN: 1567842151. Grades PreK-6. unavailable
• Bouchard, David. Voices from the Wild-- An Animal Sensagoria. Chrnoicle Books. 1996.
Describes how animals use their senses to survive in the wild. The book is divided into five sections--sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. Each section features five animals relating, in first person, the special ways the particular sense helps them hunt, avoid predators, and care for their young. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0811814629 found at library
• Brandenberg, Aliki. My Five Senses. Harper Collins. 1991. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 006445083X, found bn. MN EC
• Burns, Diane L. Trees, Leaves, and Bark. Northwoods Press. 1998.
Contains brief, introductory information for fifteen American trees, including the lifespan and uses of the wood. A color drawing of the mature tree and a close-up of the leaf help to further identify the tree. Descriptions and illustrations are also given for the seeds and the detail of the bark. There are environmental and safety tips at the bottom of each two-page spread. In clear and simple terms, readers can also learn how to make a bark-rubbing poster, a leaf mobile, and how to grow a tree from seed. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 1559716282. MN EC
• Hammerstrom, Frances. Walk When the Moon is Full. Crossing Press. 1975.
The author describes 13 moonlight walks with her children and the nature observations they made. Grades PreK-3 (Barnes and Noble says Grades 6+). ISBN: 0912278692. found library
• Hoban, Tana. Is it Rough? Is it Smooth? Is It Shiny? Greenwillow Books. 1984.
Color photographs without text introduce objects of many different textures, such as pretzels, foil, hay, mud, kitten, and bubbles. Grade Preschool. ISBN: 0688038239, found bn. MN EC
• La Marche, Jim. A Story for Bear Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
“One sunlit afternoon, a bear discovers a mysterious fragment of paper that leads him to a cabin and to an unlikely friend. Although he can not understand her words, he returns day after day all summer to hear the woman read to him. Each night he carries the sound of her stories = of sailors and goddesses and far-off lands – back to his cave. The stories are from another world, but their sound touches him.” This book is beautifully illustrated and touches that place in us where we understand about developing early literacy skills, and the importance of the sounds of words and how they can make us feel. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0-15-200239-1, found bn
• Miller, Margaret. My Five Senses. Simon & Schuster. 1998. ISBN: 0395731518, found library. MN EC
• Nayer, Judy. My Five Senses: A Lion’s Tale. Sundance.
Adorable illustrations and whimsical, rhyming text teach children that they experience nature through their five senses. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840671. unavailable
• Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? William R. Scott Publishers. 1967.
Poem that celebrates trees in all their varied glory, from the sun-drenched yellows and greens of fresh buds to the flame reds of autumn maples, to the brittle, icy blues and whites of winter-coated branches. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0590466917. found library
• Ryder, Joanne. Hello Tree! Lodestar Publishers. 1991.
Describes, in simple text and illustrations, some of the unique characteristics of trees. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0525673105. found library
• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656, found bn
3. Peppermint Beetle
• Ackerman, Diane. Animal Sense. A. A. Knopf. 2003.
A collection of poems that tells how such animals as alligators, bats, penguins, bumblebees, and skunks use their different senses. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0375823840.
• Berger, Melvin. Animal Senses. Newbridge.
Students will be surprised to learn that the katydid's ears are on its front legs, a snake smells with its tongue, butterflies taste with their feet, and more. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842151. unavailable
• Bouchard, David. Voices from the Wild-- An Animal Sensagoria. Chrnoicle Books. 1996.
Describes how animals use their senses to survive in the wild. The book is divided into five sections--sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. Each section features five animals relating, in first person, the special ways the particular sense helps them hunt, avoid predators, and care for their young. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0811814629 found at library
• Branzei, Sylvia. Virtual Grossology : See It! Touch It! Hear It! Smell It! Taste It (Planet Dexter's Grossology Series). Penguin. 1998.
Virtual Grossology is a must have for every 9-12 year old. It fits right in with their sense of humor and gives a little education at the same time. ISBN: 020115417X, found library. Grades 4-7.
• Buchanan, Ken and Debby. It Rained on the Desert Today Northland Publishing. 1999.
The book is written from the perspective of a small desert-dwelling girl who can see, smell, hear and sense the coming deluge to her desert home. The sights, sounds, musical contour, and rhythm of the storm are described with poetic imagery Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0873587499. unavailable
• Griffiths, Rachel and Margaret Clyne. Sniff. Sundance.
Grade PreK. Couldn’t Find.
• Lawson, Julie. Bear on a Train. Kids Can Press. 1999.
A bear gets on a train in late autumn, drawn by the smell of grain in its hoppers, and after a prolonged snack takes a prolonged snooze in the bowels of the hopper as the train crisscrosses the continent until springtime. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1553370686, found bn
• Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? William R. Scott Publishers. 1967.
Poem that celebrate trees in all their varied glory, from the sun-drenched yellows and greens of fresh buds to the flame reds of autumn maples, to the brittle, icy blues and whites of winter-coated branches. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0590466917. found library
4. Sounds Around
• Baylor, Byrd and Peter Parnall. The Other Way To Listen. Aladdin. 1978.
An old man teaches a child the art of listening to nature. Where most would hear only silence, the child learns to hear the thousand rich noises of the desert. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689810539, found bn. WI EC
• Becker, Bonny. The Quiet Way Home. Henry Holt & Company. 1995.
A little girl and her grandfather take the “quiet” way home from school, walking along a path. They hear all kinds of noises, taking time to enjoy the sounds of the honeybee “buzzing”, the black bird “scolding” and the grasshopper “whirring”. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0805035303, available used from bn for $49.95. MN EC, WI EC
• Berger, Melvin. Animal Senses. Newbridge.
Students will be surprised to learn that the katydid's ears are on its front legs, a snake smells with its tongue, butterflies taste with their feet, and more. Guided reading level O. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842151. unavailable
• Bouchard, David. Voices from the Wild-- An Animal Sensagoria. Chrnoicle Books. 1996.
Describes how animals use their senses to survive in the wild. The book is divided into five sections--sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. Each section features five animals relating, in first person, the special ways the particular sense helps them hunt, avoid predators, and care for their young. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0811814629 found at library
• Buchanan, Ken and Debby. It Rained on the Desert Today Northland Publishing. 1999.
The book is written from the perspective of a small desert-dwelling girl who can see, smell, hear and sense the coming deluge to her desert home. The sights, sounds, musical contour, and rhythm of the storm are described with poetic imagery. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0873587499. unavailable
• Carlstrom, Nancy White. The Way to Wyatt’s House. Walker & Company. 2000.
Two children discover an array of sounds and sights as they walk to their friend Wyatt’s house. Clear and colorful pictures enhance the script as the children “crunch” through autumn leaves and “swish” through the long grass. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0802787401, found bn. WI EC
• Cornell, Joseph. Listening to Nature: How To Deepen Your Awareness of Nature. Dawn Publications. 1987.
For each day of the month, the reader is treated to an inspirational quotation from the likes of Muir and Thoreau. The book is sensitively highlighted with stunning color photographs by award-winning Sierra Club Calendar veteran John Hendrickson. All ages/ Grades. ISBN: 0916124355 found bn
• Curran, Eileen. Life In the Forest. Troll Associates. 1985.
Children can find the forest inhabitants in this colorfully illustrated book for young readers. Grades PreK-4 . ISBN: 0816704473, found bn. WI EC
• Florian, Douglas. Nature Walk. Greenwillow Books. 1989.
Young children will enjoy this colorful “walk” describing the plants and animals that are natural inhabitants of the woods. In this simple book the author uses a word or short phrase of description for each two-page spread. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0688082661, available library. WI EC
• Hammerstrom, Frances. Walk When the Moon is Full. Crossing Press. 1975.
The author describes 13 moonlight walks with her children and the nature observations they made. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0912278692. found library
• Lyon, George Ella. Counting on the Woods. DK Publishing. 1998.
A fun book that uses rhyme to describe and count nature objects observed while taking a walk in the woods. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0789424800, found library. WI EC
• Manushkin, Fran. Peeping and Sleeping. Clarion Books. 1994.
Barry and his father take an evening walk, exploring the strange peeping sounds they hear and finding a surprise down at the pond. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0395643392, found at library
• Martin, Bill and John Archambault. The Ghost Eye Tree. Holt. 1985.
Walking down a dark lonely road on an errand one night, a brother and sister argue over who is afraid of the dread Ghost-Eye tree. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0805009477, found bn
• Merriam, Eva. Quiet, Please. Simon & Schuster. 1995. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0671798162, temporarily unavailable from bn; found library. MN EC
• Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? William R. Scott Publishers. 1967.
Poem that celebrate trees in all their varied glory, from the sun-drenched yellows and greens of fresh buds to the flame reds of autumn maples, to the brittle, icy blues and whites of winter-coated branches. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0590466917. found library
• Owen, Roy. My Night Forest. Simon & Schuster. 1994.
This story takes children on a nighttime journey deep into the forest and into the lives of five animals: an owl, wolf, bear, deer, and mouse. The story explores what these night creatures hear, see, smell, taste and touch in the middle of the night in the forest. Grades PreK. ISBN: 0027690059, found library. MN EC,WI EC
• Pinkney, Brian. Max Found Two Sticks. Simon and Schuster. 1997.
Although he doesn't feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hat boxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0671787764, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. Hello Tree! Lodestar Publishers. 1991.
Describes, in simple text and illustrations, some of the unique characteristics of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0525673105. found library
• Ryder, Joanne. When the Woods Hum. Morrow Jr. Books. 1991.
An intergenerational family story serves as a vehicle to describe the periodical cicada, an insect that lives underground for 17 years and then emerges to mate. When the cicadas appear, they fill the woods with humming. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688070574, found library
• Serfozo, Mary. Rain Talk. Margaret K. McElderberry Books. 1990.
A child enjoys a glorious day in the rain, listening to the varied sounds it makes as it comes down. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0689504969, found library
• Showers, Paul. The Listening Walk (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out-Science-Book). Crowell. 1993.
A little girl and her father take a quiet walk and identify the sounds around them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0064433226, found bn. MN EC
• Sloan, Peter & Sheryl. Animal Noises. Sundance.
This book explores the noises animals make. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0613302265, found bn
• Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon. Philomel Books. 1987.
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0399214577, found bn
5. Poet-Tree
• Allen, Marjorie. Changes. MacMillan. 1991.
Describes, in rhymed text and illustrations, how things in nature change as they grow and develop. Grades PreK-2. can’t find
• Anderson, Ginger. Nature Rhymes for Young Explorers. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. 1995
Book of poetry about nature. Grades PreK+. Couldn’t find
• Behn, Harry. Trees. Holt. 1992.
A poem celebrating the importance of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 080501926X, found library NH & Kay West
• Carson, Rachel. A Sense of Wonder. Perennial Library. 1984.
Filled with words and pictures to help keep alive the sense of wonder and delight in mysteries of earth, sea, and sky. Grades 2+. ISBN: 006757520X, found bn
• Feely, Jenny. The Tree. Sundance
Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0613308115, found bn
• Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. Harper Collins. 1992.
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0064460932, found bn
• Florian, Douglas. Insectlopedia. Harcourt, Brace, and Company. 1998.
Grades K-6. ISBN: 0152013067.
• Froman, Robert. Seeing Things: A Book of Poems. Crowell. 1974.
The words of these 51 poems (i.e. Vacant Lot) are arranged on the pages in shapes appropriate to the subjects of the poems. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0690002912, found library
• Haseley, Dennis. My Father Doesn’t Know About The Woods And Me. Atheneum. 1988.
As a child walks in the woods with his father, he seems to become other animals enjoying the freedom of nature. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689313659, found library
• Livingston, Myra Cohn. Earth Songs. Holiday House. 1986.
A poetic tribute to that little O, the earth, its continents, clay, hills, forests, and seas. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0823406156, found library
• Luenn, Nancy. Squish! A Wetland Walk. Simon and Schuster. 1994.
In simple poetic language describes what a wetland is, indicates the animals that call a wetland home, and tells why wetlands are important to us. But even more, a wetland is a marvelous, muddy adventure. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689318421, found library
• Moore, Lilian. Poems Have Roots. Simon & Schuster. 1997.
A collections of poems that explore the wonders of nature, including "Waterfall," "Maple Talk," "Snow Dust," and "If a Deer Dreamed." Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0689800290, unavailable
• O’ Connell George, Kristine. Old Elm Speaks. Clarion Books. 1998.
Through enchanting paintings and imaginative, humorous text the author offers a delightfully original look at trees. Her poems invite us to think about trees, listen to what trees tell us – and perhaps even answer them. This book captures trees in various circumatances, and throughout the season in short poems, free verse, and haiku. GradesPreK+. ISBN #: 0395876117, found bn. NC list
• Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? William R. Scott Publishers. 1967.
Poem that celebrate trees in all their varied glory, from the sun-drenched yellows and greens of fresh buds to the flame reds of autumn maples, to the brittle, icy blues and whites of winter-coated branches. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0590466917. found library
• Ryder, Joanne. Hello Tree! Lodestar Publishers. 1991.
Describes, in simple text and illustrations, some of the unique characteristics of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0525673105. found library
• Shannon, George. Dancing in the Breeze. Bradbury Press. 1991.
Lyrically describes Papa, young daughter, and the evening breeze as they dance among the flowers in the front yard while the moon rises. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0027821900, unavailable
• Yolen, Jane. Water Music: Poems for Children. Boyds Mill Press. 1995.
The pictures illustrate water in all its forms, and the poems are Yolen's responses. From dewdrops to raindrops, from a trickling stream to Niagara Falls, from a froth of soap bubbles to a puddle to a lake, from icicles to steam-water. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1563973367, found bn
6. Picture This!
• Arnosky, Jim. In the Forest: A Portfolio of Paintings. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Publishers. 1989.
Oil paintings that depict the forest at different times of the day during the fall & winter. Text discusses the plants & animals that call the forest home. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0688081622, found library
• Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children. Fulcrum. 1991.
A rich collection of uplifting Native American stories and creative nature activities that will inspire children to love and respect animals. Keepers of the Animals will help children to understand their interdependence with all living beings and life forms. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1555913865, found bn
• Carle, Eric. The Mixed-Up Chameleon. Harper Collins. 1988.
A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors. ISBN: 0064431622, found bn
• Coats, Laura Jane. The Oak Tree. Atheneum. 1987.
Birds, people, bats, and other living things interact naturally with an oak tree over a period of twenty-four hours. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0027190528, found library
• Grooms, Molly & Lucia Guarnotta. We Are Bears. NorthWord Press, 2002.
“A mother bear takes her two cubs out on their first excursion from the den; so they experience a myriad of smells, colors, and sounds, and discover their innate skills. Children will want to study the details of the plants, ladybugs, butterflies, and bees scattered throughout the pages.” Grades K-4. ISBN: 1-55971-836-6, found bn.
• Kohl, Judith and Herbert. The View From The Oak: The Private World of Other Creatures. Sierra Club. 1977.
What do flowers in a meadow look like to a bee? How does the world appear to a snake that "sees" by detecting minute temperature changes? What is it like to live in the water strider's two-dimensional universe? The View from the Oak helps readers enter the fascinating, often invisible world of nature. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1565846362, found bn
• Luenn, Nancy. Squish! A Wetland Walk. Simon and Schuster. 1994.
In simple poetic language describes what a wetland is, indicates the animals that call a wetland home, and tells why wetlands are important to us. But even more, a wetland is a marvelous, muddy adventure. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689318421.
• Mader, Jan. Rocky Mountains. Scholastic Publishers, 2004.
“This Rookie Read-About Geography book introduces young readers to the Rocky Mountains. Colorful photos and simple text highlight basic geographic facts about the Rocky Mountains, from their location in the western United States and Canada to the diverse regions that exist along the length of these great mountains.” Grades 1-2. ISBN: 0-516-26832-5, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Myers, Arthur. Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things. Random House. 1981.
Discusses the octopus, paper nautilus, sponge, sea cucumber, giant clam, starfish, sea anemone, jellyfish, corals, barnacles, and other unusual sea creatures. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0394944879, unavailable
• Pluckrose, Henry. Trees. Children’s Press. 1994.
Tree shapes, types of leaves, how trees are fed, why they are green, what animals they house, and the bounty trees produce are all captured in the text and photographs. Developed to help children understand environmental issues and to stimulate discussion. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0516401211, found library
• Robertson, Kayo. Signs Along the River: Learning to Read the Natural Landscape. The Court Wayne Press, 1990.
“A primer in ecology for the curious of all ages, this book will help children understand and enjoy some of the sights, sounds and goings-on in the natural world around us.” Grades K-5. ISBN: 0-911797-22-X, found bn.
• Sams, Carl R. II and Jean Stoick Lost in the Woods. 2004.
A magnificent photographic fantasy about a little fawn traveling through the woods. Grades K-6. ISBN: 0-9671748-8-0, found bn.
• Schnetzler, Pattie. Earth Day Birth Day. Dawn Publishing, 2004.
This is a sing-along read-along book to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Lovely pictures of wolves, bison, turtles, and fish in their natural habitats. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 1-58469-054-2, found bn.
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Taylor, Barbara. Forest Life. DK Publications. 1993.
Discusses the plants and animals that live in forests. Includes the weasel, giant wood wasp, and slippery jack mushroom. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0613108043, found library
7. Habitat Pen Pals
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats. Simon & Schuster. 1997.
Introduces different wildlife habitats, including wetlands, woodlands, cornfields, and grasslands. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0689835388, found bn
• Bishop, Nic. Forest Explorer: A Life-sized Field Guide. Scholastic Press. 2004.
Depicts in detail several different deciduous forest habitats, with field notes about the insects and animals shown, as well as tips on how to explore a real forest. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0439174805.
• Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Philomel Books a Division of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1971.
One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. He eats, makes a cocoon, and later wakes up transformed! Grade PreK. ISBN: 0399208534, found bn. Also available in Spanish.
• Foster, Joanna. The Magpie’s Nest. Houghton Mifflin. 1995.
Because none of the birds stay to the end of the magpie's nest-building lesson, each leaves with a different idea of how to build a nest. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0395621550, found library
• George, Lindsay Barrett. Around the Pond: Who’s Been Here? Greenwillow. 1996.
Take a walk of discovery along the path to a pond. A page of text discusses clues left by an unseen animal, ending with the question, "Who's been here?" The opposite page presents the information in visual form, with the follow-up double-page spread revealing the animal. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0688143768, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Snow: Who's Been Here? Greenwillow. 1995.
Companion book to In the Woods: Who’s Been Here., William and Cammy take another journey of discovery. Clue after clue tells them and young readers what bird or animal has been there before and left its trace behind. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0688170560, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Woods: Who's Been Here? Greenwillow. 1995.
Siblings William and Cammy set off on an autumnal walk through the woods near their house. Although they don't see any wildlife on their trek, they do observe traces of creatures' activities--including a northern oriole's nest, the remains of a red squirrel's meal, a monarch butterfly's cocoon, and a mud dauber's home. Two of the examples involve predator-prey relationships that may upset very young listeners, but for most children this will be an excellent introduction to classroom nature units and the perfect prelude to a walk in the woods. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688161634, found bn
• Kohl, Judith and Herbert. The View From The Oak: The Private World of Other Creatures. Sierra Club. 1977.
What do flowers in a meadow look like to a bee? How does the world appear to a snake that "sees" by detecting minute temperature changes? What is it like to live in the water strider's two-dimensional universe? The View from the Oak helps readers enter the fascinating, often invisible world of nature. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1565846362, found bn
• List, Albert Jr. and Ilkda. A Walk in the Forest: The Woodlands of North America. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1977.
Answers questions about interacting areas of a forest. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0690009909, found library
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Taylor, Barbara. Forest Life. DK Publications. 1993.
Discusses the plants and animals that live in forests. Includes the weasel, giant wood wasp, and slippery jack mushroom. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0613108043, found library
• Wallace, Marianne. America’s Prairies and Grasslands: Guide to Plants and Animals. Fulcrum Publishing. 2001.
This book sheds light on prairie and grassland ecosystems, including how plants survive after a wild fire. Maps and color illustrations are included. Grades 7+. ISBN: 1555919928.
8. The Forest of S.T. Shrew
• Bellamy, David. The Forest. C.N. Potter. 1988.
Taking the reader through the four seasons in the forest, this picture book describes the lives of the creatures and plants that live there, and what happens when man threatens to destroy them. Grades 2-4. cant find
• Berger, Melvin. Insect Lives. Newbridge.
The fascinating world of insects is revealed to students, as well as the important role these creatures play in the balance of nature. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842208, found library
• Glaser, Linda. Wonderful Worms
Travel through the life of a worm. Using simple yet descriptive words with wonderful above and below ground illustrations, children will delight in acting like a worm. Grade PreK. ISBN: 1562947303, found bn
• Hankin, Rosie. Up The Tall Tree. Steck-Vaughn. 1995.
A father and three children investigate an oak tree and learn about the tree's structure and the plants and animals that depend on it for existence. Photographs of woodland animals are mixed with illustrations of a teacher and his students exploring nature. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0811457389, found bn
• Hoose, Phillip & Hannah. Hey, Little Ant. Ten Speed Press. 1998.
What would you do if the ant you were about to step on looked up and started talking? Would you stop and listen? What if your friends saw you hesitate? That’s what happens in this funny, thought-provoking book. Originally a song by a father-daughter team, this conversation between two creatures, large and small, is bound to inspire important discussions. It might even answer that classic childhood question: To squish or not to squish? Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 1883672546, found bn
• Larson, Gary. There’s a Hair in my Dirt. HarperCollins Publishers. 1998.
A true to form Gary Larson twisted tale about the life of a worm and other aspects of nature underground. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0060932740, found bn. Kay West
• Lunis, Natalie. A Closer Look. Newbridge.
Children visit a hidden world visible only with the help of special tools of investigation, such as binoculars, magnifying glasses, and microscopes. Grades 2-3. couldn’t find
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Mazer. Anne. The Salamander Room. Knopf. 1991.
A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0679861874, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. Chipmunk Song. Penguin Putnam. 1990.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be... a...Chipmunk? This beautiful book looks at being a chipmunk from the eyes of a 4-year-old girl, from the warmth of a cozy den to the harsh realities of weasels and hawks. This book encourages children to live in harmony with their surroundings. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140547967, found library
• Ryder, Joanne. The Snail's Spell. Penguin Putnam. 1988.
Brilliant illustrations and a short text invite an unnamed sleeping, pajama-clad child into a garden teeming with wildlife. The boy gradually shrinks until he is so small he experiences things as a snail would. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140508910, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. Catching the Wind. Morrow, William and Co. 1989.
Imagine waking up on a crisp autumn morning and changing into a Canada goose. In this nature fantasy a girl is transformed into a migrating goose, returning home to her bed after a full day of taking part in the experiences of the flock. This book has good science and invites the child to imagine and act out an animal's life. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688133339, found library
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Tresselt, Alvin. The Gift of the Tree. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard. 1992.
Traces the life cycle of an oak tree and describes the animals that depend on it for shelter and food. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688106846, found bn
• Wood, Audrey. Quick As A Cricket. Childs Play International, 1990.
Pictures of snails, ants, and toads. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0-85953-151-1, found bn.
9. Planet of Plenty
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Carey, Valerie. Harrier and William and the Terrible Creature. Beaver Books. 1987.
Adventurous Harriet and her twin brother William, who likes to stay at home, fly in a spaceship to a distant planet to help an unhappy dragon. Grades K+. ISBN: 0525446524, unavailable
• Gackenbach, Dick. Mighty Tree. Harcourt. 1992.
Three seeds grow into three beautiful trees, each of which serves a different function in nature and for people. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785784209, found bn
• Hankin, Rosie. Up The Tall Tree. Steck-Vaughn. 1995.
A father and three children investigate an oak tree and learn about the tree's structure and the plants and animals that depend on it for existence. 'Photographs of woodland animals are mixed with illustrations of a teacher and his students exploring nature. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0811457389, found bn
• Johnson, Rebecca. A Walk In The Prairie. Carolrhoda Books. 2000.
Imagine the song of the meadowlark while a grasshopper munches on a flower stem. Watch as a prairie dog throws back her head and barks out a warning to her pups as a red-tailed hawk dives toward them. Learn how prairie plants and animals interact in the prairie biome. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 1575051532.
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Pfeffer, Wendy. A Log’s Life. Simon and Schuster. 1997
After an oak tree falls in the forest, it has another life as home to a variety of creatures. As it decays over time, it provides food and shelter to porcupines, ants, mushrooms, salamanders, and many others, until it eventually turns into a mound of rich black earth. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689806361, found bn
• Pratt-Serafini, Kristin Joy. Saguaro Moon: A Desert Journal. Dawn Publications. 2002.
When her family moves to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, Megan keeps a nature journal in which she describes the desert, the changes that occur throughout the seasons, and how these affect the plant and animal inhabitants. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 1584690364.
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
10. Charting Diversity
• Carle, Eric. The Mixed-Up Chameleon. Harper Collins. 1988.
A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors. Grades PreK-K, ISBN: 0064431622, found bn
• Johnson, Rebecca. A Walk In The Prairie. Carolrhoda Books. 2000.
Imagine the song of the meadowlark while a grasshopper munches on a flower stem. Watch as a prairie dog throws back her head and barks out a warning to her pups as a red-tailed hawk dives toward them. Learn how prairie plants and animals interact in the prairie biome. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 1575051532.
• Myers, Arthur. Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things. Random House. 1981.
Discusses the octopus, paper nautilus, sponge, sea cucumber, giant clam, starfish, sea anemone, jellyfish, corals, barnacles, and other unusual sea creatures. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0394944879, unavailable
• Santa Fe Writers Group. Bizarre and Beautiful Noses. Avalon Travel Publishing. 1993.
Marvel at the beauty of an emperor moth’s feathered antennae, used to detect the scent of females. Learn how salmon return across the ocean to the stream of their birth by smelling their way home. This book explores the sense of smell in 20 different animals. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 1562611860.
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
11. Can It Be Real?
• Strange Plants. National Geographic Society. 2003.
• Wonderfully Weird Animals. Newbridge.
Grade 2. can’t find
• Carmichael, Nicole (ed.) Nature’s Wild! World Book. 1996.
Provides information on a variety of developments in the plant world, from trees of record-breaking size to plants that eat animals. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0716617366, found bn
• Heller, Ruth. Plants That Never Ever Bloom. Penguin Putnam. 1999.
Rich, colorful illustrations, and informative, rhyming verse unlock a world where mushrooms glow at night and seaweed grows to be gigantic--without a flower in sight. Grades K+. ISBN: 0698115589, found bn
• Myers, Arthur. Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things. Random House. 1981.
Discusses the octopus, paper nautilus, sponge, sea cucumber, giant clam, starfish, sea anemone, jellyfish, corals, barnacles, and other unusual sea creatures. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0394944879, unavailable
• Wechsler, Doug. Bizarre Bugs. Cobblehill Books. 1995.
A visit to the fascinating world of some very unusual creatures, both in appearance and behavior. Most of the insects live in tropical habitats, but the text does relate similarities in behavior to those found in North America. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1590780957, found bn
• Wright, Joan Richards. Bugs. Wright, Greenwillow Books. 1987.
Includes general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688082963, found bn
12. Invasive Species
• Guiberson, Brenda Z. Exotic Species: Invaders in Paradise. Lerner Publishing Group. 1999.
What happens when a new and different species of plant or animal is introduced into an ecosystem? This book provides an answer to that question by examining a variety of these “exotic” species and their impacts on their new homes. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0761313192.
• Dorothy M Souza. Plant Invaders. Watts Franklin. 2004.
The book discusses non-native plants, such as the kudzu vine and the tree-of-heaven, which were imported from other countries and now pose a significant threat to the ecosystems of North America. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0531162478.
• Lesinski, Jeanne M. Exotic Invaders: Killer Bees, Fire ants, and Other Alien Species are Infesting America! Walker & Company. 1996.
Describes five species that are not native to North America─the seal lamprey, fire ants, zebra mussels, European starlings, and African honey bees─andefforts to handle the problems their introduction has caused. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0802783902
13. We All Need Trees
• Paper: Exploring the Science of Everyday Materials. Sundance.
Grade 1. can’t find
• Wood: Exploring the Science of Everyday Materials. Sundance.
Grade 1. can’t find
• Taking Care of Trees. Newbridge. 2003. can’t find
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Guiberson, Brenda Z. Exotic Species: Invaders in Paradise. Lerner Publishing Group. 1999.
What happens when a new and different species of plant or animal is introduced into an ecosystem? This book provides an answer to that question by examining a variety of these “exotic” species and their impacts on their new homes. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0761313192.
• Holling, Clancy. The Tree in the Trail. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1942.
The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it. Grades K-3. ISBN: 039554534X, found bn
• Jordan, Sandra. Christmas Tree Farm. Orchard Books. 1993
Describes the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm in Rhode Island throughout each season of the year. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785798978, found library
• Lesinski, Jeanne M. Exotic Invaders: Killer Bees, Fire ants, and Other Alien Species are Infesting America! Walker & Company. 1996.
Describes five species that are not native to North America─the seal lamprey, fire ants, zebra mussels, European starlings, and African honey bees─andefforts to handle the problems their introduction has caused. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0802783902.
• Marshall, Pam. From Tree to Paper. Sundance. 2002.
An exciting photo-essay book explaining how trees are made into paper. This book carefully explains the papermaking process so children understand how changes in matter occur. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 082250720X.
• Neuschwander, Cindy Wayne Geehan. Sir Cumference and the First Round Table. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1998.
When his knights get together, they sit at such a long table that everyone has to shout to be heard. Can Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter measure up to the challenge of building a better table? The fallen tree provides the perfect answer. Grades K-6. ISBN: 1570911525.
• Pluckrose, Henry. Trees. Children’s Press. 1994.
Tree shapes, types of leaves, how trees are fed, why they are green, what animals they house, and the bounty trees produce are all captured in the text and photographs. Developed to help children understand environmental issues and to stimulate discussion. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0516401211.
• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656.
• Stewart, Sarah. The Money Tree. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1991.
In summer the leaves on the strange tree growing in Miss McGillicuddy's yard are harvested by many people, but when Miss McGillicuddy thinks about needing firewood for the winter, she realizes the tree may have another use. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0374452954, found bn
14. Renewable or Not
• Gibbons, Gail. Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids. Little, Brown, and Company. 1996.
Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0316309435, found bn
• Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to the Environment. Harper Collins. 1996.
Covers: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming — and puts them in the context of ecology. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0062732749, found bn
• Harlow, Rosie. Garbage and Recycling. Houghton Mifflin. 2002.
