yucabird Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 This is my older daughter’s kinder year, and right now I am forgoing formal science and history; however, we have a number of interesting science-related picture books and read one daily. I would like to do this with history and want to build a collection of biographical and historical picture books. What I am looking for are well-written, interesting, attractive books. I’ll be reading aloud and don’t want easy-readers. To give an idea of the type for which I am looking, here are a few we have on our shelves: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein: http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Walked-Between-Towers/dp/031236878X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315086003&sr=8-1 Pocohontas by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire: http://www.amazon.com/Pocahontas-Ingri-Edgar-Parin-dAulaire/dp/1893103285/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315086077&sr=1-1 The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino: http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Undersea-Life-Jacques-Cousteau/dp/B004Z8LG6U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315086142&sr=1-1 Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) We love picture books for learning. I did the same with DD who is now 8, and will be doing the same with DS5. This year I just purchased this set from BFbooks to read aloud. I actually read these to my dd8 when she was little, I just never bought them. These are all really good, and I know both will get a lot out of them, especially since this is the year we are focusing on American history! http://www.bfbooks.com/Early-American-History-Primary-Jumbo-Pack We also read a lot of biography books like the following. There are many of these. Also, when we found someone we were interested in, I would find other books on that person to continue the reading. http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Book-Helen-Keller-Biographies/dp/0823409503/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1315094310&sr=8-3 DD loved these You Wouldn't Want to be series: http://www.amazon.com/You-Wouldnt-Want-Sail-Mayflower/dp/053112391X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315094399&sr=1-1 I love the Betsy Maestro books, but depending on your child, they might be a bit much at 5: http://www.amazon.com/Exploration-Conquest-Americas-Columbus-1500-1620/dp/0688154743/ref=pd_sim_b_37 If You Lived... series: http://www.amazon.com/If-You-Lived-Colonial-Times/dp/059045160X/ref=pd_sim_b_11 American Girl books are good, but probably best to wait until your daughter is a bit older and can read them herself, because they're fun for them to read independently. http://www.amazon.com/American-Story-True-Tales-History/dp/0375812563/ref=pd_sim_b_60 Edited September 4, 2011 by tammyw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Also, I'd love to hear some of your favorite science books you're doing this year! I am always looking for more good ideas :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Off the top of my head, a few we've done that I really enjoyed that were shorter, but still rich and informative: Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carol Weatherford (John Coltrane) You Can't Do That, Amelia by Kimberly Klier (Amelia Earhart) Elizabeth Leads the Way by Tanya Lee Stone (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson (Fannie Farmer) Ahoy, Ahoy, Are You There? by Robert Quackenbush (Alexander Graham Bell) I think it's fun just to browse through the biographies in the children's section. For longer picture book biographies, I really like Diane Stanley and Leonard Everett Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 We love love love the D'Aulaire books from Beautiful Feet. They are everything I wanted in a children's history book-accurate, well written, and beautifully illustrated. They captivate my six year old, and we are flying through them. They are pricey up front, but well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susankenny Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 We have a fun book called, "My First Book of Biographies". http://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Biographies-Cartwheel-bookshelf/dp/059045014X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1315095624&sr=8-6 We really enjoyed it when my children were 6. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susankenny Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 We love love love the D'Aulaire books from Beautiful Feet. They are everything I wanted in a children's history book-accurate, well written, and beautifully illustrated. They captivate my six year old, and we are flying through them. They are pricey up front, but well worth it. :iagree: Definitely a must!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Went searching amazon and found a few more dd liked when she was younger: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439078199/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1Q7BDJ0NGS1V6QEE49QC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 http://www.amazon.com/Mermaid-Queen-Spectacular-Kellerman-Swimsuit/dp/0439698359/ref=pd_sim_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Players-Pigtails-Shana-Corey/dp/0439183057/ref=pd_sim_b_2 http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Drew-Birds-Outstanding/dp/0618243437/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315097465&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Snowflake-Bentley-Jacqueline-Briggs-Martin/dp/0547248296/ref=pd_sim_b_6 http://www.amazon.com/Picasso-Girl-Ponytail-Anholts-Artists/dp/0764138537/ref=pd_sim_b_16 (art related but all the other Anholt books are great) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Thanks to everyone...I've got some ordering to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Also, I'd love to hear some of your favorite science books you're doing this year! I am always looking for more good ideas :) Awhile ago someone posted a link for the NSTA’s Outstanding Trade Books: http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/. It is a GREAT list. Here are some we have enjoyed: Cave, by Diane Siebert (Our hobby is caving, so this book-in-verse is a big hit in our home.): http://www.amazon.com/Cave-Diane-Siebert/dp/0688164471/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315102771&sr=8-1 Prehistoric Actual Size by Steve Jenkins (rather