Science Literature Links

Science tasks in Scientific Inquiry for the 21st Century are linked to children's literature and various science kit activities. We have broken these down into the science content areas listed below:

PROPERTIES OF MATTER (5 SENSES AND OBSERVATIONS)
The Wonders of Me from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
The Sky was Blue by Charlotte Zolotow
PROPERTIES OF MATTER (SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, GASES)
About Water by Laurent deBrunhoff
Gorky Rises by William Steig
Splash! All About Baths by Susan K. Buxbaum
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews
Water's Way by Lisa W. Peters
Supersuits by Vicki Cobb
There's a Hippo in My Bath by Kyoko Matsuoka
Floating and Sinking by Franklyn Branley
Water is Wet by Sally Cartwright
Liquids by William Lumsden
Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen
Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun
A Chilling Story: How Things Cool Down by Eve and Albert Stwertka
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr.Suess
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime by Suzy Kline
Salt by Harve Zemach
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola
Bubbles by Bernie Zubrowski
The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee by Lucretia Hale
How to Think Like a Scientist by Stephen P. Kramer
Stories to Solve: Folk Tales from Around the World by George Shannon
Chemical Changes by Kathryn Whyman
Strega Nona's Magic Lessons by Tomie DePaola
The Chemist Who Lost His Head by Vivian Grey
Mystery Day by Harriet Ziefert
Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween by Patricia Elmore
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Top Secret by John R. Gardiner
The Monster Garden by Vivien Alcock

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Curious Clownfish by Eric Maddern
Dinosaurs are Different by Aliki
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Eric Carle's Animals Compiled by Laura Whipple
The Busy Day by Eric Carle
A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Lizard in the Sun by Joanne Ryder
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
Mousekin's Golden House by Edna Miller
Pretend You're a Cat by Jean Marzollo
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
My Father Doesn't Know About the Woods and Me by Dennis Haseley
Nicky the Nature Detective by Ulf Svedberg
The Snail's Spell by Joanne Ryder
The Flower Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
Chameleon Was a Spy by Diane R. Massie
How to Hide a Butterfly an Other Insects by Ruth Heller
Who's Hiding Here? by Yoshi
Pinkie Leaves Home by Peter O'Donnell
When Woods Hum by Joanne Ryder
Hello Tree by Joanne Ryder
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller

 

REPRODUCTION AND HEREDITY
Wild Mouse by Irene Brady
Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder
The Very Hungry Catepillar by Eric Carle
The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola
Who do You Think You Are?: Digging for Your Family Roots by Suzanne Hilton
Whisper from the Woods by Victoria Wirth
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

REGULATIONS AND BEHAVIOR
Linnea's Windowsill Garden by Christina Bjork
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
Mysteries and Marvels of Plant Life by Barbara Cork
Bean and Plant by Christine Back
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion
Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
The Caribou Alphabet by Mary Beth Owens
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Fireflies in the Night by Judy Hawes
The Frog Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillers by Nancy W. Parker
Gay-Neck; The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Living with Dinosaurs by Patricia Lauber
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
My Side of the Mountain by Jean C. George
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Nicky the Nature Detective by Ulf Svedberg
On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon by Barbara Brenner
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Lizard in the Sun by Joanne Ryder
Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder
The Very Hungry Caterpiller by Eric Carle

POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS
Mathew's Meadow by Corine Bliss
Nature Spy by Shelley Rotner
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
Keep Looking by Millicent Selsam
The Butterfly Hunt by Yoshi
How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects by Ruth Heller
Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains? by May Garelick
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy W. Carlstrom
A Song for the Seasons by Jamake Highwater
Song for the Ancient Forest by Nancy Luenn
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Look! by April Wilson
Somewhere Today by Bert Kitchen
The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
At Home in it's Habitat by Phyllis Busch
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
One Small Square... by Donald Silver
And So They Build by Bert Kitchen
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
A Tree is Nice by Janice Udry
The Forgotten Forest by Laurence Anholt
Forests by David Lambert
Keep Looking by Millicent Selsam
The Last Free Bird by Harris Stone
The Rock by Peter Parnall
Heron Street by Ann Turner
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
The Lost Lake by Allan Say
The River by David Bellamy
Disappearing Wetlands by Helen J. Challand
Water, Water, Everywhere by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Our Dirty Water by Sarah M. Elliot
A Sea of Troubles by J.J. McCoy
A Clean Brook by Margaret Farrington
Chattanooga Sludge by Molly Bang
The Lorax by Dr. Suess
Michael Bird-Boy by Tomie DePaola
The Wump World by Bill Peet
The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander
The Talking Earth by Jean C. George
And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan

EVOLUTION, DIVERSITY AND ADAPTATIONS
Once There Was a Tree by Natalie Romanova
One Day in the Prairie by Jean C. George
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest by Jean C. George
Out in the Night by Karen Liptak
The Roadside by David Bellamy
Will We Miss Them? by Alexandra Wright
The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard
The Song in Walnut Grove by David Kherdian
Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City by Barbara Bash
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Drylongso by Virginia Hamilon
An Oak Tree Dies and a Journey Begins by Louanne Norris
The Empty Lot by Dale H.Fife
The Fall of Freddie Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
Whisper from the Woods by Victoria Wirth
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
Go Fish by Mary Stolz
In the Night, Still Dark by Richard Lewis
An Egg is an Egg by Nicki Weiss

EARTH'S STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS
The Weather Sky by Bruce McMillan
A Rainy Day by Sandra Markle
What Will the Weather Be by Linda DeWitt
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Raintalk by Mary Serfozo
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy and Ron Barret
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros
The Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper
The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock
The Amazing Dirt Book by Paulette Bourgeois
Our Patchwork Planet by Helen Sattler
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooper
Sunflower Island  
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr.
The Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
The Watching Game by Louise Borden
Water's Way by Lisa W. Peters
Why the Tides Ebb and Flow by Joan C. Bowden
When the Tide is Low by Sheila Cole
A Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
Hill of Fire by Thomas P. Lewis
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
The Water's Journey by Eleonore Schmid
The Stream by Naomi Russel

EARTH'S HISTORY
Mitzi and Fredrick the Great by Barbara Williams
Motel of Mysteries by David Macauley
My Backyard History Book by David Weitzman
Who Put the Cannon in the Courthouse Square? by Kay Cooper
If You are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor
Nate's Treasure by David Spohn
New Providence: A Changing Cityscape by Renata Von Tscharmer
How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World by Faith McNulty
Under Your Feet by Joanne Ryder
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
The Rock by Peter Parnall
When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor
Skara Brae: The Story of a Prehistoric Village by Olivier Dunrea
A Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper
The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock
Our Patchwork Planet by Helen Sattler
How Mountains are Made by Kathleen Zoehfeld
Let's Go Dinosaur Tracking by M. Schleir
Dinosaur Dream by Dennis Nolan
Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up by John R. Horner
The Last Dinosaur by Jim Murphy
The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard by B.G. Hennessy
Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki

SOLAR SYSTEM
Why Do We Have Different Seasons? by Issac Asimov
Seasons by Melvin Berger
Sunshine Makes the Seasons by Franklyn Branley
The Circle of Seasons by Gerda Muller
What the Moon is Like by Franklyn Branely
The Moon by Seymour Simon
Boat Ride with Lillian Two Blossom by Patricia Polacco
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger
How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort
Many Moons by James Thurber
Moon-Watch Summer by Lenore Blegvad
Night on Neighborhood Street by David Weisner
The Night of the Stars by Douglas Gutierrez and Maria F. Oliver
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
Sky Songs by Myra Cohn Livingston
The Truth About the Moon by Clayton Bess
Why the Sky is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
Heron Street by Ann Turner
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
The Lost Lake by Allan Say
The River by David Bellamy
Disappearing Wetlands by Helen J. Challand
Water, Water, Everywhere by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Our Dirty Water by Sarah M.Elliot
A Sea of Troubles by J.J. McCoy
The Clean Brook by Margaret Farrington
Chattanooga Sludge by Molly Bang
The Lorax by Dr. Suess
Michael Bird-Boy by Tomie DePaola
The Wump World by Bill Peet
The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander
The Endless Pavement by Jacqueline Jackson
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
Who Really Killed Cock Robin? by Jean C. George
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
The Lost Lake by Allan Say
The Clean Brook by Margeret Farrington Bartlett