Explaining the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage, this book shows how glass, metal, and wool can be easily recycled. How Can I Help? boxes give suggestions for the young environmentalist who wants to recycle at home. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 075345503X, found bn
• Leedy, Loreen. Great Trash Bash. Holiday House. 2000.
The animal citizens of Beaston discover better ways to recycle and control their trash. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0823416348, found bn
• Menzel, Peter. Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Sierra Club Books, 1995.
Menzel photographed average families in each of 30 nations, posed with their possessions gathered around them. As they depict the meaning of material wealth around the world, these dramatic photos ask a fundamental question: Can all five billion of us have everything we want? Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0871564300.
• Newton-John, Olivia and Brian Seth Hurst. A Pig Tale. Simon & Schuster. 1993.
Ziggy proudly invites other piglets and their parents to see what his father has made from all the things he has been saving. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0613178394, found library
• Smith, David J. If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People. Kids Can Press. 2002.
The book reduces the world’s population to 100 people and discusses how those people are categorized (i.e. 17 out of the 100 people cannot read or write). Receipient of the Notable Books for Children Award. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 1550747797.
• Sussman, Art. Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth: For Earthlings Ages 12 and Up. Chelsea Green Publishing. 2000.
Because of our technologies and large population, each of us in our daily lives can do things that together cause changes in the global climate, Earth's ozone shield, and its web of life. Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth provides a simple yet powerful way to understand how our planet works, and what we can do about today's global and local environmental issues. Grades 7+. ISBN: 189013273X.
• Taback, Simms. Joseph Had A Little Overcoat. Viking Children’s Books. 1999.
What do you do with an overcoat that is torn and worn but that is so dear that you can't toss it out? Cut it down, trim it and turn it into something else. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0670878553, found bn
15. A Few of My Favorite Things
• Lasky, Kathryn. Sugaring Time. MacMillan. 1983.
Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0808584456, found bn
• London, Jonathan. The Sugaring-Off Party. Dutton. 1994.
Paul's grandmother describes her first sugaring-off party at Tante Loulou's farmhouse where they boiled maple sap into syrup and poured it on snow to make a delicious dessert. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0616017057, found library
• Pluckrose, Henry. Trees. Children’s Press. 1994.
Tree shapes, types of leaves, how trees are fed, why they are green, what animals they house, and the bounty trees produce are all captured in the text and photographs. Developed to help children understand environmental issues and to stimulate discussion. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0516401211, found library
• Woods, Samuel. Chocolate: From Start to Finish. Blackbirch Press. 1999.
Begins with cacao tree and the harvesting of beans, includes chocolate blending, molding, filling, coating, packaging, and new product development. Special sidebar on the history of chocolate with the ancient Olmecs, Toltecs, Mayans, and Aztecs of Meso America. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 1567113915.
16. Pass the Plants, Please
• My Garden. Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Plants We Eat. Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Berger, Melvin. An Apple a Day. Newbridge.
Students see how apples grow and are harvested, shipped, and sold. The parts of a flower, pollination, and the seasons are also introduced. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840116, unavailable
• Brisson, Pat. Wanda’s Roses. Boyds Mill Press. 1994.
Wanda finds a thorny bush in a vacant lot and decides that it must be a rosebush that needs a little attention. She thinks about it, does library research, and tends the plant regularly, as various neighbors stop by and attempt gently to talk the child out of her rosy hopes. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1563971364, found library
• Bunting, Eve. Flower Garden. Harcourt Brace. 1994.
This little city garden, intended as a birthday gift for mom, becomes a gift for all those who have the great fortune to view it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152023720, found bn
• Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families. Fulcrum Publishing. 1996.
Readers will learn about the relationships between people and the gardens of Earth, seed preservation, Native diets and meals, natural pest control, and the importance of the Circle of Life. ISBN: 155591148X, found bn
• Cole, Henry. Jack’s Garden. Greenwillow. 1995.
A cumulative story that traces a little boy's backyard flower garden from tilling the soil to enjoying the blossoms. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 068815283X, found bn
• Creasy, Rosalind. Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes. Sierra Club. 1994.
A gardening guide in picture-book format, this book offers practical advice for the novice of any age. As the title suggests, Creasy encourages young gardeners to plant a "rainbow garden" of edible plants in unusual colors: purple string beans, blue potatoes, yellow watermelons, red popping corn, and multicolored radishes. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0871569191, found bn
• Cumming, Rosalind. My Dinner. Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Ehlert, Lois. Eating the Alphabet. Harcourt Publishers. 1996.
While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food. Grade PreK. ISBN: 015201036X, found bn.
• Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152626107, found bn
• Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup. Scholastic. 1987.
The book tells the story of planting vegetable seeds in the garden and how the seeds grow into big and strong plants with water and light and warmth from the sun. The story ends by making soup from the vegetables produced by the plants when they are all grown up. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0152325808.
• Golden, Augusta. Where Does Your Garden Grow. Harper Collins. 1967.
Grades K-3. ISBN: 0690883587, found library
• Kite, L. Patricia. Gardening Wizardry for Kids. Barrons. 1995.
An amazing collection of more than 300 extraordinary experiments and projects with apple seeds, beans, potatoes, fruit pits, vegetables, herbs and everything that grows. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0812013174, found bn
• Muller, Gerda. The Garden in the City. Dutton Children’s Books. 1992.
Ben and Caroline's gardens go through many changes during the year. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0525446974, found library
• O’Neil, Sarah. Growing Tomatoes. Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Prince, Sarah. What’s For Dinner? Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Shelby, Anne. Homeplace. Orchard Books. 1995.
Begins with the great, great, great, great grandfather who builds the home and plants the first garden. The gardens weave in and out of the story. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 061333762X, found bn
• Sloan, Peter and Sheryl. Growing Beans. Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Stevens, Janet. Tops and Bottoms. Harcourt Brace. 1995.
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the lazy bear down the road. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0152928510.
17. People of the Forest
• Baker, Lucy. Life in the Rainforests. Two-Can Publishing, Ltd. 1990.
Describes the importance of rain forests, type of plant and animal life that live there, and how rain forests are threatened by deforestation. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0590735683.
• Batten, Mary. Anthropologist: Scientist of the People. Houghton Mifflin. 2001.
This story focuses on the lives of the natives within the South American rainforest, and the work of a woman who became a professional anthropologist and studied the natives. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0618083685.
• Hinshaw, Dorothy. Garden of the Spirit Bear: Life in the Great Northern Rainforest. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2004.
Noted naturalist Dorothy Hinshaw Patent describes the elusive spirit bear and its home, which is in danger of being destroyed by loggers and settlers as they clear-cut the ancient forests for lumber. Every part of the delicate ecosystem is threatened. But steps are now being taken to set aside a protected spirit bear sanctuary—a living museum where people could come and see the spirit bear's realm. Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0618212590.
• Johnston, Tony. Yonder. Holt. 1988.
Year after year, the plum tree which the farmer planted is witness to the continuing generations of his family. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1586851802, found library
• Mayo, Gretchen Will. Earthmaker’s Tales: North American Indian Stories About Earth Happenings. Walker and Co. 1989.
A collection of Indian legends about such natural phenomena as thunder and lightning, earthquakes, tornados, and rainbows. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0802768393.
• McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti. Henry Holt and Company. 1987.
In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0805003118.
• Rose, Deborah Lee. The People Who Hugged Trees: An Environmental Folk Tale. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1990.
Based on a classic folk tale from India, this haunting story gives children insight into India's history and culture while teaching them that environmental protection is everyone's concern. It is carefully researched and illustrated with detailed watercolors of rural India. ISBN: 0613863569, unavailable
18. Tale of the Sun
• Adler, Naomi. Dial Book of Animal Tales From Around the World. Dial Books for Young Readers. 1996.
In every corner of the world there are well-loved stories that use animal characters to show us the richness of human nature. This extraordinary collection brings together nine animal folktales that radiate diverse tradition and abound in warmth and humor. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0803720637.
• Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales. Little, Brown. 1992.
Presents six tales about Spider, including those that explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0316051071, found bn
• Baker, Lucy. Life in the Rainforests. Watts. 1990.
Describes the importance of rain forests, types of plant and animal life that live there, and how rain forests are threatened by deforestation. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0590461311, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Bash, Barbara. In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree. Sierra Club. 1996.
This book captures the soul of the ancient and sacred banyan, painting a vivid picture of its importance to the people and other life forms that flourish beneath and within its welcoming branches. Grades K-5. ISBN: 1578050804, found bn
• Buchanan, Ken. This House Is Made of Mud ---Esta casa esta´ hecha de lodo. Rising Moon Books.
Written in both Spanish and English on each page this is a story of life in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. Soft watercolors and simple words describe a family, whose lives are inter-woven with the environment and the home they fashion from the earth. Grades K-1. ISBN: 0-87358-580-1, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children. Fulcrum. 1991.
A rich collection of uplifting Native American stories and creative nature activities that will inspire children to love and respect animals. Keepers of the Animals will help children to understand their interdependence with all living beings and life forms. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1555913865, found bn
• Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt. 1990.
This inspired look at what the Kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it-and what rain forests mean to the world's ecology-was at the forefront of the ecological movement ten years ago and continues to resonate profoundly with children everywhere. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0152026142, found bn
• Esbensen, Barbara Juster. The Star Maiden: An Ojibway Tale. Little, Brown. 1988.
Tired of wandering in the sky, the star maiden searches for the perfect home on earth. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0316249556, found bn
• Field, Edward. Eskimo Songs and Stories. Dell Publishing Co. 1973.
Grades 2-3. ISBN: 044002336X, found library
• Goble, Paul. Death of the Iron Horse. Simon and Schuster. 1987.
In an act of bravery and defiance against the white men encroaching on their territory in 1867, a group of young Cheyenne braves derail and raid a freight train. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689716869, found bn
• Hamanaka, Sheila. All the Colors of the Earth. HarperTrophy. 1999.
Highlights the differences among children across the world but shows that essentially children are the same everywhere. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0688170625.
• Helfman, Elizabeth S. The Bushmen and Their Stories. Seabury. 1971.
Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0816430071, found library
• Hodges, Margaret. The Fire Bringer. A Paiute Indian Legend.. 1972. Little Brown and Co.
A Paiute (a far ranging western tribe) story of how people captured fire. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0316367834, found library. Kay West
• Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (A message from Chief Seattle). Dial Books. 1991.
This picture book is adapted from a speech purportedly delivered by Chief Seattle at treaty negotiations in the 1850s, Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0142301329, found bn
• Johnston, Tony. The Magic Maguey. Harcourt. 1996.
Miguel figures out a way to save the beloved maguey plant in his Mexican pueblo. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0152509887, found library
• Kerven, Rosalind. Earth Magic, Sky Magic: North American Indian Tales. Cambridge University Press. 1989.
Traditional stories from twelve different North American Indian peoples are grouped around the recurrent themes of the sun, moon and stars; fantastical journeys; and two popular cultural heroes, Spider Woman, a benevolent sorceress, and Coyote the trickster. ISBN: 052163525X, found bn
• Lewis, Paul Owen. Frog Girl. Ten Speed Press. 2001.
A tale from the Pacific Northwest Native Americans about a young girl who journeys to the world beneath her village's lake after all the frogs from the lake disappear. There she meets "Grandmother" who asks her where all of her frog "children" have gone? The girl must return the frogs to save her village. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1582460485, found bn
• London, Jonathan. Fire Race. A Karuk Coyote Tale About How Fire Came to the People. Chronicle Books. 1993.
A Karuk (Northwest California tribe) story about fire. Grades 1-4.
ISBN: 0811814882, found bn. Kay West
• Lopez, Barry. Crow and Weasel. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1998.
In the distant era of myth time, before people forgot how to speak the language of animals, two young men from the northern plains set out to travel farther than any of their people have ever gone before. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0374416133, found bn
• Mayo, Gretchen Will. Earthmaker’s Tales: North American Indian Stories About Earth Happenings. Walker and Co. 1989.
A collection of Indian legends about such natural phenomena as thunder and lightning, earthquakes, tornados, and rainbows. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0802768393, found library
• Morimoto, Junko. Kenju’s Forest. Harper Collins. 1991.
Grades K-3. can’t find
• Nelson, S.D. The Star People: A Lakota Story. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003.
A young Lakota Indian girl narrates the story of how she and her little brother, Young Wolf, survive a prairie fire. The illustrations draw upon traditional Lakota art and bring life to a memorable new legend about the Star People. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0810945843.
• O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Laural Leaf Books. 1960.
A story about survival of a California Indian girl in the early 1800s, dealing with nature, natural beauty and personal discovery. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0440439884, found bn. Kay West.
• Robinson, Sandra Chisholm. The Rainstick, A Fable. Falcon. 1994.
A boy embarks on a quest to bring back the sound of rain to his West African village. Includes a discussion of how rainsticks are used today and instructions for making a rainstick. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 1560442840.
• Rose, Deborah Lee. The People Who Hugged The Trees: An Environmental Folk Tale. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1990.
Based on a classic folk tale from India, this haunting story gives children insight into India's history and culture while teaching them that environmental protection is everyone's concern. It is carefully researched and illustrated with detailed watercolors of rural India. ISBN: 1879373505, found library
• Taylor, Harriet Peck. Brother Wolf. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1996.
One day Wolf calls out to the birds—woodpecker, blue jay, cardinal, oriole, hummingbird, goldfinch, owl and wood duck—who fly to help him recover from Raccoon’s trick. Then Wolf proceeds to grant the birds’ request, that they be painted in pretty colors of the wildflowers. In the end they are as exquisite as we know them to be—and so is the Raccoon!—in this thoroughly delightful story from the Seneca. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0374309973, found library
• Taylor, Harriet Peck. Coyote Places the Stars. Simon and Schuster. 1997.
In this Wasco Indian legend, Coyote's curiosity sends him skyward to learn the secrets of the heavens. When he discovers a way to move the stars, he forms likenesses of his animal friends in constellations so that they will be remembered for generations to come. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689815352, found bn
• Thompson, Vivian. Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky. University of Hawaii Press. 1988.
Presents twelve Hawaiian myths that explain how the earth was created, why volcanoes on Hawaii erupt, why the days are longer in summer, and other natural phenomena. ISBN: 0824811712, found bn
• Toye, William. The Loon’s Necklace. Oxford University Press. 1977.
Rich and beautiful picture making collages assembled with torn paper, paper cutouts, and linocuts gives new visual excitement to the splendors of the British Columbia interior, and to the magic of an Indian legend. ISBN: 0195402782, found library
• Williamson, Ray and Jean Guard Monroe. They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths. Houghton Mifflin. 1987.
A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 039539970X, found bn
19. Values on the Line
• Baylor, Byrd. The Table Where Rich People Sit. Atheneum. 1994.
A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0689820089, found bn
• George, Jean Craighead. Cry of the Crow. Harper Collins. 1982.
While caring for a baby crow, Mandy begins to look at her family and herself in a different light. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0064401316, found bn
• Johnston, Tony. Yonder. Holt. 1988.
Year after year, the plum tree which the farmer planted is witness to the continuing generations of his family. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1586851802, found library
• Klass, David. California Blue. Scholastic. 1994.
When 17 year old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict. Grade 6+. ISBN: 0590466895.
• Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press. 1989.
A Sand Country Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Grade 6+. ISBN: 019505928X.
• Noble, Trinka Hakes. Apple Tree Christmas. Dial. 1984.
In 1881, when their apple tree is felled by a storm just before Christmas, a young farm girl and her family discover that the tree was important to each of them for different reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546030, found library
• Stewart, Sarah. The Money Tree. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1991.
In summer the leaves on the strange tree growing in Miss McGillicuddy's yard are harvested by many people, but when Miss McGillicuddy thinks about needing firewood for the winter, she realizes the tree may have another use. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0374452954, found bn
• Stone, Marti. The Singing Fir Tree. Putnam. 1992.
In his quest to find the perfect wood for his masterpiece, a woodcarver tries to cut down the town's beloved singing fir tree. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0399222073, found library
• Sussman, Art. Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth: For Earthlings Ages 12 and Up. Chelsea Green Publishing. 2000.
Because of our technologies and large population, each of us in our daily lives can do things that together cause changes in the global climate, Earth's ozone shield, and its web of life. Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth provides a simple yet powerful way to understand how our planet works, and what we can do about today's global and local environmental issues. Grades 7+. ISBN: 189013273X, found bn.
• Swamp, Chief Jake. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. Lee and Low. 1995.
A special children's version of the Thanksgiving Address, a message of gratitude that originated with the Native people of upstate New York and Canada and that is still spoken at ceremonial gatherings held by the Iroquois, or Six Nations. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1880000547, found bn
20. Environmental Exchange Box
• Allen, John Logan L. Student Atlas of Environmental Issues. McGraw-Hill. 1997.
Explores the human impact on the air, waters, biosphere, and land in every major world region. Provides a unique combination of maps and data helping students understand the dimensions of the world's environmental problems and the geographical basis of these problems. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0697365204, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree. Sierra Club. 1996.
This book captures the soul of the ancient and sacred banyan, painting a vivid picture of its importance to the people and other life forms that flourish beneath and within its welcoming branches. Grades K-5. ISBN: 1578050804, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Dorros, Arthur. Radio Man. HarperCollinsPublishers. 1993.
The heartwarming story of the son of migrant farm workers as they travel throughout the western USA picking fruits and vegetables. Bilingual. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0064434826, found bn. Kay West.
• Holling, Clancy. Paddle-To-The-Sea. Houghton Mifflin. 1941.
A young Indian boy carves a canoe and travels through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The text and pictures provide an excellent geographical and historical picture of the region. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0395150825, found bn
• Kitchen, Bert. And So They Build. Candlewick Press. 1993.
Illustrations show homes of birds and other animals all over the world. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1564025020, found bn
• Kohl, MaryAnn, and Potter, Jean. Global Art: Activities, Projects, and Inventions from Around the World. Gryphon House. 1998.
Teaches children about geography and history as they create crafts. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 087659190X.
• Rylant, Cynthia & Lisa Desimini. Tulip Sees America. Scholastic Publishing, 2002.
Driving across the country Tulip sees the wonders of nature in each of many different states: skies in Nebraska, and wind in Wyoming. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0-439-39978-5, found bn.
• Rocha, Ruth and Otavio Roth. Blue and Beautiful Planet Earth Our Home. United Nations Publications. 1990.
This United Nations sponsored book represents a global consensus on our common responsibility for the care and maintenance of this small planet – so beautiful and blue. Also available in Spanish. Grades K-8. ISBN: 9211004411.
21. Adopt A Tree
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees. Simon & Schuster. 1992.
An illustrated introduction to trees and woodlands with information on how to identify the bark and the leaves, the many ways that animals use trees, and how to read the individual history that shapes every tree. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0027058557, found library
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Behn, Harry. Trees (A Poem). Henry Holt and Company. 1992.
With rhythmic, melodic text, this gentle picture book graced with beautiful illustrations encourages young children to look more closely at the trees around them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 080501926X, found library. MN EC, WI EC
• Bernard, Robin. A Tree for All Seasons. National Geographic Society. 2001.
Photographs illustrate the changes that occur in a sugar maple tree as the season’s progress. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 0792266749, found bn. WI EC
• Bond, Ruskin. Cherry Tree. Boyds Mill Press. 1991.
A young girl nurses a cherry tree from sprig to seedling and is rewarded one year by the sight of small miracle--its first pink blossoms. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0613098218, found bn
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-7. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Bunting, Eve. Night Tree. Harcourt. 1991.
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152001212, found bn
• Coats, Laura Jane. The Oak Tree. Atheneum. 1987.
Birds, people, bats, and other living things interact naturally with an oak tree over a period of twenty-four hours. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0027190528, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt. 1991.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152661972, found bn
• Feely, Jenny. Plants. Sundance.
Describes the appearance, life-cycle, pollination, food, and development of the amazing plants all around us. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0613306767, found bn
• Feely, Jenny. The Tree. Sundance
Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0613308115, found bn
• Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1991.
The story of the seasonal development of an apple tree. The tree provides Arnold and his family with fruit and juice and helps Arnold use his imagination to play. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 0152712453, found bn. WI EC
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Iverson, Diane. My Favorite Tree: Terrific Trees of North America. Dawn Publications. 1999.
Trees are important in children’s lives. This book celebrates the joy children feel as they interact with their favorite tree in their own unique way. For older children, separate text is included that features an overview of each tree’s traits, associated wildlife companions, and role in the web of life. Grades PreK-7. ISBN #: 1883220939, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Hall, Zoe. Fall Leaves Fall. Scholastic. 2000.
Two brothers enjoy catching falling leaves, jumping in them, and making pictures with their different shapes. The narration includes a description of how leaves change throughout the year. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 0590100793, found bn. WI EC
• Iverson, Diane. My Favorite Tree: Terrific Trees of North America. Dawn Publications. 1999.
Trees are important in children’s lives. This book celebrates the joy children feel as they interact with their favorite tree in their own unique way. For older children, separate text is included that features an overview of each tree’s traits, associated wildlife companions, and role in the web of life. Grades PreK-7. ISBN: 1883220939.
• Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascale de Bourgoing. The Tree. Cartwheel Books. 1992.
Through many brightly covered transparent pages, the young child is introduced to the truly fascinating world of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590452657, found library
• Johnson, Sylvia A. How Leaves Change. Lerner Publications. 1986.
Describes the structure and purpose of leaves, the ways in which they change as part of the natural cycle of the seasons, and the process that creates their autumn colors. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0822595133, found bn
• Kirkland, Jane. Take a Tree Walk. Stillwater Publishing. 2002.
An interactive self-guided odyssey in search of the wonder of trees. With book in hand, kids head out to their backyard, schoolyard or local park to find and identify trees. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0970975414, found library
• Lerner, Carol. A Forest Year. Morrow. 1987.
Describes how seasonal changes in a forest affect the plants and animals that live there. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0688064132, found library
• Leslie, Clare Walker. Nature All Year Long. Greenwillow Books. 1991.
Describes the different plants, animals, and landscapes that can be seen outdoors each month of the year. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0787293997. found bn
• Locker, Thomas. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art. Harper Collins. 1995.
A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0064437507, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood. North/South Books. 1993.
Based on a traditional folk song, the lyrics of this beautiful song explore the intertwining themes of growth, change, and the interrelationships between everything in the natural world. Children will request that you read this book again so they can join in by repeating the green-grass refrain. Grades PreK-4. ISBN #: 1558581928, found bn. WI EC
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• May Udry, Janice. A Tree is Nice. Harper & Row. 1956.
An older book with a simple message, A Tree is Nice describes the importance of trees to people and to wildlife. Most children will be able to relate personal experiences to the story. Grades PreK-K. ISBN #: 0064431479, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• O’ Connell George, Kristine. Old Elm Speaks. Clarion Books. 1998.
Through enchanting paintings and imaginative, humorous text the author offers a delightfully original look at trees. Her poems invite us to think about trees, listen to what trees tell us – and perhaps even answer them. This book captures trees in various circumatances, and throughout the season in short poems, free verse, and haiku. Grades PreK+. ISBN #: 0395876117, found bn. WI EC
• Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? Scholastic Inc. 1995.
The rhythmic language and lush paintings of this joyful poem celebrate the varied characteristics of trees- from young to old, short to tall and throughout the seasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590466917. found library. MN EC, WI EC
• Ryder, Joanne. Hello, Tree! Lodestar Books. 1991.
Through realistic illustrations and descriptive text, the author encourages children to experience the unique properties of trees through their senses. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0525673105. found library. MN EC, WI EC
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
• Udry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice. Harper & Row. 1956.
An older book with a simple message, A Tree is Nice describes the importance of trees to people and to wildlife. Most children will be able to relate personal experiences to the story. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0064431479.
22. Trees as Habitats
• Hewitt, Sally Animal Homes. Sundance.
Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1587288605, found bn
• Anita the Tree. Sundance.
Everyone knows what a good friend Anita is. She gives them all a place to play. But when it snows, Anita is lonely. Will her friends come back? Guided reading level G. Grades 1-2. can’t find.
• Who Lives in This Tree. Sundance.
Grade PreK. couldn’t find
• Arnosky, Jim. In the Forest: A Portfolio of Paintings. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Publishers. 1989.
Oil paintings which depict the forest at different times of the day during the fall & winter. Text discusses the plants & animals that call the forest home. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0688081622, found library
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Bash, Barbara. Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City. Sierra Club. 1990.
Describes the birds that make their homes in the heart of the city and examines how they have adjusted to such a harsh urban environment. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0316083127, found bn
• Berger, Melvin. Life in a Tree. Newbridge.
Children learn the parts of a tree and get a close-up look at the plants and animals that depend on trees for food and shelter. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567843387, found library
• Berger, Melvin. Where Do the Animals Live? Newbridge.
Burrows, tree holes, nests, hives, webs, lodges, ice floes, caves, ground holes, and oceans – students meet animals that make their homes in these places. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840191, unavailable
• Brett, Jan. The Mitten. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1989.
When a young boy drops his mitten in the snow a variety of woodland animals find it and crawl inside. A warm, visually appealing and humorous picture book. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 039921920X, found bn. WI EC
• Bunting, Eve. Night Tree. Harcourt. 1991.
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152001212, found bn
• Canizares, Susan. Who Lives in a Tree. Newbridge.
Teaches students animals that live within a tree. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 061317884X, found bn
• Coats, Laura Jane. The Oak Tree. Atheneum. 1987.
Birds, people, bats, and other living things interact naturally with an oak tree over a period of twenty-four hours. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0027190528, found library
• Cristini, Ermanno and Luigi Puricelli. In The Woods. Picture Book Studio USA. 1983.
Presents a wordless panorama of the animals, plants, insects, and flowers of the forest. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0907234313, found library
• Denver, John. Alfie, the Christmas Tree. National Wildlife Federation, 1991.
Alfie is a seasonal favorite about a tiny evergreen who discovers the importance of friendship and caring for others. Lovingly written in prose from the original song performed by John Denver, Alfie asks each and everyone of us to “say a prayer for the wind, the water and the woods and those that live there to help us. Grades PreK+ ISBN: 0945051255, can’t find, NC List
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Nuts to You. Harcourt. 1993.
A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152050647, found bn
• Fisher, Aileen. Anybody Home? Cromwell. 1980. ISBN: 0690040547, found library.
MN EC
• Fisher, Aileen. Animal Houses. Bowmar. 1973.
Discover the Joys of nature observation and exploration through the eyes of a child in one of the many books by Aileen Fisher. A colorful addition to a unit on shapes, through rhyme this book compares the square houses of people with the more rounded dwellings of an assortment of animals. Grades PreK-1 ISBN: 0837208599, found library. WI EC
• Fisher, Aileen. In the Woods, In the Meadow, In the Sky. (poems). Scribner. 1965.
Naturalist and author Aileen Fisher captures the sense of wonder children experience while discovering the diversity of nature’s inhabitants in her many books. This book features a bright collection of nature poems offering abundant opportunities for creative movement activities and finger-plays. ISBN: 0684126524, found library. MN EC, WI EC
• Gackenbach, Dick. Mighty Tree. Harcourt. 1992.
Three seeds grow into three beautiful trees, each of which serves a different function in nature and for people. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785784209, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Woods: Who's Been Here? Greenwillow. 1995.
Siblings William and Cammy set off on an autumnal walk through the woods near their house. Although they don't see any wildlife on their trek, they do observe traces of creatures' activities--including a northern oriole's nest, the remains of a red squirrel's meal, a monarch butterfly's cocoon, and a mud dauber's home. Two of the examples involve predator-prey relationships that may upset very young listeners, but for most children this will be an excellent introduction to classroom nature units and the perfect prelude to a walk in the woods. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688161634, found bn
• Guiberson, Brenda. Cactus Hotel. Holt. 1993.
The saguaro cactus is born when a seed is dropped in the shade of a tree. In the one hundred fifty years it takes to reach its full height, it becomes a "hotel" for desert wildlife. when it is two hundred years old, the fifty foot cactus topples and supplies shelter for ground dwellers. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0805029605, found bn
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Hankin, Rosie. Up The Tall Tree. Steck-Vaughn. 1995.
A father and three children investigate an oak tree and learn about the tree's structure and the plants and animals that depend on it for existence. Photographs of woodland animals are mixed with illustrations of a teacher and his students exploring nature. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0811457389, found bn
• Hirschi, Ron. Who Lives in the Forest? Dodd, Mead. 1987.
Introduces the inhabitants of the forest, such as rabbits, chipmunks, owls, squirrels, bear, deer, and trout. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0396091210, found library
• Hutchins, Pat. Goodnight Owl! MacMillan. 1972.
A humorous look at an owl’s daytime attempt to sleep in a tree shared with a variety of noisy wildlife. A fun imaginative story for a class simulation. Grades PreK-3. ISBN#: 0689713711, found library. MN EC, WI EC
• Kitchen, Bert. And So They Build. Candlewick Press. 1993.
Illustrations show homes of birds and other animals all over the world. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1564025020, found bn
• Kohl, Judith and Herbert. The View From The Oak: The Private World of Other Creatures. Sierra Club. 1977.
What do flowers in a meadow look like to a bee? How does the world appear to a snake who "sees" by detecting minute temperature changes? What is it like to live in the water strider's two-dimensional universe? Including hands-on games and activities. Grades K+. ISBN: 1565846362, found bn
• Lavies, Bianca. Tree Trunk Traffic. Dutton. 1989.
Text and photographs present the animal life on a seventy-year-old maple tree. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0525444955, found library. WI EC
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• McCauley, Jane R. Animals that Live In Trees. National Geographic Society, 1986.
Introduces a variety of animals, such as koala, fruit bat, walking stick, snail, and howler monkey, that seek safety, food, and shelter in trees. ISBN: 0870446363, found library
• Muller, Gerda. Around the Oak. Dutton Children’s Books. 1994.
Three children observe the forest, including a giant oak, throughout the year. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0525452397 found library
• Pape, Donna L. Little Bird’s House. Sundance.
One little bird invites his animal friends to his house in this whimsical tale that introduces children to wildlife. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840728, found library
• Peet, Bill. Farewell to Shady Glade. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1966.
Bulldozers push the raccoon and his friends from their home, but they are able to find a new one after a terrifying train ride. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0395311284, found bn
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Polacco, Patricia. Bee Tree. Philomel Books. 1993.
To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0698116968, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. Chipmunk Song. Penguin Putnam. 1990.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be... a...Chipmunk? This beautiful book looks at being a chipmunk from the eyes of a 4-year-old girl, from the warmth of a cozy den to the harsh realities of weasels and hawks. This book encourages children to live in harmony with their surroundings. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140547967, found library. WI EC
• Schwartz, David M. In A Tree. Gareth Stevens Publications. 1999.
