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Bibliography for Children – Earth and the Environment
Finding Your Way
Be Expert with Map and Compass, by Bjorn Kjellstrom, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
Way to Go!: Finding Your Way with a Compass (Reader's Digest Explorer Guides), by Sharon Sharth, David Wenzel (Illustrator), Reader's Digest, 2000.
Maps and Mapping (Kingfisher Young Knowledge), by Deborah Chancellor, Kingfisher Press, 2004.
How Do Birds Find Their Way? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2), by Roma Gans, Paul Mirocha (Illustrator), HarperTrophy, 1996.
Weathering and Erosion
The Disappearing Mountain And Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion And Weathering, by Louise Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury, Darren Lingard (Illustrator), Raintree Press, 2005.
Erosion (Earth Watch), by Cherie Winner, Carolrhoda Books, 1999.
Weathering And Erosion (Looking at Landscapes), by Clive Gifford, Smart Apple Media, 2005.
Erosion (Reading Essentials in Science), by Virginia Castleman, Perfection Learning, 2004.
Shaping The Earth: Erosion (Exploring Planet Earth), by Sandra Downs, 21st Century Books, 2000.
Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals (Eye Wonder), by DK Publishing, 2004.
Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson First Guides), by Frederick H. Pough, Roger Tory Peterson (Series Editor), Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Rocks & Minerals Glb (RD Pathfinders), by Tracy Staedter, Cathy Campbell (Illustrator), Reader's Digest Press, 1999.
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, by Joanna Cole, Scholastic Press, 1987.
If You Find a Rock, by Peggy Christian, Harcourt Publishing, 2000.
Ranger Rick's Naturescope: Geology – The Active Earth, by Judy Braus, National Wildlife Federation, 1987.
Geology Made Simple, by W.H. Matthews III, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982.
The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth, by Meredith Hooper, Chris Coady (illustrator), Viking Juvenile, 1996.
Blanket of Air
Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share, by Molly Bang (Illustrator), Blue Sky Press, 1997.
Air Is All Around You (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1), by Franklyn M. Branley, John O'Brien (Illustrator), HarperCollins, 2006.
Science With Air (Usborne Science Activities), by Helen Edom, Butterfield Moira, Kate Davies (Illustrator), E.D.C. Publishing, 1992.
Earth, Water, Fire and Air Playful Explorations in the 4 Elements, by Walter Kraul, Floris Books, 1990.
The Nature of Sound
Sound Science, by Etta Kaner and Louise Phillips (illustrator), Addison Wesley, 1991.
Science for Fun: Hearing Sounds, by Gary Gibson, Copper Beech Publishing, 1995.
What's That Sound? (Science Solves It!), by Mary Lawrence and Lynn Adams (illustrator), Kane Press, 2002.
Sounds All Around, by Wendy Pfeffer and Holly Keller (illustrator), HarperTrophy Books, 1999.
The Listening Walk, by Paul Showers and Aliki (illustrator) HarperTrophy Books, 1993.
Experiments with Sound, by Salvatore Tocci, Children’s Press, 2002.
The Water Cycle
The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle, by Patricia Relf and Carolyn Bracken (illustrator), Scholastic Press, 1996.
Water, Water Everywhere: A Book About the Water Cycle, by Melvin and Gilda Berger and Bobbi Tull (illustrator), Ideals Publications, 2001.
Water Dance, by Thomas Locker, Voyager Books, 2002.
A Drop Around the World, by Barbara McKinney and Michael Maydak (illustrator), Dawn Publications, 1998.
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story, by Neil Waldman, Millbrook Press, 2003.
Winds Aloft
Cloud Dance, by Thomas Locker, Silver Whistle Press, 2000.
Weather (DK Eyewitness Books), by DK Publishing, 2004.
Weather Forecasting, by Gail Gibbons, Aladdin Publishing, 1993.
Clouds, by Trudi Strain Trueit, Franklin Watts Publishing, 2002.
Weather (National Audubon Society First Field Guide), by Jonathan D. Kahl, Scholastic Press, 1998.
The Cloud Book, by Tomie De Paola, Holiday House, 1984.
Feel the Wind, by Arthur Dorros, HarperTrophy, 1990.
Wind, by Susan Canizares and Betsy Chessen, Scholastic Publishing, 1998.
I Face the Wind, by Vicki Cobb and Julia Gorton (illustrator). HarperCollins Press, 2003.
Can You See the Wind?, by Allan Fowler, Children’s Press, 1999.
Clouds, by Gail Saunders-Smith, Capstone Press, 2006.
Sunlight and Shadow
The Sun Is My Favorite Star, by Frank Asch, Gulliver Books, 2000.
Sun, by Susan Canizares and Daniel Moreton, . Scholastic, 1998.
Jump Into Science: Sun, by Stephen Tomecek. National Geographic Children’s Press, 2006.
Sun Up, Sun Down, by Gail Gibbons, Voyager Books, 1987.
The Sun: Our Nearest Star, by Franklyn Branley and Edward miller (illustrator), Harpertrophy Books, 2002.
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