Children's Book List

Children’s Book List

10 Fat Turkeys Anansi the Spider: Annie and the Wild Animals Autumn Leaves The Barn Owls Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Tony Johnston A Tale from the Ashanti by Jan Brett by Ken Robbins by Deborah Kogan Ray by Steve Jenkins This book counts down from 10 as by Gerald McDermott When Annie's cat disappears, she A photo-essay of trees and leaves in A poem following the lives of This is an informative introduction to each of a group of goofy turkeys Father Anansi has six spider sons. attempts friendship with a variety of fall from sassafras to poplar to maples. generations of owls living in a barn as the world records held by fourteen leaves the fence in a different way. When Anansi sets out on a dangerous unsuitable woodland animals. One or two simple sentences give a they hunt and care for their young. members of the animal kingdom. Fiction, Ages 4-8 journey, each son does one thing to Fiction, Ages 4-8 description or interesting tidbit about Fiction, Ages 4-8 Illustrations compare each animal’s ISBN-10: 0439459486 help and all their efforts together save ISBN-10: 0395510066 each tree or leaf. ISBN-10: 0881069825 size in relation to something familiar. their father. Non-fiction, Ages 2-5 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Aaaarrgghh! Spider! Fiction, Ages 4-8 The Ant and the Grasshopper ISBN-10: 0439149886 Bat Loves the Night (Read and Wonder) ISBN-10: 0395861365 by Lydia Monks ISBN-10: 0805003118 by Amy Lowry Poole by Nicola Davies A This book chronicles a spider’s A retelling of Aesop’s fable about ants Baby Einstein: Animal Discovery This story illustrates one night in the life Big Tracks, Little Tracks: quest to become the pet of the family Animal Life Cycles: Growing and Changing busily preparing for winter while the Cards of a pipistrelle bat as she flies through Following Animal Prints whose home she inhabits. by Bobbie Kalman grasshopper enjoys summer. B by Julie Aigner-Clark the air searching for food for her pup. (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science) Fiction, Ages 4-8 This book depicts the different life Fiction, Ages 4-8 This set of 30 cards features photos, Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Millicent Ellis Selsam ISBN-10: 0618737510 cycles of different animals and the ISBN-10: 0823414779 illustrations and fun facts about ISBN-10: 0763624381 This classic text teaches young physical changes they undergo as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, readers how to track animals by About Arachnids: A Guide for Children they grow to adulthood. Ant Cities (Let’s Read and Find Out sea creatures, insects, and spiders. Beaks! finding footprints and other clues. by Cathryn Sill Non-fiction, Ages 7-9 Science 2) Non-fiction, Baby-Preschool by Sneed B. Collard Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 This book features 15 creatures in the ISBN-10: 0778722783 by Arthur Dorros ISBN-10: 1892309807 This book features vivid illustrations ISBN-10: 0064451941 arachnid class of arthropods. It lists A behind-the-scenes story of a and clear, easy to follow text shared characteristics and includes Animal Planet: The Most Extreme deceptively simple hill that will build Backyard Bear depicting the habits of birds and the Black Bear Cub (Smithsonian Wild natural history facts about each. Predators (Animal Planet Extreme interest in observing both city and by Anne Rockwell utility of their beaks. Heritage Collection) Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Animals Series) country ants. A mother bear and her cubs spend Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Alan Lind ISBN-10: 9781561453641 by Discovery Channel Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 a year in the wild until it’s time to ISBN-10: 1570913889 Black Bear cubs emerge from their This book features 10 extreme animal ISBN-10: 006088715X hibernate. When they wake up in the den into a springtime wonderland of All About Deer predators from the dragonfly to the spring the woods have become a Bear (Watch me Grow) flowers. Their mother teaches them by Jim Arnosky tiger. It details how each animal Ants (The New Creepy Crawly Collection) housing development. by DK Publishing how to survive in the forest. This book features the deer that adapts in its environment in order to by Jenny Vaughan Fiction, Ages 4-8 Readers will learn about hibernation, Fiction, Ages 4-8 inhabit North and Central America, eat and to survive. This picture book examines the ISBN-10: 0802795730 how bears pick a mate, what they ISBN-10: 1568990952 including information about their life Non-fiction, Ages 9-12 anatomy, behavior, and colony life eat, and how they vary in different cycles, eating habits, and habitats. ISBN-10: 078798664X of ants. Also includes unusual facts Backyard Birds (Peterson Field parts of the world. Blueberries for Sal Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 about them and their nests. Guides for Young Naturalists) Non-fiction, Ages 2-8 by Robert McCloskey ISBN-10: 0439058740 Animal Tracks Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Jonathan Latimer and Karen Stray ISBN-10: 0756601940 A tale of a little girl and a baby bear by Arthur Dorros ISBN-10: 0836819101 Nolting hunting for blueberries one bright All About Owls (All About Series) Readers follow animal tracks across This field guide helps readers identify Berries, Nuts, and Seeds summer day. by Jim