Children will delight in discovering the inhabitants of a tree in this colorful mystery book. Each organism’s anatomy is revealed through up close observations of one feature and then a large scale photograph of the entire organism. The simple text and photographs reveal a caterpillar, raccoon, and other animals. A wonderful book to stimulate the imagination and sharpen observation skills before a nature hike. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 1574712195, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades K+. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
• Tafuri, Nancy. Do Not Disturb. Greenwillow Books. 1987.
The movements and actions of a family camping in the woods cause the forest creatures to also move, scurry, and make noise. Grades PreK+. ISBN: 0688065414, found library
• Taylor, Barbara. Forest Life. DK Publications. 1993.
Discusses the plants and animals that live in forests. Includes the weasel, giant wood wasp, and slippery jack mushroom. Grades 1+. ISBN: 0613108043, found library
• Tison, Annette and Talus Taylor. Amazing Animal Builders. Penguin Putnam Books. 1989.
Describes nests and homes which animals build for themselves. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0448215519, found library
• Tresselt, Alvin. The Gift of the Tree. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard. 1992.
Traces the life cycle of an oak tree and describes the animals that depend on it for shelter and food. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688106846, found bn
• Van Laan, Nancy. A Tree For Me. Random House. 2000.
In this book a child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide. Each tree reveals an increasing number of animals already in residence until finally the perfect tree is found. The author uses repetition and counting to explore the residents of a tree. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0679893849, found bn. WI EC
• Wong, Herbert H. and Vessel, Matthew F. Our Tree. Addison-Wesley. 1969.
The author of Our Tree use observations in and around a tree to show the different ways animals and insects use trees. A good introductory book, useful for sharpening observation skills prior to a field trip. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0201087235, found library. WI EC
• Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon. Philomel Books. 1987.
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0399214577, found bn
23. The Fallen Log
• A Tree Fell Over the River. Sundance.
Grade PreK. ISBN: 0613308123, found bn
• The World of Ants. Newbridge.
Children explore ant nests to observe the activities of queens, males, and workers. They also follow the ant’s life cycle and discover how it grows. Grades 2-3. ISBN: 0836801369, found library
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Fredericks, Anthony D. Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs, and other Ughs. Dawn Publications, 2001.
“No child will be able to resist looking under a rock after reading Frederick’s rhythmic, engaging story. He has masterfully combined scientific fact and a clever cumulative story to create an entertaining book that will teach young children about the critters that can be found living under rocks.” Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1584690275.
• Guiberson, Brenda. Cactus Hotel. Holt. 1993.
The saguaro cactus is born when a seed is dropped in the shade of a tree. In the one hundred fifty years it takes to reach its full height, it becomes a "hotel" for desert wildlife. When it is two hundred years old, the fifty foot cactus topples and supplies shelter for ground dwellers. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0805029605, found bn
• Hunter, Anne. What’s Under the Log? Houghton Mifflin. 1999.
What are the things that scurry away when you turn over a log? With beautifully detailed illustrations, Anne Hunter shows the creatures a child might find there—a sowbug, a salamander, a millipede. Each illustration is accompanied by simple yet detailed text explaining the nature and habits of the animals that find shelter under a log. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0395754968, found bn
• Kohl, Judith and Herbert. The View From The Oak: The Private World of Other Creatures. Sierra Club. 1977.
What do flowers in a meadow look like to a bee? How does the world appear to a snake who "sees" by detecting minute temperature changes? What is it like to live in the water strider's two-dimensional universe? Including hands-on games and activities. Grades K+. ISBN: 1565846362, found bn
• Lavies, Bianca. Compost Critters. Duttons Children’s Books. 1993.
Describes what happens in a compost pile and how creatures, from bacteria and mites to millipedes and earthworms, aid in the process of turning compost into humus. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0525447636, found bn
• Parker, Nancy Winston and Joan Richards. Bugs. Wright, Greenwillow Books. 1987.
Includes general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688082963, found bn
• Pfeffer, Wendy. A Log’s Life. Simon and Schuster. 1997
After an oak tree falls in the forest, it has another life as home to a variety of creatures. As it decays over time, it provides food and shelter to porcupines, ants, mushrooms, salamanders, and many others, until it eventually turns into a mound of rich black earth. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689806361, found bn
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades K+. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
• Schwartz, George L. and Bernice S. Life in a Log. Natural History Press. 1972.
The ecology of a log. Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
24. Nature’s Recyclers
• Applehof, Mary. Worms Eat My Garbage. Flower Press. 1997.
The definitive guide to vermicomposting-a process using redworms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich food for plants. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0942256107, found bn
• Glaser, Linda. Compost! Growing Gardens from your Garbage. Millbrook Press. 1996.
In this nonfiction picture book, a little girl explains how her family turns garbage and garden waste into soil using their compost bin. Grades 1-3. ISBN: 0761300309, found library
• Glaser, Linda. Wonderful Worms. Millbrook Press. 1992.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the common earthworm. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1562947303, found bn
• Hogan, Kathleen. Eco-Inquiry: A Guide to Ecological Learning Experiences for the Upper Elementary/Middle Grades. Kendall/Hunt. 1994.
Contains nearly 400 pages of projects, explanations and illustrations about the wonderful world of composting and the ecological world around
us. Grades 3+. ISBN: 0840395841, unavailable
• Hughey, Pat. Scavengers and Decomposers: The Cleanup Crew. Atheneum. 1984.
Describes the characteristics and habits of various insects, birds, and other animals that clean up waste materials in the environment and thus ensure that life as we know it continues on the earth. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0689310323, found library
• Keen, Martin L. The World Beneath Our Feet: the Story of Soil. Messner. 1974.
Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0195139909, found bn
• Lavies, Bianca. Compost Critters. Duttons Children’s Books. 1993.
Describes what happens in a compost pile and how creatures, from bacteria and mites to millipedes and earthworms, aid in the process of turning compost into humus. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0525447636, found bn
• McGinty, Alice. Decomposers in the Food Chain. PowerKids Press. 2002.
Everything is connected! In this book, students discover that the final link in the food chain is also the "first" link, because producers are dependent on the nutrient-rich soil provided by the decomposers. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0823957578, found library
• Milne, Lorus. A Shovelful of Earth. Holt. 1987.
Describes different types of soils, their composition, where they are found, and the plants and animals that live in and on them. Grades 5-9. ISBN: 0805000283¸ found library
• Ryder, Joanne. My Father’s Hand. Morrow Jr. Books. 1994.
A girl's father digs in the garden, finding and presenting for inspection such wonders as a round gold beetle and a leaf-green mantis. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 068809189X, found bn
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades K+. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
• Schwartz, George L. and Bernice S. Life in a Log. Natural History Press. 1972.
The ecology of a log. Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Soutter-Perrot, Andrienne. Earthworm. Creative Education. 1993.
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, natural environment, and importance of the earthworm. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0886825660, found library
25. Birds and Worms
• Predators. Sundance.
Grade 1. can’t find
• Berger, Melvin. Animals in Hiding. Newbridge.
Students learn about camouflage and adaptation as they try to fin the animals “in hiding” in the fascinating full-color photographs. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840108, unavailable
• Bouchard, David. Voices from the Wild-- An Animal Sensagoria. Chrnoicle Books. 1996.
describes how animals use their senses to survive in the wild. The book is divided into five sections--sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. Each section features five animals relating, in first person, the special ways the particular sense helps them hunt, avoid predators, and care for their young. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0811814629 found at library
• Brenner, Barbara and Bernice Chardiet. Where’s That Insect? Scholastic. 1993.
Presents information about different kinds of insects. The reader is invited to find insects hidden in the illustrations. Grades K-3. ISBN: 059045210X, found library
• Brooks, Bruce. Predator. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1991.
Survival in the wild creates a hierarchy of predators and their prey; this interaction among the animals forms the basis of a complex ecological system known as the food chain. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0374361118, found library
• Buckley, Virginia. State Birds. Lodestar/Dutton. 1990.
Describes in text and pictures the characteristics of each state bird and how and when it came to be chosen. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0525671773, found library
• Caumartin, Francois. Now You See Them, Now You Don’t. Firefly Books. 1996.
Simon, a world famous hunter, decides to travel to faraway lands in order to add more trophies to his collection. But the animals all over the world catch wind of his plans, so they hold a meeting to plan their strategy. Their solution is camouflage. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1552090078, found bn
• Collard, Sneed B. Tough Terminators. North Word Press. 1994.
Twelve of the Earth's most fascinating predators--Wolf! ladybug! dragonfly! jellyfish! barracuda! pitcher plant! Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1559716339, found bn
• Faulkner, Keith. The Wide-Mouthed Frog. Dial Books. 1996.
The story follows Wide-Mouthed Frog as he asks different animals what they like most to eat. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0803718756, found bn
• Fredericks, Anthony D. Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs, and other Ughs Dawn Publications, 2001.
No child will be able to resist looking under a rock after reading Frederick’s rhythmic, engaging story. He has masterfully combined scientific fact and a clever cumulative story to create an entertaining book that will teach young children about the critters that can be found living under rocks. Grades PreK-6. ISBN: 1-58469-027-5, found bn.
• Freeman, Marcia S. Predators and Prey. Newbridge.
Finding food is hard work for animals in the wild. Students learn some of the amazing ways these animals catch their prey for every meal. Grades 2-4. ISBN: 0778702278, found bn
• Heller, Ruth. How to Hide A Butterfly. Econo-Clad. 1999.
Rhyming text describes how various insects camouflage themselves to protect against predators. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 044840477X, found bn
• Heller, Ruth. How to Hide an Octopus. Bt Bound. 1999.
Describes, using rhyming text, how various sea animals change color to blend in with their surroundings. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0448404788, found bn
• Heller, Ruth. How to Hide a Meadow Frog & Other Amphibians. Putnam. 1995.
Describes how toads, salamanders, and other interesting amphibians are experts at camouflage. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0448409658, found bn
• Jenkins, Steve. What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? Houghton Mifflin. 1997.
What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Walk on water? Stick out your tongue? Play dead? Animals in the wild use all kinds of methods to protect themselves from their enemies. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0618152431, found bn
• Juster Esbensen, Barbara. Swift as the Wind: The Cheetah. Orchard Books. 1996.
A fairly complete picture of the animal's habitat, life cycle, hunting and eating habits, and natural enemies. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0531087972, found library
• London, Jonathan. Phantom of the Prairie--Year of the Black-Footed Ferret. Sierra Club Books. 1998.
This brief informational story details the life cycle of one of North America's most endangered species. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0871563878, found bn
• Lovett, Sarah. Extremely Weird Animal Disguises. Avalon Travel Publishing. 1997.
Grades 2-7. ISBN: 156261357X, found bn
• Prince, Sarah. What’s For Dinner? Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Pringle, Laurence. Into the Woods: Exploring the Forest Ecosystem. MacMillan Publishing Company. 1973.
Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Ryder, Joanne. Shark in the Sea. William Morrow. 1997.
A day in the life of the ocean's most feared predator. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688149103, found library
• Schoenherr, John. The Barn. Little, Brown. 1968.
Twenty-four hours in the life of a skunk who, while seeking his own food, must avoid becoming the prey of an owl. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0316774219, found library
• Selsam, Millicent. A First Look at Animals that Eat Other Animals. Walker. 1989.
A beginner's guide to distinguishing between different carnivorous animals. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0802768962, unavailable
• Stone, Lynn. Birds of Prey. Children’s Press. 1983.
Briefly discusses the physical characteristics and habits of owls, vultures, hawks, and eagles. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516416766, found library
26. Dynamic Duos
• Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug. Harper Collins. 1996.
A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0064434508, found bn
• Gorvett, Jean. Life in Ponds. American Heritage. 1970.
Discusses the food cycle and interrelationships of the living things in a pond. Gives suggestions for identifying and observing plants and animals. Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Hidetomo, Oda. Insects and Flowers. Steck-Vaughn. 1990.
Describes the relationship between insects that eat plant nectar and the flowers that benefit from their aid in pollination. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0817225277, found library
• Lauber, Patricia. From Flower to Flower: Animals and Pollination. Crown. 1986.
Text and illustrations describe the many ways that flowers are pollinated with emphasis on the role of bees in this important process. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0517555395, found library
• Pringle, Laurence. Into the Woods: Exploring the Forest Ecosystem. MacMillan Publishing Company. 1973.
Grades 4+. Can’t find
27. Every Tree for Itself
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Bourgeois, Paulette and Clark, Brenda. Franklin Plants a Tree. Scholastic. 2001.
A story about Franklin and his friends planting saplings on Earth Day Franklin finds it hard to believe that such a small sapling will ever grow into a big tree, but with water and lots of love, his tree begins to grow. This story may be a little lengthy for some preschoolers, but can easily be retold in your own words. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1550748785, found bn. WI EC
• Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Scholastic. 1987. Ages 4-8. ISBN: 0689842449, found bn.
MN EC.
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Eclare, Melanie. Handful of Sunshine: Growing a Sunflower. Ragged Bears. 2000.
Dig, weed, plant, water, wait, watch, enjoy—a child's perspective about the life of a sunflower is shown in vivid photographs of a little girl in her garden. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1929927142, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup. Scholastic. 1987.
The book tells the story of planting vegetable seeds in the garden and how the seeds grow into big and strong plants with water and light and warmth from the sun. The story ends by making soup from the vegetables produced by the plants when they are all grown up. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0152325808, found bn. WI EC
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt. 1991.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152661972, found bn
• Jordan, Helen J. and Loretta Krupinski. How A Seed Grows. Harper Collins. 1992.
Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants. Grade K. ISBN: 0064451070, found bn. MN EC
• Kudlinski, Kathleen V. How Plants Survive. Newbridge.
A plant’s life is not as easy as you might think. Plants compete with one another for sunshine, wage battles for water, and struggle to protect their own patch of soil. Their lives are a constant battle for survival. Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0791074226, found bn
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Quinn, Greg Henry. A Gift of a Tree. Scholastic. 1994. Ages 4-8. ISBN: 0590480928, unavailable. MN EC
• Wexler, Jerome. From Spore to Spore: Ferns and How They Grow. Dodd, Mead. 1985.
Traces the lifecycle of ferns and gives advice on raising them. Grades K+. Can’t find
28. Air Plants
• Charman, Andrew. Air. Steck-Vaughn. 1994.
Includes the atmosphere, how the body uses air, plants and air, air pressure, air currents, flight, energy from air, and global warming. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0811455092, found bn
• Cooper, Jason. Strange Plants. Rourke Enterprises. 1991.
Describes a variety of unusual plants and plantlike forms, including air-plants, carnivorous plants, lichen, etc. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0865926255, found bn
• Graham, Terry L. Science Activities PreK-3: The Leaves Are Falling In Rainbows. Humanics. 1996.
Hands-on experiences help your children learn about science the way children learn best! Knowledge is gained, and retained, as children play with water, air, plants, magnets, and more. For teachers of Grades K-2. ISBN: 0893340456, found bn
• Kite, L. Patricia. Dandelion Adventures. Millbrook Press. 1998.
Follows seven dandelion seed parachutes which the wind blows into the air and which land in different circumstances as an example of the way in which a common plant regenerates. Grade K. ISBN: 0761300376, found library
• Llewellyn, Claire. Some Plants Grow in Mid-Air. Millbrook Press. 1998.
Explains why rainforests are shrinking, how their wildlife is endangered, and why they and their wildlife are important. Can’t find
• Patchett, Lynne. Clean Air, Dirty Air. Artist Book Company. 1994.
Discover why we need clean air, what makes the air dirty and how dirty air affects plants, animals, soil and buildings. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0713633255, found bn
• Pluckrose, Henry. Air. Gareth Stevens Audio. 2001.
How much do you know about air? Do you know what air does? This "Let's Explore" book will tell you everything you need to know about air including, what it is, the different forms it can take, using it to fly and even air pollution. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0836829573, found bn
• Ross, Bill. Straight from the Bear's Mouth: The Story of Photosynthesis. Simon and Schuster Children's, 1995.
The fact that Bear’s breath can make interesting science is the premise of this book that packs some solid information amidst the wacky ways of Dr. Mildew and two of his students. Set up like a mystery and employing the scientific method, the book slings lots of biology and chemistry in a painless manner. ISBN: 0689317263. Grades 5-8.
• Stille, Darlene R. Air: Outside, Inside, and All Around. Picture Window Books, 2004.
In this book, simple vocabulary and wonderful illustrations allows young people to read about the abstract concept of air and truly understand what it actually is. The organization and information makes this book a great extension of any science lesson on air. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 1404802487.
29. Rain Reasons
• A Rainy Day. Sundance.
Grade PreK. not enough info
• My Climate. Newbridge.
Grades PreK-K. not enough info
• Rain. Sundance.
Grade PreK. not enough info
• Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. Sunshine Makes the Seasons. Harper Collins. 1989.
Describes how sunshine and the tilt of the earth's axis are responsible for the changing seasons. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064450198, found bn
• DeWitt, Lynda. What Will the Weather Be? Harper Collins. 1993.
Explains the basic characteristics of weather--temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure--and how meteorologists gather data for their forecasts. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064451135, found bn
• Gibbons, Gail. The Reasons for Seasons. Holiday House. 1996.
Here is an explanation of how the position of Earth in relation to the sun causes seasons, and the wonders that come with each one of them. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0823412385, found bn
• Gibbons, Gail. Weather Words and What They Mean. Holiday House. 1996.
Introduces basic weather terms and concepts. Grades K-3. ISBN: 082340952X, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. Under the Moon. Morrow Junior Books. 1991.
Relates how the great white bears that live at the top of the world came to live on snow and ice. ISBN: 0394919602, found library
• Simon, Seymour. Icebergs and Glaciers. Morrow. 1987.
Discusses the formation, movement, and different types of glaciers and icebergs and describes their effect on the world around them. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688167055, found bn
30. Three Cheers for Trees
• Andersen, Hans Christian. The Fir Tree. Harper and Row. 1970.
Grades K-3. ISBN: 155858501X, found library
• Coats, Laura Jane. The Oak Tree. Atheneum. 1987.
Birds, people, bats, and other living things interact naturally with an oak tree over a period of twenty-four hours. Grades K. ISBN: 0027190528, found library
• DePaola, Tomie. The Family Christmas Tree Book. Holiday House. 1980.
Grades K-3. ISBN: 0823405354, found library
• Gackenbach, Dick. Mighty Tree. Harcourt. 1992.
Three seeds grow into three beautiful trees, each of which serves a different function in nature and for people. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785784209, found bn
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Holling, Clancy. The Tree in the Trail. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1942.
The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it. Grades K-3. ISBN: 039554534X, found bn
• Jordan, Sandra. Christmas Tree Farm. Orchard Books. 1993
Describes the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm in Rhode Island throughout each season of the year. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785798978, found library
• Lauber, Patricia. Be A Friend To Trees. Harper Collins. 1994.
Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064451208, found bn
• Morimoto, Junko. Kenju’s Forest. Harper Collins. 1991.
Grades K-3. can’t find
• Noble, Trinka Hakes. Apple Tree Christmas. Dial. 1984.
In 1881, when their apple tree is felled by a storm just before Christmas, a young farm girl and her family discover that the tree was important to each of them for different reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546030, found library
• Ryder, Joanne. The Goodbye Walk. Lodestar Books. 1993.
At the end of the summer, a child revisits the special places she has enjoyed on her vacation. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0525674055, found library
• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656, found bn
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
• Taylor, Mildred. Song of the Trees. Bantam Books. 1984.
With the depression bearing down on her family and food in short supply, Cassie Logan isn't sure where her next meal will come from. But there is one thing that she knows will always be there-the whispering trees outside her window. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0142500755, found bn
• Undry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice. Harper Trophy. 1987.
Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0064431479, found bn
31. Plant a Tree
• Aliki. Story of Johnny Appleseed. Prentice-Hall. 1963.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671667467, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Breskin Zalben, Jane. Pearl Plants a Tree. Simon & Schuster. 1995.
Little Pearl the lamb takes a cue from her grandfather and plants an apple seed that sprouts, establishing a symbolic connection both to her family and to the land. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689800347, found library
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow. Harcourt. 1988.
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0152626107, found bn
• Feely, Jenny. Plants. Sundance.
Describes the appearance, life-cycle, pollination, food, and development of the amazing plants all around us. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0613306767, found bn
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Glaser, Linda. Tanya’s Big Green Dream. Maxwell MacMillan Intnl. 1994.
After Tanya decides to plant a tree for her Earth Day project, her only problems are getting the money to buy it and finding a place to put it. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0027359948, found library
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Johnston, Tony. Yonder. Holt. 1988.
Year after year, the plum tree which the farmer planted is witness to the continuing generations of his family. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1586851802, found library
• Jordan, Sandra. Christmas Tree Farm. Orchard Books. 1993
Describes the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm in Rhode Island throughout each season of the year. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785798978, found library
• Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale. Morrow Junior Books. 1988.
John Chapman loved animals and nature so much that he left home to live in the wilderness. Wherever he roamed, he cleared the land to plant apple trees. He gave the trees to settlers who followed, thus earning the fond name "Johnny Appleseed." Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688064175, found bn
• Lauber, Patricia. Be A Friend To Trees. Harper Collins. 1994.
Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064451208, found bn
• Locker, Thomas. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art. Harper Collins. 1995.
A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064437507, found bn
• Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood: An Old Nursery Song. North-South Books. 1993.
A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1558581928, found bn
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Undry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice. Harper Trophy. 1987.
Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0064431479, found bn
• Wexler, Jerome. From Spore to Spore: Ferns and How They Grow. Dodd, Mead. 1985.
Traces the lifecycle of ferns and gives advice on raising them. Grades K+. Can’t find
32. A Forest of Many Uses
• Anderson, Robert. Forests: Identifying Propaganda Techniques. Gale Group. 1992.
Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of forestry, including the management of national forests and the question of how much damage is done by logging and acid rain. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0899080995, found bn
• Bryan, Nichol. Los Alamos Wildfires. Gareth Stevens. 2003.
Describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate over the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0836855078, found bn
• Camp, William G. and Thomas B. Daugherty. Managing Our Natural Resources. Delmar Learning. 1995.
Examines the nature, history, and management of natural resources ranging from soil and water to forests, wildlife, and marine resources. Includes suggested activities and discussion of occupations in the field. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0827367163, found bn (textbook?)
• Jordan, Sandra. Christmas Tree Farm. Orchard Books. 1993.
Describes the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm in Rhode Island throughout each season of the year. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785798978, found library
• Shetterly, Susan Hand. Shelterwood. Tilbury House. 1999.
Sophie watches her grandfather harvest trees that will be cut into boards to build houses and furniture, but lets the tallest, wind-firm trees stay, to drop their seeds and start a new generation. Deer and birds and even a bear share the forests shelter, and Sophie discovers that when we take care of the woods, it provides for us for generations to come. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0884482561, found bn
• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656, found bn
• Skurzynski, Gloria. Safeguarding the Land. Harcourt. 1981.
Traces the careers of three women involved in public land management and outlines opportunities for those interested in this field. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0152699570, unavailable
33. Forest Consequences
• Aliki. Johnny Appleseed. Prentice-Hall. 1963.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671667467, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Applebaum, Diana. Giants in the Land. Houghton Mifflin. 1993
Giants in the Land is an incredible look at the role the giant pine trees of New England played in the history of the United States, especially in the years preceding the Revolutionary War. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0395647207, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir. Sierra Club, Little & Brown. 1994.
The Ancient Ones tells the tale of an old-growth forest. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 1578050812, found bn
• Bryan, Nichol. Los Alamos Wildfires. Gareth Stevens. 2003.
Describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate over the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0836855078, found bn
• Coville, Bruce. The Prince of Butterflies. Harcourt. 2002.
As a child, John can hear the talk of butterflies who’ve lost their path because their migration route has been turned into houses and mini-malls. His life is shaped by his great empathy for these creatures. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0152014543, found library
• Fleming, Denise. Where Once There Was A Wood. Holt. 2000.
Examines the many forms of wildlife that can be displaced if their environment is destroyed by development and discusses how communities and schools can provide spaces for them to live. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0805064826, found bn
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Heiderose and Andreas Fischer-Nagel. Fir Trees. Carolrhoda Books. 1986.
Describe the development and ecosystem of the endangered fir tree. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0876143400, found bn
• Klass, David. California Blue. Scholastic. 1994.
When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0590466895, found bn
• MacGill-Callahan, Sheila. And Still The Turtle Watched. Dial Books for Young Readers. 1991.
A turtle carved in rock on a bluff over the Hudson River by Indians long ago watches with sadness the changes man brings over the years. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0140558365, found bn
• Peet, Bill. Farewell to Shady Glade. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1966.
Bulldozers push the raccoon and his friends from their home, but they are able to find a new one after a terrifying train ride. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0395311284, found bn
• Rand, Gloria. Fighting for the Forest. Holt and Company. 1999.
When they find blue logging markings in the ancient forest where they like to hike, a boy and his father try to save the trees from being cut down. Includes information about how to find and enjoy ancient forests. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0805054669, found bn
34. Who Works in This Forest?
• Abrams, Kathleen and Lawrence. Logging and Lumbering. Silver Burdett. 1980.
Discusses the work of loggers, activities at sawmills, various products derived from trees, and measures taken to insure a continued supply of lumber. Grades 3+. ISBN: 0671340077, found library
• Atkins, Jeannine. Girls Who Looked Under Rocks The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists. Dawn. 2000.
The six women portrayed in this book—Maria Merian (b. 1647), Anna Comstock (b. 1854), Frances Hamerstrom (b. 1907), Rachel Carson (b. 1907), Miriam Rothschild (b. 1908), and Jane Goodall (b. 1934)—all grew up to become award-winning scientists, writers and artists, as comfortable with a pen as with as with a magnifying glass. They each overcame opposition and found ways to pass on their vision of how all lives in nature are beautifully connected. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 1584690119, found bn
• Benson, Christopher. Careers in Conservation. Lerner. 1974.
Describes briefly the careers available in the conservation field, including forester, sanitation engineer, geologist, air pollution inspector, land use planner, and others. Grades 1-5. 1974. ISBN: 0822503204, found library
• Camp, William G. and Thomas B. Daugherty. Managing Our Natural Resources. Delmar Learning. 1995.
Examines the nature, history, and management of natural resources ranging from soil and water to forests, wildlife, and marine resources. Includes suggested activities and discussion of occupations in the field. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0827367163, found bn (textbook?)
• Eberts, Marjorie. Career Portraits: Nature. NTC Publishing. 1996.
Provides an introduction to various nature-related careers, using portraits of people working in such jobs as environmental scientist, farmer, commercial fisher, and camp director. Grades PreK-K. can’t find
• Ehrlich, Amy. Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson. Harcourt. 2003.
Amy Ehrlich's lucid and loving prose, complemented by Wendell Minor's luminous paintings, tells a memorable story of the power of the word, the power of the individual, and--most of all--the importance of following your heart. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0152162275.
• Gartner, Bob. Exploring Careers in the National Parks. Rosen. 1999.
Explores the different careers available within the National Park Service and offers career tips and information on training. Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Jordan, Sandra. Christmas Tree Farm. Orchard Books. 1993
Describes the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm in Rhode Island throughout each season of the year. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785798978, found library
• Lasky, Kathryn. She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head. Hyperion. 1995.
Playful illustrations bring to life the story of two determined ladies who helped form one of America’s oldest preservation groups, the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0786811641, found bn
• Livingston, Tim and Mary. Forests, Trees and Wood. Red Tail Publishing. 1993.
An illustrated story about people who work in as resource managers,
growing, caring for and harvesting wood. Grades 2-5. can’t find. Kay
West
• Skurzynski, Gloria. Safeguarding the Land. Harcourt. 1981.
Traces the careers of three women involved in public land management and outlines opportunities for those interested in this field. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0152699570, unavailable
35. Loving It Too Much
• Anderson, Robert. Forests: Identifying Propaganda Techniques. Gale Group. 1992.
Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of forestry, including the management of national forests and the question of how much damage is done by logging and acid rain. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0899080995, found bn
• Bryan, Nichol. Los Alamos Wildfires. Gareth Stevens. 2003.
Describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate over the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0836855078, found bn
• Ekey, Robert. Fire! In Yellowstone. Gareth Stevens Audio. 1989.
Discusses the fire that ravaged nearly one million acres of Yellowstone National Park during several months in 1988, and explains the two sides to the controversy over letting nature take its course. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0836802268, found library
• Larson, Gary. There’s a Hair in my Dirt. HarperCollins Publishers. 1998.
A true to form Gary Larson twisted tale about the life of a worm and other aspects of nature underground. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0060932740, found bn.
• Petersen, David. National Parks. Scholastic. 2001.
Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0516216678, found bn
• Schullery, Paul D, John Cleese, and Brian Batesw. America's National Parks: The Spectacular Forces That Shaped Our Treasured Lands. DK Publishing. 2001.
Combines gorgeous photographic spreads with fascinating information about the geology of each park, describing the geothermal and volcanic pressures, wind and water erosion, and glacial carving that have worked together over the years to create the famous landscapes of the parks. All Grades. ISBN: 0789480166, found bn
• Stone, Lynn M. America’s National Parks. Rourke Publishing. 2002.
Discusses the history and purpose of national parks and describes some prominent examples including Denali National Park in Alaska and Saguaro National Park in Arizona. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 158952313X, found bn
36. Pollution Search
• Arnold, Caroline. Saving the Peregrine Falcon. Carolrhoda. 1985.
Describes the efforts of scientists who are trying to save the peregrine falcon from extinction by taking the fragile eggs that would not survive in the wild, hatching them, raising the chicks, and then releasing the birds back into the wild. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0876145233, found bn
• Cast, C. Vance. Where Does Pollution Come From. Barrons Educational Series. 1994.
Calvin and his cat Mel start exploring the pollution problem after they see trash tossed on the highway from a passing car. They discover the dangers of solid waste, air, water and soil pollution, and even noise pollution. Finally Calvin and Mel help kids discover how pollution can be controlled. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0812015711, unavailable
• Chapman, Matthew and Rob Bowden. Air Pollution: Our Impact on the Planet. Raintree. 2002.
Explores the debates surrounding air pollution, discussing its causes and prevention. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0739848747, found bn
• Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild. Harcourt. 1992.
An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0152163727, found bn
• Cochrane, Jennifer. Water Ecology. Bookwright Press. 1987.
Alternates factual information on the ecological aspects of water with activities and experiments, covering such areas as the behavior of warm water, acid rain, and pond life. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531181529, found library
• Donald, Rhonda Lewis. Air Pollution. Scholastic. 2002.
Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0516221914¸found bn
• Geisel, Theodor Seuss (Dr. Suess). The Lorax. Random House. 1971.
