Science Kits and Literature Links

 

Life Science Literature Links

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