Arnosky watercolor landscapes to find the Are You a Grasshopper? (Backyard Books) 20 backyard birds common to most (Take-Along Guide) Fiction, Ages 2-8 This book includes information about woodland-stream culprits. by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries parts of the U.S. and Canada. The by Diane L. Burns ISBN-10: 014050169X owl biology and behavior. The focus is Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Outlines the grasshopper’s daily birds are grouped into chapters by This book describes a variety of on North American owl species. ISBN-10: 0590433660 experiences, briefly describing predominant color. berries, nuts, and seeds that might Bur Bur’s Fishing Adventure: Learn Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 hatching, growth and development, Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 be found on a nature walk. Includes Fun Things About Fishing and What ISBN-10: 043905852X Animals in Camouflage characteristics, diet, defense ISBN-10: 0395922763 identification information. to Bring! (Bur Bur & Friends) by Phyillis Limbacher Tildes mechanisms, and natural enemies. Non-fiction, Ages 7-10 by Joanne Pastel, Kakie Fitzsimmons, All About Turkeys (All About Series) This book focuses on animals that use Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Bald Eagle ISBN-10: 1559715731 and Bill Dunlap by Jim Arnosky camouflage in order to survive—polar ISBN-10: 0753453665 by Gordon Morrison Bur Bur goes on his first fishing expedition Watercolor pictures and brief text detail bear, white-tailed deer, horned owl, This guide first follows the life cycle of Big Al with his dad and catches his first fish. the life and habits of the Wild Turkey. crab spider, Ceylon leaf insect, leafy Are You a Lady Bug? (Backyard Books) an eagle from egg to adult and back by Andrew Clements Fiction, Ages 4-8 Pictures include life-size representations sea dragon, and a tree frog. by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries again and then provides more detailed Big Al just wants friends, but he’s a big ISBN-10: 0977712133 of an egg and a footprint. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Shows children what life would be information for older readers. scary-looking fish and the little fish fear Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0881061344 like as a ladybug: birth, growth and Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 him. One day they get caught by a Cactus Hotel ISBN-10: 0590697803 development, diet, habitat, and natural ISBN-10: 0618386262 fishing net and Big Al proves what a by Brenden Guiberson Animals Should Definitely Not Wear enemies. friend he can be. C The plant’s 200-year life cycle is All Kinds of Animals (It’s Science) Clothing Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 The Bald Eagle (Welcome Books) Fiction, Ages 4-7 presented chronologically, clearly by Sally Hewitt by Judi Barrett ISBN-10: 0753456036 by Lloyd G. Douglas ISBN-10: 0689817223 demonstrating plant development This book explores different types of This well-loved book shows children This book introduces the Bald Eagle and adaptation techniques for animals, grouping them as mammals, why the “clothing” animals already Are You a Spider? (Backyard Books) and explains why it represents the USA. The Biggest Bear survival in a desert habitat. birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, have is perfect for them. by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Lynd Ward Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 and those with soft bodies and shells. Fiction, Ages 3-7 This book provides an overview on the ISBN-10: 0516278746 Johnny Orchard brings home a playful ISBN-10: 080508228X Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0689708076 life cycle, habits and environments of bear cub that soon becomes huge ISBN-10: 0516263382 spiders in vivid pictures. and a nuisance to the neighbors. Nonfiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0753456095 ISBN-10: 0395148065

Growing Up WILD-BlackBack_11thEd-2018.indd 110 10/18/18 10:20 AM Can I keep him? Climbing Tree Frogs (Pull Ahead Books) The Deer in the Wood A Drop around the World Exploring Land Habitats Fishing In A Brook: Angling Activities by Steven Kellogg by Ruth Berman by Laura Ingalls Wilder by Barbara Shaw McKinney by Margaret Yatsevich-Phinney for Kids (Acitvities for Kids) Arnold wants a pet. His mother guides Facts and questions about tree frogs Laura and Mary listen to Pa talk This book shows water’s forms and the Learn about a variety of land habitats by Lawson Drinkard him gently in the right direction, but and a map of where each species about meeting a mother deer and water cycle and illustrates how water including the deciduous forests of the This children’s activity book teaches not before Arnold comes up with can be found in North America. her baby fawn deep in the Big Woods impacts plants, animals and human eastern US, the Canadian tundra, the fishing skills in a fun, interesting way. some inappropriate wildlife choices. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 of Wisconsin. society around the world. Amazon rain forest, and the African Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0822536110 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Nonfiction, Ages 9-12 savannas. ISBN-10: 0879059400 ISBN-10: 014054867X ISBN-10: 0694008796 ISBN-10: 1883220726 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Cobweb Christmas: ISBN-10: 1879531380 Follow Those Feet! (Dora the The Carrot Seed Board Book The Tradition of Tinsel Deer, Moose, Elk, and Caribou Drop of Water Explorer Ready-to-Read, Level 1) by Ruth Krauss by Shirley Climo (Kids Can Press Wildlife Series) by Gordon Morrison The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: by Christine Ricci A little boy plants a carrot seed and Spiders leave cobwebs all over an by Deborah Hodge The story of how a young boy realizes A Story of Life for All Ages Dora and Boots found footprints in the even though everyone insists that old woman’s Christmas tree and Kris Simple text and detailed illustrations the importance of water through F by Leo Buscagalia, PhD sandbox. Whose feet made them? it won’t come up, he tends to it Kringle turns them into silver and gold. explain where and how deer live, following a stream and seeing how Freddie and his leaf friends experience Fiction, Ages 4-8 patiently. To everyone’s surprise, his Fiction, Ages 4-8 how they give birth, what they eat, nature uses water. the changing seasons and learn that ISBN-10: 043953979X carrot wins first prize at the fair. ISBN-10: 0060290331 anatomy and much more. Non-fiction, Ages 5-8 death is a part of life. Fiction, Baby-Preschool Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0618585575 Fiction, Ages 4-8 The Foolish Tortoise ISBN-10: 0694004928 A Color of His Own ISBN-10: 1550746677 ISBN-10: 0943432892 by Eric Buckley by Leo Lionni The Earth and I Eric Carle illustrates the story of a tortoise Chameleon, Chameleon One chameleon isn’t happy with Diary of a Fly by Frank Asch Farm Crops (Let’s See Library) who takes off his shell because he wants by Joy Cowley his changeable appearance so he by Doreen Cronin E A picture book describing the by Jennifer Blizin Gillis to move more quickly. After a few Madagascar panther chameleons decides to stay on a leaf so he can A fly wants to be a superhero. From a many ways a boy and Earth are This book gives an introduction to farm frights, he rediscovers the value of going are used to illustrate the story of a remain green. Then autumn comes and ladybug baby-sitter to flying lessons by friends – growing together, dancing, crops and how they are harvested. slowly and safely. chameleon as it searches for food the leaf and he change colors. the clothesline, Fly has a lot to learn. being sad, and being happy. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 2-7 and a new home. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0756506697 ISBN-10: 0887083234 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0375836977 ISBN-10: 0060001569 ISBN-10: 0152063951 Fine Feathered Friends: All About Footprints in the Sand ISBN-10: 0439666538 Birds (Cat in the Hat’s Learning A Cool Drink of Water Diary of a Spider An Earthworm’s Life (Nature Up Close) (Hello Reader Level 1) Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Doreen Cronin by John Himmelman Library) by Cynthia Benjamin by Barbara Kerley by Tish Rabe (World of Nature Series) Gorgeous photographs and spare text The life of a young spider is filled with This book describes, in simple text and Pictures and simple text depict desert by Ruth Heller all sorts of adventures from molting illustrations, the daily activities and life The Cat in the Hat visits Dick and Sally animals and the tracks they leave in give global perspective to the idea to teach them all about birds. Along Bright illustrations and rhymes are the that water is basic to all human life. to vacuum cleaners to spider-human cycle of the earthworm. the sand as they rush to their homes. means for discovering the variety of relationships. Fiction, Ages 4-8 with Thing One and Thing Two he Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 1-5 introduces them to several birds and animals that lay eggs. ISBN-10: 0792267230 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0516265350 ISBN-10: 059044087X Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0060001534 gets them home just in time. ISBN-10: 0698117786 Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Earthworms Fiction, Ages 4-8 Footprints in the Snow Animal Habitats Diary of a Worm by Claire Llewellyn and Barrie Watts ISBN-10: 0679883622 (Hello Reader! Level 1) by Doreen Cronin Through large colorful photographs, by Cynthia Benjamin Children of the Earth…Remember by Jim Arnosky First Guide to Trees by Schim Schimmel Cheerful, bearded woodsman Crinkle- This book gives a humorous account this book explains a great deal about Readers will see animal tracks and Pictures and verse remind us how of a worm’s life from the perspective the earthworm. (Peterson Field Guides) follow the footprints to the homes of a root finds all kinds of wildlife in wetlands, by George A. Petrides everyone, including animals, are of the worm family’s young son. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 deer, an owl, a bear, and other animals. woodlands, grasslands, and cornfields. North American trees are divided into connected. Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0531148254 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 six groups and within those categories, Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 006000150X ISBN-10: 0590466631 ISBN-10: 0689835388 trees that look alike are compared ISBN-10: 1559716401 Egg to Bird (Cycles of Life) Discovering Deer (Discovering Nature) by Carolyn Scrace in text and illustration. Also includes Forest Animals Dear Children of the Earth ecology and natural history. Claws, Coats, and Camouflage: The by Schim Schimmel by Jill Bailey Through vivid illustrations and (Animals in Their Habitats) Non-fiction Ways Animals Fit Into Their World D This book is a letter from Mother This volume looks at the many species diagrams, the author details the life by Francine Galko ISBN-10: 0395911834 by Susan E. Goodman Earth, letting us know that the animals of deer living in the forests and cycle of birds. This book explores the animals who Photographs and text demonstrate that live here need us. grasslands of the world. Non-fiction, Ages 5-10 live in the forest. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 how animals fit into their environment, Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0531148408 by Lois Ehlert ISBN-10: 0531181960 ISBN-10: 1403404364 stay safe, obtain food, and reproduce. ISBN-10: 1559712252 Brightly colored fish swim through this Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Energy Makes Things Happen counting book. ISBN-10: 0761318658 Dear Fish Do All Spiders Spin Webs? (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) The Frog (Life Cycles) (Scholastic Q & A) Fiction, Ages 2-6 by Sabrina Crewe by Chris Gall by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ISBN-10: 0152280510 Cleaning Up Litter (Help the Environment) While visiting the beach with his by Melvin and Gilda Berger This book introduces the concept of This book describes the habitat, by Charlotte Guillain family, a young boy tosses a bottled This book covers the physical and energy and explains how it is used Fish is Fish eating habits, and life cycle of frogs. This is a series designed to make children message into the sea inviting the fish behavioral characteristics common to through examples such as kites by Leo Lionni Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 aware of the effect they have on the to visit him. The fish show up in his all spiders—anatomy, senses, courting flying in the wind, moving rocks, and A fish and a tadpole are friends. The ISBN-10: 0817262326 environment. Photographs provide hometown and chaos ensues. behavior, egg-hatching, and more. sunlight helping plants make food. tadpole becomes a frog and explores Frogs, Toads, and Turtles visual reinforcement of learning. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 the world. Fish jumps out to see for Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0316058475 ISBN-10: 0439148812 ISBN-10: 0064452131 (Take-Along Guide) himself but tadpole saves him. Fish by Diane Burns ISBN-10: 143290891X realizes he needs water to survive. The Deer Family (Zoobooks Series) Dream Weaver Every Autumn Comes the Bear This book has colorful pictures, short by Jonathan London Fiction, Ages 4-8 explanations of animals, their habitats, Clifford’s First Autumn by Timothy L. Biel by Jim Arnosky ISBN-10: 0394827996 by Norman Bridwell This edition of Zoobooks includes A tiny yellow spider spins her fragile This book tells of a bear and his habits eating habits, and popular anecdotes. Clifford the Small Red Puppy enjoys his information about the deer family web as a young boy watches. Before on his yearly visit to the wooded hill Includes projects. first autumn sniffing falling leaves and such as species, habitats, and diet. the boy knows it, the spider’s world behind the author’s Vermont farm. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 admiring the wonderful colors. Non-fiction, Ages 5-10 has become his own. Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1559715936 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0937934372 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0698114051 ISBN-0590341308 ISBN-10: 0152009442 111 Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children © 2018 Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Growing Up WILD-BlackBack_11thEd-2018.indd 111 10/18/18 10:20 AM From Puppy to Dog: Following the Gone Again Ptarmigan Have You Seen Birds? A House is a House for Me I Can Save the Earth!: One Little The Icky Bug Alphabet Book Life Cycle by Jonathan London by Joanne Oppenheim by Mary Ann Hoberman Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, by Jerry Pallotta by Suzanne Slade Follows the life of two ptarmigans H A picture book that depicts a This book uses a rhyme about houses and Recycle This book shows why farmers like the This book explains the life cycle of who survive by blending into the variety of birds seen throughout the from anthills to dog kennels and from by Alison Inches praying mantis, how the water spider a golden retriever. It also includes a environment with white feathers in year and in different habitats. corn husks to pea pods. Max the Monster teaches children breathes underwater, and other chart, fun facts and a glossary for winter and mottled white and brown Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 about environmental awareness and intriguing facts about bugs and insects. young readers. feathers in the summer. ISBN-10: 0590270303 ISBN-10: 0142407739 ways that they can become more Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 5-7 Fiction, Ages 4-8 eco-friendly. ISBN-10: 0881064564 ISBN-10: 1404849289 ISBN-10: 0792275616 Hello Fish!: Visiting the Coral Reef A House Spider’s Life (Nature Up Close) Fiction, Ages 4-6 by Sylvia Earle by John Himmelman ISBN-10: 1416967893 If I Were an Ant (Rookie Readers) From Seed