In this classic story, the Once-ler describes how his greedy actions destroyed a beautiful and thriving environment. Children will enjoy the colorful characters and rhyming verse. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0394823370, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Goetz, Delia. Lakes. Morrow and Company. 1973.
How lakes are formed and their relation to the ecological balance in nature. Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to the Environment. Harper Collins. 1996.
Covers: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming — and puts them in the context of ecology. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0062732749, found bn
• Lambert, David. Pollution and Conservation. Bookwright Press. 1986.
Discusses the causes of pollution, its effects on the environment, and what is being done to repair some of the damage it has caused. Grades K-6. ISBN: 0531180603, found library
• Miller, Christina. Wastes. Franklin Watts. 1986.
Surveys the treatment of household waste and some possible future solutions to the growing problem of its disposal. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531101304, found library
• Peet, Bill. Wump World. Houghton-Mifflin. 1970.
The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus. Grades PreK+. ISBN: 0395311292, found bn
• Stenstrup, Allen. Hazardous Waste. Children’s Press Inc. 1991.
Explains what hazardous wastes are, how they are produced, and why it is difficult to dispose of them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN 0516055062, found.
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0395533082, found bn
37. Talking Trash, Not!
• Berger, Melvin. Where Does All the Garbage Go? Newbridge.
From our homes to trucks to dumps – children follow the path of household garbage and learn how recycling garbage can create new products. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840027, unavailable
• Cast, C. Vance. Where Does Pollution Come From. Barrons Educational Series. 1994.
Calvin and his cat Mel start exploring the pollution problem after they see trash tossed on the highway from a passing car. They discover the dangers of solid waste, air, water and soil pollution, and even noise pollution. Finally Calvin and Mel help kids discover how pollution can be controlled. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0812015711, unavailable
• Geisel, Theodor Seuss (Dr. Suess). The Lorax. Random House. 1971.
In this classic story, the Once-ler describes how his greedy actions destroyed a beautiful and thriving environment. Children will enjoy the colorful characters and rhyming verse and adults will appreciate the subtle messages about the negative effects of deforestation, habitat destruction, and air and water pollution. ISBN: 0394823370, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Lambert, David. Pollution and Conservation. Bookwright Press. 1986.
Discusses the causes of pollution, its effects on the environment, and what is being done to repair some of the damage it has caused. Grades K-6. ISBN: 0531180603, found library
• Madden, Don. The Wartville Wizard. Aladdin. 1986.
An old man fights a town of litterbugs by magically sending each piece of trash back to the person who dropped it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689716672, found bn
• Mandel, Linda, and Hedi M. Mandel. The Treasure of Trash: a Recycling Story. Avery Publishing Group, Inc. 1993.
Explains how recycling and the conservation of natural resources can help save the Earth, with an emphasis on the recycling of plastic. Grades 3+. ISBN: 089529575X, unavailable
• McQueen, Kelly and David Fassler. Let’s Talk Trash: The Kid’s Book About Recycling. Waterfront Books. 1991.
Discusses trash and the different ways in which it can be handled, with an emphasis on recycling. Incorporates the thoughts, questions, and drawings of children. Grades K-6. ISBN: 0914525204, found library
• Miller, Christina. Wastes. Franklin Watts. 1986.
Surveys the treatment of household waste and some possible future solutions to the growing problem of its disposal. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531101304, found library
• O’Connor, Karen. Garbage. Lucent Books. 1989.
Examines the dumping of garbage in oceans, on land, in the air, and in space and suggests possible solutions to this problem of waste pollution. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1560061006, found bn
• Peet, Bill. Wump World. Houghton-Mifflin. 1970.
The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus. Grades PreK+. ISBN: 0395311292, found bn
• Skidmore, Steve. What a Load of Trash!: Rescue Your Household Waste.The Milford Press, Inc. 1991.
Humorous illustrations accompany a discussion of the problems of waste disposal and of recycling as one possible solution. Grades K-6. ISBN: 1878841270, found bn
• Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. 1991. Environmental Awareness: Solid Waste. Bancroft-Sage Publishing, Inc. 1991.
Focuses on the ever-growing problem of managing the many types of solid waste and the hazards they pose to people and the environment. Readers learn how they can help in waste reduction efforts. Grades 3+. ISBN: 0944280285, found library
• Stenstrup, Allen. Hazardous Waste. Children’s Press Inc. 1991.
Explains what hazardous wastes are, how they are produced, and why it is difficult to dispose of them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN 0516055062, found.
• Woods, Samuel G. Recycled Paper: From Start to Finish. Gale Group. 2000.
Demonstrates how waste paper is recycled into useful household products at the Marcal paper mill. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 1567113958, found bn
38. Every Drop Counts
• Bang, Molly. Common Ground: The Earth, Water, and Air We All Share. Scholastic. 1997.
Imagines a village in which there are too many people consuming shared resources and discusses the challenge of handling our world's environment safely. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0590100564, found bn
• Costa-Pau, Rosa. Conservation of the Sea. Chelsea House Publishing. 1994.
Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0791021025, found bn
• Dalgleish, Sharon. Saving Water. Chelsea House. 2002.
Concentrates on the need to preserve the fresh water available to sustain life and to minimize both use and pollution. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0791070166, found bn
• Duvall, Jill D. Who Keeps the Water Clean? Ms Schindler! Scholastic. 1997.
Ms. Schindler cares about her community. At a water treatment plant, she works very hard to make sure the equipment is working well day and night. She keeps her neighborhood's water clean and safe. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0516261525, found bn
• Goetz, Delia. Lakes. Morrow and Company. 1973.
How lakes are formed and their relation to the ecological balance in nature. Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Jervis, Paola. How Science Works: Water. Barnes and Noble Books, 1997.
How Science Works: Water focuses on the Earth's supply of fresh water and how much of this vital resource is available to us. Also discussed is how people throughout history have put water to use, how pollution has made some of the world's water unusable, and what can be done to boost our water supply and improve the way we manage it. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0760705976.
• Mckinney, Barbara Shaw. A Drop around the World. Dawn. 1998.
Presents the water cycle through the journey of a raindrop around the world, in sky, on land, underground, and in the sea, in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms, as it supports life everywhere. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1883220726.
• McLeish, Ewan. Keeping Water Clean. Raintree. 1998.
Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0817249354, found bn
• Ocko, Stephanie. Water Almost Enough for Everyone. Atheneum. 1995.
Using a combination of broad-picture reporting and interviews with interesting individuals, Ocko's account of the world's water problems will engage readers. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0689317972, found library
• Wise Brown, Margaret. The Important Book. by HarperCollins Publications, 1990.
The important thing about rain, snow, and the wind are described for students. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0-06-443227-0, found bn.
• Yardley, Thompson. Down the Drain: Exploring Your Plumbing. Millbrook Press. 1991.
Discusses the principles of household plumbing, water supply, and personal hygiene. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 1878841289, found library
39. Energy Sleuths
• Using Energy Wisely. Newbridge.
Grade 2. can’t find
• Adams, Richard C and Robert Gardner. Energy Projects for Young Scientists. Scholastic. 2001.
Instructions for a variety of projects and experiments demonstrating basic concepts of energy, work, and power, including thermal, electrical, and solar energy, energy of motion and position, and energy conservation. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531163806, found bn
• Brown, Paul. Energy and Resources. Scholastic. 1998.
Considers the relevance of sustainable development to the world of energy and resources. Case studies show how sustainable practices, such as using renewable resources and curbing pollution, are currently used in communities around the world. Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0531144836, found library
• Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to the Environment. Harper Collins. 1996.
Covers: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming — and puts them in the context of ecology. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0062732749, found bn
• Grant, Pamela and Arthur Haswell. Air and Energy. Thameside Press. 2000.
Examines major environmental issues surrounding air, giving examples of attempts to solve global problems and sources for more information. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 1929298587, found bn
• Spetgang, Tilly and Malcolm Wells. Children’s Solar Energy Book: Even Grown-Ups Can Understand. Sterling Publishing. 1982.
Presents the advantages of using solar energy for heating and other purposes, as an alternative to other costly, dangerous, and non-renewable sources of power. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0806975849, unavailable
• Trumbauer, Lisa. Energy. Newbridge.
It takes energy for a car to run. It also takes energy to walk, run, skip, or jump. Discovery all the different ways energy makes the world work. Grade 2. can’t find
• Wheeler, Jill C. Earth Moves: Get There With Energy To Spare. ABDO. 1991.
Discusses the environmental and conservation aspects of modern transportation. Grades 4+. ISBN: 156239035X, found bn
• Woelfle, Gretchen. The Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills. Chicago Review Press, Inc. 1997.
An introduction to windmills and their advantages as renewable energy providers, with activities for understanding some of the principles of wind. Grades 7+. ISBN: 1556523084.
• Yanda, Bill. Rads, Ergs, and Cheeseburgers: The Kids Guide to Energy and the Environment. Avalon Travel Publishing. 1991.
Ergon, a magical being, discusses the generation of various forms of energy, its transportation, uses in everyday life, conservation, and development of alternative sources. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0945465750, unavailable
40. Then and Now
• Aliki. Johnny Appleseed. Prentice-Hall. 1963.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671667467, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Burns, Diane. Arbor Day. Carolrhoda Books. 1989.
Describes the history of Arbor Day and how it is celebrated. Grades K-4. ISBN: 087614346X, found library
• Cowan, Mary Morton. Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England. Millbrook. 2003.
An illustrated history of the New England forests, from colonial days when settlers freely used the trees for warmth and housing to today's tensions between environmentalists and the logging industry. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0761318666, found bn
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Kamma, Anne. If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie. Scholastic, Inc. 2003.
This book invites readers to step back in time and see what it was like to grow up on the Great Plains more than 100 years ago. It poses questions such as: What kind of house would you live in? What would you do for fun? The answers to these and 34 more questions give kids a vivid idea of a pioneer child's day-to-day life as well as the hardships the pioneering family faced as they attempted to settle in the vast and often forbidding prairie lands. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0439414288.
• Logan, Ben. The Land Remembers: A Story of a Farm and its People. NorthWood Press. 1999.
Logan recollects his years on a farm during the 1930's. A classic on rural American life. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1559717181.
• Lowery, Linda. Earth Day. Carolrhoda Books. 1991.
Explains, in simple text and illustrations, how and why Earth Day became an international holiday calling global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0876145608, found bn
• Turner, Ann. Heron Street. Harper & Row. 1988.
Over the centuries as people settle near the marsh by the sea, herons and other animals are displaced. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0060261846, found library
41. How Plants Grow
• Allen, Marjorie. Changes. MacMillan. 1991.
Describes, in rhymed text and illustrations, how things in nature change as they grow and develop. Grades PreK-K. can’t find
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow. Scholastic. 1995.
Ms. Frizzle's class is growing a beautiful garden. But, Phoebe's pot is empty. Her flowers are back at her old school! So, the class climbs aboard the Magic School Bus. And, of course, the kids don't only go back to Phoebe's school, but they go inside one of Phoebe's flowers! Grades K-4. ISBN: 0590222961, found bn
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Downden, Anne Ophelia. From Flower to Fruit. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1984.
Text and drawings explain how flowers mature into seed-bearing fruit. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0395689449, found library
• Eclare, Melanie. Handful of Sunshine: Growing a Sunflower. Ragged Bears. 2000.
Dig, weed, plant, water, wait, watch, enjoy—a child's perspective about the life of a sunflower is shown in vivid photographs of a little girl in her garden. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1929927142, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt. 1991.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0152661972, found bn
• Ford, Miela. Sunflower. Greenwillow Books. 1995.
A young girl plants a sunflower seed, waters it, and watches it grow. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0688133029, found library
• Johnson, Sylvia. Apple Trees. Lerner. 1983.
Discusses the growth and cultivation of apple trees and the development, harvesting, and storage of apples. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0822514796, found library
• Jordan, Helen J. and Loretta Krupinski. How A Seed Grows. Harper Collins. 1992.
Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants. Grade K. ISBN: 0064451070, found bn
• Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed. Harper Collins. 1973.
A small boy plants a carrot seed, only to be told by his family members that it won't grow. The little boy ignores the family, continues to tend his seed, and is rewarded one day with a HUGE carrot. This story about belief in oneself has been enjoyed by children for more than two decades. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0694004928, found bn
• Kudlinski, Kathleen V. How Plants Survive. Newbridge.
A plant’s life is not as easy as you might think. Plants compete with one another for sunshine, wage battles for water, and struggle to protect their own patch of soil. Their lives are a constant battle for survival. Grades 2-5. ISBN: 0791074226, found bn
• Levenson, George. The Pumpkin Circle; The Story of A Garden. Tricycle Press, 2002.
“A first rate introduction to the growth cycle. Photographer Shmuel Thater matches the author’s informative, rhythmic text with pictures that convey a wealth of information.” Grades K-2. ISBN: 1-58246-078-7, found bn.
• Pascoe, Elaine. Seeds and Seedlings. Gale Group. 1996.
Describes how seeds are formed, how they grow, what they look like, how they reproduce, and how they make food and provides instructions for related hands-on science projects. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1567111785, found bn
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Shuttlesworth, Dorothy E. The Hidden Magic of Seeds. Rodale Press. 1976.
Grades K-2. ISBN: 0878571280, found library
• Wexler, Jerome. From Spore to Spore: Ferns and How They Grow. Dodd, Mead. 1985.
Traces the lifecycle of ferns and gives advice on raising them. Grades K+. Can’t find
42. Sunlight and Shades of Green
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Johnson, Sylvia A. How Leaves Change. Lerner Publications. 1986.
Describes the structure and purpose of leaves, the ways in which they change as part of the natural cycle of the seasons, and the process that creates their autumn colors. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0822595133, found bn
• Levenson, George. The Pumpkin Circle; The Story of A Garden. Tricycle Press, 2002.
A first rate introduction to the growth cycle. Photographer Shmuel Thater matches the author’s informative, rhythmic text with pictures that convey a wealth of information. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1582460787, found bn.
• Maestro, Betsy. Why Do Leaves Change Color? HarperCollins Children’s Books. 1994.
Explains how leaves change their colors in autumn and then separate from the tree as the tree prepares for winter. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0064451267.
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
43. Have Seeds, Will Travel
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Scholastic. 1987.
“In the autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost – burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers – trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing into a giant flower, and when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again.”Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0689842449, found bn.
• Downden, Anne Ophelia. From Flower to Fruit. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1984.
Text and drawings explain how flowers mature into seed-bearing fruit. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0395689449, found library
• Hoff, Mary King. Pollination. The Creative Company. 2004.
Describes how birds, insects, wind and rain help plants reproduce by spreading their pollen. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 1583412700.
• Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascale de Bourgoing. The Tree. Cartwheel Books. 1992.
Through many brightly covered transparent pages, the young child is introduced to the truly fascinating world of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590452657, found library
• Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale. Morrow Junior Books. 1988.
John Chapman loved animals and nature so much that he left home to live in the wilderness. Wherever he roamed, he cleared the land to plant apple trees. He gave the trees to settlers who followed, thus earning the fond name "Johnny Appleseed." Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688064175, found bn
• Lauber, Patricia. Seeds Pop-Stick-Glide. Crown Publishers, Inc. 1981.
An award-winning photo-essay that shows the many ways plants spread their seeds. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0517541653, found library
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Shuttlesworth, Dorothy E. The Hidden Magic of Seeds. Rodale Press. 1976.
Grades K-2. ISBN: 0878571280, found library
• White, Nancy. Seeds Get Around. Newbridge.
Children learn that plants grow both from seeds we plant and from those that are carried by wind, water, animals, car tires – even by themselves! Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840310, unavailable
44. Water Wonders
• Ariane. Small Cloud. Dutton. 1984.
As Small Cloud is born to Singing River and Big Sun, travels across the country, and evolves into rain, the hydrologic cycle is symbolized. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0802774903, found library
• Asch, Frank. Water. Harcourt Brace. 1995.
Identifies some of the places water is found, from the obvious (rivers, lakes, rain, ice) to the not so obvious (clouds, dew, a tear). Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0152023488, found bn
• Berger, Melvin. Amazing Water. Newbridge.
Explains how water is transformed from a liquid to both a solid and a gas as seen in snow, rain, fog, hail, clouds, and ice. Grades K-2. ISBN: 156784104X, unavailable
• Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. Down Comes the Rain. Harper Collins. 1997.
Explains how the water cycle leads to different types of weather patterns. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0064451666, found bn
• Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. It’s Raining Cats and Dogs: All Kinds of Weather and Why We Have It. Houghton Mifflin. 1987.
Discusses various weather phenomena, including rain, hail, smog, snow, lightning, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0380718499, found library
• Bourgeois, Paulette & Brenda Clark. Franklin & The Thunderstorm. Scholastic Publishing, 1998.
Franklin is afraid of thunderstorms until his friends help him understand about lightening and thunder. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0-590-02635-6, found bn.
• Carlisle, Norman and Madelyn. Rivers. Children’s Press. 1982.
Describes how a river begins and grows and how it influences the land that it flows through. Also discusses the many ways people use rivers and the importance of keeping them clean and unpolluted. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516416456, found library
• Cochrane, Jennifer. Water Ecology. Bookright Press. 1987.
Alternates factual information on the ecological aspects of water with activities and experiments, covering such areas as the behavior of warm water, acid rain, and pond life. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531181529, found library
• Hooper, Meredith. The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet. Viking Childrens Books. 1998.
Helpful in understanding the importance of water to the formation of and continuation of life on Earth, and the need to protect this vital resource, all the while stimulating the imagination with a fantastic voyage through time. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0711211825, found library
• Johnston, Tom. Water, Water! Gareth Stevens Publishing. 1988.
Demonstrates the many uses of water, where it comes from, how it is wasted, and why it is vital to the survival of living things. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 155532407X, found library
• Kalan, Robert. Rain. Greenwillow Books. 1978.
Brief text and illustrations describe a rainstorm. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688104797, found bn
• Locker, Thomas. Cloud Dance. Harcourt. 2003.
Clouds of many shapes and sizes drift and dance across the sky. Includes factual information on the formation and different kinds of clouds. Grades preK+. ISBN: 0152045961, found bn
• Locker, Thomas. Water Dance. Harcourt. 2002.
Water speaks of its existence in such forms as storm clouds, mist, rainbows, and rivers. Includes factual information on the water cycle. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0152163964, found bn
• McKinney, Barbara Shaw. A Drop Around the World. Dawn. 1998.
Journey from Maine to Mumbai with one raindrop as it touches plant, animal, and human life all around the world. Traveling with Drop, readers will see the world, inside and out, from solid, liquid, and vaporous viewpoint. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1883220726, found bn
• Malnor, Bruce and Carol. A Teacher’s Guide to Drop Around the World: Lesson Plans for the Book A Drop Around the World. Dawn. 2003. ISBN: 1883220777, found bn
• Pratt, Kristin Joy. Swim Through The Sea. Dawn Publications, 1994.
“Join Seamore the seahorse as he explores the fascinating plants and animals of the undersea world. Along the way you will “peer at a pokey, puffed-up Porcupine Fish,” “hail a happily-housed Hermit Crab,” and even “join a jet-propelled Jellyfish for a jolly haunt!” Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 1883220041, found bn.
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• Rauzon, Mark and Cynthia Bix. Water, Water Everywhere. Sierra Club. 1994.
Describes the forms water takes, how it has shaped Earth, and its importance to life. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0871563835, found bn
• Scheer, Julian. Rain Makes Applesauce. Holiday House. 1976.
Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0823400913, found bn (received high praise on barnes and noble)
• Schmid, Eleanor. The Water’s Journey. North-South Books. 1989.
Children will gain a greater understanding of watersheds and of the important role that the water cycle plays in supporting life on Earth as it follows the water from the mountains to the ocean. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 078577260X, found bn
• Seixias, Judith. Water: What It Is, What It Does. Greenwillow Books. 1987.
A simple introduction to water, describing its properties, uses, and interaction with people and the environment. Includes five basic experiments. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688066089, found library
• Serfozo, Mary. Rain Talk. Margaret McElderberry Books. 1990.
A child enjoys a glorious day in the rain, listening to the varied sounds it makes as it comes down. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689504969, found library
• Simon, Seymour. Icebergs and Glaciers. Morrow. 1987.
Discusses the formation, movement, and different types of glaciers and icebergs and describes their effect on the world around them. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688167055, found bn
• Spiers, Peter. Peter Spier’s Rain. 1982. Doubleday Books.
Wordless, picture book. Grades PreK-2. A wordless story about rainy days.
Excellent illustrations. Ages 4-8. ISBN: 0808589709, found bn. Kay West.
• Tressalt, Alvin. Rain Drop Splash. Mulberry Books. 1946.
Follows the rain as it travels through a pond, a brook, a lake, and a river down to the sea. Grades K+. ISBN: 0688093523, found bn
• Wick, Walter. A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. Scholastic. 1997.
Photographs of water in various states and stages of movement. These pictures present water drops; soap bubbles; water condensing and evaporating; snowflakes, frost, and dew; and water as a prism. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0590221973, found bn
• Williams, Terry. The Secret Language of Snow. Sierra Club/Patheon. 1984.
Examines over a dozen different types of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Discusses the physical properties and formation of snow and how it affects plants, animals, and people of the Arctic. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 039486574X, found library
• Yolen, Jane. Water Music: Poems for Children. Boyds Mill Press. 1995.
The pictures illustrate water in all its forms, and the poems are Yolen's responses. From dewdrops to raindrops, from a trickling stream to Niagara Falls, from a froth of soap bubbles to a puddle to a lake, from icicles to steam-water is music. Grades 4-5-12. ISBN: 1563973367, found bn
45. Web of Life
• Library of Food Chains and Food Webs. PowerKids Press. 2002.
This series includes:
Food Chains in a Backyard Habitat (ISBN: 0823957594, found),
Food Chains in a Desert Habitat (ISBN: 0823957608, found),
Food Chains in a Forest Habitat (ISBN: 0823957586, found),
Food Chains in a Meadow Habitat (ISBN: 0823957624, found),
Food Chains in a Pond Habitat (ISBN: 0823957632, found), Carnivores in the Food Chain (ISBN: 0823957543, found), Decomposers in the Food Chain (ISBN: 0823957578, found), Herbivores in the Food Chain (ISBN: 0823957535, found),
Omnivores in the Food Chain (ISBN: 082395756X, found),
Producers in the Food Chain (ISBN: 0823957527, found),
Scavengers and Parasites in the Food Chain (ISBN: 0823957551, found), and
Food Chains in a Tide Pool Habitat (ISBN: 0823957616, found).
Grades 1-4.
• Berger, Melvin. The Web of Life. Newbridge.
All plants and animals depend in some way upon others – from the tiniest insect to the largest mammal. Students learn this and the part each has to play. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842062, unavailable
• Carrighan, Sally. One Day on Beetle Rock. Heyday Books. 2002.
In the setting of Sequoia National Park, the story describes the lives of the animals that live under and around a granite outcropping. Readers gain a sense of being right there observing the interactions between predator and prey. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 1890771538.
• Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt. 1990.
This inspired look at what the Kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it-and what rain forests mean to the world's ecology-was at the forefront of the ecological movement ten years ago and continues to resonate profoundly with children everywhere. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0152026142, found bn
• Coats, Laura Jane. The Oak Tree. Atheneum. 1987.
Birds, people, bats, and other living things interact naturally with an oak tree over a period of twenty-four hours. Grades K. ISBN: 0027190528, found library
• Freeman, Marcia S. Predators and Prey. Newbridge.
Finding food is hard work for animals in the wild. Students learn some of the amazing ways these animals catch their prey for every meal. Grades 2-4. ISBN: 0778702278, found bn
• Godkin, Celia. Wolf Island. W.H. Freeman. 1989.
When a family of wolves is removed from the food chain on a small island, the impact on the island's ecology is felt by the other animals living there. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1550410954, found bn
• Goetz, Delia. Lakes. Morrow and Company. 1973.
How lakes are formed and their relation to the ecological balance in nature. Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to the Environment. Harper Collins. 1996.
Covers: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming — and puts them in the context of ecology. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0062732749, found bn
• Gorvett, Jean. Life in Ponds. American Heritage. 1970.
Discusses the food cycle and interrelationships of the living things in a pond. Gives suggestions for identifying and observing plants and animals. Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Halpern, Shari. My River. MacMillan. 1996.
Frogs, fish, a turtle, and other creatures who live in or around a river state their need for the river, making a plea for protecting this natural resource. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0027419800, found library
• Hidetomo, Oda. Insects and Flowers. Steck-Vaughn. 1990.
Describes the relationship between insects that eat plant nectar and the flowers that benefit from their aid in pollination. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0817225277, found library
• Hirschi, Ron. When the Wolves Return. Cobblehill Books. 1995.
A heartfelt, impassioned plea for the return of the wolf to the territories it once roamed. Hirschi makes frequent references to the respect Native Americans have long held for this intelligent predator, and cites the role wolves play in maintaining proper balances in a natural world. Grades 1-7. ISBN: 0525651446, found library
• Lauber, Patricia. From Flower to Flower: Animals and Pollination. Crown. 1986.
Text and illustrations describe the many ways that flowers are pollinated with emphasis on the role of bees in this important process. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0517555395, found library
• Lauber, Patricia and Darlene McCampbell. Who Eats What? Harper Collins. 1994.
Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064451305, found bn
• List, Albert Jr. and Ilkda. Walk in the Forest: Woodlands of North America. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1977.
Answers questions about interacting areas of a forest. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0690009909, found library
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Mason, Cherie. Everybody’s Somebody’s Lunch. Tilbury House. 2002.
A young girl learns about predators and prey in the animal world when her cat Mouser is killed by a coyote. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0884481980, found bn
• Mason, Cherie, and Judy Markowski. Everybody’s Somebody’s Lunch: The Role of Predator and Prey in Nature (Teachers Guide). Tilbury House. 2003. ISBN: 0884481999, found bn
• Mazer. Anne. The Salamander Room. Knopf. 1991.
A young boy finds a salamander and thinks of the many things he can do to make a perfect home for it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0679861874, found bn
• Prince, Sarah. What’s For Dinner? Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find
• Pringle, Laurence. Into the Woods: Exploring the Forest Ecosystem. MacMillan Publishing Company. 1973.
Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Reed-Jones, Carol. The Tree in the Ancient Forest. Dawn Publications. 1995.
The story of an old fir tree and the remarkable web of plants and
animals living around it. Beautifully illustrated. Grades 3-6. ISBN:
1883220319, found bn. Kay West.
• Relf, Patricia. Magic School Bus Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains. Scholastic. 1996.
A forgotten homework assignment, a soggy shoe, and a tuna fish sandwich set the scene for another zany Magic School Bus adventure, as Arnold and Keesha travel to the depths of the ocean and end up in the belly of a tuna. Their excursion teaches them about the food chain, but how are they going to get back to Ms. Frizzle and the gang to give their report? Grades K-4. ISBN: 0590484141, found bn
• Smith, Howard. Small Worlds: Communities of Living Things. Scribner. 1987.
Describes a number of small self-contained communities, including a sand dune, tidal pool, old barn, and vacant lot, and examines the ways in which the plants and animals interact. Grades 4+. ISBN: 068418723X, found library
• Taylor, Barbara. Forest Life. DK Publications. 1993.
Discusses the plants and animals that live in forests. Includes the weasel, giant wood wasp, and slippery jack mushroom. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0613108043, found library
• Tresselt, Alvin. The Gift of the Tree. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard. 1992.
Traces the life cycle of an oak tree and describes the animals that depend on it for shelter and food. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688106846, found bn
• Trumbauer, Lisa. Life in a Pond. Newbridge.
Students visit a pond and observe plants and animals that make their homes there. Metamorphosis, the food chain, and camouflage are introduced. Grades K-2. ISBN: 156784359X, unavailable
46. School Yard Safari
• Anderson, Ginger. Nature Rhymes for Young Explorers. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. 1995.
Book of poetry about nature. Grades PreK+. Can’t find
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Walking in Wild Places. Bradbury Press. 1990.
Crinkleroot the forest dweller provides tips for walking in wild places and avoiding such hazards as ticks, poisonous plants, and wild animals. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0027058425, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Nuts to You. Harcourt. 1993.
A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152050647, found bn
• Fleming, Denise. In the Tall, Tall Grass. Holt. 1991.
Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0805039414, found bn
• Garber, Steven. The Urban Naturalist. Wiley and Sons. 1987.
Informative, useful field guide reveals the amazing biodiversity within city and suburban landscapes, including trees, insects and other invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0486403998, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Woods: Who's Been Here? Greenwillow. 1995.
Siblings William and Cammy set off on an autumnal walk through the woods near their house. Although they don't see any wildlife on their trek, they do observe traces of creatures' activities – including a northern oriole's nest, the remains of a red squirrel's meal, a monarch butterfly's cocoon, and a mud dauber's home. Two of the examples involve predator-prey relationships that may upset very young listeners, but for most children this will be an excellent introduction to classroom nature units and the perfect prelude to a walk in the woods. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688161634.
• Herberman, Ethan. The City Kid’s Field Guide. Simon and Schuster. 1989.
Describes the wildlife commonly found in a variety of urban environments, including backyards, vacant lots, parks, and city margins. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0671677462, found library
• Hirschi, Ron. Who Lives on the Prairie? Putnam. 1989.
Text and photographs introduce the sights and sounds of life on the prairie, including the prairie dog, dancing birds, and long-tailed weasel. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0399219013, found library
• List, Albert Jr. and Ilkda. Walk in the Forest: Woodlands of North America. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1977.
Answers questions about interacting areas of a forest. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0690009909, found library
• Lunis, Natalie. Investigating Your Backyard. Newbridge.
Children learn that nature is all around them. Whether their backyard is a park, a seashore, or a patch of grass, it’s full of discoveries waiting to be made. Reading recovery level 22. can’t find
• Lunis, Natalie. Life in Your Backyard. Newbridge.
Students discover that every backyard, vacant lot, and playground is a wildlife habitat filled with plants and animals to explore. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842232, found library
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Smith, Howard. Small Worlds: Communities of Living Things. Scribner. 1987.
Describes a number of small self-contained communities, including a sand dune, tidal pool, old barn, and vacant lot, and examines the ways in which the plants and animals interact. Grades 4+. ISBN: 068418723X, found library
47. Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
• Anderson, Ginger. Nature Rhymes for Young Explorers. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. 1995.
Book of poetry about nature. Grades PreK+. Can’t find
• Ehlert, Lois. Nuts to You. Harcourt. 1993.
A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0152050647, found bn
• Danis, Noami. Walk With Me. Scholastic. 1995. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0590458558, found bn
MN EC
• Fife, Dale. The Empty Lot. Sierra Club Books for Children. 1996.