fun): http://www.amazon.com/Prehistoric-Actual-Size-Steve-Jenkins/dp/0618535780/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103364&sr=1-1 What Can You Do with a Tail Like This? (another Steve Jenkins book): http://www.amazon.com/What-Tail-Like-Caldecott-Honor/dp/0618256288/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103394&sr=1-1 Finding Home by Sandra Markle (This one brings tears to my eyes.): http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Home-Sandra-Markle/dp/1580891233/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103433&sr=1-1 It’s Not the Stork by Robie Harris (As questions arise I read small sections.): http://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Stork-Families-Friends/dp/0763633313/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103498&sr=1-1 Life Story by Virginia Lee Burton (This was written in 1962, so I would not use it as a primary source on evolution. However, it is still a wonderful read.): http://www.amazon.com/Life-Story-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/0547203594/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103558&sr=1-1 One Small Square books by Donald Silver (I just ordered some more of these.): http://www.amazon.com/One-Small-Square-Night-Sky/dp/0070580456/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103615&sr=1-7 Here is the books by Madeleine Dunphy: http://www.amazon.com/Here-Tropical-Rain-Forest-Life/dp/0977379507/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Just a thought, you may want to preview the Pocahontas and Abraham Lincoln books by the D'Aulaires. Personally, I couldn't take them here as they are just too much a product of their times and include references, language, and pictures that could be considered racist and inappropriate to modern audiences. Treading carefully here because we are not super sensitive, but it was way too much for me and required too much editing. Just in case you hadn't read these two, you may want to before you decide to read them aloud and have to edit on the fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I've made up a few lists, if you are interested. I have one for US history, one for biology, and one for general lit for K/1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 I've made up a few lists, if you are interested. I have one for US history, one for biology, and one for general lit for K/1st. I'm definitely interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I've made up a few lists, if you are interested. I have one for US history, one for biology, and one for general lit for K/1st. I'm always interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyz Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I've made up a few lists, if you are interested. I have one for US history, one for biology, and one for general lit for K/1st. I'm interested! Thank you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo_keeper Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Tammy, I just went and reserved many of your suggested titles. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She Reads a Lot Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Awhile ago someone posted a link for the NSTA’s Outstanding Trade Books: http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/. It is a GREAT list. Thank you for posting this link! As a newbie, I had no idea this existed. I only went through the 2011 list, and already I want to buy the buffalo and bee books--as much for me as for my son to read!! Re: your original request for books, I think the other ladies covered it nicely. We're d'Aulaire fans, too! christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She Reads a Lot Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I've made up a few lists, if you are interested. I have one for US history, one for biology, and one for general lit for K/1st. I'm interested, too (or three or four). thanks! christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Okay. It's big, so I'm going to do it in a few posts. This is just the history one, and it only goes thru the American Revolution. If you want more, I can give you the rest of the list. (It goes thru the space race.) The truth is, I'm a bit afraid of people think I'm an obsessive freak if I show you the whole thing without knowing what you're getting into. If you are interested, let me know and I'll see what I can do about the science and literature ones. If you want and promise not to call me a freak. :001_smile: If You Lived with the Sioux Indians/Iroquoi/ Hopi/ Indians of the Northwest (There are other If You Were There books about various tribes, too, I think) The Discovery of the Americas (Betsy Maestro) Welcome to Kaya’s World (Kaya American Girl books) You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Incan Mummy You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Viking Explorer Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory Encounter (Jane Yolen) Follow the Dream (Peter Sis) You Wouldn’t Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus Pilgrim Cat You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Colonist Roanoke: An Unsolved Mystery A Lion to Guard Us Pocahontas and the Strangers Squanto: Friend of Pilgrims You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Mayflower Magic Tree House Nonfiction guide Pilgrims If You Sailed on the Mayflower Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Journey Sarah Morton’s Day Samuel Easton’s Day Tapenum’s Day Squanto’s Journey Finding Providence You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Salem Witch The New Americans: Colonial Times (Betsy Maestro) Three Young Pilgrims (Cheryl Harness) Witch Hunt: It Happened in Salem Village If You Lived in Colonial Times Legend of New Amsterdam Old Silver Leg Takes Over Struggle for a Continent (Betsy Maestro) George vs George John, Paul, George and Ben George Washington (Cheryl Harness) And Then What Happened, Paul Revere Paul Revere’s Ride Magic Treehouse Research Guide: Revolutionary War If You Lived in Colonial Williamsburg Felicity's World You Wouldn’t Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Now and Ben How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning Saving the Liberty Bell Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin The Remarkable Ben Franklin (Cheryl Harness) Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble Let It Begin Here Sleds on Boston Commons Katie’s Trunk They Called Her Molly Pitcher The Secret Solider Phoebe and the General The Scarlet Stockings Spy Sybil’s Midnight Ride If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Seven Brave Women If You Grew Up with George Washington George Washington’s Breakfast George Washington and the General’s Dog George the Drummer Boy George Did It George Washington (Harness) George Washington’s Teeth George Washington’s Mother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Wow, Terabith! No name calling....I'm impressed. Yes, I'd love to see rest of your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I say post them all. If you're a freak, then so are we all :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mert Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I say post them all. If you're a freak, then so are we all :) Yup! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the list... I'm putting together kindy Am Hist right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Okay...... you asked for it. :D If you guys still want science and lit, I'll see what I can do. If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution The Revolutionary John Adams We The People: The Story of the Constitution A New Nation (Maestro) - Might be too complex? We read excerts John Adams Speaks for Freedom Shhh…..We’re Writing the Constitution Thomas Jefferson (Cheryl Harness) A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution A New Nation (Maestro) Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for President Seaman’s Journal I Am Sacagewea, I Am York Meet Thomas Jefferson As Far as the Eye Can Reach Thomas Jefferson’s Feast Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West Supplement: My Name Is York Sacagawea, Shoshone Trailblazer The Voyageur’s Paddle Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale If You Lived When There Was Slavery Who Let Muddy Boots in the White House? Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing If You Lived with the Cherokee The Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal A Head Full of Notions Freedom River The Star Spangled Banner Trail of Tears (Step into Reading 5) Susanna of the Alamo Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Step into Reading 3) Welcome to Josephina’s World Sam Houston, Texas Hero Only the Names Remain Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Mary Wade) You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Pioneer The Buffalo Storm Wagon Train (All Aboard Reading) Westward Ho: The Story of the American Pioneers If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon The Bobbin Girl A Pioneer Sampler Welcome to Kirsten’s World good time for Laura Ingalls Wilder books Roughing It on the Oregon Trail Gold Fever Covered Wagons Boom Town Chang’s Paper Pony Boom Town You Wouldn’t Want to Work on the Railroad The Buffalo Are Back Ten Mile Day (Building the Transcontinental Railroad Apples to Oregon Coolies Brothers (Yin) Wagons West (Gerrard) Trail of Tears If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln Abe Lincoln’s Hat Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig Abe’s Fish Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers The Listeners Welcome to Addy’s World If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Mr. Lincoln’s Boys Abe Lincoln Remembers A Lincoln and Me Lincoln and His Boys Our Abe Lincoln What Lincoln Said If You Lived When There Was Slavery The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale Dadblamed Union Army Cow Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington (Cheryl Harness) Young Abe Lincoln (Cheryl Harness) A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman Moses: When Harriet Led Her People Minty: A Story about Young Harriet Tubman Almost to Freedom Under the Cloak of Night Follow the Drinking Gourd Sweet Clara’s Quilt Freedom River Aunt Harriet’s Railroad in the Sky The Last Safe House Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride I Have Heard of a Land Friend on Freedom River Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross You Wouldn’t Want to be a Civil War Solider Pink and Say Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln (All Aboard Reading) Henry’s Freedom Box Freedom’s Gifts Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys The Legend of Old Abe: Civil War Eagle Fields of Fury Red Legs: a Drummer Boy from the Civil War Freedom River If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Suffragist Train to Somewhere Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Riding the Pony Express You Wouldn’t Want to Live in a Wild West Town Pappy’s Hankerchief Dandelions Eat My Dust: Henry Ford Wagon Wheels Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell A Wizard from the Start Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure Picture Book of Helen Keller You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on a 19th Century Whaling Ship (but hard to find) If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island When Jessie Came Across the Sea Annushka’s Voyage The Long Way to a New Land Long Way Westward Naming Liberty You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Worker on the Statue of Liberty You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Skyscraper Builder Junkman’s Daughter Welcome to Samantha's World Coming to America: The Story of Immigration The Story of the Statue of Liberty Teddy Roosevelt: The People’s President (Ready to Read) What to Do About Alice? Pepe the Lamplighter My Tour of Europe by Teddy Roosevelt Don’t You Dare Shoot that Bear The Memory Coat You’re On Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt Teddie: the Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt Bloomers! You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! Who Was Annie Oakley? America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle Nelly Bly’s Monkey If You Lived at the Time of the San Francisco Earthquake To Fly! The Story of the Wright Brothers My Brothers Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers Into the Air: the Story of the Wright Brothers First Flight Taking Flight; Will and Orv Can You Fly High, Wright Brothers? How People Learned to Fly Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Cross the English Channel Amelia Earhart: More than a Flier If You Lived 100 Years Ago Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression Tight Times Saving Strawberry Farm Dust for Dinner Lucky Star Rudy Rides the Rails Welcome to Kit's World Leah’s Pony If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights Dust for Dinner Finding Daddy Lucky Beans Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? The Donkey of Gallipoli Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Eleanor, Quiet