to Plant Granddad’s Fishing Buddy Vivid photographs and brief text This book follows the life of a house by Amy Moses (Rookie Read-About Science) by Mary Quigley introduce 12 fish that live in or around spider from egg to adult and I Love Animals: Wild, Scary, Cute A child imagines how much larger by Allan Fowler Granddad says he’s going fishing with coral reefs from the perspective of a chronicles its interactions with the or Cuddly, We Love Them All! things such as crumbs, puddles, trees, This book describes the development his buddy and Sara asks to go along. diver. humans living in the house. by Roger Priddy and even babies would seem to an ant. of a seed into a plant by means of She searches for his buddy all day Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 This book has big colorful pictures of Fiction, Ages 4-8 pollination, fertilization, and seed and eventually realizes it’s the heron ISBN-10: 0792266978 ISBN-10: 0516265369 animals from around the world with ISBN-10: 0516420119 dispersal. fishing along with them. informative text about each animal. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Herman and Marguerite: An Earth How and Why Birds Use Their Bills Non-fiction, Baby-Preschool If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby ISBN-10: 0516273078 ISBN-10: 0803729421 Story (How and Why Series) ISBN-10: 0312493916 (Sharing Nature With Children Book) by Jay O’Callahan by Elaine Pascoe by Fran Hodgkins From Seed to Plant Grasshopper on the Road Herman the earthworm meets This book shows how and why birds I Need a Snake A sweet story of baby wild animals by Gail Gibbons (I Can Read Book 2) Marguerite the caterpillar and they use their bills in 16 pages. by Lynne Jonell learning about their environments This book introduces plant reproduction, by Arnold Lobel strike up a friendship. They share Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Robbie wants a snake. His mother through their parents. covering pollination, seed dispersal, and Grasshopper goes on a journey and adventures and help revive an orchard. ISBN-10: 157471659X reads him a book about reptiles, takes Fiction, Ages 3-7 growth from seed to plant. along the way meets animals who Fiction, Ages 4-8 him to a museum and a pet store, but ISBN-10: 1584690747 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 are too busy to enjoy the sights and ISBN-10: 1561452831 How and Why Seeds Travel (How still won’t get him one. So he creates ISBN-10: 0823410250 sounds of nature. and Why Series) his own out of shoelaces. I’m a Seed (Hello Reader) Fiction, Ages 4-8 Hey Little Ant by Elaine Pascoe Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Jean Marzollo A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds ISBN-10: 006444094X by Phillip M. Hoose and Hannah Hoose This book shows how and why seeds ISBN-10: 0399231765 Two seeds discuss the changes by Jean Richards The text consists of the lyrics of a travel in 16 pages. that take place as they grow. One On each page, one or two short Grasshoppers (Nature’s Friends Series) song about a boy and the ant he Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 I Read Symbols becomes a marigold and the other lines of text appear beneath a large by Ann R. Heinrichs was about to step on. The book asks ISBN-10: 1574716581 by Tana Hoban becomes a pumpkin plant. painting, introducing seeds and their This book covers the body parts, habits, readers to look at life from an insect’s Symbols are everywhere and we don’t Fiction, Ages 4-8 purpose and growth. life cycle, and types of grasshoppers as point of view. How Kids Grow need to be able to read to understand ISBN-10: 0590265865 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 well as their relationship to humans. Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Jean Marzollo and Nancy Sheehan them. How many of these 27 wordless ISBN-10: 0822559919 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1883672546 Through the art of photographs, this signs can you read? In a Nutshell ISBN-10: 075651231X book shows how children grow and Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 (Sharing Nature with Children Book) Garbage Collectors Hiding in the Woods: A Nature change from tiny babies to six- and ISBN-10: 0688166962 by Joseph Anthony by Paulette Bourgeois The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of Trail Book seven-year-olds. An acorn drops from an oak tree and G Garbage collectors Sam and the Amazon Rain Forest by Maurice Pledger Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 I Wanna Iguana grows. It overcomes challenges to Marbel teach children about recycling, by Lynne Cherry Little Deer and his mouse friend ISBN-10: 059045062X by Karen Kaufman Orloff eventually tower high in the forest, while reusing and environmental stewardship. A man is sent into the rainforest to encounter all sorts of animals hiding in A boy tries to convince his mother to the human scene changes below. Fiction, Ages 4-9 chop down a kapok tree but when the forest, learning the importance of How Many Ants? (Rookie Readers) let him adopt a friend’s baby iguana Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1550748262 he falls asleep the rainforest animals camouflage. by Larry Brimer in a series of notes. ISBN-10: 1883220998 surround him and plead with him to Fiction, Ages 4-8 Ants increase by multiples of ten as Fiction, Ages 4-8 The Giving Tree spare their home. ISBN-10: 1592231519 they