Inspecting an empty, partially wooded lot before selling it, Harry finds it occupied by birds, insects, and other small animals. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0871568594.
• Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. Harper Collins. 1997.
A young immigrant girl plants a seed in a vacant lot. One by one, people of varying ages transform a trash-filled vacant lot into a productive and beautiful garden. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0060274719
• Fleming, Denise. In the Small, Small Pond. Scholastic. 1994.
Grade PreK. ISBN: 0805059830, found bn. MN EC
• Fleming, Denise. In the Tall, Tall Grass. Holt. 1991.
Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0805039414, found bn. MN EC
• Froman, Robert. Seeing Things: A Book of Poems. Crowell. 1974.
The words of these 51 poems (i.e. Vacant Lot) are arranged on the pages in shapes appropriate to the subjects of the poems. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0690002912, found library
• Garber, Steven. The Urban Naturalist. Wiley and Sons. 1987.
Informative, useful field guide reveals the amazing biodiversity within city and suburban landscapes, including trees, insects and other invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0486403998, found bn
• Herberman, Ethan. The City Kid’s Field Guide. Simon and Schuster. 1989.
Describes the wildlife commonly found in a variety of urban environments, including backyards, vacant lots, parks, and city margins. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0671677462, found library
• Hester, Nigel. The Living Town. Franklin Watts. 1992.
An exploration of the variety of creatures living in an assortment of habitats near human dwellings. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0531142027, found bn
• Lunis, Natalie. Life in Your Backyard. Newbridge.
Students discover that every backyard, vacant lot, and playground is a wildlife habitat filled with plants and animals to explore. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842232, found library
• Parker, Nancy Winston and Joan Richards. Bugs. Wright, Greenwillow Books. 1987.
Includes general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688082963, found bn
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Tamar, Erika. The Garden of Happiness. Harcourt Brace. 1996. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0152305823, found bn. MN EC
• Carlstrom, Nancy White. The Way to Wyatt’s House. Walker & Company. 2000.
Two children discover an array of sounds and sights as they walk to their friend Wyatt’s house. Clear and colorful pictures enhance the script as the children “crunch” through autumn leaves and “swish” through the long grass. PreK. ISBN: 0802787401, found bn. WI EC
48. Field, Forest, and Stream
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats. Simon & Schuster. 1997.
Introduces different wildlife habitats, including wetlands, woodlands, cornfields, and grasslands. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0689835388, found bn
• Cochrane, Jennifer. Water Ecology. Bookright Press. 1987.
Alternates factual information on the ecological aspects of water with activities and experiments, covering such areas as the behavior of warm water, acid rain, and pond life. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531181529, found library
• Court, Judith. Ponds and Streams. Franklin Watts. 1985.
Investigates the plant and animal life found in ponds and streams and suggests related experiments and activities. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531049523, found library
• Dewey, Jennier Owings. At the Edge of the Pond. Little, Brown. 1987.
Explores the levels of life in a pond from the muddy shore to the murky bottom. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0316182087, found library
• Fleming, Denise. In the Tall, Tall Grass. Holt. 1991.
Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0805039414, found bn
• George, Jean Craighead. One Day in the Prairie. Harper Collins. 1996.
The animals on a prairie wildlife refuge sense an approaching tornado and seek protection before it touches down and destroys everything in its path. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0064420396, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. Around the Pond: Who’s Been Here? Greenwillow. 1996.
Take a walk of discovery along the path to a pond. A page of text discusses clues left by an unseen animal, ending with the question, "Who's been here?" The opposite page presents the information in visual form, with the follow-up double-page spread revealing the animal. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688143768, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Snow: Who's Been Here? Greenwillow. 1995.
Companion book to In the Woods: Who’s Been Here., William and Cammy take another journey of discovery. Clue after clue tells them and young readers what bird or animal has been there before and left its trace behind. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688170560, found bn
• George, Lindsay Barrett. In the Woods: Who's Been Here? Greenwillow. 1995.
Siblings William and Cammy set off on an autumnal walk through the woods near their house. Although they don't see any wildlife on their trek, they do observe traces of creatures' activities--including a northern oriole's nest, the remains of a red squirrel's meal, a monarch butterfly's cocoon, and a mud dauber's home. Two of the examples involve predator-prey relationships that may upset very young listeners, but for most children this will be an excellent introduction to classroom nature units and the perfect prelude to a walk in the woods. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688161634, found bn
• Goetz, Delia. Lakes. Morrow and Company. 1973.
How lakes are formed and their relation to the ecological balance in nature. Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Hirschi, Ron. Who Lives on the Prairie? Putnam. 1989.
Text and photographs introduce the sights and sounds of life on the prairie, including the prairie dog, dancing birds, and long-tailed weasel. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0399219013, found library
• Jaspersohn, William. How the Forest Grew. Greenwillow Books. 1980.
Describes the gradual transformation of a cleared farm field into a dense forest. Grades K-3. ISBN: 068811508X, found library
• Kohl, Judith and Herbert. The View From The Oak: The Private World of Other Creatures. Sierra Club. 1977.
What do flowers in a meadow look like to a bee? How does the world appear to a snake who "sees" by detecting minute temperature changes? What is it like to live in the water strider's two-dimensional universe? Including hands-on games and activities. Grades K+. ISBN: 1565846362, found bn
• Lerner, Carol. Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie. Morrow. 1980.
This book takes us through the year in the tallgrass prairie, from the first awakenings of spring, through the glory of summer, the last blooms of autumn, and the dormancy of winter. Grades K+. Can’t find
• McCauley, Jane R. Let’s Explore A River. National Geographic Society. 1988.
Three children accompany their father in a canoe and explore the plant and animal life along a river near their home. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0870447467, found library
• Polacco, Patricia. Bee Tree. Philomel Books. 1993.
To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0698116968, found bn
• Robertson, Kayo. Signs Along the River: Learning to Read the Natural Landscape. The Court Wayne Press, 1990.
“A primer in ecology for the curious of all ages, this book will help children understand and enjoy some of the sights, sounds and goings-on in the natural world around us.” Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0-911797-22-X, found bn.
• Sabin, Francene. Wonders of the Pond. Troll Associates. 1982.
Describes the many varieties of plants and animals that live in a pond. Grades K-3. ISBN: 089375577X, found library
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades K+. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
• Schwartz, David M. The Hidden Life of the Meadow. Crown. 1988.
Examines the animals, plants, and ecology of a typical American meadow. Grades K+. ISBN: 0517570599, found library
• Selsam, Millicent. Birth of a Forest. Harper and Row. 1964.
Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0060252766, found library
• Skofield, James. All Wet! All Wet! Harper and Row. 1984.
A small boy experiences, along with the animals of meadow and forest, the sights, smells, and sounds of a rainy summer day. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0060257520, found library
• Taylor, Barbara. Forest Life. DK Publications. 1993.
Discusses the plants and animals that live in forests. Includes the weasel, giant wood wasp, and slippery jack mushroom. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0613108043, found library
• Taylor, Barbara. River Life. DK Publishing. 1998.
Examines, in text and photographs, the various animals and plants that live in and along a river. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0789434784, found library
• Williams, Terry Tempest. Between Cattails. Scribner and Sons. 1985.
A simple introduction to the plant and animal life that flourishes in a marsh. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0684183099, found library
49. Tropical Treehouse
• Step Inside the Rainforest. Sundance.
Students visit the rain forest and meet many of the exotic and diverse animals and plants that live in that fragile ecosystem. Grades PreK-2. can’t find
• Baker, Lucy. Life in the Rainforests. Watts. 1990.
Describes the importance of rain forests, types of plant and animal life that live there, and how rain forests are threatened by deforestation. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0590461311, found bn
• Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt. 1990.
This inspired look at what the Kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it-and what rain forests mean to the world's ecology-was at the forefront of the ecological movement ten years ago and continues to resonate profoundly with children everywhere. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0152026142, found bn
• Cherry, Lynne. The Shaman’s Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt. 2001.
Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0152024867, found bn
• Cowcher, Helen. Rain Forest. Farrar. 1988.
This cautionary tale uses simple language and brilliant watercolor illustrations to describe how human actions can destroy the peaceful world of rainforest plants, animals, and insects. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0374461902, found bn
• Dunphy, Madeline. Here is the Tropical Rainforest. Hyperion Books for Children. 1994.
Cumulative text presents the animals and plants of the tropical rain forest and their relationship with one another and their environment. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1562826360, unavailable
• Franklin, Kristine L. When the Monkeys Came Back. Atheneum Books, MacMillan. 1994.
Always remembering how the monkeys in her Costa Rican valley disappeared when all the trees were cut down, Marta grows up, plants more trees, and sees the monkeys come back. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689318073, found library (also available in Spanish)
• Harris, Nicholas. Into the Rainforest: One Book Makes Hundreds of Pictures of Rainforest Life (The Ecosystems Xplorer). Time-Life. 1996.
Pictures describe rainforest life. Grades 3-7. can’t find
• Llewellyn, Claire. Some Plants Grow in Mid-Air. Millbrook Press. 1998.
Explains why rainforests are shrinking, how their wildlife is endangered, and why they and their wildlife are important. Can’t find
• Pratt-Serafini, Kristin Joy. A Walk in the Rainforest. Dawn. 1992.
Provides a colorful, stimulating way of learning about the exotic animals and plants of the rainforest. Presented in an alphabet style format, each page consists of an illustration of a different rainforest species, together with a paragraph of intriguing facts about the lifestyle and habitat of the plant or animal. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1878265539, found bn
• Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the Greenhouse. Putnam. 1993.
Explores a tropical rain forest in an entrancing poem full of internal rhyme, alliteration, and evocative images. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0399223355, found bn
50. 400-Acre Wood
• Anderson, Robert. Forests: Identifying Propaganda Techniques. Gale Group. 1992.
Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of forestry, including the management of national forests and the question of how much damage is done by logging and acid rain. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0899080995, found bn
• Bryan, Nichol. Los Alamos Wildfires. Gareth Stevens. 2003.
Describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate over the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0836855078, found bn
• Camp, William G. and Thomas B. Daugherty. Managing Our Natural Resources. Delmar Learning. 1995.
Examines the nature, history, and management of natural resources ranging from soil and water to forests, wildlife, and marine resources. Includes suggested activities and discussion of occupations in the field. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0827367163, found bn (textbook?)
• Eberts, Marjorie. Career Portraits: Nature. NTC Publishing. 1996.
Provides an introduction to various nature-related careers, using portraits of people working in such jobs as environmental scientist, farmer, commercial fisher, and camp director. Grades PreK-K. can’t find
• Gustafson, Kay Brown. Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree. Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. 2005.
Aunt Gussie has a dream that directs her to save “Grandfather Tree.” With help from the community and the powerful spirit of Chief Wambdi Tanka (who protects the trees), Aunt Gussie and the community save the old tree from being cut down. Based on a true story. Grades: 3-7. ISBN: 1592981011.
• Skurzynski, Gloria. Safeguarding the Land. Harcourt. 1981.
Traces the careers of three women involved in public land management and outlines opportunities for those interested in this field. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0152699570, unavailable
51. Make Your Own Paper
• How Paper is Made. Newbridge.
Grade 2. Not enough information
• Briggs, Martha Wren. Travels with Virginia, The Little Ferry: The Little Ferry Goes to the Paper Mill. Dory Press. 1998.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 0963324063, found bn
• Cast, C. Vance. Where Does Paper Comes From? Barrons. 1993.
Clever Calvin and his friend Renee describe the entire process of making paper from the trees in the forest to the machines at the mill and provide instructions for a project to make paper from old newspapers. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0812014685, can’t find
• Curtis, Neil and Peter Greenland. How Paper is Made. Lerner. 1992.
Describes how paper is made, beginning in a forest and ending in a paper mill. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0822523760, found library
• Grummer, Arnold E. Paper by Kids. Dillon Press. 1980.
Step-by-step instructions for various methods of making decorative paper using materials found around the house and simple equipment that can be bought or constructed. Grades 1+. ISBN: 0875181910, found library
• Perkins, Lynn. Let’s Go to a Paper Mill. Putnam. 1969.
Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0399603883, can’t find
• Woods, Samuel G. Recycled Paper: From Start to Finish. Gale Group. 2000.
Demonstrates how waste paper is recycled into useful household products at the Marcal paper mill. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 1567113958, found bn
52. A Look At Aluminum
• Foster, Joanna. Cartons, Cans, and Orange Peels: Where Does Our Garbage Go? Houghton Mifflin. 1991.
Outlines the composition of garbage and trash and discusses the various methods of disposing of it with an emphasis on recycling. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0395665043, found library
• Gibbons, Gail. Recycle: A Handbook For Kids. Little, Brown, and Co. 1992.
Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0316309435, found bn
• Kouhoupt, Rudy, Donald B. Marti, and Donald B. Marti Jr. How On Earth Do We Recycle Metal? Millbrook. 1992.
Examines the problems associated with the disposal of metal waste and describes how it can be recycled by creating objects such as jewelry, weathervanes, and Christmas ornaments. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 1562941429, found bn
• MacGregor, Cynthia. Recycling a Can. Rosen. 2002.
Follows an aluminum can from the time it is collected for recycling, through ninety days of different processing steps, to a new can that is ready for use. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0823937445, unavailable
• Palmer, Joy A. Recycling Metal. Scholastic. 1991.
Explains the environmental problems that result from the manufacture and disposal of everyday items made of metal and shows how the recycling of these objects can reduce these threats. Grades 4-12. ISBN: 0531141187, found library
53. On The Move
• Billout, Guy. By Camel or By Car: A Look at Transportation. Simon and Schuster. 1983.
Text and illustrations describe 15 types of water, air, and land transportation . ISBN: 0131095951, found library
• Booth, Philip. Crossing. Candlewick Press, 2004.
The train has 100 cars, carries cattle, and includes hoppers of coke, anaconda copper, and hotbox smoke. Wonderful pictures. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0763624349, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Burningham, John. Hey! Get Off Our Train. Crown Books. 1994.
At bedtime a young boy takes a trip on his toy train and rescues several endangered animals. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0517882043, found bn
• Graham, Ian. Cars, Bikes, Trains: And Other Land Machines. Houghton Mifflin. 1992.
Text, illustrations, and diagrams introduce the parts, operation, and uses of cars, motorcycles, trucks, and other land vehicles. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1856978710, found library
• Piper, Watty. The Little Engine that Could. Putnam. 1976.
The tale that turned "I think I can" into a watchword for determination and stick-to-it-iveness, this children's classic recounts the story of a valiant little engine that comes to the rescue of a stranded train. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0448405202, found bn
• Reynolds, Quentin. The Wright Brothers. Random House. 1997.
Follow the inspiring story of two brothers who believed that men could fly. Refusing to give up their dream, Wilbur and Orville Wright, two self-taught bicycle mechanics, built—and successfully flew—the world's first airplane. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0394847008, found bn
• Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days. Penguin Putnam. 1991.
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. ISBN: 0143034456, found bn
• Wheeler, Jill C. Earth Moves: Get There With Energy To Spare. ABDO. 1991.
Discusses the environmental and conservation aspects of modern transportation. Grades 4+. ISBN: 156239035X, found bn
54. I’d Like to Visit A Place Where…
• Di Salvo-Ryan, Dyanne. City Green. Morrow, William and Co. 1994.
Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden. Grades K-3. ISBN: 068812786X, found bn
• Hill, Lee Sullivan. Parks Are To Share. Lerner. 1997.
Explains what a park is, how and why parks are built or preserved, and why parks are important to us, using examples of different kinds of parks from around the country. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1575050684, found bn
• Huff, Barbara. Greening the City Streets: The Story of Community Gardens. Houghton Mifflin. 1991.
A photo essay tracing the urban gardening movement in the United States, with a special focus on the Sixth Street and Avenue B Garden in Manhattan. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0899197418, found library
• Kriesberg, David. A Sense of Place: Teaching Children About the Environment With Picture Books. Libraries Unlimited. 1999.
Celebrating nearby nature and the marvels of our own backyards, this book helps you introduce children to the world that surrounds them. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1563085658, found bn
• Larrick, Nancy. Room for Me and a Mountain Lion: Poetry of Open Spaces. M. Evans. 1989.
More than one hundred poems describing the beauty and splendor of the wilderness, written by some of the world's most famous poets. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0871315696, found bn
• Wishinsky, Frieda. Man Who Made Parks: The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted. Tundra Books. 1999.
When the great cities of North America were being developed, there was little thought to creating “green spaces.” Frederick Law Olmsted combined his childhood love for nature with the structured beauty of the great parks of London and Paris to turn a neglected, swampy area into one of the most acclaimed parks in North America: Central Park in New York City. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0887764355, found bn
55. Planning the Ideal Community
• Arthus-Bertrand, Yann. The Future of the Earth: An Intro to Sustainable Development for Young Readers. Abrams, Harry N, Inc. 2004.
The first book for young readers that explains sustainable development in easy terms. An attention-grabbing primer on mankind's direct and indirect effects on the natural world, this book explains how such topics as global trends, economic disparity, and invasive species, among others, have changed the world in which we live. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0810950189.
• Communities. Newbridge.
Grade 2. not enough information
• Codrington, Stephen, Ken Scott, et al. Changing Communities. Cambridge University Press. 1996.
Changing Communities gives students the opportunity to explore community dynamics through a number of illuminating case studies selected from around the world. It shows how human interaction within communities operates at all levels, from family groups and villages to global organizations. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0521475767.
• My Community. Evan-Moor. 1996.
What a community is, and what it means to be a part of it, are two of the important questions answered for young students in this complete thematic unit. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1557995664, found bn
• My Neighborhood. Evan-Moor. 1996.
There's so much a child already knows about his or her neighborhood and so much yet to learn. This unit helps you guide them through the learning process that will build communication and navigation skills, as well as an awareness of community and safety considerations. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1557995605¸ found bn
• Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House. Houghton Mifflin. 1942.
The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. Grades K-3. ISBN: 039525938X¸found bn
• Flanagan, Alice K. Mr. Paul and Mr. Luecke Build Communities. Scholastic. 1999.
Describes the activities of a real estate developer and a master carpenter who plan and build new houses in a community. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0516265407, found bn
• Ray, Mary Lyn. Pumpkins: A Story for a Field. Harcourt Children’s Books. 1996.
A heart-warming story of a man that harvests and sells a bountiful crop of pumpkins so that he will be able to preserve the field from developers. Grades K-3. ISBN: 015201358X.
• Weber, Joseph A. Architecture Everywhere: Investigating the Built Environment of Your Community. Zephyr Press. 2001.
Explorations of how modern homes and communities have been shaped by such forces as sense of place, historical and cultural connections to buildings, and ethnic traditions lead students to understand the modern man-made world. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1569761078, unavailable
56. We Can Work It Out
• Bierhorst, John. Way of the Earth: Native Americans and the Environment. Morrow, William and Co. 1994.
Uses native testimony and native texts to show how 'animal masters' and natural gardening protect the land from overuse, how living space is patterned, how human reproduction is controlled, and how the sun is viewed as the overlord of a closed energy system from which nothing may be removed without 'payment.' Grades 6+. ISBN: 0688115608, found library
• James, Barbara. Use of Land. Thompson Learning. 1993.
Examines the ways in which land is used around the world, for farming, industry, habitation, transportation, and other purposes. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 156847119X, found bn
• Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press. 1989.
A Sand Country Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Grades 6+. ISBN: 019505928X.
• May, Julian. Land is Disappearing. Creative Company. 1971.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 0871910551, unavailable
• Willis, Terri. Land Use and Abuse. Scholastic. 1992.
Describes the many ways in which human beings harm the land and discusses some possible ways of correcting and preventing these abuses. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0516055070¸found bn
57. Democracy In Action
• Aten, Jerry G. Democracy For Young Americans. McGraw-Hill. 1996.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 0866534830, found bn
• Collard, Sneed B. Acting for Nature: What Young People around the World Have Done to Protect the Environment. Heyday Books. 2000.
This inspiring book describes the efforts of fifteen ordinary, young people to protect the environment in their communities. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 1890771244.
• Harris, Nathaniel and Hopkins. Democracy. Raintree. 2002.
Democracy, its history, political developments, and the future of this governmental perspective make up the content of this book. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0739831607, found library
• Kurusa. The Streets are Free. Annick Press. 1985.
A true story of the children of barrio San Jose de la Urbina
(Venezuela) and how they organized their community to make a park.
Grades 4-6. ISBN: 1550373706, found bn. Kay West.
• Maestro, Betsy C. The Voice of the People: Democracy in Action. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. 1996.
A basic guide to voting and the election process in the United States. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688106781, found library
• Nardo, Don. Democracy. Gale Group. 1994.
Discusses the concept of democracy as it has developed in America and abroad. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1560061472, unavailable
• Swinburne, Stephen R. and Jim Brandenburg. Once a Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2001.
This book explores the life of a wolf, from its ecosystem function to its historical persecution. Grades 5-8. ISBN: 0395898277.
58. There Ought to Be A Law
• Arthus-Bertrand, Yann. The Future of the Earth: An Intro to Sustainable Development for Young Readers. Abrams, Harry N, Inc. 2004.
The first book for young readers that explains sustainable development in easy terms. An attention-grabbing primer on mankind's direct and indirect effects on the natural world, this book explains how such topics as global trends, economic disparity, and invasive species, among others, have changed the world in which we live. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 0810950189.
• Binns, Tristan Boyer. EPA: Environmental Protection Agency. Heinemann. 2002.
Grades 2-5. ISBN: 158810981X, found bn
• Jackson, Donna M. The Wildlife Detectives: How Forensic Scientists Fight Crimes Against Nature. Houghton Mifflin. 2002.
Describes how the wildlife detectives at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, analyze clues to catch and convict people responsible for crimes against animals. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0618196838, found at bn.
• Netzley, Patricia. Issues in the Environment. Gale Group. 1997.
Looks at our government's environmental policies regarding the protection of endangered species, management of federal wilderness areas, and the disposal of garbage. Presents both sides of the political argument. Account is based primarily on newspaper and magazines articles. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1560064757, found bn
• Petrikin, Jonathan S. Environmental Justice. Gale Group. 1994.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 1565102649, found library (textbook?)
• Schrecengost, Maity. Researching Issues. Highsmith. 2002
Written for the middle school student who needs to research and report on an issue of significance or controversy, which could be anything from school violence to bioethics to drug laws to environmental policy. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1579500560, found bn
• Stevens, Leonard. How A Law Is Made: The Story Of A Bill Against Air Pollution. Harper Collins. 1970.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 0690406096, found library
• Swinburne, Stephen R. and Jim Brandenburg. Once a Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2001.
This book explores the life of a wolf, from its ecosystem function to its historical persecution. Grades 5-8. ISBN: 0395898277.
59. Power of Print
• Anderson, Robert. Forests: Identifying Propaganda Techniques. Gale Group. 1992.
Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of forestry, including the management of national forests and the question of how much damage is done by logging and acid rain. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0899080995, found bn
• Birkett, Terri. Truax. 1995.
Written specifically to counter the book "The Lorax", by Dr. Seuss. It is
an encounter between Guardbark, protector of trees, and Truax, the logger. In a fast paced, fun, rhythm and rhyme style, the book addresses issues such as harvesting trees, regeneration, old growth, biodiversity, endangered species and other forestry issues. Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Geisel, Theodor (Dr. Seuss). The Lorax. Random House. 1971.
In this classic story, the Once-ler describes how his greedy actions destroyed a beautiful and thriving environment. Children will enjoy the colorful characters and rhyming verse and adults will appreciate the subtle messages about the negative effects of deforestation, habitat destruction, and air and water pollution. Grades K-5 ISBN: 0394823370, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• McConnell, Robert L, Wright, and Daniel C. Abel. Environmental Issues: Measuring, Analyzing, and Evaluating. Prentice Hall. 1998.
Presents real-world issues and examples as a means of fostering the development of skills necessary to think critically and understand complex issues. Examines population and migration, consumption and the quality of life, energy use and conservation, air pollution and climate change, the hydrosphere and water pollution, and living resources. Grades 6+. ISBN: 013092041X, found bn (textbook?)
• Netzley, Patricia. Issues in the Environment. Gale Group. 1997.
Looks at our government's environmental policies regarding the protection of endangered species, management of federal wilderness areas, and the disposal of garbage. Presents both sides of the political argument. Account is based primarily on newspaper and magazines articles. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1560064757, found bn
• Schrecengost, Maity. Researching Issues. Highsmith. 2002
Written for the middle school student who needs to research and report on an issue of significance or controversy, which could be anything from school violence to bioethics to drug laws to environmental policy. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1579500560, found bn
60. Publicize It!
• Lewis, Barbara A. Kids Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose - and Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action. Free Spirit Publishing. 1998.
Resource guide for children for learning political action skills that can help them make a difference in solving social problems at the community, state, and national levels. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1575420384, found
• Miles, Betty. Save the Earth: An Action Handbook for Kids. Knopf. 1991.
An overview of the environmental problems of land, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, animals, and people. Includes sample projects. Grades 4+. ISBN: 067981731X, found
• Schrecengost, Maity. Researching Issues. Highsmith. 2002
Written for the middle school student who needs to research and report on an issue of significance or controversy, which could be anything from school violence to bioethics to drug laws to environmental policy. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1579500560, found
61. The Closer You Look
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees. Simon & Schuster. 1992.
An illustrated introduction to trees and woodlands with information on how to identify the bark and the leaves, the many ways that animals use trees, and how to read the individual history that shapes every tree. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0027058557, found library
• Coats, Laura Jane. The Oak Tree. Atheneum. 1987.
Birds, people, bats, and other living things interact naturally with an oak tree over a period of twenty-four hours. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0027190528, found library
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Hiscock, Bruce. The Big Tree. Atheneum Books – MacMillan. 1991.
Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1563978105, found
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Muller, Gerda. Around the Oak. Dutton Children’s Books. 1994.
Three children observe the forest, including a giant oak, throughout the year. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0525452397 found library
• Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? William R. Scott Publishers. 1967.
Poem that celebrate trees in all their varied glory, from the sun-drenched yellows and greens of fresh buds to the flame reds of autumn maples, to the brittle, icy blues and whites of winter-coated branches. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0590466917. found library
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Schwartz, David and Dwight Kuhn. The Hidden Life of the Forest. Crown Publishers. 1988.
Photographs and text introduce the animals, insects, and plants in a forest. Grades K+. ISBN: 0517570580, found library
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Freeman. 1995.
Explains how to investigate the plant and animal life found in a small section of the woods. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0070579334, found bn
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
62. To Be A Tree
• Berger, Melvin. Life in a Tree. Newbridge.
Children learn the parts of a tree and get a close-up look at the plants and animals that depend on trees for food and shelter. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567843387, found library
• Bosveld, Jane. While A Tree was Growing. American Museum of Natural History. 1997. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0761105409, found bn
MN EC
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Bourgeois, Paulette and Clark, Brenda. Franklin Plants a Tree. Scholastic. 2001.
A story about Franklin and his friends planting saplings on Earth Day Franklin finds it hard to believe that such a small sapling will ever grow into a big tree, but with water and lots of love, his tree begins to grow. This story may be a little lengthy for some preschoolers, but can easily be retold in your own words. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1550748785, found bn. WI EC
• Branley, Franklyn M. Roots are Food Finders. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1975.
Explains in simple terms the function and importance of roots and root hairs on a plant. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0690007035, found, library
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library. MN EC
• Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup. Scholastic. 1987.
The book tells the story of planting vegetable seeds in the garden and how the seeds grow into big and strong plants with water and light and warmth from the sun. The story ends by making soup from the vegetables produced by the plants when they are all grown up. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0152325808, found bn. WI EC
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt. 1991.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152661972, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Hall, Zoe. The Apple Pie Tree. Scholastic. 1996.
Two sisters tell a story about their apple tree, sharing the changes that take place to the tree through the seasons. Of course, fall is the most exciting time of the year because the big, red apples can finally be picked. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590623826, found bn. WI EC
• Johnson, Sylvia A. How Leaves Change. Lerner Publications. 1986.
Describes the structure and purpose of leaves, the ways in which they change as part of the natural cycle of the seasons, and the process that creates their autumn colors. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0822595133, found bn
• Jordon, Helen J. How A Seed Grows. Harper Collins. 1992.
This book portrays the sequence of a bean seed growing into a plant. The author tells you step by step how you can grown your own bean plant, and explains what is happening with your plant during each step. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0064451070, found bn. WI EC
• Lasky, Kathryn. Sugaring Time. MacMillan. 1983.
Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0808584456, found bn
• London, Jonathan. The Sugaring-Off Party. Dutton. 1994.
Paul's grandmother describes her first sugaring-off party at Tante Loulou's farmhouse where they boiled maple sap into syrup and poured it on snow to make a delicious dessert. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0616017057, found library
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Marzolla, Jean. I Am a Leaf. Scholastic. 1998.
A simple introduction to the life cycle and functions of a leaf. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590641204, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
• Miller, Debbie S. Are Trees Alive? Walker & Company. 2002.
This delightful story poetically compares the similarities between trees and children. The story describes the similar characteristics and shares with us some of the magnificent trees that grow on our planet. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0802788017, found bn. WI EC
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
63. Tree Factory
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863.
• Berger, Melvin. Life in a Tree. Newbridge.
Children learn the parts of a tree and get a close-up look at the plants and animals that depend on trees for food and shelter. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567843387, found library
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Branley, Franklyn M. Roots are Food Finders. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1975.
Explains in simple terms the function and importance of roots and root hairs on a plant. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0690007035, found, library
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
64. Looking At Leaves
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Holt. 1982.
As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0805071954, found bn
• Dorros, Arthur. A Tree is Growing. Scholastic. 1997.
Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590453009, found library
• Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1991.
The story of the seasonal development of an apple tree. The tree provides Arnold and his family with fruit and juice and helps Arnold use his imagination to play. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 0152712453, found bn. NC list
• Johnson, Sylvia A. How Leaves Change. Lerner Publications. 1986.
Describes the structure and purpose of leaves, the ways in which they change as part of the natural cycle of the seasons, and the process that creates their autumn colors. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0822595133, found bn
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Sohi, Morteza E. Look What I Did With A Leaf. Scholastic. 1993.
The author gives creative ideas on making animals out of different shaped leaves. Colorful illustrations make it easy for anyone to create a nature critter. A brief field guide to leaves can be found at the back of the book. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0802774407, found bn. MN EC, WI EC
65. Bursting Buds
• Berger, Melvin. An Apple a Day. Newbridge.
Students see how apples grow and are harvested, shipped, and sold. The parts of a flower, pollination, and the seasons are also introduced. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840116, unavailable
• Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1991.