PROPERTIES OF MATTER (5 SENSES AND OBSERVATIONS)
The Wonders of Me from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
The Sky was Blue by Charlotte Zolotow
PROPERTIES OF MATTER (SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, GASES)
About Water by Laurent deBrunhoff
Gorky Rises by William Steig
Splash! All About Baths by Susan K. Buxbaum
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews
Water's Way by Lisa W. Peters
Supersuits by Vicki Cobb
There's a Hippo in My Bath by Kyoko Matsuoka
Floating and Sinking by Franklyn Branley
Water is Wet by Sally Cartwright
Liquids by William Lumsden
Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen
Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun
A Chilling Story: How Things Cool Down by Eve and Albert Stwertka
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr.Suess
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime by Suzy Kline
Salt by Harve Zemach
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola
Bubbles by Bernie Zubrowski
The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee by Lucretia Hale
How to Think Like a Scientist by Stephen P. Kramer
Stories to Solve: Folk Tales from Around the World by George Shannon
Chemical Changes by Kathryn Whyman
Strega Nona's Magic Lessons by Tomie DePaola
The Chemist Who Lost His Head by Vivian Grey
Mystery Day by Harriet Ziefert
Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween by Patricia Elmore
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Top Secret by John R. Gardiner
The Monster Garden by Vivien Alcock

MOTION AND FORCES
Machines at Work by Byron Barton
Force: The Power Behind the Movement by Lionel Bender
The Way Things Work by David Macauley
Wheels at Work by Bernie Zubrowski
Bouncing and Rolling by Terry Jennings
Choo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Wheels Away by Dayle Anne Dodds
The Lazy Dog by John Hamberger
Making Things Move by Neil Ardley
Cars and How They Go by Joanna Cole
Fun on Wheels by Joanna Cole
Adventures with a Ball by Harry Milgram
Force and the Power by Eric Laithwaite
Forces and Motion by Simonde Binna
The Science Book of Machines by Neil Ardley
Raceways: Having Fun with Balls and Tracks by Bernie Zubrowski
The Science Book of Motion by Neil Ardley
Simple Science Experiments with Marbles by Eiji Orii and Masako
How Things Work by National Geographic Society

TRANSFERAL AND TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY
Amazing Magnets by David Adler
Blinkers and Buzzers: Building and Experimenting with Electricity and Magnetism by Bernie Zubrowski
Where Does Electricity Come From? by Susan Mayes
Quick Anni, Give me a Catchy Line: Samual Morse by Robert Quackenbush
Generating Electricity by Gregory Vogt
Coils, Magnets, and Rings: Michael Farady's World by Nancy Veglahn
Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster by Jay Williams
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Einstein Anderson Lights up the Sky by Seymour Simon
Einstein Anderson Shocks his Friends by Seymour Simon
Everything Happens to Stuey  
Introduction to Electronics by Pam Beasart
Discovering Electricity by Natalie Lunis
The Light Bulb by Sharon Cosner
What's the Big Idea by Jean Fritz
The Compass by Paula Hogan
Electricity and Magnetism by Kathryn Whyman
Amazing Magnets by David Adler
Experiments with Magnets by Helen Challand
Magnets by Terry Jennings
Electricity and Magnets by Barbara Taylo
Einstein Anderson Sees Through the Invisible Man by Seymour Simon
Fireflies in the Night by Judy Hawes
Keep Looking by Millicent E. Selsam and Joyce Hunt
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Curious Clownfish by Eric Maddern
Dinosaurs are Different by Aliki
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Eric Carle's Animals Compiled by Laura Whipple
The Busy Day by Eric Carle
A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Lizard in the Sun by Joanne Ryder
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
Mousekin's Golden House by Edna Miller
Pretend You're a Cat by Jean Marzollo
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
My Father Doesn't Know About the Woods and Me by Dennis Haseley
Nicky the Nature Detective by Ulf Svedberg
The Snail's Spell by Joanne Ryder
The Flower Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
Chameleon Was a Spy by Diane R. Massie
How to Hide a Butterfly an Other Insects by Ruth Heller
Who's Hiding Here? by Yoshi
Pinkie Leaves Home by Peter O'Donnell
When Woods Hum by Joanne Ryder
Hello Tree by Joanne Ryder
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller

REPRODUCTION AND HEREDITY
Wild Mouse by Irene Brady
Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder
The Very Hungry Catepillar by Eric Carle
The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola
Who do You Think You Are?: Digging for Your Family Roots by Suzanne Hilton
Whisper from the Woods by Victoria Wirth
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

