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101 Questions & Answers About Backyard Wildlife
by Ann Squire
This is the perfect reference book to help find the answers to your child's questions about the insects, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians that may live in your backyard. The question and answer format accompanied by accurate and appealing black and white sketches will make this a favorite handbook for your curious child.
Ages: Second-grader, Third-grader
Themes: Nature, Nonfiction
Types: Read Aloud
A Taste of Blackberries
by Doris Buchanan Smith
Jamie and his best friend enjoy spending warm summer days playing together in the fields that surround their houses. Unfortunately, a tragic event ends Jamie's life and forces a young boy to figure out how he can experience joy again without his best friend.
Ages: Second-grader, Third-grader
Themes: Friends, Nature
Types: Read Aloud
Abel's Island
by William Steig
One day Abel, a dignified and proper mouse, goes out for a picnic with his wife. A massive storm strikes, and he is swept away and stranded on a river island for a year. Abel's strength and endurance are put to the test with many challenges. Will he survive the long and snowy winter? Can he escape the deathly grasp of a screech owl? Will he ever get off the island and see his wife again?
Ages: Second-grader, Third-grader
Themes: Nature
Types: Read Aloud
Amazing Spiders
by Alexandra Parsons
Does your child love creepy, crawly critters? If so, this is the perfect book for her. It is packed with dramatic photographs of many spectacular members of the spider family. Information about each spider is written in short, descriptive blurbs ideal for young readers.
Ages: Kindergartner, First-grader, Second-grader, Third-grader
Themes: Nature, Nonfiction
Types: Read Aloud, Read to Self
Are You a Butterfly?
by Judy Allen
What would it feel like to be a butterfly? What would you eat? These are just a few questions that are explored in this playful yet informative text that will surely spark inquiry in your young nature lover. This series also offers books on ladybugs, bees, spiders, and dragonflies.
Ages: Toddler, Preschooler, Kindergartner, First-grader
Themes: Nature, Nonfiction
Types: Read Aloud
Belly Button Boy
by Peter Maloney and Felicia Zekauskas
Have you ever struggled to get your child to take a bath? If so, you will enjoy this silly story about Billy who sprouts a plant in his belly button because he refuses to take a bath.
Ages: Preschooler, Kindergartner, First-grader, Second-grader
Themes: Family, Nature
Types: Read Aloud, Read to Self
Blueberries for Sal
by Robert McCloskey
Your child will delight in finding out how young Sal eats her way through the blueberry fields. As she picks a delicious feast for herself, a mother bear follows closely behind, eating her own berries. Meanwhile, mother bear's cub trails Sal's mom, munching on her pail of blueberries. This Robert McCloskey classic, complete with exquisite pencil drawings and rhythmic text, is a must read for all children.
Ages: Preschooler, Kindergartner, First-grader, Second-grader
Themes: Family, Nature
Types: Read Aloud, Read to Self
Born to Be a Butterfly
by Karen Wallace
This is the perfect book for the child who wants to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. Simple sentences with limited vocabulary are supported by clear and distinct illustrations and picture dictionary boxes. Well suited for beginning readers, your child can build his reading confidence while learning some important facts about one of nature's most fascinating creatures.
Ages: Kindergartner, First-grader
Themes: Nature, Nonfiction
Types: Read to Self
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
by Verna Aardema
It has not rained on Kapiti Plain for some time, and the animals are suffering. Ki-Pat must save them--along with his people--from this horrible drought. Your child will love this rhythmic cumulative tale as Ki-Pat discovers a creative way to bring the rain back to his African plain.
Ages: Preschooler, Kindergartner, First-grader, Second-grader, Third-grader
Themes: Multicultural, Nature, Reading Rainbow
Types: Read Aloud, Read to Self
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
by Bob Barner
This bright and captivating rhyming book will inspire your child to hunt for bugs in the backyard and beyond. An enclosed bug fact chart may also interest your budding entomologist.
Ages: Preschooler, Kindergartner, First-grader, Second-grader
Themes: Nature, Nonfiction
Types: Read Aloud, Read to Self
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