No More When Esther Morgan Headed West Eleanor (Barbara Cooney) Welcome to Molly's World You Wouldn’t Want to Be a WW 2 Pilot The Yellow Star The Butterfly The Cats in Krasinski Square Star of Fear, Star of Hope Boxes for Katje The Grand Mosque of Paris The Little Ships: Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II Dirt on Their Skirts The Night Crossing Rebekah’s Journey You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Secret Agent in World War II The Greatest Skating Race Don’t You Know There’s a War On? So Far from the Sea (Japanese Internment) Twenty and Ten Baseball Saved Us Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth Lily’s Victory Garden I Am Rosa Parks Freedom on the Menu Hiding from the Nazis The Bracelet The Unbreakable Code The Little Ships Nim and the War Effort When Daddy Was a Soldier Music for April Let the Celebrations Begin Blueberries for the Queen Rosa If a Bus Could Talk The Story of Ruby Bridges Freedom Summer White Socks Only A Sweet Smell of Roses The Other Side The School Is Not White First Day in Grapes Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation Riding to Washington Finding Lincoln My Brother Martin Martin’s Big Words March On Jackie Robinson: Baseball’s First Black Major Leaguer You Wouldn’t Want to Be on Apollo 13 Who Is Neil Armstrong One Giant Leap Look to the Stars Reaching for the Moon The Wall If You Decide to Go to the Moon Harvesting Hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Great list Anna, thanks! At first glance, I've gotten many of these for DD8, but never in any particular order (just ordered from the library randomly over the last couple years). It looks like you've got them in order? I'll be keeping this list for use with DS5, as I never kept track of what books I ordered and just poked around various lists and amazon recommendations. Wonderful! I'm definitely interested in the science and literature lists as well. Though we read a ton, I've never been good at making or keeping actual lists, and it will be nice to have some book lists on hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Also, I'd love to hear some of your favorite science books you're doing this year! I am always looking for more good ideas :) for slightly younger, the "counting in the biomes" by Fredrick, Jr. McKissack and Lisa Beringer McKissack books are great. even if they are counting well, the exposure of the biome information is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Ok, I have one for bio, one for earth science/ astronomy, literature, and one for ancients. Here's the one for bio up till mammals. Sure I'm not boring anyone? What Is a Living Thing? (Bobbie Kalman) What's Alive? (Let's Read and Find Out) Pass the Energy, Please Where Does the Garbage Go? Many Biomes, One Earth What Is a Biome How Animals Adapt Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom Magic School Bus Hops Home One Small Square: Swamp One Small Square Savanna Eye Wonder Forest If I Ran the Rainforest Explore the Tropical Rain Forest Eye Wonder: Rainforest Usborne Beginner’s Rainforest Magic Tree House Research Guide Rainforest The Great Kapok Tree Natrue’s Green Umbrella Over in the Jungle The Rainforest Bloomed All Around Stop That Noise! Rosa Riposa How Night Came to the Sea Biblioburro(about Brazil) Ice Is Nice (Cat in the Hat) Cactus in the Desert (Let’s Read and Find Out) One Small Square Arctic Explore the Tundra Explore the Desert Why O Why Is the Desert Dry (Cat in the Hat) Eye Wonder: Arctic and Antarctic Magic Tree House Research Guide Polar Bears and the Arctic Cactus in the Desert Cactus Hotel The Seed and the Giant Saguaro Desert Giant Antarctica (Cowcher) Desert (Gail Gibbons) A Small Tale from the Far, Far North Amazing Arctic Animals (All Aboard Science Reader) Building an Igloo The Desert Is Theirs Life in a Coral Reef (Let’s Read and Find Out) Explore the Ocean Biome Magic Tree House Research Guide Sea Monsters Oil Spill (Let’s Read and Find Out) Coral Reefs in Danger (All Aboard Science Reader) What’s Under the Sea? (Usborne) Down Down Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea One Small Square Coral Reef and Seashore Take a Beach Walk Greg's Microscope Magic School Bus Goes Cellular The Tree of Life Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad Magic School Bus in a Pickle Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie Mushrooms and Mold (Let's Read and Find Out) Magic School Bus Gets Ready, Gets Set, Gets Dough A Jellyfish Is Not a Fish Sponges Are Skeletons (Let’s Read and Find Out) Wiggling Worms at Work Are You an Earthworm? Twist, Wiggle and Squirm: a Book about Earthworms A Wish for Fish (Cat in the Hat) Clam I Am (Cat in the Hat) Are You a Snail? An Octopus Is Amazing Eye Wonder: Ocean Gentle Giant Octopus (Read and Wonder) Slugs and Snails (Claire Llewellyn) Snails (Kevin Holmes) Earthworms (Claire Llewellyn) How to Hide an Octopus Octopus (Melvin Berger) Starfish (Let's Read and Find Out) Are You An Insect? (Let's Read and Find Out) On Beyond Bugs (Cat in the Hat) Honey In a Hive Ant Cities Fireflies in the Night Cockroaches: Here, There, Everywhere Usborne Beginner Book: Bugs Bugs are Insects The Best Book of Bugs Starting Life: Ladybug; About Insects Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants Eye Wonder: Bugs Are You a Ladybug/ Butterfly/ Grasshopper/ Ant/ Bee? A Pillbug’s Life/ Ant’s Life/ Bee’s Life Usborne First Book of Nature “Creepy Crawlies†I Didn’t Know that Some Bugs Glow in the Dark Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home Bees Live in Hives Hey Little Ant (Read and Wonder) Insectlopedia (Douglas Florian) Magic School Bus in a Hive I Didn’t Know Spiders Have Fangs Are You a Spider? Spinning Spiders (Let's Read and Find Out) I Wonder Why Spiders Spin Webs My Daddy Longlegs Spider Silk Spiders (Gail Gibbons) Magic School Bus Spins a Web What Lives in a Shell? (Let’s Read and Find Out) A House for Hermit Crab What Is a Vertebrate? (Bobbie Kalman) What Is a Life Cycle? (Bobbie Kalman) What Is a Fish? (Let’s Read and Find Out) Magic School Bus Goes Upstream Usborne First Book of Nature “Fish†Think of an Eel About Fish Sea Horse: Shyest Fish in the Sea Sea Horse (Read and Wonder) My Best Book of Sharks Parrotfish and Sunken Ships All About Sharks What Is a Fish? (Bobbie Kalman) Life Cycle of a Seahorse What Is an Amphibian? (Kalman) Usborne Beginner Frogs From Tadpole to Frog (Let’s Read and Find Out) A Frog’s Life What I Like about Toads Would You Rather Be a Pollywog A Salamander’s Life About Amphibians