READ and EXPLORE
Learning Science and Math through Children’s Books
COLOR
Little blue and little yellow, Leo Lionni, Scholastic, (0590479423).
Colors, Scholastic, (0590452363)
White Rabbit’s Color Book, Alan Baker, Scholastic, (0590224999)
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Tomie dePaola, Scholastic, (0590447068)
The Mixed-Up Chameleon, Eric Carle, Scholastic, (0590421433)
AIR AND WATER
Science Fun With Toy Boats and Planes, Rose Wyler, Simon & Schuster, (0671624539)
Bored-Nothing To Do!, Peter Spier, Doubleday, (0440843197)
The Tub People, Pam Conrad, Scholastic, (0590440594)
CLOUDS
The Cloud Book, Tomie dePaola, Holiday House, (0823405311)
It Looked Like Spilt Milk, Charles G. Shaw, Scholastic, (0590428756)
Dreams, Peter Spier, Doubleday, (0440840929)
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, Verna Aardema, Dial, (0140546162)
Rain, Peter Spier, Doubleday, (0385154844)
WINTER
Annie and the Wild Animals, Jan Brett, Houghton Mifflin, (0395378001)
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen, Scholastic, (0590420445)
Stranger in the Woods, Carl Sams & Jean Stoick, Friesens of Altona, (0967174805)
Snow and Ice, Stephen Krensky, Scholastic, (0590414496)
Snowballs, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace, (0590065807)
My Arctic 1, 2, 3, Michael Arvaarluk Kisugak, (1550375040)
SPRING
Where Once There Was a Wood, Denise Fleming, Scholastic, (059093807)
The Great Kapok Tree, Lynn Cherry, Harcourt Brace, (0590980688)
I Celebrate Nature, Diane Iverson, Dawn Pub. (1883220009)
Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?,Sandra De Coteau Orie, Walker, (0802783503)
The Grouchy Ladybug, Eric Carle, HarperTrophy, (0064431169)
From Caterpillar to Butterfly, Deborah Heiligman, HarperCollins, (0064451291)
Waiting for Wings, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt, (0152026088)
Little Robin Redbreast, Traditional/Halpern, North-South Books, (1558585516)
Feathers for Lunch, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace, (0152009868)
PLANTS
Counting on the Woods, George Ella Lyon, Dorling Kindersley, (0789426625)
Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Jeanne Titherington, Scholastic, (0590428713)
The Gigantic Turnip, Aleksei Tolstoy, Barefoot Books, (1841481572)
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, Scholastic, (0590222961)
This is the Sunflower, Lola Schaefer, Greenwillow, (0688164137)
The Flower Alphabet Book, Jerry Pallotta, Charlesbridge, (088106453)
ANIMALS
The Turtle and the Moon, Charles Turner, Puffin, (0140558128)
From Tadpole to Frog, Wendy Pfeffer, HarperTrophy, (0064451232)
Over in the Meadow, Paul Galdone, Aladin, (067167837X)
The Ants Go Marching One By One, Scholastic, (0439113520)
One Duck Stuck, Jane Chapman, Scholastic, (0590516612)
Animals Born Alive and Well, Ruth Heller, Grosset & Dunlop, (0448018225)
DINOSAURS
How Big Were the Dinosaurs?, Bernard Most, Voyager Books, (0152008527)
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, Paul Stickland, Puffin, (0140567704)
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones, Byron Barton, HarperCollins, (0440843138)
HEALTH
Eating the Alphabet, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace, (0440846072)
My Hands, Aliki, HarperTrophy, (0064450961)
My Five Senses, Aliki, HarperCollins, (0440843545)
One Hungry Monster, Susan O’Keefe, Scholastic, (0590455761)
Me and My Amazing Body, Joan Sweeney, Scholastic, (0439192765)
OCEANS
Swimmy, LeoLionni, Scholastic, (0590430491)
My Very Own Octopus, Bernard Most, Harcourt Brace, (0152563458)
Blue Sea, Robert Kalan, Mulberry, (0688115098)
Who Sank the Boat?, Pamela Allen, Putnam & Grosset, (044084438X)
Fish Eyes, Lois Ehlert, HarcourtBrace, (0152280510)
Baby Beluga, Raffi/Wolff, Crown, (0517583623)
COUNTING
Mouse Count, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Scholastic, (059097954X)
Ants in Your Pants, Sue Heap, Penguin, (0140567062)
One Hundred Hungry Ants, Elinor J. Pinczes, Scholastic, (0590672983)
One Gorilla, Atsuko Morozumi, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (0374456461)
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, Eileen Christelow, Scholastic, (059099459X)
Ten in the Bed, Penny Dale, Discovery Toys, (0939979101)
What Comes In 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s?, Suzanne Aker, Simon & Schuster, (0671792474)
Let’s Count, Tana Hoban, Greenwillow, (0688160085)
SHAPES
The Secret Birthday Message, Eric Carle, HarperCollins, (0440848423)
Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book, Alan Baker, Scholastic, (0590223623)
What is Round?, Rebecca Dotlich, Harper, (0694012084)
What is a Triangle?, Rebecca Dotlich, Harper, (0694013927)
TIME/DAYS OF THE WEEK
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Scholastic, (0590030299)
Cookies Week, Cindy Ward, Scholastic, (059043604X)
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?, Nancy Carlstrom, Scholastic, (0590431188)
Morning, Noon, and Night, Jean Craghead George, Scholastic, (0439285070)
Today is Monday, Susan Baum, HarperCollins, (0694004073)
MATH CONCEPTS
A Pair of Socks, Stuart Murphy, Scholastic, (059006259X)
Each Orange Had 8 Slices, Paul Giganti, Greenwillow, (0440849578)
Here a Chick, There a Chick, Bruce McMillan, William Morrow, (0440846099)
12 Ways to Get to 11, Eve Merriam, Aladdin, (0689808925)
Hide and Snake, Keith Baker, Harcourt Brace, (0152002251)
Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni, Scholastic, (0590479911)
Splash, Ann Jonas, Greenwillow, (0688110517)
The Doorbell Rang, Pat Hutchins, Mulberry, (0688092349)
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?, Bonnie Lass, Little, Brown, (0316820164)