The story of the seasonal development of an apple tree. The tree provides Arnold and his family with fruit and juice and helps Arnold use his imagination to play. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 0152712453, found bn. NC list
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
66. Germinating Giants
• Arnold, Caroline. The Biggest Living Thing. Carolrhoda Books. 1983.
Presents facts about the giant sequoia trees, including how they grow, the circumstances of their "discovery," how their age is determined, and how forest fires actually help them. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0876142455, found library
• Baron, Kathy. The Tree of Time. A Story of a Special Sequoia. The Yosemite National Park. 1994.
Traces the life of a 2000 year old giant sequoia in relation to
important events in world history. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0939666731,
found bn. Kay West.
• Bash, Barbara. Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir. Sierra Club, Little & Brown. 1994.
The Ancient Ones tell the tale of an old-growth forest. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 1578050812, found bn
• Downden, Anne Ophelia. From Flower to Fruit. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1984.
Text and drawings explain how flowers mature into seed-bearing fruit. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0395689449, found library
• Jordan, Helen J. and Loretta Krupinski. How A Seed Grows. Harper Collins. 1992.
Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants. Grade K. ISBN: 0064451070, found bn
• Shuttlesworth, Dorothy E. The Hidden Magic of Seeds. Rodale Press. 1976.
Grades K-2. ISBN: 0878571280, found library
• Vieira, Linda. The Ever-Living Tree – The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood. 1994. Walker Publishing Company, N.Y. Primary-Intermediate
An illustrated time line tracing the growth of a Coastal Redwood through the events of world history. Grades 3-8. ISBN: 0802774776, found bn. Kay West.
• White, Nancy. Seeds Get Around. Newbridge.
Children learn that plants grow both from seeds we plant and from those that are carried by wind, water, animals, car tires – even by themselves! Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840310, unavailable
67. How Big Is Your Tree?
• Canizares, Susan and Pamela Chanko. Look at This Tree. Scholastic. 1997.
Photographs and simple text explore the diversity of trees, including their environment, shapes, and sizes. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0590149989, found bn
• Carmichael, Nicole (ed.) Nature’s Wild! World Book. 1996.
Provides information on a variety of developments in the plant world, from trees of record-breaking size to plants that eat animals. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0716617366, found bn
• Hindley, Judy. Little and Big. Candlewick. 1996.
Several children compare sizes of each other, walls, houses, trees, and tunnels. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 1564026779, found library
• Hoban, Tana. Is It Larger? Is It Smaller? Greenwillow Books. 1985. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0688152872, found bn. MN EC
• Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch. Scholastic. 1960. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0688132839, found bn. MN EC
• Lyon, George Ella. Counting on the Woods. DK Publishing. 1998. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0789426625, found library. MN EC
• Manning, Mick and Brita Granstrom. What’s Up?. Scholastic. 1997.
Introduces the concepts of atmosphere and altitude by taking the reader gradually higher, from people's height to that of stairs, trees, buildings, mountains, the moon, and stars. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0613295374, found bn
• Miller, Margaret. Big and Little. Greenwillow Books. 1998. Grades PreK-l. ISBN: 0688147488, found bn. MN EC
• Sommerdorf, Norman. An Elm Tree and Three Sisters. Viking Children’s Books. 2001. Ages 4-8. ISBN: 0670893080, found library. MN EC.
68. Name That Tree
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984.
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library.
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Iverson, Diane. My Favorite Tree: Terrific Trees of North America. Dawn. 1999.
The author examines the characteristics of 26 North American trees through the eyes and experiences of children. Grades K-6. ISBN: 1883220939.
• Podendorf, Illa. Trees. Children’s Press. 1982.
Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516016571, found library
• Sanders, Scott Russell. Meeting Trees. National Geographic Society. 1997.
As a boy and his father walk in the woods near their home, they share what they know about the bark, leaves, and fruit of the different species they see. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0792241401.
69. Forest For The Trees
• Johnson, Sylvia. Apple Trees. Lerner. 1983.
Discusses the growth and cultivation of apple trees and the development, harvesting, and storage of apples. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0822514796, found library
• Jordan, Sandra. Christmas Tree Farm. Orchard Books. 1993
Describes the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm in Rhode Island throughout each season of the year. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785798978, found library
• Pringle, Laurence. Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth and Renewal. Simon and Schuster. 1995.
Depicts, in text and illustrations, the stages of fire and regrowth in a Western lodgepole pine forest over a period of three hundred years. Also discusses the fire cycle and the role of fire in forest ecology. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 068980394X, found library
• Shetterly, Susan Hand. Shelterwood. Tilbury House Publishers. 1999.
This story takes the reader on a journey through the woods as an environmentally conscious forester passes on his knowledge to his granddaughter, showing her now he protects forest biodiversity by selectively cutting trees. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0884482111.
70. Soil Stories
• Rocks and Soil. Newbridge.
Students examine various kinds of rocks and learn how rocks contribute to the creation of the soil that plants and animals depend on. Reading recovery level 16. not enough info
• Bial, Raymond. A Handful of Dirt. Walker and Company. 2000.
Soil may not be alive, but amazingly, multitudes of microscopic creatures live there, battling it out in an eat-or-be-eaten world. These tiny creatures, invisible to our eyes, provide food for the insects that in turn feed the reptiles and mammals that live in and above the soil. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0802786987, found library
• Gurney, Beth. Sand and Soil. Crabtree Publishing Company. 2004.
This volume gives young readers a good overview of the topic, from the basics—such as soil composition and formation—to environmental concerns such as the prevention of soil erosion. Kids will also enjoy reading about how a desert becomes a desert, the way worms and other organisms enrich the soil and much more! Grades 7+. ISBN: 0778714497.
• Hooper, Meredith. The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth. Viking Childrens Books. 1996.
A girl finds a pebble on the ground and asks, "Where did you come from, pebble?" The answer unfolds through words and pictures. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0711210764¸ found library
• Milne, Lorus. A Shovelful of Earth. Holt. 1987.
Describes different types of soils, their composition, where they are found, and the plants and animals that live in and on them. Grades 5-9. ISBN: 0805000283, found library
• Rosinsky, Natalie M. Dirt: The Scoop on Soil. Picture Window Books. 2002.
Discusses the nature, uses, and importance of soil and the many forms of life that it supports. Grades K-4. ISBN: 1404800123, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. My Father’s Hand. Morrow Jr. Books. 1994.
Describes the characteristics and habits of various insects, birds, and other animals that clean up waste materials in the environment and thus ensure that life as we know it continues on the earth. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 068809189X, found bn
• Schmid, Eleonore. The Living Earth. North South Books. 2000.
Concentrates on the importance of topsoil and describes the complex interactions of plants and animals that maintain this resource's viability. In her discussion of the impact of humans on the Earth, she crosses the scientific with the social. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0735813159, found bn
• Williams, Terry Tempest. Between Cattails. Scribner and Sons. 1985.
A simple introduction to the plant and animal life that flourishes in a marsh. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0684183099.
71. Watch on Wetlands
• Appelt, Kathi. Bayou Lullaby. Morrow. 1995.
Appelt has written a rhythmic, soothing lullaby for a little girl who lives in a house by the banks of the bayou Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0688128572, found library
• Arnosky, Jim. Watching Water Birds. National Geographic Society. 2002.
Provides a personal look at various species of fresh- and saltwater birds, including loons and grebes, mergansers, mallards, wood ducks, Canada geese, gulls, and herons. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0792270738.
• Asch, Frank. Sawgrass Poems. Harcourt Brace. 1996.
Beginning with an eloquent introduction to the Everglades, this collection of 20 poems transports readers to that unique place and challenges them to look at it intently, often through the eyes of creatures living there. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0152001808¸ unavailable
• Blaustein, Daniel. The Everglades and the Gulf Coast. Marshall Cavendish, Inc. 2000.
Presents an overview of wetland ecology as seen in Florida’s Everglades, the largest freshwater wetlands ecosystem in the continental United States. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0761408967.
• Carlisle, Norman and Madelyn. Rivers. Children’s Press. 1982.
Describes how a river begins and grows and how it influences the land that it flows through. Also discusses the many ways people use rivers and the importance of keeping them clean and unpolluted. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516416456, found library
• Cochrane, Jennifer. Water Ecology. Bookwright Press. 1987.
Alternates factual information on the ecological aspects of water with activities and experiments, covering such areas as the behavior of warm water, acid rain, and pond life. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531181529, found library
• Cone, Molly. 1992. Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life. Sierra Club Books.
The story of how an elementary school in Washington state ``adopted'' a polluted stream that had once been a spawning ground for salmon. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0871564890¸ found bn
• Dewey, Jennifer Owings. At the Edge of the Pond. Little, Brown. 1987.
Explores the levels of life in a pond from the muddy shore to the murky bottom. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0316182087, found library
• Dunphy, Madeleine. Here is the Wetland. Hyperion. 1996.
Uses a cumulative approach to describe the wetland ecology of a freshwater marsh, the most common type of wetland in North America. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0786821361, found library
• Freeman, Marcia. Wetlands. Newbridge.
Children learn that wetlands prevent floods, provide food and clean water, and are home to many plants and animals. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567843816, found library
• George, Jean Craighead. Everglades. Harper Collins. 1994.
The Florida Everglades is a unique ecosystem -- nowhere else in the world can such an environment be found. This book tells the story of this living kaleidoscope of color and beauty: from its creation as a blue-green sea through its evolution to a miraculous river, the home of egrets, orchids, and alligators. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0064461947, found bn
• Guiberson, Brenda Z. Spoonbill Swamp. Henry Holt. 1992.
One hot summer day, a mother alligator and a mother spoonbill leave their babies and go into the swamp to look for food. Suddenly, the alligator spies the bright pink feathers of the spoonbill. Will the spoonbill get away? Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0805033858, found bn
• Halpern, Shari. My River. MacMillan. 1996.
Frogs, fish, a turtle, and other creatures who live in or around a river state their need for the river, making a plea for protecting this natural resource. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0027419800, found library
• Kilborne, Sarah S. Peach and Blue. Knopf. 1994.
He is a blue-bellied toad hopping aimlessly through life. She is a sad peach yearning for escape and adventure. Then one remarkable day, Peach and Blue explore the pond that Blue calls home and awaken each other to a world neither has ever really seen before. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0679890955, found bn
• Kriesberg, Daniel A. The Wetlands. Lucent Books. 2003.
Explains what a wetland is, why it is important, threats facing this ecosystem, and efforts to protect wetlands. Grades 7+. ISBN: 1560069236.
• Locker, Thomas. Where the River Begins. EP Dutton. 1984.
Two young boys and their grandfather go on a camping trip to find the source of the river that flows by their home. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140545956, found bn
• Luenn, Nancy. Squish! A Wetland Walk. Simon and Schuster. 1994.
In simple poetic language describes what a wetland is, indicates the animals that call a wetland home, and tells why wetlands are important to us. But even more, a wetland is a marvelous, muddy adventure. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689318421, found library
• Snape, Julie and Charles. Frog Odyssey. Simon and Schuster. 1992.
When a construction project forces the frogs to lose their pond, they venture into the city to find a new home. Grades K-2. ISBN: 067174741X¸ found library
• Trumbauer, Lisa. Follow the River. Newbridge.
Follow the Mississippi River from its source to the Gulf of Mexico. Maps and photos help children see where the river travels and what it provides. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567843786, found library
• Trumbauer, Lisa. Life in a Pond. Newbridge.
Students visit a pond and observe plants and animals that make their homes there. Metamorphosis, the food chain, and camouflage are introduced. Grades K-2. ISBN: 156784359X, unavailable
• Williams, Terry Tempest. Between Cattails. Scribner and Sons. 1985.
A simple introduction to the plant and animal life that flourishes in a marsh. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0684183099, found library
72. Air We Breathe
• Chapman, Matthew and Rob Bowden. Air Pollution: Our Impact on the Planet. Raintree. 2002.
Explores the debates surrounding air pollution, discussing its causes and prevention. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0739848747, found bn
• Donald, Rhonda Lewis. Air Pollution. Scholastic. 2002.
Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0516221914¸found bn
• Pluckrose, Henry. Air. Gareth Stevens Audio. 2001.
How much do you know about air? Do you know what air does? This "Let's Explore" book will tell you everything you need to know about air including, what it is, the different forms it can take, using it to fly and even air pollution. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0836829573, found bn
• Stenstrup, Allen. Hazardous Waste. Children’s Press Inc. 1991.
Explains what hazardous wastes are, how they are produced, and why it is difficult to dispose of them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN 0516055062, found.
73. Waste Watchers
• Hawkes, Nigel. Energy. Lerner Publishing Group. 1995.
This book features short explanations of new energy sources using photographs, diagrams, and drwings. It focuses on the technology being used to capture usable energy from biomass and atomic power. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 085034196.
• McLeisch, Ewan. Energy Resources: Our Impact on the Planet. Steck-Vaughn. 2002.
From fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, this book looks at the issues surrounding energy use and sustaining energy use for future generations. Grades 6-8. ISBN: 073983178X.
• Miller, Christina. Wastes. Franklin Watts. 1986.
Surveys the treatment of household waste and some possible future solutions to the growing problem of its disposal. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531101304, found library
• Oxlade, Chris. Dams. Heinemann. 2000.
Explores key types of dams throughout the world, discussing materials and construction technologies used, functions and locations of major dams, and examples af famous dams in history. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 1575722771.
• Peet, Bill. Wump World. Houghton-Mifflin. 1970.
The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus. Grades PreK+. ISBN: 0395311292, found bn
• Showers, Paul. Where Does the Garbage Go? (Let's-Read-and-Find-out Science Book). Harper Collins. 1993.
Explains how people create too much waste and how waste is now recycled and put into landfills. ISBN: 0064451143, found bn
• Smith, Trevor. Renewable Energy Resources. Smart Apple Media. 2004.
The book examines different energy sources, how they are used currently, and what the projected use will be. It covers renewable energy sources such as wind, water, and solar energy, and biomass. Grades 6-8. ISBN: 1583503612.
• Stenstrup, Allen. Hazardous Waste. Children’s Press Inc. 1991.
Explains what hazardous wastes are, how they are produced, and why it is difficult to dispose of them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN 0516055062, found.
74. People, Places, and Things
• Community Helpers Series. Capstone Press. 2003.
Includes Fire Boats, Park Rangers, Lifeguards, School Secretaries, Security Guards, We Need Construction Workers, etc. Grades K-4. Note: there are 56 books in this series.
• Blackstone, Stella. Bear About Town Barefoot Books. 2001.
Bear heads into town every day. He stops at different places (bakery, pool, movie theater, gym, toy store and the park). His outings provide an opportunity to learn the days of the week as well as the ins and outs of a town. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 1841481521, found bn
• Bunting, Eve. Flower Garden. Harcourt Children’s Books. 1994.
Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden in an urban setting. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0152287760.
• Caseley, Judith. On The Town: A Community Adventure. Harper Collins. 2002.
Charlie and his mother walk around the neighborhood doing errands so that Charlie can write in his notebook about the people and places that make up his community. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0060295856, found bn
• Hollenbeck, Karen. Exploring Our World. Scholastic. 2000.
As students learn about the people and places within their communities, they will also build on the concepts of cooperation, living with diversity and change, and making a personal contribution for the common good. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0590898094, found bn
• Kalman, Bobbie. What Is A Community? From A to Z. Crabtree. 1999.
An alphabetical introduction to the basic concepts of community, such as "Buildings," "Family," "Rules," and "Working Together." Grades 1-3. ISBN: 0865054142, found bn
• Press, Judy. All Around Town! Exploring Your Community Through Craft Fun. Williamson. 2002.
Activities and crafts for children to complete to learn about the roles of people and places in their town and community. Some of the projects are A Police Officer's Ticket book, Big Red Fire Engine, Train Tracks, Judge's Gavel, Paper Airplane and even an ice cream cone. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1885593686, found bn
• Saunders-Smith, Gail. Communities. Capstone Press. 1997.
Describes various kinds of workers in a community and explains the service which persons in each occupation provide. Grade K. ISBN: 0736807446, found bn
• Woodworth, Viki. Does a Dinosaur Check Your Teeth? Learn About Community Helpers. Child’s World. 1995.
Simple, humorous rhymes suggest some of the occupations that help people in a community. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1567661785, found bn
• Woodworth, Viki. Would You Mail A Hippo? Learn About Community Places. Child’s World. 1995.
Silly rhymes introduce what goes on at such places in a community as the library, post office, grocery store, and school. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1567661793, found bn
75. Tepee Talk
• Buchanan, Ken. This House Is Made of Mud ---Esta casa esta´ hecha de lodo. Rising Moon Books.
Written in both Spanish and English on each page this is a story of life in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. Soft watercolors and simple words describe a family, whose lives are inter-woven with the environment and the home they fashion from the earth. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0873585801, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. HPFC. 2002.
Describes how an Ojibwa family build a summer home out of birchbark, gather with extended family to harvest rice in the autumn, treat an attack of smallpox during the winter and make maple syrup in the spring to stock their own pantry and sell to others. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0786814543, found bn
• Hiller, Carl. From Tepees to Towers: A Photographic History of American Architecture. Little, Brown, and Co. 1967.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 0316363960, found library
• Johnson, D.B. Henry Builds A Cabin. Houghton Mifflin. 2002.
Inspired by the life of Henry David Thoreau, and illustrated with nature-filled paintings by author and artist D. B. Johnson, Henry Builds a Cabin is a thoughtful and beautiful meditation on what a home can be. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0618132015, found bn
• Kalman, Bobbie D. Homes Around the World. Crabtree. 1995.
Describes various types of homes around the world. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0785753605, found bn
• Morris, Ann. Grandma Maxine Remembers: A Native American Family Story. Millbrook Press, 2002.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the Wind River Reservation, this is a true story about eight year-old Shawnee who belongs to the Shoshone tribe. She lives in a house at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, with her mother, one brother, two sisters, four dogs, and one cat. Grandma Maxine is an active person who works for a Head Start program on the reservation. Shawnee’s Grandpa Pee Wee works at a nearby farm roping and taking care of cattle. He is a descendant of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark on the famous exploration of the northwestern United States. ISBN 0-7613-2317-1, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Morris, Ann. Houses and Homes. Morrow, William and Co. 1995.
A simple discussion of different kinds of houses and what makes them homes. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688135781, found bn
• Rylant, Cynthia. Let’s Go Home: The Wonderful Things About A House. Simon and Schuster. 2002.
Describes the individual rooms in a house and what they mean to those who use them. Grades PreK-2. can’t find
• Shemie, Bonnie. Native Dwellings Series by Bonnie Shemie. Tundra Books. Grades 2-7.
Houses of Hide and Earth: Earthlodges (1994) ISBN: 0887762697, found bn
Houses of Bark: Tipi, Wigwam, and Longhouse (1993) ISBN: 0887763065, found bn
Houses of Snow, Skin, and Bones (1994) ISBN: 0887763057, found bn
Houses of Wood: Indians of North America, Northwest Coast of North America, Dwellings (1994) ISBN: 0887763324, found bn
Houses of Adobe: The Southwest (1995) ISBN: 0887763537, found bn
Native Dwellings Teacher’s Kit (1997) ISBN: 0887763715, found
• Warren, Betsy. Let’s Look Inside A Tepee. Ranch Gate. 1989.
Grades 2+. Can’t find
• Weiss, Harvey. Shelters: From Tepee to Igloo. Harper Collins. 1988.
Describes a number of shelters constructed from different types of materials and suitable to varying climates, including tepees, yurts, log cabins, stone houses, and igloos. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0690045530, found library
76. Tree Cookies
• Arnold, Caroline. The Biggest Living Thing. Carolrhoda Books. 1983.
Presents facts about the giant sequoia trees, including how they grow, the circumstances of their "discovery," how their age is determined, and how forest fires actually help them. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0876142455, found library
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees. Simon & Schuster. 1992.
An illustrated introduction to trees and woodlands with information on how to identify the bark and the leaves, the many ways that animals use trees, and how to read the individual history that shapes every tree. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0027058557, found library
• Burns, Diane. Arbor Day. Carolrhoda Books. 1989.
Describes the history of Arbor Day and how it is celebrated. Grades K-4. ISBN: 087614346X, found library
• Davol, Marguerite W. The Heart of the Wood. Simon and Schuster. 1992.
A cumulative tale in which a tree that is home to a singing mockingbird continues to be a source of music after it is fashioned into a fiddle. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671747789, found library
• Donahue, Mike. The Grandpa Tree. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1988.
The Grandpa Tree is about a pine tree mighty pine tree that takes care of the younger pine trees around it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0911797424, found bn
• Hiscock, Bruce. The Big Tree. Atheneum Books – MacMillan. 1991.
Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century. Grades K-4. ISBN: 1563978105, found bn
• Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascale de Bourgoing. The Tree. Cartwheel Books. 1992.
Through many brightly covered transparent pages, the young child is introduced to the truly fascinating world of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590452657, found library
• Johnston, Tony. Yonder. Holt. 1988.
Year after year, the plum tree which the farmer planted is witness to the continuing generations of his family. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1586851802, found library
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Trees. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
Discusses various parts of trees and their functions, including the bark, sapwood tubes, roots, and leaves. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027623130, found library
• Thornill, Jan. A Tree in the Forest. Simon and Schuster. 1992.
Presents the life story of a 200-year-old maple tree. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0382243749, unavailable
• Vieira, Linda. The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood. Walker. 1994.
The story plots the march of time as major events in history unfold next to the growth of an ever-living sequoia. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0802774776, found bn
77. Trees in Trouble
• Brooks, Felicity. Protecting Trees and Forests. EDCP. 1991.
Trees are vital to the health of the Earth. This colorful book provides a simple yet fascinating introduction to the conservation of trees and forests. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 074600656X, found library
• Bunting, Eve. Someday Tree. 1993. Clarion Books.
Story about a child who finds out that her favorite tree is dying, and
what she does to save it. Grades 3-5. ISBN: 0395764785, found
bn. Kay West.
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Moore, Eva. Magic Schoolbus In The Rainforest. Scholastic. 2000.
Ms. Frizzle and the kids are off on an adventure to the wet and wonderful rain forest. Their mission: to find out why Ms. Frizzle's cocoa tree has stopped growing cocoa beans. Could there be a cocoa bean thief in the rain forest? Or is there some other reason the healthy tree has suddenly lost its beans? Grades K-2. ISBN: 0613337107, found library
• Pike, Norman. The Peach Tree. Stemmer House. 1994.
When a little peach tree is suddenly threatened by a horde of healthy and hungry young aphids, Farmer Pomeroy calls in a horde of equally healthy and hungry young ladybugs and restores the balance of nature. This is a fine lesson in ecology, charmingly making the point in story form that all creatures, great and Small, are dependent on one another for survival. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0880450142, found library
• Schwartz, George L. and Bernice S. Life in a Log. Natural History Press. 1972.
The ecology of a log. Grades 4+. Can’t find
78. Signs of Fall
• Changes All Around Us. National Geographic Society. 2003. can’t find
• Fall. Newbridge. 2003. not enough info
• Adoff, Arnold. In for Winter, Out for Spring. Harcourt. 1991.
This collection of poems, told from the perspective of a young girl, celebrates family life throughout the yearly cycle of seasons. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0152014926, found library
• Anderson and Svedburg. Nicky the Nature Detective. R&S Books. 1988.
Nicky's adventures in the woods and fields introduce the reader to the seasonal changes in plants and animals. Grades 6+. ISBN: 9129587867, found library
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees. Simon & Schuster. 1992.
An illustrated introduction to trees and woodlands with information on how to identify the bark and the leaves, the many ways that animals use trees, and how to read the individual history that shapes every tree. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0027058557, found library.
• Arnosky, Jim. In the Forest: A Portfolio of Paintings. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Publishers. 1989.
Oil paintings which depict the forest at different times of the day during the fall & winter. Text discusses the plants & animals that call the forest home. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0688081622, found library.
• Bancroft, Henrietta and Nonny Hogrogian. Down Come the Leaves. Harper Collins. 1961.
Grades K-3. ISBN: 0690243138, found library
• Beer, Kathleen. What Happens in the Spring. National Geographic Society. 1977.
Describes the changes in plants and animals in the spring. Grades PreK-2. can’t find
• Berger, Melvin. The Four Seasons. Newbridge.
Students follow the patterns of birth, growth, and change during the seasons. They see how the seasons affect plants and animals, and even themselves! Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567841007, unavailable
• Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Holt. 1982.
As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0805071954, found bn
• Carlstrom, Nancy White. How Does the Wind Walk? MacMillan. 1993.
A little boy watches the wind through the four seasons of the year. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0027172759, found library
• Collins, Beverly. Plants in Winter. Harper Collins. 1973.
A simple explanation of what happens to various plants in winter. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0690628862, found library
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt. 1991.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. Grades K-3. ISBN: ISBN: 0152661972, found bn
• Fleming, Denise. In the Small, Small Pond. H. Holt. 1993.
Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn. Grades PreK+. ISBN: 0805059830, found bn
• Franco, Betsy. Fresh Fall Leaves. Scholastic Inc. 1994. ISBN: 0590273639, unavailable
MN EC
• Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1991.
The story of the seasonal development of an apple tree. The tree provides Arnold and his family with fruit and juice and helps Arnold use his imagination to play. Grades PreK-2. ISBN #: 0152712453, found bn. NC list
• Griffin, Sandra Ure. Earth Circles. Walker. 1989.
On the first day of spring a mother and daughter climb a hill and celebrate the cycles of nature, from the pattern of seed to flower to the rising and setting of the sun. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0802768431, unavailable
• Hall, Zoe. Fresh Fall Leaves. Scholastic Inc. 2000. can’t find. MN EC
• Hall, Zoe. The Apple Pie Tree. Scholastic. 1996.
Two sisters tell a story about their apple tree, sharing the changes that take place to the tree through the seasons. Of course, fall is the most exciting time of the year because the big, red apples can finally be picked. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590623826, found bn. MN EC
• Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascale de Bourgoing. The Tree. Cartwheel Books. 1992.
Through many brightly covered transparent pages, the young child is introduced to the truly fascinating world of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590452657, found library
• Johnson, Sylvia A. How Leaves Change. Lerner Publications. 1986.
Describes the structure and purpose of leaves, the ways in which they change as part of the natural cycle of the seasons, and the process that creates their autumn colors. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0822595133, found bn
• Lerner, Carol. A Forest Year. Morrow. 1987.
Describes how seasonal changes in a forest affect the plants and animals that live there. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0688064132, found library
• Leslie, Clare Walker. Nature All Year Long. Greenwillow Books. 1991.
Describes the different plants, animals, and landscapes that can be seen outdoors each month of the year. Grades 1+. ISBN: 0787293997. found bn
• Lionni, Leo. A Busy Year. Knopf. 1992.
Mouse twins befriend a tree and watch it grow and change throughout each month of the year. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0375827374, found bn
• Locker, Thomas. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art. Harper Collins. 1995.
A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064437507, found bn
• Maass, Robert. When Autumn Comes. Scholastic Inc. 1996. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0805023496, found bn. MN EC
• Markle, Sandra. Exploring Winter. Atheneum. 1984.
A collection of winter-time activities which include stories and facts about animals, exploration, and survival, instructions for building a snow shelter and making instruments to measure the weather, as well as games, riddles, and puzzles. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0380713217, found library
• Muller, Gerda. Around the Oak. Dutton Children’s Books. 1994.
Three children observe the forest, including a giant oak, throughout the year. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0525452397 found library
• Rockwell, Anne. First Comes Spring. Crowell. 1985.
Bear Child notices that the clothes he wears, the things everyone does at work and play, and other parts of his world all change with the seasons. Grade K. ISBN: 0061074128, found library
• Schweninger, Ann. Autumn Days: Let’s Look at the Seasons. Penguin Group, Inc. 1993.
Text, illustrations, and activities explore the season of autumn and the changes it brings in the natural world. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0140540555.
• Senisi, Ellen B. Fall Changes. Scholastic Inc. 2001. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0439240948, can’t find. MN EC
• Sherrow, Victoria. Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane. Soundprints. 1994.
Describes how Chipmunk gathers and stores food to prepare for winter. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1568990294, found bn. MN EC
• Trumbauer, Lisa. What is a Cycle? Newbridge 2003.
Chidlren observe natural cycles and learn about the phases of the moon, tides, seasons, migration, plant growth, and more. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567843751, unavailable
79. Tree Lifecycle (NOTE: This is listed as Activity 67 in the Minnesota PLT Supplement)
• Andersen, Hans Christian. The Fir Tree. Harper and Row. 1970.
Grades K-3. ISBN: 155858501X, found library
• Anthony, Joseph. In a Nutshell. Dawn Publications. 1999.
An acorn grows into an oak, helps sustain other life and eventually
dies and continues to offer life to others. Grades preK-3. ISBN:
188322098X, found bn. Kay West.
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees. Simon & Schuster. 1992.
An illustrated introduction to trees and woodlands with information on how to identify the bark and the leaves, the many ways that animals use trees, and how to read the individual history that shapes every tree. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0027058557, found library
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Bond, Ruskin. Cherry Tree. Boyds Mill Press. 1991.
A young girl nurses a cherry tree from sprig to seedling and is rewarded one year by the sight of small miracle--its first pink blossoms. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0613098218, found bn
• Boulton, Carolyn. Trees (activity book). Franklin Watts. 1984. ISBN: 0613098218, found bn
Identifies many types of trees and describes how they grow and the kinds of leaves, fruits, and seeds they produce. Includes suggested experiments and projects. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 0531046354, found library
• Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Holt. 1982.
As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0805071954, found bn
• Cooke, Trish. The Grandad Tree. Candlewick Press. 2000. ISBN: 0744578752, found bn. MN EC
• Davol, Marguerite W. The Heart of the Wood. Simon and Schuster. 1992.
A cumulative tale in which a tree that is home to a singing mockingbird continues to be a source of music after it is fashioned into a fiddle. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671747789, found library
• Donahue, Mike. The Grandpa Tree. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1988.
The Grandpa Tree is about a pine tree mighty pine tree that takes care of the younger pine trees around it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0911797424, found bn
• Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Harcourt. 1991.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0152661972, found bn
• Gackenbach, Dick. Mighty Tree. Scholastic Inc. 1994. Ages 4-8. ISBN: 0152010130, found bn. MN EC.
• Guiberson, Brenda. Cactus Hotel. Holt. 1993.
The saguaro cactus is born when a seed is dropped in the shade of a tree. In the one hundred fifty years it takes to reach its full height, it becomes a "hotel" for desert wildlife. when it is two hundred years old, the fifty foot cactus topples and supplies shelter for ground dwellers. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0805029605, found bn
• Hazen, Barbara. Secret Life of Trees. Mari Inc.