Amphibians (Gail Gibbons) Growing Frogs (Read and Wonder) Why Frogs are Wet Wish for Fish (Cat in the Hat) What Is a Reptile (Bobbie Kalman) Miles and Miles of Reptiles Snakes Are Hunters What Lives in an Alligator’s Hole Eye Wonder: Reptiles I Didn’t Know Crocodiles Yawn to Keep Cool Usborne Beginners Reptiles Eye Wonder Reptiles Magic Tree House Research Guide Snakes and Other Reptiles Komodo (Peter Sis) Alligators and Crocodiles (Gail Gibbons) Snakes (Gail Gibbons) Sea Turtles (Gibbons) Chameleons Are Cool (Read and Wonder) Tiny Turtle (Read and Wonder) Snakes (All Aboard Science Reader) Giant Lizards (All Aboard Science Reader) Slither and Crawl (Arnosky) Babies in the Bayou (Arnosky) All About Lizards (Arnosky) All About Rattlesnakes (Arnosky) Turtle in the Sea All About Turtles (Arnosky) Snap! A Book about Alligators and Crocodiles (Melvin Berger) Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet Look Out for Turtles Ducks Don’t Get Wet Where Does a Chick Come From? What Is a Bird? (Bobbie Kalman) Fine Feathered Friend (Cat in the Hat library) Bird Talk (Let’s Read and Find Out) A Nest Full of Eggs When Birds Change Their Feather Usborne Beginners Eggs and Chicks I Didn’t Know Some Birds Hang Upside Down Migration (Bobbie Kalman) Usborne First Book of Nature “Birds†How Do Birds Find Their Way Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers The Tale of Pale Male A Mother’s Journey An Emperor Lays an Egg White Owl, Barn Owl Goose’s Story Flamingos (All Aboard Science) Magic Tree House Penguins and Antarctica I’m a Turkey (Arnosky) Watching Water Birds All About Owls (Arnosky) Soaring with the Wind (Gail Gibbons) Birds (Melvin Berger) What’s Hatching out of that Egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Okay, here's the rest of bio: An Egg Is Quiet Is a Camel a Mammal? (Cat in the Hat) What Is a Mammal? (Bobbie Kalman) Baby Whales Drink Milk (Let's Read and FInd Out) Eye Wonder: Mammals Animals Born Alive and Well Mammalabilia (Douglas Florian Really Weird Animals I Didn’t Know Chimps Use Tools What Is a Primate? (Kalman) I Didn’t Know Only Some Big Cats Can Roar I Didn’t Know Wolves Howl at the Moon Cats (Gibbons) Dogs (Gibbons) Wolves (Gibbons) Eyes of a Grey Wolf Look to the North: Wolf Pup Tigress (Read and Wonder) Coyote Raid (Arnosky) Wolves (Arnosky) I Didn’t Know Giant Pandas Eat All Day Long Hibernation (Kalman) Giant Pandas (Gail Gibbons) Polar Bear (Gibbons) Ice Bear (Read and Wonder) Polar Bears in Danger (All Aboard Science Reader) A Koala Is Not a Bear (Bobbie Kalman) Forest Mammals Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats Bat Loves the Night Usborne Beginners Bats Bats (Gibbons) I Wonder Why Kangaroos Have Pouches? Screech! A book about Bats (Melvin Berger) The Surprising Kangaroos and Other Pouched Mammal Bats – Wings in the Night What Is a Marsupial? What Is a Rodent? (Bobbie Kalman) Grandma Elephant’s In Charge Great Migrations: Elephants Eye Wonder: Horse Usborne First Book of Nature “Wild Animals†Giraffes at Home Horses (Gail Gibbons) Little Bull: Growing Up in Africa’s Elephant Kingdom Baby Elephant (All Aboard Science Reader) Milk: From Cow to Carton Wild Ponies (Arnosky) Moose Baby Grandfather Buffalo Giraffes (Bobbie Kalman) Elephant Families (Let's Read and Find Out) Eye Wonder: Whales and Dolphins I Didn’t Know Whales Could Talk Dolphin Talk Baby Whales Drink Milk Whales (Gail Gibbons) Big Blue Whale (Read and Wonder) An Ocean World (Peter Sis) Baby Otter (All Aboard Science Reader) Magic Tree House Research Guide Dolphins and Sharks Slow Down for Manatees Dolphins on the Sand Manatee Morning Otters Under Water Who Grows Up in the Ocean Great Whales Sea Otters (Bobbie Kalman) Magic School Bus Goes to Seed Magic School Bus Gets Planted How Flowers Grow Reason for a Flower Seeds A Dandelion’s Life O Say Can You Seed I Can Name 50 Trees Today Plants in Winter First Book of Nature “Trees†and “Flowers,†I Wonder Why Some Plants Don’t Have Leaves, flower cards/ identification A Seed Is Sleepy A Tree Is a Plant Be a Friend to Trees Seeds By Wind and Water Tell Me Tree (Gail Gibbons) From Seed to Plant (Gail Gibbons) The Reason for a Flower From Flower to Flower: Animals and Pollination Seeds Pop, Stick and Glide Who Eats What? What Are Camouflage and Mimicry What Color Is Camouflage? Food Webs (Bobbie Kalman) A Skeleton Inside You Eye Wonder: Human Body You Can’t Make a Move without Your Muscles Magic School Bus Muscled Up A Drop of Blood Flip Flap Body Book What Happens To a Hamburger? Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie Magic School Bus Gets Eaten Germs Make Me Sick What Is a Bat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 This is great - thank you! We're studying biology this year :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Here's some lit: I'm copying and pasting. The asteriks are just what I've read aloud lately. This was my kindergarten list. It doesn't include chapter books. I can post more, but I'm starting to feel really freakish...... It's the kind of thing I like, having a list and just requesting books from the library a few dozen at a time, but I don't think many people are like me in that regard. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom* The Little _____ Animal Books* Big Green Pocketbook Angus Lost (and other Angus books) Play with Me Katy No Pocket* The Red Carpet* Where the Wild Things Are* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble* Amos and Boris* Doctor Desoto Pete’s a Pizza A Chair for My Mother and sequels Madeleine books Curious George books The Snowy Day and other books by Peter Keats There’s an Alligator Under My Bed Frances Books Stellaluna and other books by author* Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Katy and the Big Snow* Maybelle the Cable Car The Little House* Crictor* The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Caps for Sale* Leo the Late Bloomer Quiltmaker’s Gift* and Journey* Blueberries for Sal One Morning in Maine Make Way for Ducklings Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Courduroy books Maple Hill Farm* New Toes for Tia The Gods Must Be Angry* Beatrix Potter books* Dr. Seuss books* Miss Nelson Is Missing Golden Book collections Berenstein Bears Book of Science and Nature* Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?* What’s Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew?* How Do You Lift a Lion* People (Peter Spier) Why Do Tigers Have Stripes? Then and Now How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World Kevin Henkes books (Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse; Julius the Baby of the World; Wemberly Worried, etc) Millions of Cats Mrs. McGosh Hangs Up the Wash To Market, To Market* Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Pretzel Uncle Wiggly’s Story Book Beatrix Potter books* Dr. Seuss books* Molly Milly Mandy In Grandma’s Attic Usborne Stories from Around the World* Lion Storyteller Book* Five True Dog Stories* Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe Classic Brer Rabbit Living Alphabet LMNOP and All the Letters A to Z* Animal Alphabet Animalia Eric Carle’s A to Z Alphabet City Shiver Me Letters I Spy A Was Once an Apple Pie Museum ABC’s Charley Hopper’s ABC’s The Handmade Alphabet The Butterfly Alphabet Into the A, B, Seas B is for Bethlehem Alligator Arrived with Apples Alphabet Times Four Anno’s Alphabet A Gull’s Alphabet Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America The Extinct Alphabet Book Z Is for Zookeeper A Fabulous Fair’s Alphabet Barn Cat The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree The Story About Ping Lentil* A Pair of Red Clogs The Rag Coat* The Glorious Flight* How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Grandfather’s Journey Cranberry Thanksgiving* Another Celebrated Dancing Bear* Papa Piccolo* Storm in the Night The Very Last First Time Night of the Moonjellies* Clown of God* Wee Gillis Story of Ferdinand* Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening Owl Moon A New Coat for Anna Mrs. Katz and Tush Mirette on the High Wire (and sequels) Miss Rumphius Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge* When I Was Young in the Mountains Truman’s Aunt Farm The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar* Paul Revere’s Ride Follow the Drinking Gourd* The Finest Horse in Town The Salamander Room Climbing Kansas Mountains Amber on the Mountain Daniel’s Duck Down, Down the Mountain Gramma’s Walk Roxaboxen The Raft* Mailing May Snowflake Bentley The Gullywasher Arabella Higgins Bend Song and Dance Cowboy Charlie Grass Sandals Albert The Hickory Chair* Hanna’s Cold Winter The Hatmaker’s Sign Retold The Pumpkin Runner* Angelo Three Billy Goats Gruff* Jack and the Bean Stalk (Spirin, Cech) The Selfish Giant Rapunzel* (Zelinsky) The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids* Rumplestilskin* (Zelinsky) Little Red Cap (Hyman, Zwerger) Little Red Riding Hood (Marshall, Pinkney, Ruby by Emberley, Bridget of the Gray Wolves, No Dinner!, Adventures of Polly and the Wolf) Mother Holly (Watts) East of the Sun and West of the Moon* Golden Goose (Dennis McDermott, Uri Schulevitz) Snow White and Rose Red Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Santore, Barett, Hyman, Jeffers) Hansel and Gretel (Zelinsky, Zwerger, Jeffers) Brother and Sister Jorinda and Joringal Lazy Jack Mortimer Little Rooster and the Diamond Button Old Woman and Her Pig Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin Sody Sallyratus Lon Po Po Rough Faced Girl* Persian Cinderella Cinderella 12 Dancing Princesses* Snow Queen Fisherman and His Wife Sleeping Beauty* Dear Mili* The Bear and the Kingbird* The King’s Equal* McBroom’s Wonderful One Acre Farm* The Donkey Prince Clever Kate* The Juniper Tree Frog Prince* Beauty and the Beast Little Mermaid Magic Porridge Pot (Paul Galdone) The Shoemaker and His Elves (Watts, Cech, Plume The Little Match Girl (Isadora, Pinkney) Iron John (Hyman, Marianna Myer)* Tom Thumb (Richard Watson, Craft, Mayer) Princess and the Pea (Cech, Oberdieck) Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Marshall) Goldilocks and the Three Hares Guarnaccia The Ugly Duckling (Watts, Meilo So, Canley, Pinkney, Hale, Pirkko, Vanio) The Rainbabies Bearskin (Hyman)* King Stork (Hyman)* Water of Life (Hyman)* Pegasus (K. Y. Craft)* King Midas (Craft)* Thumbelina (Zwerger, Ehrlich, Lauren Mills) The Princess and the White Bear King* The Wild Swans The Emperor and the Nightingale King Long Shanks Little Claus and Big Claus The Woman with the Eggs Fairy Tale Collections (Jane Ray, Zwerger, Szyk, Eric Carle) Fin M’Coul (Tomie DePaola)* Baba Yaga and Vasilia the Brave* The Wild Swans (Ehrlich, Lewis, Gilbert) The Valiant Little Tailor (Victor Ambrus) The Steadfast Tin Soldier (P.J. Lynch) Emperor’s New Clothes (Virginia Lee Burton, John Rowe) Pied Piper of Hamelin (Kate Greenway) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters* In the Land of Small Dragon The Princess and the Snake/ Sea Serpant Yeh-Shen Firebird and Prince Ivan* Vasilia and Her Doll* The Snake Prince (under words/ phrase, not title – part of a collection) The Princess in the Tower Jumping Mouse Mud Pony/ Horse Sootface (Cinderella story) The Calabash Cat* Bearskin* Goose Girl Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Silkie* The Twelve Swans The Seven Ravens* The Water of Life (Rogasky/ Hyman?) Two Brothers and their Magic Gourds Three Little Pigs and the Fox Three Little Javalinas Cinder Edna Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella The Princess and the Goblin A Three Hat Day The Monkey Bridge The Brave Little Parrot The Fortune Tellers Days of the Blackbird Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato Abiyoyo The Book of Dragons The Golden Sandal The Cat’s Vacation A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back Honk the Moose Peter Sis books (especially Madelinka, but all are wonderful) Uri Shulevitz books (Snow, The Treasure*, Dawn, Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, How I Learned Geography*) What Mary Jo Shared* The House in the Night* Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride* Coming on Home Soon* Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus* (and other Don’t Let the Pigeon books) The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins* Joseph Had a Little Overcoat * Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince* Golem* Smoky Night* Time Flies* Pepe the Lamplighter* The Talking Eggs* Look to the North* Flute’s Journey* Mirandy and Brother Wind* Village of Round and Square Houses* The Relatives Came* King Bigood’s in the Bathtub* The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher* Ben’s Trumpet The Desert Is Theirs* Duffy and the Devil* Hildild’s Night* If All the Seas Were One Sea* Soft House* Grandma’s Hurrying Child* Hoptoad* Harvest Home* The Lion and the Mouse (Pinkney)* All the World* Red Sings from the Treetops* Zelda and Ivy* Fiona Loves the Night* Jazz Baby* Vulture View* Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator* One Boy* Benny and Penny In the Big No-No!* Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea* My Abuelita* Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day* A Tree Is Nice* The Moon Jumpers* Charlotte Zolotow books* Sing to the Stars* A Pocketful of Cricket* Island Boy* Not So Fast, Songolo* Now One Foot, Now the Other* Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge* Wombat Divine* Presenting Tanya the Ugly Duckling* Christina Katerina and the Box* The Friday Nights of Nana* A Band of Angels* Birdie’s Lighthouse* The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree* Miss Fannie’s Hat* The Lot at the End of My Block* Davy’s Dream: A Young Boy’s Adventure with Wild Orca Whales* Those Can-Do Pigs* Granddaddy’s Gift* Dear Benajamin Banneker* A Day’s Work* Eve Bunting books Molly Bannaky* Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine* Cranberry Christmas, etc* Tom Tit Tot An English Folk Tale* All the Way Home The Whispering Cloth* The Journey (Sarah Stewart)* The Library (Sarah Stewart)* Do Not Open* Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies* Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch* Corgiville Fair* Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea* Flossie and the Fox* The Honest to Goodness Truth* Officer Buckle and Gloria* The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog!* The Signmaker’s Assistant* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* Olivia* Bill Peet books (Bufford, the Little Bighorn; Caboose Who Got Loose; Kermit the Hermit) Gilberto and the Wind* Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains* Ted Lewin books Henry Hikes to Fitchburg* The Bear That Heard Crying* A Farm of Her Own* Dancers in the Garden* Waterman’s Child* Aurora Means Dawn* The Big, Big Sea* Before and After (Jan Thornhill)* Letting Swift River Go* The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks* Dick Whittington and His Cat* The King at the Door* Buttons* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Part 2: The Log Cabin Quilt Rip Van Winkle (Will Moses) Come Sunday* Pegasus, the Flying Horse* Raising Yoder’s Barn* Miz Berlin Walks* The Orange Shoes* Robert Wells books (How Do You Know What Time It Is; What’s Faster than a Cheetah; What’s Older than a Giant Tortoise; Polar Bear Why Is Your World Melting; Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water; What’s So Special About Planet Earth; Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?; Frog and Toad books Patricia Polacco books* Tommy DePaola books (Strega Nona; Finn M’Coul*; Legend books) Gerald McDermott books (Jabuti, etc) Cynthia Rylant books* American Tall Tales (Mary Pope Osborne) Rain Makes Applesauce* Thy Friend, Obadiah* Chanticleer and the Fox St. George and the Dragon* Zin Zin Zin a Violin* The Bat Boy and His Violin You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer*The Quest to Digest Loud Emily* Six Dinner Sid* The Grannyman Leonardo’s Horse* Mama Played Baseball* Loop the Loop* Marie in Fourth Position* The Cello of Mr. O* Sweet Clara and Her Freedom Quilt (and sequel)* Three Cheers for Catherine the Great* My Great Aunt Arizona* How Pizza Came to Queens I Know Why I Brush My Teeth Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop Amazing Grace* Rattletrap Car* The Hello, Goodbye Window* Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie Ox Cart Man and sequel How the Ladies Stopped the Wind* The Problem with Chickens* Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman* Mommy, Carry Me Please* Elizabeti’s Doll* Fannie in the Kitchen* Jan Brett books Gershon’s Monster How Nanita Learned to Make Flan* The Egg (M. P. Robertson) Kim Lewis books Emma and the Night Dogs Seneca (by Karen Baker) Just Us Women* Harriet and the Roller Coaster* Archaeologists Dig for Clues Grandmother’s Pigeon* When Agnes Caws* Blackberry Booties* Maria’s Comet When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry Pancakes for Supper Sophie Skates* Night of the Goat Children* Nessa’s Fish* Swish (Bill Martin)* Beautiful Warrior: the Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu Hog-Eye* Raising Dragons* Peg and the Whale* Mrs. Mack* Beware the Brindlebeast* Tar Beach (Faith Ringgold) Someplace Else* A Symphony of Whales* Bea and Mr. Jones* The Day Gogo Went to Vote Margauerite Makes a Book The Widow’s Broom* Whistling Dixie* Painted Dreams (about Haiti) Library Lil* Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe* Borreguita and the Coyote (Mexican folk tale)* A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back* The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars (Japanese folk tale)* Brave Margaret (Irish story)* Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior* Clever Gretchen* Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter* The Wave of the Sea-Wolf* The Emperor and the Kite* Abigail Takes the Wheel Clipper Ship Molly the Brave and Me* Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa* Martina the Beautiful Cockroach (tale from Cuba)* A Weed Is a Flower: the Life of George Washington CarverBooks by Aliki Mama and Papa have a Store, Carling* Abuela’s Weave, Castaneda* Sleeping Bread: Story, Czernecki* Lotus Seed, Garland Walking Stick, Trottier Brave Charlotte* The Bookshop Dog* The Tale of Pale Male* A Mother’s Journey The Village that Vanished Stephen Kellog books (tall tales) Big Book of Brambly Hedge (Jill Barklem)* The Big Snow (Berta Hader) Church Mice books (Graham Oakley)* The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen The Crane Maiden Cross Country Cat* Rikki Tikki Tavi Frog Band and the Onion Seller* Luckiest One of All* Rain, Rain Rivers* Saint Valentine Twenty Elephant Restaurant* Zarafa: The Giraffe That Walked to the King* Herbert: The True Story of a Brave Sea Dog* My Travels with Clara* The Reluctant Dragon* Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library* The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela Lila and the Secret of Rain My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd* Planting the Trees of Kenya* Always Come Home to Me* The Pet Dragon* Monsoon Afternoon* The Legend of the Persian Carpet* Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story A Peddler’s Dream* My Heart Glow* The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux (and other books by Emily McCully) Katie’s Wish* I, Vivaldi Katie, the Windmill Cat* Welcome Back, Sun* Maria de Sautuola: the Bulls in the Cave (and others by Dennis Fradin)* Isabel Saves the Prince* Mary of Mile 18* Floss Uncle Blue’s New Boat Elsa Beskow’s books The King of Ireland’s Son The Magic Gourd A Day on Skates Bimwili and the