march up a large hill towards a ISBN-10: 0399237178 In My Backyard by Shel Silverstein Fiction, Ages 4-8 tasty cake. by Valarie Giogas This parable about the gift of giving is ISBN-10: 0152026142 High Ridge Gobbler: A Story Fiction, Ages 4-8 I Want a Pet Counting from one to ten, familiar told throughout the life of a boy who of the American Wild Turkey ISBN-10: 0516262513 by Lauren Child backyard animals are introduced grows into a man and the tree that The Great Race: The Story of the by David Stemple A girl wants a pet but her family keeps by baby and family group name. selflessly gives him everything she has. Chinese Zodiac This book describes the life of a How to Hide a Meadow Frog and coming up with reasons why she Includes what they eat, how they Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Dawn Casey group of young turkeys from infancy Other Amphibians can’t have a lion, a sheep, a wolf, an sound, and where they live. ISBN-10: 0060256656 The Jade Emperor decides to hold a to adulthood. by Ruth Heller octopus, or a boa constrictor. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 race to determine the order of the Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Amphibians such as frogs, toads, and Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0977742318 Golden Guides years. Thirteen creatures maneuver for ISBN-10: 1563979330 salamanders fill this colorful nature ISBN-10: 1582462380 by Various Authors position but the clever rat wins book of hide-and-seek. In My Backyard This series includes beginners guides to first place. A House for Hermit Crab Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty: And by Margriet Ruurs natural history for all ages. Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Eric Carle ISBN-10: 0448409658 Other Questions About the Oceans Paper sculptures introduce creatures Non-fiction, All Ages ISBN-10: 1905236778 Hermit Crab must move to a bigger by Anita Ganeri we might see in our own yards. ISBN-10: 1582381364 (Butterflies and shell because he’s outgrown the I Am Water This answer book deals with questions Fiction, Ages 4-8 Moths); 1582381283 (Birds); 1582381291 Growing Frogs one he’s in. His new shell seems plain I by Jean Marzollo pertaining to the ocean in an easy to ISBN-10: 0887767753 (Insects); 1582381445 (Mammals); by Vivian French until other sea creatures help him to Colorful pictures show young learn format for children. 1582381313 (Reptiles and Amphibians); A young girl collects frog spawn from decorate it. children the different forms of water Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 In the Small, Small Pond 1582381569 (Spiders and Their Kin); a pond and brings it home. Over the Fiction, Ages 4-8 and where they can find it. ISBN-10: 0753456117 by Denise Fleming 158238133X (Trees); 1582381607 (Weeds); next week or so she watches tadpoles ISBN-10: 1416903097 Non-fiction, Ages 5-7 A child observes the animals and and 1582381623 (Wildflowers) turn into frogs and then returns them to ISBN-10: 0590265873 insects that live on and in a freshwater the pond. pond as they wiggle, waddle, hover, Fiction, Ages 4-8 swoop and swirl. ISBN-10: 076362232X Fiction, Ages 2-6 ISBN-10: 0805059830 112 Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children © 2018 Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Growing Up WILD-BlackBack_11thEd-2018.indd 112 10/18/18 10:20 AM In the Tall, Tall Grass Leaf Man Look At This Tree Miss Spider’s Tea Party No More Water in the Tub Over in the Meadow by Denise Fleming by Lois Enlert (Science Emergent Readers) by David Kirk by Ted Arnold by Olive A. Wadsworth From a caterpillar’s point of view, L A man made of leaves is blown by Susan Canizares A social spider invites insects to her A broken faucet sends William The two books below feature the classic children see the many animals away by the wind, and who knows Text and photographs explore the tea party and teaches them that on a trip to find water all over his counting rhyme by Olive a Wadsworth coming and going in the tall where he will go—anywhere the wind diversity of trees, their environment, spiders can be fun. apartment building. (see page 96). grass, from ants and snakes to blows. shapes, and sizes. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-6 Fiction, Ages 4-8 hummingbirds and fireflies. Fiction, Ages 4-6 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0439833051 ISBN-10: 0140564306 Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0152053042 ISBN-10: 0590149989 ISBN-10: 0140565086 ISBN-10: 0805039414 Mister Seahorse Ocean Life From A to Z Illustrator: Anna Vojtech Let’s Save Water! Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary by Eric Carle by Cynthia Stierle ISBN-10: 0735818711 In the Snow: Who’s Been Here? by Sara E. Nelson by Jean Craighead George Seahorse fathers carry the mother’s O Each entry from A to Z focuses on by Lindsay Barrett George Text and photographs show how to A year-long chronicle in the lives of eggs in his pouch before they hatch. the ocean animals that begin with Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef Two children and their dog are on their save water and why it is important. three wolf pups born in Alaska as they In this story, Mr. Seahorse drifts through that letter. by Marianne Berkes way to the sledding hill. Along the way, Non-fiction, Ages 9-12 develop and explore their environment. the sea, meeting other fish fathers Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 