Why do trees lose their leaves in winter? How do insects hide on bare branches? Let the trees themselves reveal their many secrets to you. Grades K-4. ISBN: 061322356X, found bn
• Heiderose and Andreas Fischer-Nagel. Fir Trees. Carolrhoda Books. 1986.
Describes the development and ecosystem of the endangered fir tree. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0876143400, found bn
• Hiscock, Bruce. The Big Tree. Atheneum Books – MacMillan. 1991.
Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century. Grades K-4. ISBN: 1563978105, found bn
• Holling, Clancy. The Tree in the Trail. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1942.
The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it. Grades K-3. ISBN: 039554534X, found bn
• Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascale de Bourgoing. The Tree. Cartwheel Books. 1992.
Through many brightly covered transparent pages, the young child is introduced to the truly fascinating world of trees. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0590452657, found library
• Jordan, Helen J. and Loretta Krupinski. How A Seed Grows. Harper Collins. 1992.
Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants. Grades K. ISBN: 0064451070, found bn
• King, Elizabeth. Backyard Sunflower. Dutton’s Children’s Books. 1993. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0525450823, found bn. MN EC
• Lerner, Carol. A Forest Year. Morrow. 1987.
Describes how seasonal changes in a forest affect the plants and animals that live there. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0688064132, found library
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood: An Old Nursery Song. North-South Books. 1993.
A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1558581928, found bn
• Miles, Miska. Apricot ABC. Little, Brown. 1969
The book is an A B C book that weaves the alphabet into a nature story. Grades PreK-K. ISBN: 0316570303, found library
• Miller, Debbie S. Are Trees Alive? Walker & Company. 2002.
This delightful story poetically compares the similarities between trees and children. The story describes the similar characteristics and shares with us some of the magnificent trees that grow on our planet. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0802788017, found bn. MN EC
• Morrison, Gordon. Oak Tree. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000. Grade PreK. ISBN: 0395956447, found bn. MN EC
• Parnall, Peter. Apple Tree. MacMillan. 1987.
Describes the many ways an apple tree interacts with insects, birds, and other animals during a full year of its development. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027701603, found library
• Pfeffer, Wendy. A Log’s Life. Simon and Schuster. 1997. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0689806361, found bn. MN EC
• Schwartz, David. Maple Tree. Mari Inc.
Depicts the life cycle of a maple tree. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1574715569, found bn
• Schwartz, George L. and Bernice S. Life in a Log. Natural History Press. 1972.
The ecology of a log. Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Schreiber, Ann. Log Hotel. Scholastic. 1994. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0590273892, unavailable
MN EC
• Selsam, Millicent. Tree Flowers. Morrow. 1984.
Text and drawings follow the growth cycle of twelve common flowering trees: pussywillow, white oak, sugar maple, elm, apple, horse chestnut, flowering dogwood, magnolia, witch hazel, black walnut, black locust, and tulip tree. Grades 3+. ISBN: 0688027695, found library
• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656, found bn
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
• Thornill, Jan. A Tree in the Forest. Simon and Schuster. 1992.
Presents the life story of a 200-year-old maple tree. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0382243749, unavailable
• Trumbauer, Lisa. What is a Cycle? Newbridge 2003.
Children observe natural cycles and learn about the phases of the moon, tides, seasons, migration, plant growth, and more. ISBN: 1567843751, unavailable
• Wexler, Jerome. From Spore to Spore: Ferns and How They Grow. Dodd, Mead. 1985.
Traces the lifecycle of ferns and gives advice on raising them. Grades K+. Can’t find
80. Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
• Allen, Marjorie. Changes. MacMillan. 1991.
Describes, in rhymed text and illustrations, how things in nature change as they grow and develop. Grades PreK-K. can’t find
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Trees. Simon & Schuster. 1992.
An illustrated introduction to trees and woodlands with information on how to identify the bark and the leaves, the many ways that animals use trees, and how to read the individual history that shapes every tree. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0027058557, found library
• Baker, Jeannie. Where the Forest Meets the Sea. Greenwillow Books. 1988.
On a camping trip in an Australian rain forest with his father, a young boy thinks about the history of the plant and animal life around him and wonders about their future. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688063632, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Jaspersohn, William. How the Forest Grew. Greenwillow Books. 1980.
Describes the gradual transformation of a cleared farm field into a dense forest. Grades K-3. ISBN: 068811508X, found library
• Lauber, Patricia. Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens. Bradbury Press. 1986.
Discusses the eruption and healing of Mount St. Helens. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0689716796, found bn
• Lerner, Carol. Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie. 1980
The book describes the plant life of the tallgrass prairie, season by season, and the role of wildfire in its ecology. Grades 1-4. #068832245X
• McLerran, Alice. The Mountain That Loved a Bird. Picture Book Studio. 1985.
A beautiful bird brings life to a lonely, barren mountain. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689833199, found bn
• Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Yellowstone Fires: Flames, and Rebirth. Holiday. 1990.
Describes the massive forest fires that burned almost one million acres of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 and the effects, both positive and negative, on the ecology of the forest there. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0823408078, found bn
• Pringle, Laurence. Fire in the Forest. Simon and Schuster. 1995.
Depicts, in text and illustrations, the stages of fire and regrowth in a Western lodgepole pine forest over a period of three hundred years. Also discusses the fire cycle and the role of fire in forest ecology. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 068980394X, found library
• Selsam, Millicent. Birth of a Forest. Harper and Row. 1964.
Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0060252766, found library
• Spirin, Gennadii and Natalia Romanova. Once There Was A Tree. Dial Books. 1985.
An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546774, found bn
81. Living with Fire
• Arnold, Caroline. The Biggest Living Thing. Carolrhoda Books. 1983.
Presents facts about the giant sequoia trees, including how they grow, the circumstances of their "discovery," how their age is determined, and how forest fires actually help them. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0876142455, found library
• Cottrell, William Jr. The Book of Fire. Mountain Press Publishing Co. 2004.
In simple words and vivid diagrams, this book explains the complex
science of fire. Gradess 4-8. ISBN: 0878424911, found bn. Kay West.
• Greenberg, Keith Elliot. Smokejumper: Firefighter from the Sky (Risky Business). A Blackbirch Press Book. 1995.
Story of a Smokejumper’s life and career fighting wildfire in the
West. Photographs. Grades 3-8. ISBN: 156711153X, found bn. Kay West.
• Lerner, Carol. Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie. Morrow. 1980.
This book takes us through the year in the tallgrass prairie, from the first awakenings of spring, through the glory of summer, the last blooms of autumn, and the dormancy of winter. Grades K+. Can’t find
• Mader, Jan. Rocky Mountains. Scholastic Publishers, 2004
This Rookie Read-About Geography book introduces young readers to the Rocky Mountains. Colorful photos and simple text highlight basic geographic facts about the Rocky Mountains, from their location in the western United States and Canada to the diverse regions that exist along the length of these great mountains. Grades 1-2. ISBN: 0-516-26832-5, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Yellowstone Fires: Flames, and Rebirth. Holiday. 1990.
Describes the massive forest fires that burned almost one million acres of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 and the effects, both positive and negative, on the ecology of the forest there. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0823408078, found bn
• Pringle, Laurence. Fire in the Forest. Simon and Schuster. 1995.
Depicts, in text and illustrations, the stages of fire and regrowth in a Western lodgepole pine forest over a period of three hundred years. Also discusses the fire cycle and the role of fire in forest ecology. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 068980394X, found library
• Rius, Maria and J. M. Parramon. The Four Elements – Fire. Barrons. 1984.
A story of fire for very young children. Grades PreK-1. ISBN:
0812035984, found library. Kay West.
• Simon, Seymour. Wildfire. HarperCollinsPublishers. 1996.
Photo-illustrations and story of wildfire’s natural cycle in western
USA. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 0688175309, found bn. Kay West.
82. Resource-Go-Round
• Berger, Melvin. Where Does All the Garbage Go? Newbridge.
From our homes to trucks to dumps – children follow the path of household garbage and learn how recycling garbage can create new products. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840027, unavailable
• Gibbons, Gail. Recycle: A Handbook For Kids. Little, Brown, and Co. 1992.
Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0316309435, found bn
• Leedy, Loreen. Great Trash Bash. Holiday House. 2000.
The animal citizens of Beaston discover better ways to recycle and control their trash. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0823416348, found bn
• MacGregor, Cynthia. Recycling a Can. Rosen. 2002.
Follows an aluminum can from the time it is collected for recycling, through ninety days of different processing steps, to a new can that is ready for use. Grades 2+. ISBN: 0823937445, unavailable
• Marshall, Pam From Tree to Paper Sundance.
An exciting photo-essay book explaining how trees are made into paper. This book carefully explains the papermaking process so children understand how changes in matter occur. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 082250720X, found bn
• Newton-John, Olivia and Brian Seth Hurst. A Pig Tale.
Ziggy proudly invites other piglets and their parents to see what his father has made from all the things he has been saving. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0613178394, found library
• Parker, Steve. Wood. Gareth Stevens Publishing. 2002.
Explores the many uses of wood, from paper and cloth to chemicals to works of art. Discusses how wood is processed for these different purposes and how we can help protect this natural resource. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0836830873.
• Sloan, Peter and Sheryl. From Grass to Milk. Sundance.
Grade PreK. can’t find one by these authors
• Taback, Simms. Joseph Had A Little Overcoat. Viking Children’s Books. 1999.
What do you do with an overcoat that is torn and worn but that is so dear that you can't toss it out? Cut it down, trim it and turn it into something else. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 0670878553, found bn
83. A Peek at Packaging
• Recycle It. National Geographic Society. 2003.
ISBN: 156784491X, out of print
• Berger, Melvin. Where Does All the Garbage Go? Newbridge.
From our homes to trucks to dumps – children follow the path of household garbage and learn how recycling garbage can create new products. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840027, unavailable
• Gibbons, Gail. Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids. Little, Brown, and Company. 1992.
Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0316309435, found bn
• Harlow, Rosie. Garbage and Recycling. Houghton Mifflin. 2002.
Explaining the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage, this book shows how glass, metal, and wool can be easily recycled. How Can I Help? boxes give suggestions for recycling at home. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 075345503X, found bn
• Lavies, Bianca. Compost Critters. Duttons Children’s Books. 1993.
Describes what happens in a compost pile and how creatures, from bacteria and mites to millipedes and earthworms, aid in the process of turning compost into humus. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0525447636, found bn
• Mandel, Linda, and Hedi M. Mandel. The Treasure of Trash: a Recycling Story. Avery Publishing Group, Inc. 1993.
Explains how recycling and the conservation of natural resources can help save the Earth, with an emphasis on the recycling of plastic. Grades 3+. ISBN: 089529575X, unavailable
• McQueen, Kelly and David Fassler. Let’s Talk Trash: The Kid’s Book About Recycling. Waterfront Books. 1991.
Discusses trash and the different ways in which it can be handled, with an emphasis on recycling. Incorporates the thoughts, questions, and drawings of children. Grades K-6. ISBN: 0914525204, found library
• O’Connor, Karen. Garbage. Lucent Books. 1989.
Examines the dumping of garbage in oceans, on land, in the air, and in space and suggests possible solutions to this problem of waste pollution. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1560061006, found bn
• Parker, Steve. Wood. Gareth Stevens Publishing. 2002.
Explores the many uses of wood, from paper and cloth to chemicals to works of art. Discusses how wood is processed for these different purposes and how we can help protect this natural resource. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0836830873.
• Robinson, Fay. Recycle That! Scholastic. 1995.
Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0516460331, found bn
• Skidmore, Steve. What a Load of Trash!: Rescue Your Household Waste.The Milford Press, Inc. 1991.
Humorous illustrations accompany a discussion of the problems of waste disposal and of recycling as one possible solution. Grades K-6. ISBN: 1878841270, found bn
• Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. 1991. Environmental Awareness: Solid Waste. Bancroft-Sage Publishing, Inc. 1991.
Focuses on the ever-growing problem of managing the many types of solid waste and the hazards they pose to people and the environment. Readers learn how they can help in waste reduction efforts. Grades 3+. ISBN: 0944280285, found library
• Woods, Samuel G. Recycled Paper: From Start to Finish. Gale Group. 2000.
Demonstrates how waste paper is recycled into useful household products at the Marcal paper mill. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 1567113958, found bn
84. The Global Climate
• Cook, Nancy. Packaging and the Environment. Dale Seymour Pub. 1994.
Combines essential pre-algebra topics with exciting, hands-on science explorations that involve and motivate students in both areas of study. Make vital connections between math, science, history, and writing. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0201861240, un
• Fridell, Ron. Global Warming. Scholastic Library Publishing. 2002.
This informative book looks at current thoughts about global warming and provides research outlining possible causes and possible impacts of this environmental issue. The author carefully describes different sides of the issue and provides a comprehensive view of historical perspectives, current data, and future scenarios. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531119009.
• Fitzsimmons, Cecilia. Dairy Foods and Drinks. Silver Burdett. 1997.
Is chocolate really made from beans? Why is garlic good for you? How do you make furniture out of food packaging? And more! Grades 6+. ISBN: 0382396006, unavailable
• McLeisch, Ewan. Energy Resources: Our Impact on the Planet. Raintree Publishers. 2002.
From fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, the book looks at the issues surrounding energy use and sustaining energy use for future generations. Grades 5-8. ISBN: 073983178X
• Parks, Peggy J. Global Warming. Lucent Books. 2003.
Discusses scientific evidence that indicates Earth’s heat is increasing and the impacts of that warming trend to life, agriculture, and lands. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1590183193.
• Sailer, John. A Vogt For The Environment. Book Publishing Co. 1995.
Relates how Tanja Vogt convinced McDonald's, as well as businesses and schools in her area, to stop using styrofoam. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0913990345, found bn
• Shorto, Russell and Robert Cwiklik. Crayons. NTC Publishing. 1991.
Explains how crayons are made, from the production of the colors to the packaging of the final product. Grades K+. ISBN: 0809244675, unavailable
• Smith, Trevor. Renewable Energy Resources. Smart Apple Media. 2004.
The book examines different energy sources, how they are used currently, and what the projected use will be. It covers renewable energy sources such as wind, water, and solar energy, and biomass. Grades 6-8. ISBN: 1583503612.
• Sullivan, George E. How Do They Package It? Westminster John Knox Press. 1976.
Traces the evolution of modern containers. Anecdotes about various packages such as the tea bag, consumption statistics, and environmental concerns are also included. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0664326013, found library
• Wheeler, Jill C. Food We Eat. ABDO. 1991.
Describes how producing and packaging different foods affect our environment and ourselves. ISBN: 1562390333, found bn
85. In the Driver’s Seat
• Miller, Kimberley. What If We Run Out of Fossil Fuels? Scholastic. 2002.
Examines humankind’s dependence on fossil fuels through scenarios that describe life without such items as oil heaters and gasoline powered cars, and describes alternative energy sources. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0516234781, found bn
• Mitgusch, Ali et al. From Oil to Gasoline. Lerner. 1981.
Follows crude oil from its underground bubbles to the refinery where it is converted into fertilizer, plastic, records, paint, and medicine as well as gasoline, jet oil, and heating oil. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0876141602, found library
• Rock, Maxine. The Automobile and the Environment. Chelsea House. 1992.
Discusses the automobile's role in polluting the environment and ways of decreasing the damage. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0791015920, found library
• Wheeler, Jill C. Earth Moves: Get There With Energy To Spare. ABDO. 1991.
Discusses the environmental and conservation aspects of modern transportation. Grade 4+. ISBN: 156239035X, found bn
Used in PLT Activity:39, 53
86. Our Changing World
• Allen, John Logan L. Student Atlas of Environmental Issues. McGraw-Hill. 1997.
Explores the human impact on the air, waters, biosphere, and land in every major world region. Provides a unique combination of maps and data helping students understand the dimensions of the world's environmental problems and the geographical basis of these problems. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0697365204, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City. Sierra Club. 1990.
Describes the birds that make their homes in the heart of the city and examines how they have adjusted to living in an urban environment. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0316083127, found bn
• Bright, Michael. Pollution and Wildlife. London Watts. 1987.
Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531170462, found library
• Carey, Valerie. Harrier and William and the Terrible Creature. Beaver Books. 1987.
Adventurous Harriet and her twin brother William, who likes to stay at home, fly in a spaceship to a distant planet to help an unhappy dragon. Grade K. ISBN: 0525446524, unavailable
• Cossi, Olga. Water Wars: The Fight to Control and Conserve Nature's Most Precious Resource. MacMillan. 1993.
As reserves of this precious resource disappear or become polluted, people are beginning to fight over control of available water. This book examines the crucial roles that supplies of fresh water are playing in world politics, how various areas of the world are trying to solve their water problems, and what success they are achieving. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0027245950, found library
• Hurd, Edith Thatcher. Wilson’s World. Harper and Row. 1971.
Grades K-3. ISBN: 0064433595, found library
• Middleton, Nick. Atlas of Environmental Issues. Facts on File, Inc. 1989. 1989.
Describes and explains major environmental issues of the world today including soil erosion, deforestation, mechanised agriculture, oil pollution of the oceans, acid rain, overfishing, and nuclear power. Grades 6+. ISBN: 081602023X, found library
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0395533082, found bn
87. Earth Manners
• Our Earth. Newbridge. 2003. not enough info
• Taking Care of Trees. Newbridge.
Grade 2. can’t find
• Aliki. Johnny Appleseed. Prentice-Hall. 1963.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671667467, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Walking in Wild Places. Bradbury Press. 1990.
Crinkleroot the forest dweller provides tips for walking in wild places and avoiding such hazards as ticks, poisonous plants, and wild animals. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0027058425, found library
• Bellamy, David. The Forest. C.N. Potter. 1988.
Taking the reader through the four seasons in the forest, this picture book describes the lives of the creatures and plants that live there, and what happens when man threatens to destroy them. Grades 2-4. can’t find
• Berger, Melvin. Can Kids Save the Earth? Newbridge.
Students discover that other children all over the world are helping to improve the environment, and they learn what they can do to help, too. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842097, unavailable
• Berger, Melvin. Kids for the Earth. Newbridge.
Children are introduced to ways to conserve our natural resources – water, trees, and earth – including recycling. Grades K-2. ISBN: 1567840205, unavailable
• Carlisle, Norman and Madelyn. Rivers. Children’s Press. 1982.
Describes how a river begins and grows and how it influences the land that it flows through. Also discusses the many ways people use rivers and the importance of keeping them clean and unpolluted. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0516416456, found library
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Hazen, Barbara Shook. World, World, What Can I Do? Abingdon Press. 1976.
A young child discovers, in a rhymed question and answer dialogue, what he can do to help his environment. Grades K-3. ISBN: 068746384X, unavailable
• Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (A message from Chief Seattle). Dial Books. 1991.
This picture book is adapted from a speech purportedly delivered by Chief Seattle at treaty negotiations in the 1850s, Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0142301329, found bn.
• Kasperson, James. Little Brother Moose Dawn Publishing.
Lured by the sights, smells, and sounds of civilization, little brother moose ventures far from home and gets lost in urban adventures. Ages 4 to 10. ISBN: 1-883220-33-5, found bn. Wyoming/West
• Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale. Morrow Junior Books. 1988.
John Chapman loved animals and nature so much that he left home to live in the wilderness. Wherever he roamed, he cleared the land to plant apple trees. He gave the trees to settlers who followed, thus earning the fond name "Johnny Appleseed." Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688064175, found bn
• Lauber, Patricia. Be A Friend To Trees. Harper Collins. 1994.
Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064451208, found bn
• Lowery, Linda. Earth Day. Carolrhoda books. 1991.
Explains, in simple text and illustrations, how and why Earth Day became an international holiday calling global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0876145608, found bn
• MacLachlan, Patricia. All the Places to Love. Harper Collins. 1994.
A young boy describes the favorite places that he shares with his family on his grandparents' farm and in the nearby countryside. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0060210982, found bn
• Madden, Don. The Wartville Wizard. Aladdin. 1986.
An old man fights a town of litterbugs by magically sending each piece of trash back to the person who dropped it. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0689716672, found bn
• Pigdon, Keith. Helping in the Yard. Sundance.
Reading recovery level 3. can’t find
• Saltis, Nicki. We Need More Trees. Sundance.
Reading recovery level 24. can’t find
• Tafuri, Nancy. Do Not Disturb. Greenwillow Books. 1987.
The movements and actions of a family camping in the woods cause the forest creatures to also move, scurry, and make noise. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688065414, found library
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0395533082, found bn
88. Life on the Edge
• Allen, Judy. Elephant. Candlewick Press. 1995.
When Hannah finds an ivory necklace that belonged to her great-grandmother, it gives her dreams; and she knows she must make restitution to the elephants for their suffering caused by the ivory trade. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1564024385, found library
• Allen, Judy. Tiger. Candlewick Press. 1992.
Ancient beliefs and wildlife preservation form the conflict in this beautifully crafted story set in rural China. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1564020835, found library
• Ancona, George. The Golden Lion Tamarins Comes Home. MacMillan. 1994.
As the Brazilian rainforest disappeared, so did Golden Lion Tamarins. They began to die out as deforestation reduced their habitat. Today, tamarins are being bred in zoos and returned to the wild. Grades 1-7. ISBN: 002700905X, found library
• Arnold, Caroline. On the Brink of Extinction: The California Condor. Harcourt Brace. 1993.
Describes the history of the condor in North America and the efforts to capture and breed the few remaining California condors to save them from extinction. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0152579915, found library
• Arnold, Caroline. Saving the Peregrine Falcon. Carolrhoda. 1985.
Describes the efforts of scientists who are trying to save the peregrine falcon from extinction by taking the fragile eggs that would not survive in the wild, hatching them, raising the chicks, and then releasing the birds back into the wild. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0876145233, found bn
• Bailey, Jill. Save the Tiger. Steck-Vaughn Co. 1992.
Akbar, a tracker for a tourist lodge, works with villagers, would-be poachers, and those involved in Project Tiger to protect the diminishing number of tigers in his part of India. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0811465519, found library
• Bright, Michael. Saving the Whale. Gloucester Press. 1987.
A book that refers to whales, dolphins, whaling and animal conservation. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0531170616, found library
• Burke, Emily. Endangered Animals Poster Book. Darby Creek. 1993.
Describes the habits, characteristics, and habitat of endangered animals like the humpback whale, proboscis monkey, and thick-billed parrot. ISBN: 0874066662, unavailable
• Burnie, David. Endangered Planet. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2004.
The book describes natural cycles and habitats and the impact humans have on the environment. Contains messages that encourage sustainable living. Grades 5+. ISBN: 0753457768.
• Cutchins, Judy. The Crocodile and The Crane: Surviving In A Crowded World. Morrow. 1986.
Describes how care and breeding in zoos and other controlled environments have helped protect such endangered species as the wattled crane, Morelet's crocodile, and Arabian oryx. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0688063047, found library
• Erdrich, Lois. Grandmother’s Pigeon. Hyperion. 1996.
The eccentric, well-traveled grandmother of two young kids decamps in mid-vacation, riding a porpoise to Greenland and leaving behind a trove of strange treasures and artifacts including a collection of bird's nests and three old eggs which hatch, marvelously, into passenger pigeons. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0786801654, found library
• Facklam, Margery. And Then There Was One – The Mysteries of Extinction. Sierra Club Books. 1990.
Examines the many reasons for the extinction and near-extinction of animal species. Discusses how some near-extinctions have been reversed through special breeding programs and legislation to save endangered species. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0316259829, found bn
• Gallardo, Evelyn. Among the Orangutans: The Biruté Galdikas Story. Chronicle Books. 1993.
Describes the life and research of Birutâe Galdikas, prominent expert on the behavior of orangutans in the wild. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0811804089, found bn
• Hinshaw Patent, Dorothy. The Whooping Crane – A Comeback Story. Clarion Books. 1988.
Although her emphasis is clearly upon conservation efforts, Patent includes enough basic information about the biology of the whooping crane to make this more valuable than the title implies. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0395665051, found library
• Irvine, Georgeanne. Protecting endangered species at the San Diego Zoo. Simon & Schuster Inc. 1990.
Describes how animals such as the clouded leopard, Tahitian lory, and the Mhorr gazelle have become endangered species and how scientists at the San Diego Zoo are working on projects that will protect and conserve these rare animals. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 067168776X, found library
• Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (A message from Chief Seattle). Dial Books. 1991.
This picture book is adapted from a speech purportedly delivered by Chief Seattle at treaty negotiations in the 1850s, Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0142301329, found bn.
• Juster Esbensen, Barbara. Swift as the Wind: The Cheetah. Orchard Books. 1996.
A fairly complete picture of the animal's habitat, life cycle, hunting and eating habits, and natural enemies. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0531087972, found library
• Klass, David. California Blue. Scholastic. 1994.
When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0590466895, found bn
• Leedy, Loreen. Tracks in the Sand. Doubleday. 1993.
A brief picture book that describes the reproduction of sea turtles (identified as loggerheads in the afterword): mating at sea, the female's sojourn to shore, egg laying, and return to the ocean. Grades K-3. ISBN: 038530658X, found library
• London, Jonathan. Phantom of the Prairie--Year of the Black-Footed Ferret. Sierra Club Books. 1998.
This brief informational story details the life cycle of one of North America's most endangered species. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0871563878, found bn
• McNulty, Faith. Peeping In The Shell: A Whooping Crane is Hatched. Harper and Row. 1986.
Describes how a scientist courts a whooping crane and how the resulting egg is carefully incubated until it hatches. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0060241349, found library
• Pollock, Steve. The Atlas of Endangered Animals. Facts on File, Inc. 1993.
Text and maps focus on areas of the world in which human activity is threatening to destroy endangered species of animals. Grades 4+. ISBN: 185561104X, found library
• Ricciuti, Edward R. Plants in Danger. Harper and Row. 1979.
Discusses plant species from all parts of the world that are in danger of extinction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 006024979X, unavailable
• Wright, Alexandra. Will we miss them? Endangered Species. Charlesbridge Publishing. 1992.
This intriguing book introduces children to the fascinating lives and challenges of endangered species from the unique perspective of an 11-year-old author. The book helps readers learn about endangered species as the first step toward saving them. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0881064882, found bn
89. Trees for Many Reasons
• Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Magic Seeds. Putnam. 1995.
A gift from a wizard makes Jack's fortune grow by ones and twos, then threes and fours, then faster and faster, challenging you to keep track of his riches. Grades K-3. can’t find
• Bellamy, David. The Forest. C.N. Potter. 1988.
Taking the reader through the four seasons in the forest, this picture book describes the lives of the creatures and plants that live there, and what happens when man threatens to destroy them. Grades 2-4. can’t find
• Birkett, Terri. Truax. 1995.
Written specifically to counter the book "The Lorax", by Dr. Seuss. It is
an encounter between Guardbark, protector of trees, and Truax, the logger. In a fast paced, fun, rhythm and rhyme style, the book addresses issues such as harvesting trees, regeneration, old growth, biodiversity, endangered species and other forestry issues. Grades 4+. Can’t find
• Bunting, Eve. With Graceful Simplicity.
This book tells a moving story of friendship and mysterious hope. It celebrates the human spirit and the miraculous power of the natural world. Can’t find
• Carson, Rachel. A Sense of Wonder. Perennial Library. 1984.
Filled with words and pictures to help keep alive the sense of wonder and delight in mysteries of earth, sea, and sky. Grades 6+. ISBN: 006757520X, found bn
• Gackenbach, Dick. Mighty Tree. Harcourt. 1992.
Three seeds grow into three beautiful trees, each of which serves a different function in nature and for people. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0785784209, found bn
• Geisel, Theodor (Dr. Seuss). The Lorax. Random House. 1971.
In this classic story, the Once-ler describes how his greedy actions destroyed a beautiful and thriving environment. Children will enjoy the colorful characters and rhyming verse and adults will appreciate the subtle messages about the negative effects of deforestation, habitat destruction, and air and water pollution. ISBN: 0394823370, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Gile, John. The First Forest. John Gile Communications. 1989.
A modern fable to remind us that greed and selfishness are harmful and that peace and harmony flow from an attitude of grateful appreciation for the gifts we receive and a respect for the need and right of others to share in those gifts. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0910941017, found bn
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Ireland, Karin. Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You. Dawn Publications. 1996.
The lessons of nature and the animal kingdom are explored, with relevant analogies to the lives of human beings. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1883220475, found bn
• Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed. Morrow Junior Books. 1988.
John Chapman loved animals and nature so much that he left home to live in the wilderness. Wherever he roamed, he cleared the land to plant apple trees. He gave the trees to settlers who followed, thus earning the fond name "Johnny Appleseed." Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688064175, found bn
• Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Laib. 1982.
A Sand Country Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Grades 6+. ISBN: 019505928X, found bn
• Lindbergh, Reeve. Johnny Appleseed. Little, Brown. 1990.
Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0316526347, found bn
• MacGill-Callahan, Sheila. And Still The Turtle Watched. Dial Books for Young Readers. 1991.
A turtle carved in rock on a bluff over the Hudson River by Indians long ago watches with sadness the changes man brings over the years. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0140558365, found bn
• Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood: An Old Nursery Song. North-South Books. 1993.
A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1558581928, found bn
• McClure, Michael Robert. Acorn Alone. A.R.E. Press, 1994.
A story of dramatic effects of deforestation and how the Earth reclaims and renews itself. Grades PreK-4. ISBN: 0876043260, available bn. NC List.
• Noble, Trinka Hakes. Apple Tree Christmas. Dial. 1984.
In 1881, when their apple tree is felled by a storm just before Christmas, a young farm girl and her family discover that the tree was important to each of them for different reasons. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140546030, found library
• Rapp. Dear Mother Earth. Bantam Books. 1978.
Illustrations accompany letters to Mother Earth telling her how we love the home she provides us. Grades K+. Can’t find
• Rose, Deborah Lee. The People Who Hugged The Trees: An Environmental Folk Tale. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1990.
Based on a classic folk tale from India, this haunting story gives children insight into India's history and culture while teaching them that environmental protection is everyone's concern. It is carefully researched and illustrated with detailed watercolors of rural India. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1879373505, found library
• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656, found bn
• Undry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice. Harper Trophy. 1987.
Trees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0064431479, found bn
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. Grade 1-5. ISBN: 0395533082
• Wood, Douglas. Old Turtle. Scholastic. 1992.
The Old Turtle teachers humas the value in all living things. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0439309085, found bn
90. The Native Way
• Bash, Barbara. In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree. Sierra Club. 1996.
This book captures the soul of the ancient and sacred banyan, painting a vivid picture of its importance to the people and other life forms that flourish beneath and within its welcoming branches. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1578050804, found bn
• Bash, Barbara. Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab. Sierra Club. 2002.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support. Grades PreK-5. ISBN: 1578050863, found library
• Berger, Melvin. The Native Americans Told Us So. Newbridge.