REGULATIONS AND BEHAVIOR
Linnea's Windowsill Garden by Christina Bjork
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
Mysteries and Marvels of Plant Life by Barbara Cork
Bean and Plant by Christine Back
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion
Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
The Caribou Alphabet by Mary Beth Owens
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Fireflies in the Night by Judy Hawes
The Frog Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillers by Nancy W. Parker
Gay-Neck; The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Living with Dinosaurs by Patricia Lauber
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
My Side of the Mountain by Jean C. George
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Nicky the Nature Detective by Ulf Svedberg
On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon by Barbara Brenner
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Lizard in the Sun by Joanne Ryder
Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder
The Very Hungry Caterpiller by Eric Carle

POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS
Mathew's Meadow by Corine Bliss
Nature Spy by Shelley Rotner
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
Keep Looking by Millicent Selsam
The Butterfly Hunt by Yoshi
How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects by Ruth Heller
Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains? by May Garelick
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy W. Carlstrom
A Song for the Seasons by Jamake Highwater
Song for the Ancient Forest by Nancy Luenn
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Look! by April Wilson
Somewhere Today by Bert Kitchen
The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
At Home in it's Habitat by Phyllis Busch
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
One Small Square... by Donald Silver
And So They Build by Bert Kitchen
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
A Tree is Nice by Janice Udry
The Forgotten Forest by Laurence Anholt
Forests by David Lambert
Keep Looking by Millicent Selsam
The Last Free Bird by Harris Stone
The Rock by Peter Parnall
Heron Street by Ann Turner
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
The Lost Lake by Allan Say
The River by David Bellamy
Disappearing Wetlands by Helen J. Challand
Water, Water, Everywhere by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Our Dirty Water by Sarah M. Elliot
A Sea of Troubles by J.J. McCoy
A Clean Brook by Margaret Farrington
Chattanooga Sludge by Molly Bang
The Lorax by Dr. Suess
Michael Bird-Boy by Tomie DePaola
The Wump World by Bill Peet
The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander
The Talking Earth by Jean C. George
And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan

EVOLUTION, DIVERSITY AND ADAPTATIONS
Once There Was a Tree by Natalie Romanova
One Day in the Prairie by Jean C. George
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest by Jean C. George
Out in the Night by Karen Liptak
The Roadside by David Bellamy
Will We Miss Them? by Alexandra Wright
The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard
The Song in Walnut Grove by David Kherdian
Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City by Barbara Bash
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Drylongso by Virginia Hamilon
An Oak Tree Dies and a Journey Begins by Louanne Norris
The Empty Lot by Dale H.Fife
The Fall of Freddie Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
Whisper from the Woods by Victoria Wirth
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
Go Fish by Mary Stolz
In the Night, Still Dark by Richard Lewis
An Egg is an Egg by Nicki Weiss

EARTH'S STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS
The Weather Sky by Bruce McMillan
A Rainy Day by Sandra Markle
What Will the Weather Be by Linda DeWitt
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Raintalk by Mary Serfozo
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy and Ron Barret
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros
The Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper
The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock
The Amazing Dirt Book by Paulette Bourgeois
Our Patchwork Planet by Helen Sattler
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooper
Sunflower Island  
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr.
The Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
The Watching Game by Louise Borden
Water's Way by Lisa W. Peters
Why the Tides Ebb and Flow by Joan C. Bowden
When the Tide is Low by Sheila Cole
A Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
Hill of Fire by Thomas P. Lewis
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
The Water's Journey by Eleonore Schmid
The Stream by Naomi Russel

EARTH'S HISTORY
Mitzi and Fredrick the Great by Barbara Williams
Motel of Mysteries by David Macauley
My Backyard History Book by David Weitzman
Who Put the Cannon in the Courthouse Square? by Kay Cooper
If You are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor
Nate's Treasure by David Spohn
New Providence: A Changing Cityscape by Renata Von Tscharmer
How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World by Faith McNulty
Under Your Feet by Joanne Ryder
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
The Rock by Peter Parnall
When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor
Skara Brae: The Story of a Prehistoric Village by Olivier Dunrea
A Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper
The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock
Our Patchwork Planet by Helen Sattler
How Mountains are Made by Kathleen Zoehfeld
Let's Go Dinosaur Tracking by M. Schleir
Dinosaur Dream by Dennis Nolan
Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up by John R. Horner
The Last Dinosaur by Jim Murphy
The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard by B.G. Hennessy
Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki

SOLAR SYSTEM
Why Do We Have Different Seasons? by Issac Asimov
Seasons by Melvin Berger
Sunshine Makes the Seasons by Franklyn Branley
The Circle of Seasons by Gerda Muller
What the Moon is Like by Franklyn Branely
The Moon by Seymour Simon
Boat Ride with Lillian Two Blossom by Patricia Polacco
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger
How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort
Many Moons by James Thurber
Moon-Watch Summer by Lenore Blegvad
Night on Neighborhood Street by David Weisner
The Night of the Stars by Douglas Gutierrez and Maria F. Oliver
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
Sky Songs by Myra Cohn Livingston
The Truth About the Moon by Clayton Bess
Why the Sky is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
Heron Street by Ann Turner
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
The Lost Lake by Allan Say
The River by David Bellamy
Disappearing Wetlands by Helen J. Challand
Water, Water, Everywhere by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Our Dirty Water by Sarah M.Elliot
A Sea of Troubles by J.J. McCoy
The Clean Brook by Margaret Farrington
Chattanooga Sludge by Molly Bang
The Lorax by Dr. Suess
Michael Bird-Boy by Tomie DePaola
The Wump World by Bill Peet
The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander
The Endless Pavement by Jacqueline Jackson
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
Who Really Killed Cock Robin? by Jean C. George
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
The Lost Lake by Allan Say
The Clean Brook by Margeret Farrington Bartlett

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Better Mousetraps: Product Improvements that Led to Success by Nathan Aaseng
Egg Drop Blues by Jacqueline Turner Banks
Machines and How They Work by David Burnie
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Invention Book by Steven Caney
Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones
The Rejects: People and Products that Outsmarted the Experienced by Nathan Aaseng
Stories Behind Everyday Things by Jane Polley
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Inventor's Workshop by Alan J. McCormick
Science from Toys by Don Radford
Science, Models, and Toys by Don Radford
Robot Named Chip by Phillippe Dupasquier
Bored-Nothing to do by Peter Spier
Jesse Builds a Road by Lawrence Pringle
The Last Hundred Years: Household Technology by Daniel Cohen
The Invention of Ordinary Things by Donald Wulffson
An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer by Edward DeBono
Weird and Wacky Inventions by Autumn Stanley
Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions by Jim Haskins
Galimoto by Karen L. Williams

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Better Mousetraps: Product Improvements that Led to Success by Nathan Aaseng
Egg Drop Blues by Jacqueline Turner Banks
Machines and How They Work by David Burnie
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Invention Book by Steven Caney
Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones
The Rejects: People and Products that Outsmarted the Experienced by Nathan Aaseng
Stories Behind Everyday Things by Jane Polley
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Inventor's Workshop by Alan J. McCormick
Science from Toys by Don Radford
Science, Models, and Toys by Don Radford
Robot Named Chip by Phillippe Dupasquier
Bored-Nothing to do by Peter Spier
Jesse Builds a Road by Lawrence Pringle
The Last Hundred Years: Household Technology by Daniel Cohen
The Invention of Ordinary Things by Donald Wulffson
An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer by Edward DeBono
Weird and Wacky Inventions by Autumn Stanley
Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions by Jim Haskins
Galimoto by Karen L. Williams

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Better Mousetraps: Product Improvements that Led to Success by Nathan Aaseng
Egg Drop Blues by Jacqueline Turner Banks
Machines and How They Work by David Burnie
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Invention Book by Steven Caney
Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones
The Rejects: People and Products that Outsmarted the Experienced by Nathan Aaseng
Stories Behind Everyday Things by Jane Polley
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Inventor's Workshop by Alan J. McCormick
Science from Toys by Don Radford
Science, Models, and Toys by Don Radford
Robot Named Chip by Phillippe Dupasquier
Bored-Nothing to do by Peter Spier
Jesse Builds a Road by Lawrence Pringle
The Last Hundred Years: Household Technology by Daniel Cohen
The Invention of Ordinary Things by Donald Wulffson
An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer by Edward DeBono
Weird and Wacky Inventions by Autumn Stanley
Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions by Jim Haskins
Galimoto by Karen L. Williams