Zimwi* Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain* Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali* The Fortune Tellers* The Magic Gourd Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky* Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper* The Spider Weaver* Peaceful Protest: The Life of Nelson Mandela* A Is for Africa* Jambo Means Hello* The Village of Round and Square Houses* 14 Cows for America* I Lost My Tooth in Africa* Ogbo: Sharing Life in an African Village* Emeka’s Gift* The Gift of the Sun (tale from South Africa)* Mama Panya’s Pancakes (tale from Kenya)* For You Are a Kenyan Child (about Kenya) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Wangari’s Trees of Peace* Come with Me to Africa Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots Anansi stories Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Sailing off to Sleep* Akiak* The Raven’s Gift* Snow Bear* Iditarod Dream* The Very Last First Time Pumpkin Runner, Arnold Where the Forest Meets the Sea, Baker Katy No Pocket Polly Hopper’s Pouch Wombat Stew Bright Star, Crew* Dial-a-Croc, Dumbleton Flood Fish, Eversole Possum Magic and Koala Lou, Fox Wombat Walkabout, Morpurgo Farmer Schulz’s Ducks, Thiele Wombat Stew, Vaughan Biggest Frog in Australia * Old Woman Who Loved to Read, Winch* The Gift Stone – Eversoul* Ruby’s Wish, Bridges* Visit to China, Packard Chinese New Year, Schaefer* Chinatown, Low My Chinatown: One Year in Poems, Mak The Runaway Rice Cake* The Empty Pot Liang and the Magic Paintbrush* The Chinese Mirror The Story about Ping* Tikki Tikki Tembo* Two of Everything* The Emperor and the Kite Beautiful Warrior: Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu* (China unit) Little Pear* A Grain of Rice* Granny Han’s Breakfast Five Chinese Brothers* Lon Po Po Maples in the Mist Always Come Home to Me Long Long’s New Year Chibi, a True Story from Japan* The Funny Little Woman The Paper Dragon* Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman* Shibumi and the Kitemaker* The Two Bullies* The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks* The Boy of the Three Year Nap* Tasty Baby Belly Buttons* The Magic Fan, Baker Crane Girl, Charles* How My Parents Learned to Eat, Friedman * Ten Oni Drummers, Gollub* Yoshi’s Feast, Kajikawa* Carp for Kimiko, Kroll* Seven Gods of Luck, Kudler Dragon Kite, Luenn* Emperor’s Plum Tree, Nikly* Tea with Milk, Say* Long Silk Strand, Williams* Grandfather’s Journey Emma’s Rag Allison Bicycle Man* Three Samurai Cats The Monkey and the Crocodile Story of Little Babaji, Bannerman Cow for Jaya, Grant Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a, McDonald Gay-Neck: Story of a Pigeon, Mukerji Nine Animals and the Well, Rumford Once a Mouse Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India Monsoon Afternoon Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Big Tony, Clown of God, and other dePaola books Angelo Papa Piccolo I, Vivaldi Mexico ABC’s Nine Days to Christmas, Ets* Under the Lemon Moon, Fine* *How Nanita Learned to Make Flan, Geeslin On Ramon’s Farm, Geeslin* *Day of the Dead, Johnston Ghost Wings, Joosse* Piggy Bank Gonzales, Kent* Butterfly Boy, Kroll* Hill of Fire, Lewis Erandi’s Braids, Madrigal Mice and Beans, Ryan* The Legend of the Poinsettia* The Three Princes The House of Wisdom The Day of Ahmed’s Secret What’s the Matter, Habibi? We’re Riding on a Caravan Sitti’s Secrets The Boy without a Name Forty Fortunes Traveling Man The Hundredth Name Nasreen’s Secret School The Librarian of Basra Babushka Babayaga, Polacco* Philipok, Tolstoy Three Cheers for Catherine the Great* Trees of the Dancing Goats, Polacco Uncle Vova’s Tree, Polacco* Dream Jar, Pryor Twenty-two Russian Tales for Young Children, Tolstoy Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave (Mayer)* Baba Yaga The Magic Nesting Doll* The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship* The Little Humpbacked Horse The Firebird* The Sea King’s Daughter Bearhead* The Castle of a Thousand Cats One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes* The Birds Gift Clever Katya* Another Celebrated Dancing Bear The Raven’s Gift: A True Story from Greenland* Eric the Red: Viking Adventurer Welcome Back, Sun! East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon The Problem with Chickens How the Ladies Stopped the Wind The Beautiful Butterfly The Story of Ferdinand Pepito the Brave Born with a Bang (not in library) From Lava to Life Mammals Who Morph (not in library) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mert Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 LOVE the history list in chronological order!! I'm already comparing it with my library and making my Amazon wish list. Thank you!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 D'Aulaire biography set (available from Rainbow Resource or Beautiful Feet) David Adler's A Picture Book of ....... series (e.g., Christopher Columbus, Davy Crockett, Abraham Lincoln) My First Little House books series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swainsonshawk Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 terabith, do you have any other book lists? I'm taking notes (okay, I'm copying and pasting, but it's the same thing.) Thanks, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Terabith, thank you for posting your lists. There are no proper libraries or bookshops here, so ordering is necessary. I am so pleased with the recommendations from everyone which will help me expand our current book collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 terabith - thank you! Wonderful lists!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I do have some other booklists.....they aren't quite as well fleshed out as my American history one. Before you order some, look at them on amazon. Some of them were nice to read from the library, but definitely not worth purchasing, imo. I have a not as well fleshed out one for Ancients and one for earth science/ astronomy. And I have my 1st/ 2nd grade list, that has more chapter book read alouds, although we kept plugging away on the kindergarten picture books. It's been a multi year thing, especially since we keep rereading. I also have my list of books for my kids to read to themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpskowski Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Wow! I mean WOW! I love book lists. Thanks so much for sharing. I would be interested in your earth science/astronomy list. I'm also "taking notes.";) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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