Children discover that the Native Americans found many ways to live in harmony with the land and conserve Earth’s natural resources. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842119, unavailable
• Bierhorst, John. Way of the Earth: Native Americans and the Environment. Morrow, William and Co. 1994.
Uses native testimony and native texts to show how 'animal masters' and natural gardening protect the land from overuse, how living space is patterned, how human reproduction is controlled, and how the sun is viewed as the overlord of a closed energy system from which nothing may be removed without 'payment.' Grades 6+. Can’t find
• Bruchac, Joseph. Fox Song. Philomel Books. 1993.
After the death of her Indian great-grandmother, Jamie remembers the many special things the old woman shared with her about the natural world. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0698115619, found library
• Buchanan, Ken. This House Is Made of Mud ---Esta casa esta´ hecha de lodo. Rising Moon Books.
Written in both Spanish and English on each page this is a story of life in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. Soft watercolors and simple words describe a family, whose lives are inter-woven with the environment and the home they fashion from the earth. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0873585801, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children. Fulcrum. 1991.
A rich collection of uplifting Native American stories and creative nature activities that will inspire children to love and respect animals. Keepers of the Animals will help children to understand their interdependence with all living beings and life forms. Grades K-7. ISBN: 1555913865, found bn
o Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Animals Teacher’s Guide.
ISBN: 1555911072, found bn
• Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families. Fulcrum Publishing. 1996.
Readers will learn about the relationships between people and the gardens of Earth, seed preservation, Native diets and meals, natural pest control, and the importance of the Circle of Life. ISBN: 155591148X, found bn
• Esbensen, Barbara Juster. The Star Maiden: An Ojibway Tale. Little, Brown. 1988.
Tired of wandering in the sky, the star maiden searches for the perfect home on earth. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0316249556, found bn
• Field, Edward. Eskimo Songs and Stories. Dell Publishing Co. 1973.
Grades 2-3. ISBN: 044002336X, found library
• Goble, Paul. Death of the Iron Horse. Simon and Schuster. 1987.
In an act of bravery and defiance against the white men encroaching on their territory in 1867, a group of young Cheyenne braves derail and raid a freight train. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689716869, found bn
• Hirschi, Ron. When the Wolves Return. Cobblehill Books. 1995.
A heartfelt, impassioned plea for the return of the wolf to the territories it once roamed. Hirschi makes frequent references to the respect Native Americans have long held for this intelligent predator, and cites the role wolves play in maintaining proper balances in a natural world. Grades 1-7. ISBN: 0525651446, found library
• Holling, Clancy. Paddle-To-The-Sea. Houghton Mifflin. 1941.
A young Indian boy carves a canoe and travels through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The text and pictures provide an excellent geographical and historical picture of the region. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0395150825, found bn
• Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (A message from Chief Seattle). Dial Books. 1991.
This picture book is adapted from a speech purportedly delivered by Chief Seattle at treaty negotiations in the 1850s, Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0142301329, found bn.
• Johnston, Tony. The Magic Maguey. Harcourt. 1996.
Miguel figures out a way to save the beloved maguey plant in his Mexican pueblo. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0152509887, found library
• Kerven, Rosalind. Earth Magic, Sky Magic: North American Indian Tales. Cambridge University Press. 1989.
Traditional stories from twelve different North American Indian peoples are grouped around the recurrent themes of the sun, moon and stars; fantastical journeys; and two popular cultural heroes, Spider Woman, a benevolent sorceress, and Coyote the trickster. ISBN: 052163525X, found bn
• Krensky, Stephen. Children of the Earth and Sky. Scholastic. 1991.
From pottery makers to fierce warriors, readers will discover the traditions of five different tribes--Hopi, Comanche, Mohican, Navajo, and Mandan--in these tales of Native American children. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590428535, found library
• Krensky, Stephen. Children of the Wind and Water. Scholastic. 1994.
Depicts traditional lifestyles of children in five different tribes of North American Indians through vignettes set in a time almost two hundred years ago. The tribes are the Muskogee, Dakota, Huron, Tlingit, and Nootka. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0590469630, unavailable
• Mayo, Gretchen Will. Earthmaker’s Tales: North American Indian Stories About Earth Happenings. Walker and Co. 1989.
A collection of Indian legends about such natural phenomena as thunder and lightning, earthquakes, tornados, and rainbows. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0802768393, found library
• Morris, Ann. Grandma Maxine Remembers: A Native American Family Story. Millbrook Press, 2002.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the Wind River Reservation, this is a true story about eight year-old Shawnee who belongs to the Shoshone tribe. She lives in a house at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, with her mother, one brother, two sisters, four dogs, and one cat. Grandma Maxine is an active person who works for a Head Start program on the reservation. Shawnee’s Grandpa Pee Wee works at a nearby farm roping and taking care of cattle. He is a descendant of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark on the famous exploration of the northwestern United States. ISBN 0-7613-2317-1, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Rodana, Kristina.The Eagle’s Song: A Tale from the Pacific Northwest. Little, Brown and Co. 1995.
While trying to find his brothers, Ermine encounters an Eagle-man and his ancient mother who help him teach the people living on the coast of the Pacific Northwest how to overcome their isolation and experience the joy of life. Grades K-3. can’t find
• Speare, Elizabeth. The Sign of the Beaver. Houghton Mifflin. 1983.
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0440479002, found bn
• Swamp, Chief Jake. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. Lee and Low. 1995.
A special children's version of the Thanksgiving Address, a message of gratitude that originated with the Native people of upstate New York and Canada and that is still spoken at ceremonial gatherings held by the Iroquois, or Six Nations. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1880000547, found bn
• Williamson, Ray and Jean Guard Monroe. They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths. Houghton Mifflin. 1987.
A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 039539970X, found bn
91. In the Good Old Days
• Aliki. Johnny Appleseed. Prentice-Hall. 1963.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671667467, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Allen, Judy. Elephant. Candlewick Press. 1995.
When Hannah finds an ivory necklace that belonged to her great-grandmother, it gives her dreams; and she knows she must make restitution to the elephants for their suffering caused by the ivory trade. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 1564024385, found library
• Bliss, Corinne Demas. Matthew’s Meadow. Harcourt. 1992.
Every year at blackberry time Matthew visits the red-tailed hawk in the black walnut tree in the meadow, and she teaches him how to use his senses to fully appreciate the natural world. Grades K-5. can’t find
• Holling, Clancy. Paddle-To-The-Sea. Houghton Mifflin. 1941.
A young Indian boy carves a canoe and travels through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The text and pictures provide an excellent geographical and historical picture of the region. Grades K-7. ISBN: 0395150825.
• Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed. Morrow Junior Books. 1988.
John Chapman loved animals and nature so much that he left home to live in the wilderness. Wherever he roamed, he cleared the land to plant apple trees. He gave the trees to settlers who followed, thus earning the fond name "Johnny Appleseed." Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688064175, found bn
• Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Laib. 1982.
A Sand Country Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Grades 6+. ISBN: 019505928X, found bn
• Lewis, Kim. Days on the Farm. Candlewick Press, 2004.
Several stories about life on the farm. ISBN: 0-7607-6263-5, found bn.
• Lindbergh, Reeve. Johnny Appleseed. Little, Brown. 1990.
Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0316526347, found bn
• Maurer, Richard. Wild Colorado. Crown Books. 1999.
Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2. Grade 4+. ISBN: 0517709457, found library
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• Silverstein, Shel. The Giving Tree. Harper Collins. 1964.
A moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love, told throughout the life of a boy who grows to manhood and a tree that selflessly gives him her bounty through the years. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0060256656, found bn
• Stewart Knight, Amelia. The Way West. Journal of a Pioneer Woman. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
The story of a family traveling to Oregon during the 1950s. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0689825803, found bn. Kay West.
• Thorson, Kristine and Robert M. Stone Wall Secrets. Bt Bound. 2003.
A grandfather gives his grandson a lesson in geology, history, and family pride as they examine the stone walls defining his New England farmstead. Grade 3-7. ISBN: 0884482294, found bn
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• Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Prairie Day. HarperCollins Publishers.
“It is an exciting time for Laura and her family as they travel far in their covered wagon, through woods, creeks, and the tall grass, on their way to their new little house on the Kansas prairie.” Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064435040, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Winter Days in the Big Woods. HarperCollins Publishers.
A story of how families prepared for winter in the good old days, harvesting vegetables from the garden, preparing firewood and activities families participated in during the days before television and video games. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064433730, found bn. Wyoming/West.
92. A Look at Lifestyles
• Bash, Barbara. In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree. Little, Brown. 1996.
This book captures the soul of the ancient and sacred banyan, painting a vivid picture of its importance to the people and other life forms that flourish beneath and within its welcoming branches. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1578050804, found bn
• Buchanan, Ken. This House Is Made of Mud ---Esta casa esta´ hecha de lodo. Rising Moon Books. 2004.
Written in both Spanish and English on each page, this is a story of life in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. Soft watercolors and simple words describe a family, whose lives are inter-woven with the environment and the home they fashion from the earth. Grades PreK-3. ISBN: 0873585801, found bn. Kay West.
• Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt. 1990.
This inspired look at what the Kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it-and what rain forests mean to the world's ecology-was at the forefront of the ecological movement ten years ago and continues to resonate profoundly with children everywhere. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0152026142, found bn
• Cherry, Lynne. The Shaman’s Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Harcourt. 2001.
Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0152024867, found bn
• DeSpain, Pleasant. Eleven Nature Tales: A Multicultural Journey. August House Publishers. 1966.
These traditional stories come from Native Americans, as well as from peoples of Africa, Fiji, China and Central Asia, Australia, and Portugal. Some feature animal characters, while others have human protagonists. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0874834589, found bn
• Field, Edward. Eskimo Songs and Stories. Dell Publishing Co. 1973.
Grades 2-3. ISBN: 044002336X, found library
• Goble, Paul. Death of the Iron Horse. Simon and Schuster. 1987.
In an act of bravery and defiance against the white men encroaching on their territory in 1867, a group of young Cheyenne braves derail and raid a freight train. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689716869, found bn
• Helfman, Elizabeth S. The Bushmen and Their Stories. Seabury. 1971.
Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0816430071, found library
• Jacob Altman, Linda. Amelia’s Road. Lee and Low Books. 1993
Story of the daughter of a migrant worker family who follow the
harvest. She dreams of a house with an old shade tree and belonging
to a special place. Grades 2-4. ISBN: 188000027X, found bn. Kay
West.
• Jeffers, Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (A message from Chief Seattle). Dial Books. 1991.
This picture book is adapted from a speech purportedly delivered by Chief Seattle at treaty negotiations in the 1850s, Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0142301329, found bn
• Johnston, Tony. The Magic Maguey. Harcourt. 1996.
Miguel figures out a way to save the beloved maguey plant in his Mexican pueblo. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0152509887, found library
• Kerven, Rosalind. Earth Magic, Sky Magic: North American Indian Tales. Cambridge University Press. 1989.
Traditional stories from twelve different North American Indian peoples are grouped around the recurrent themes of the sun, moon and stars; fantastical journeys; and two popular cultural heroes, Spider Woman, a benevolent sorceress, and Coyote the trickster. ISBN: 052163525X, found bn
• Lewis, Kim. Days on the Farm. Candlewick Press, 2004.
Several stories about life on the farm. ISBN: 0-7607-6263-5, found bn.
• Lopez, Barry. Crow and Weasel. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1998.
In the distant era of myth time, before people forgot how to speak the language of animals, two young men from the northern plains set out to travel farther than any of their people have ever gone before. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0374416133, found bn
• MacGill-Callahan, Sheila. And Still The Turtle Watched. Dial Books for Young Readers. 1991.
A turtle carved in rock on a bluff over the Hudson River by Indians long ago watches with sadness the changes man brings over the years. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0140558365, found bn
• Mayo, Gretchen Will. Earthmaker’s Tales: North American Indian Stories About Earth Happenings. Walker and Co. 1989.
A collection of Indian legends about such natural phenomena as thunder and lightning, earthquakes, tornados, and rainbows. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 0802768393, found library
• Morris, Ann. Grandma Maxine Remembers: A Native American Family Story. Millbrook Press, 2002.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the Wind River Reservation, this is a true story about eight year-old Shawnee who belongs to the Shoshone tribe. She lives in a house at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, with her mother, one brother, two sisters, four dogs, and one cat. Grandma Maxine is an active person who works for a Head Start program on the reservation. Shawnee’s Grandpa Pee Wee works at a nearby farm roping and taking care of cattle. He is a descendant of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark on the famous exploration of the northwestern United States. ISBN 0-7613-2317-1, found bn. Wyoming/West.
• Montgomery, Sy. The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans. Houghton Mifflin. 2001.
There is much mystery and speculation surrounding these tigers, who are as revered as they are feared. By observing the tigers, talking to the villagers and listening to their stories, which are steeped in legend, scientists are trying to uncover the hidden truths about these magnificent beasts. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 061849490, found bn
• Morimoto, Junko. Kenju’s Forest. Harper Collins. 1991.
Grades K-3. can’t find
• Rose, Deborah Lee. The People Who Hugged The Trees: An Environmental Folk Tale. Roberts Rinehart, Inc. 1990.
Based on a classic folk tale from India, this haunting story gives children insight into India's history and culture while teaching them that environmental protection is everyone's concern. It is carefully researched and illustrated with detailed watercolors of rural India. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1879373505, found library
• Speare, Elizabeth. The Sign of the Beaver. Houghton Mifflin. 1983.
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0440479002, found bn
• Stewart Knight, Amelia. The Way West. Journal of a Pioneer Woman. Simon and Schuster. 1993.
The story of a family traveling to Oregon during the 1950s. Grades 4-6. ISBN: 0689825803, found bn. Kay West.
• Thompson, Vivian. Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky. University of Hawaii Press. 1988.
Presents twelve Hawaiian myths which explain how the earth was created, why volcanoes on Hawaii erupt, why the days are longer in summer, and other natural phenomena. Grades 4-7. ISBN: 0824811712, found bn
• Williamson, Ray and Jean Guard Monroe. They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths. Houghton Mifflin. 1987.
A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper. Grades 3-6. ISBN: 039539970X, found bn
93. Paper Civilizations
• Kan, Lai Po. Ancient Chinese. Silver Burdett. 1985.
Discusses Chinese civilization mainly of the Han and T'ang dynasties, when paper and printing were invented and art and poetry flourished. Grades 3+. ISBN: 0382069161, found library
• Koscielniak, Bruce. Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press. Houghton Mifflin. 2003.
A history of the modern printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg around 1450 but also at its precursors. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0618263519, found bn
• Lafferty, Peter and Julian Rowe. The Inventor Through History. Steck-Vaughn. 1993.
Highlights inventors and their inventions, from the printing of books in the fifteenth century to today's electronic devices. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1568470134, found bn
• Limousin, Odile. Story of Paper. Young Discovery Library. 1989.
Traces the history of paper from ancient times to the present. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0944589162, found library
• Ross, Frank Jr. Oracle Bones, Stars, and the Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology. Houghton Mifflin. 1982.
Discusses the achievements of the ancient Chinese in astronomy, medicine, science, and engineering, as well as such influential Chinese inventions as paper, printing, gun powder, and the compass. ISBN: 0395549671, found bn
• Steffens, Bradley. Printing Press: Ideas Into Type. Gale Group. 1990.
Discusses the invention of mechanical printing, from its origins in China through Gutenberg to present technology, examining typography, graphic arts, paper, bookbinding, photography, and the cultural contexts of printing. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1560062053, found library
• Tames, Richard L. Printing Press: A Breakthrough in Communication. Heinemann. 2000.
Surveys the development of the printing press, from advances in Asia and Gutenberg's work in Germany to the profound impact of printing on civilization in general. Grades 4-5. ISBN: 1575724189, found bn
• Wilmore, Kathy. Day in the Life of a Colonial Printer. Rosen. 2001.
Describes a day in the life of a colonial printer, the workings of a printing press, and how it was used to spread news. Grades 2-6. ISBN: 0823954285, found bn
94. By the Rivers of Babylon
• Cossi, Olga. Water Wars: The Fight to Control and Conserve Nature's Most Precious Resource. MacMillan. 1993.
As reserves of this precious resource disappear or become polluted, people are beginning to fight r control of available water. This book examines the crucial roles that supplies of fresh water are playing in world politics, how various areas of the world are trying to solve their water problems, and what success they are achieving. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0027245950, found library
• Cowcher, Helen. Rain Forest. Farrar. 1988.
This cautionary tale uses simple language and brilliant watercolor illustrations to describe how human actions can destroy the peaceful world of rainforest plants, animals, and insects. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0374461902, found bn
• Franklin, Kristine L. When the Monkeys Came Back. Atheneum Books, MacMillan. 1994.
Always remembering how the monkeys in her Costa Rican valley disappeared when all the trees were cut down, Marta grows up, plants more trees, and sees the monkeys come back. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0689318073, found library (also available in Spanish)
• Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust. Scholastic. 1998.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0590371258, found bn
• Ocko, Stephanie. Water: Almost Enough for Everyone. Atheneum. 1995.
One day the people of Redding, Iowa, turned on their spigots and nothing came out. Thirty-eight of the town's 40 wells had dried up. Unfortunately, Redding is not the only community ever to face a lack of water. Here is an in-depth look at the many reasons there is not enough water for everyone, as well as the social and environmental implications of water shortages. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0689317972, found library
• Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Yellowstone Fires: Flames, and Rebirth. Holiday. 1990.
Describes the massive forest fires that burned almost one million acres of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 and the effects, both positive and negative, on the ecology of the forest there. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0823408078, found library
• Shemie, Bonnie. Houses of Wood: The Northwest Coast. Tundra. 1994.
The Native peoples of the Northwest Coast were blessed with a mild climate, waters teeming with fish, and abundant vegetation, including giant cedars, among the world’s tallest and most versatile of trees. With only small handmade tools, these peoples managed to fell the massive trees, transport them back to their villages, build spectacular wooden dwellings, and embellish them with art admired the world over. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0887763324.
95. Did You Notice?
• Applebaum, Diana. Giants in the Land. Houghton Mifflin. 1993
Giants in the Land is an incredible look at the role the giant pine trees of New England played in the history of the United States, especially in the years preceding the Revolutionary War. Grades 1-7. ISBN: 0395647207, found bn
• Baker, Jeannie. Where the Forest Meets the Sea. Greenwillow Books. 1988.
On a camping trip in an Australian rain forest with his father, a young boy thinks about the history of the plant and animal life around him and wonders about their future. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688063632, found bn
• Baron, Robert. Hudson: Story of a River. Fulcrum Publishing. 2004.
Presents an imaginary journey back in time to the birth of the Hudson River and examines its history, pollution and clean-up, nearby Native American and European settlements, and the river's appeal as a tourist destination and literary subject. Grades 4-8. ISBN: 1555915124.
• Bouchard, David. If You’re Not From The Prairie… Atheneum. 1995.
With accessible verse and stunning artwork, here is a book in the tradition of Norman Rockwell that captures the particularly American experience of life on the prairie. Grades 1-6. can’t find
• Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild. Harcourt. 1992.
An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0152163727, found bn
• Fleming, Denise. Where Once There Was A Wood. Holt. 2000.
Examines the many forms of wildlife that can be displaced if their environment is destroyed by development and discusses how communities and schools can provide spaces for them to live. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0805064826, found bn
• Hall, Donald. Old Home Day. Harcourt Brace & Co. 1996.
In this eloquent "biography" of a fictional New Hampshire village, Blackwater evolves from a forested wilderness to a thriving farm community to a gentrified retreat. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152768963, unavailable
• Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust. Scholastic. 1998.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. Grades 6+. ISBN: 0590371258, found bn
• Jaspersohn, William. How the Forest Grew. Greenwillow Books. 1980.
Describes the gradual transformation of a cleared farm field into a dense forest. Grades K-3. ISBN: 068811508X, found library
• Johnston, Tony. Yonder. Holt. 1988.
Year after year, the plum tree which the farmer planted is witness to the continuing generations of his family. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1586851802, found library
• Lauber, Patricia. Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens. Bradbury Press. 1986.
Discusses the eruption and healing of Mount St. Helens. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0689716796, found bn
• Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. Laib. 1982.
A Sand Country Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Grades 6+. ISBN: 019505928X, found bn
• Lowery, Linda. Earth Day. Carolrhoda Books. 1991.
Explains, in simple text and illustrations, how and why Earth Day became an internationally recognized day, calling global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0876145608, found bn
• Mabey, Richard. Oak and Company. Greenwillow Books. 1983.
Follows an oak tree and its company of plants and animals from its beginning as an acorn to its death 282 years later. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0688019935, found library
• MacGill-Callahan, Sheila. And Still The Turtle Watched. Dial Books for Young Readers. 1991.
A turtle carved in rock on a bluff over the Hudson River by Indians long ago watches with sadness the changes man brings over the years. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0140558365, found bn
• Maurer, Richard. Wild Colorado. Crown Books. 1999.
Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0517709457, found library
• Reed-Jones, Carol. The Tree in the Ancient Forest. Dawn. 1995.
Structured like "This Is the House that Jack Built," this environmental rhyme aims to show the interdependence of living things in the ancient forests. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1883220319, found bn
• Selsam, Millicent. Birth of a Forest. Harper and Row. 1964.
Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0060252766, found library
• Thorson, Kristine and Robert M. Stone Wall Secrets. Bt Bound. 2003.
A grandfather gives his grandson a lesson in geology, history, and family pride as they examine the stone walls defining his New England farmstead. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0884482294, found bn
o Deike, Ruth G. Stone Wall Secrets: Exploring Geology in the Classroom: Teachers Guide. Tilbury House. 2003.
Ruth Deike has incorporated the imagery and discoveries of Stone Wall Secrets with hands-on classroom activities that illustrate basic earth science concepts for students. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 0884481964, found bn
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0395533082, found bn
• Wheatley, Nadia, and Donna Rawlins. My Place. Kane/Miller Publishers. 1994.
My Place is a wonderfully intimate history of Australia starting in 1988 and going back 200 years to 1788. Young readers learn its history by being told the story of one particular place by the generations of Australian children who have lived there. Grades 2-7. ISBN: 0916291545, unavailable
• Yolen, Jane. Letting Swift River Go. Little, Brown. 1991.
The story of the building of the Quabbin Reservoir in western MA. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0316968609, found bn
96. Improve Your Place
• 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth. Earthworks Press. 1999.
A pracitical and upbeat guide showing how individual actions can affect the planet. Grades 5-8. ISBN: 0836223012
• Albert, Richard. Alejandro’s Gift. Chronicle Books. 1994.
Lonely in his house beside a road in the desert, Alejandro builds an oasis to attract the many animals around him. Grades K-3. can’t find
• Aliki. Johnny Appleseed. Prentice-Hall. 1963.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0671667467, found bn (also available in Spanish)
• Allen, John Logan L. Student Atlas of Environmental Issues. McGraw-Hill. 1997.
Explores the human impact on the air, waters, biosphere, and land in every major world region. Provides a unique combination of maps and data helping students understand the dimensions of the world's environmental problems and the geographical basis of these problems. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0697365204, found bn
• Asch, Frank. The Earth and I. Harcourt. 1994.
A child explains how he and the Earth dance and sing together and take turns listening to each other. Grades PreK+. ISBN: 0152004432, found bn
• Baehr, Patricia. For A Good Cause. Newbridge.
This collection of short profiles featuers a diverse group of people telling how and why they took action for a cause close to their hearts. Guided reading level U. can’t find
• Berger, Melvin. Can Kids Save the Earth? Newbridge.
Students discover that other children all over the world are helping to improve the environment, and they learn what they can do to help, too. Grades 1-4. ISBN: 1567842097, unavailable.
• Berry, Joy. Every Kids' Guide to Saving the Earth. Living Skills Press. 1992.
Using everyday situations, this activity-filled title shows how children can develop habits and attitudes which will make their homes, neighborhoods, communities, and even their whole planet a better place in which to live. Grades K-5. ISBN: 1590930541, found bn
• Brooks, Felicity. Protecting Trees and Forests. EDCP. 1991.
Trees are vital to the health of the Earth but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Why is this happening and what can be done to protect them? This colorful book provides a simple yet fascinating introduction to the conservation of trees and forests. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 074600656X, found library
• Bunting, Eve. Night Tree. Harcourt. 1991.
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0152001212, found bn
• Cole, Henry. Aani and the Tree-Huggers. Lee & Low Books. 1995.
Horrified by the city people who have come to cut down their beloved forest homeland, Aani and other members of her village try to make them understand how important the trees are, and a single act of bravery helps save the forest. Grades K-5. ISBN: 1584300043, found bn
• Collard, Sneed B. Acting for Nature: What Young People Around the World Have Done to Protect the Environment. Heyday Books. 2000.
Describes the efforts of fifteen young people to protect the environment in their communities in different countries around the world. Grades 3-7. ISBN: 1890771244, unavailable
• Cone, Molly. 1992. Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life. Sierra Club Books.
The story of how an elementary school in Washington state ``adopted'' a polluted stream that had once been a spawning ground for salmon. Grades 1-6. ISBN: 0871564890, found bn
• Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius. Viking Press. 1982.
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140505393, found bn
• Dee, Catherine. Kid Heroes of the Environment. Earthworks Press. 1991.
Twenty-nine profiles of individuals and organizations who worked at home, at school, locally, and nationally, to help the environment through “kid power.” Grades 3-8. ISBN: 1879682125.
• Duper, Linda Leeb. 160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for Young People. Facts on File. 1996.
Do you want to make the world a better place but don't know where to start? Then it's time to 'think globally, act locally.' 160 Ways To Help The World will help you make a positive impact on your community. Grades 4+. ISBN: 0816035032, found library
• Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. HarperCollins. 1999.
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed. Grades 7+. ISBN: 0064472078.
• Fife, Dale. The Empty Lot. Sierra Club Books. 1991.
A provocative story that gives a clear message of conservation and brings it into focus for young audiences. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0871568594, found library
• Fleming, Denise. Where Once There Was A Wood. Holt. 2000.
Examines the many forms of wildlife that can be displaced if their environment is destroyed by development and discusses how communities and schools can provide spaces for them to live. Grades K-5. ISBN: 0805064826, found bn
• Giono, Jean. The Man Who Planted Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1985.
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. Grades 4+. ISBN: 1570625387, found bn
• Glaser, Linda. Tanya’s Big Green Dream. Maxwell MacMillan Intnl. 1994.
After Tanya decides to plant a tree for her Earth Day project, her only problems are getting the money to buy it and finding a place to put it. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0027359948, found library
• Hazen, Barbara Shook. World, World, What Can I Do? Abingdon Press. 1976.
A young child discovers, in a rhymed question and answer dialogue, what he can do to help his environment. Grades K-3. ISBN: 068746384X, unavailable
• Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed. Morrow Junior Books. 1988.
John Chapman loved animals and nature so much that he left home to live in the wilderness. Wherever he roamed, he cleared the land to plant apple trees. He gave the trees to settlers who followed, thus earning the fond name "Johnny Appleseed." Grades K-4. ISBN: 0688064175, found bn
• Kurusa. The Streets are Free. Annick Press. 1985.
A true story of the children of barrio San Jose de la Urbina
(Venezuela) and how they organized their community to make a park.
Grades 4-6. ISBN: 1550373706, found bn. Kay West.
• Lauber, Patricia. Be A Friend To Trees. Harper Collins. 1994.
Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things. Grades K-4. ISBN: 0064451208, found bn
• Lehrman, Frederic. Loving the Earth: a Sacred Landscape Book for Children. Celestial Arts. 1990.
This collection of stunning artwork and photographs and easy-to-read text is designed both to teach children about the wonderful planet we live on and to inspire awe and respect for the sacredness of this mother planet Earth. Grades PreK-2. can’t find
• Lewis, Barbara A. Kids Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose - and Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action. Free Spirit Publishing. 1998.
Resource guide for children for learning political action skills that can help them make a difference in solving social problems at the community, state, and national levels. Grades 6+. ISBN: 1575420384¸found bn
• Lindbergh, Reeve. Johnny Appleseed. Little, Brown. 1990.
Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today. ISBN: 0316526347, found bn
• Lowery, Linda. Earth Day. Carolrhoda Books. 1991.
Explains, in simple text and illustrations, how and why Earth Day became an international holiday calling global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0876145608, found bn
• Makower, Joel. Going Green: A Kid’s Handbook for Saving the Planet. Penguin Books. 1990.
An A-to-Z list of activities, emphasizing simple deeds well within the ability of most children, outlines the ways in which individuals can take an active role in the protection of our planet. Grades 4-8. can’t find
• Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood: An Old Nursery Song. North-South Books. 1993.
A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree. Grades K-3. ISBN: 1558581928, found bn
• McGrath, Susan. Saving Our Animal Friends. National Geographic Society. 1986.
Describes ways people help some wild animals in need of human protection, particularly in keeping their environments safe for them to live without injury. Grades K-3. ISBN: 0792236025, found bn
• Middleton, Nick. Atlas of Environmental Issues. Facts on File, Inc. 1989. 1989.
Describes and explains major environmental issues of the world today including soil erosion, deforestation, mechanised agriculture, oil pollution of the oceans, acid rain, overfishing, and nuclear power. Grades 6+. ISBN: 081602023X, found library
• Miles, Betty. Save the Earth: An Action Handbook for Kids. Knopf. 1991.
An overview of the environmental problems of land, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, animals, and people. Includes projects and a section on becoming an environmental activist. Grades 4+. ISBN: 067981731X, found library
• Rand, Gloria. Fighting for the Forest. Holt and Company. 1999.
When they find blue logging markings in the ancient forest where they like to hike, a boy and his father try to save the trees from being cut down. Includes information about how to find and enjoy ancient forests. Grades K-2. ISBN: 0805054669, found bn
• Ryder, Joanne. Where Butterflies Grow. E.P. Dutton. 1989.
The story goes through the stages of growth as the egg evolves from birth to the glorious moment when the butterfly takes wing. Grades PreK-2. ISBN: 0140558586, found bn
• Stenstrup, Allen. Hazardous Waste. Children’s Press Inc. 1991.
Explains what hazardous wastes are, how they are produced, and why it is difficult to dispose of them. Grades PreK-2. ISBN 0516055062, found
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Houghton Mifflin. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment. Grades 1-5. ISBN: 0395533082, found bn
• Zimmerman, Richard. What Can I Do to Make a Difference?: A Positive Action Sourcebook. Penguin Books USA, Inc. 1991.
Contains lots of non-trivial ideas and contact information. Useful for groups and individuals seeking projects. Gradesss 4+. ISBN: 0452266327, unavailable
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