This counting book describes coral they find signs of animal life. Realistic ISBN-10: 0736863222 Fiction, Ages 4-8 along the way. ISBN-10: 079441222X reef animals to the tune of “Over in paintings show what they find. ISBN-10: 0064435105 Fiction, Ages 4-8 the Meadow.” Fiction, Ages 4-8 The Life Cycle of a Grasshopper ISBN-10: 0399242694 On One Flower: Butterflies, Ticks Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0688170560 by Lisa Trumbauer Look What I Did With a Leaf and a Few More Icks ISBN-10: 0439760208 This book describes the physical by Morteza E. Sohi The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Anthony D. Fredericks Is a Camel a Mammal? characteristics, habits, and stages of This book features collages of animals by Eric Carle Rhyming text follows two boys in a field Owl (Zoobooks) (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library) development of grasshoppers. cleverly and realistically formed out A chameleon is bored with just as they discover a thriving ecosystem by Timothy L. Biel and John Bonnett Wexo by Tish Rabe Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 of leaves in an array of sizes, shapes, changing colors. During a surprise visit to on a single goldenrod flower. This book from the popular series Narrated by the Cat in the Hat with help ISBN-10: 0736820892 and colors. the zoo it realizes it can change size and Fiction, Ages 4-8 includes the physical description, habits, from Thing One and Thing Two, this book Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 shape as well. It wants to be like all the ISBN-10: 1584690879 behavior, and the future of owls. is filled with facts about mammals and Life Cycles ISBN-0802774407 animals at once! Non-fiction, Ages 4-11 distinguishes them from non-mammals. by Michael Ross Fiction, Baby-Preschool One Hundred Hungry Ants ISBN-10: 0937934321 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Walks kids through each stage of the The Magic School Bus At the ISBN-10: 0064431622 by Elinor J. Pinczes ISBN-10: 0679873023 life cycles of a sunflower, mushroom Waterworks One hundred very hungry ants hurry Owl Babies and grasshopper. M by Joanna Cole Monarch Butterfly to a picnic, but marching in single by Martin Waddell Itsy Bitsy Spider Non-fiction, Ages 6-8 The children ascend to a cloud, by Gail Gibbons file seems to take too long. They start Three baby owls wake up one night as told by Iza Trapani ISBN-10: 0761318178 fall as drops of water into a mountain This book describes each stage of the dividing into rows of 50, then 25, and and their mother is gone. They worry The itsy-bitsy spider encounters a fan, stream, flow into a reservoir, bounce monarch butterfly’s metamorphosis so on. and wonder where she has gone until a mouse, a cat, and a rocking chair Life Cycles Collection through the purification system, and and includes instructions on how to Fiction, Ages 4-8 she returns. as she makes her way to the top of a by David M. Schwartz arrive in the school’s bathroom. raise a monarch. ISBN-10: 0395971233 Fiction, Ages 4-8 tree to spin her web. Titles include Ladybug, Bean, Snake, Non-fiction, Ages 6-9 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0763617105 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Butterfly, Hummingbird, Frog, Tree, Fish, ISBN-10: 0590403605 ISBN-10: 0823409090 One Small Place in a Tree ISBN-10: 1580891004 Spider, Sunflower, Chicken, and Horse. by Barbara Brenner Owl Moon These 16-page books can also be Mammal Tracks: Life Size Tracking Guide My Wild Woolly A bear sharpens her claws on a tree by Jane Yolen Jaguar in a Rainforest purchased separately. by Lynn Levine and Martha Mitchell (Green Light Readers Level 2) trunk, creating a hole that over time A girl and her father go on a walk on by Joanne Ryder Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Printed on waterproof paper, this by Deborah J. Eaton will house salamanders, tree frogs, a moonlit winter night. A variety of J The reader becomes a jaguar, ISBN-10: 1591981654 track guide uses the four basic A young boy tells his mother there is white-footed mice, and more. wildlife watches them pass. The father experiencing the sights and sounds of movement patterns as the key to a Wild Woolly in the yard. She doesn’t Fiction, Ages 4-8 imitates the Great Horned Owl’s call the rainforest through its eyes. The Little Fish That Got Away identification. believe him. He spends the afternoon ISBN-10: 068817180X and an echo returns. Fiction, Ages 5-9 by Bernadine Cook Non-fiction playing with his new friend anyway. Fiction, Ages 2-6 ISBN-10: 0688129900 A little boy goes fishing every day ISBN-10: 09070365403 Fiction, Ages 4-8 One Small Square Backyard IBSN-10: 0399214577 but never catches anything until one ISBN-10: 0152051473 by Donald M. Silver Jody’s Beans (Read and Wonder) special day when a little fish comes Martha Moth Makes Socks Filled with an assortment of plants, Owls by Malachy Doyle swimming by. by Cambria Evans National Audubon Society animals and insects, this book advises by Gail Gibbons Jody and her grandfather plant seeds Fiction, Ages 4-8 Preparing for her birthday party, First Field Guides naturalists to focus on a single square The life cycle in this book follows a together. Jody takes care of them and ISBN-10: 0060557133 Martha Moth purchases scarves and by Various Authors meter of their own yards. mated pair of owls as they build their in the fall they eat the beans. socks but while she is baking she eats N Each field guide features 50 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 nest, tend their eggs, and raise their Fiction, Ages 4-8 Little Tom Turkey it all! Happily, her friends show up with common species with photos and ISBN-10: 0716765101 young. ISBN-10: 076361713X by Frances Bloxam her favorite type of dust. brief descriptions. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Rhyming verse follows a Wild Turkey Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 9-12 Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl ISBN-10: 0823420140 The Know-Nothings Talk from hatching to becoming a big ISBN-10: 0618557458 ISBN-10: 0590640089 (Amphibians); by Bruce Hiscock Turkey (I Can Read Book) tom, learning how to avoid predators 0590054821 (Birds); 0590641980 (Fishes); Fed by his parents, Ookpik grows Owls (Kids Can Press Wildlife Series) K by Michele Sobel Spirn and strut his stuff. McElligot’s Pool 0590054473 (Insects); 0590054899 quickly in the short Arctic summer. By by Adrienne Mason The Know-Nothings want to Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Dr. Seuss (Mammals); and 0590054678 (Reptiles) autumn he has learned to hunt on his This book looks at two groups - typical celebrate Thanksgiving by serving a ISBN-10: 0892726717 A small boy is fishing in McElligot’s own and he flies south across Canada owls and barn owls - and explains turkey dinner but it won’t eat the salad, Pool, which is nothing more than a A Naturalist Indoors: Observing the to the US to winter. where they live, what they eat, and the potatoes, or even the squash! Look and Learn About Animals in puddle. What if the pool is connected World of Nature Inside Your Home Fiction, Ages 4-8 how young owls learn. Fiction, Ages 4-8 the Ocean (Look & Learn About…) to an underground stream that flows by Gale Lawrence ISBN-10: 1590784618 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0064442519 by Bob Bampton to sea? What might he catch? A field guide to the plants and animals ISBN-10: 1553376242 A first look at natural history for Fiction, Ages 4-8 that might be encountered in a North Our National Symbols (I Know America) preschool children. Simple text and ISBN-10: 0394800834 American house, including the natural by Linda Carlson Johnson life-like illustrations depict animals in history of some household items. This book tells the stories behind many of their natural environment. Non-fiction, Adult our national symbols such as the Liberty Non-fiction ISBN-10: 0595167551 Bell, the Bald Eagle, and Uncle Sam. ISBN-10: 1858541727 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1878841874 113 Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children © 2018 Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Growing Up WILD-BlackBack_11thEd-2018.indd 113 10/18/18 10:20 AM Pass the Energy, Please! Precious Water Salmon Stream (Sharing Spiders Sun Dance Water Dance This is Your Life Cycle (Sharing Nature with Children Book) by Brigitte Weninger Nature with Children Book) by Gail Gibbson by Jonathan London by Heather Lynn Miller P by Barbra Shaw McKinney A girl tells her cat where water is S by Carol Reed-Jones This book shows how spiders are This book features the story of a group Dahlia Dragonfly takes a trip down In this upbeat rhyming story, the food found on earth and how necessary This book follows the life cycle of a different from insects and provides of good friends having fun in the memory lane that teaches kids about chain connects herbivores, carnivores, it is to living things. She gives water salmon from hatching in a stream, information on spider behaviors and great outdoors on a hot summer day. the different stages of a dragonfly’s life. insects and plants together in a to her plants, puts it in the cat's bowl, to life in the ocean, and eventually environments. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 fascinating circle of players. and drinks a glass herself. the hazardous journey home to its Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0525466827 ISBN-10: 0618724850 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 birthplace. ISBN-10: 0823410811 ISBN-10: 158469002X ISBN-10: 0735815135 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Swimmy The Tiny Seed ISBN-10: 1584690135 Spider’s Lunch (All Aboard Science by Leo Lionni by Eric Carle Peterson First Guide to Insects of Rabbits and Raindrops Reader Station Stop 1) A little fish is the lone survivor of a The book follows a tiny seed through North America by Jim Arnosky A Seed Grows: My First Look at a by Joanna Cole school of fish swallowed by a tuna. all the hazards of dispersal. Once it by Christopher Leahy R Five baby rabbits follow their mother Plant’s Life Cycle An introduction to the arachnid world, When he discovers more little fish, they starts growing it doesn’t stop until it A condensed version of the famous outside their nest for the first time, tasting by Pamela Hickman this book explains how a hungry band together to scare off bigger fish. overtops houses and trees to become Peterson Field Guides, this book clover and meeting grasshoppers. Children plant a vegetable garden, spider must get food by building a Fiction, Ages 4-8 a giant flower. focuses on the insects you are most When it rains they go under a hedge watch it grow, harvest fruits and web and then patiently waiting to ISBN-10: 0394826205 Fiction, Ages 4-8 likely to see. and meet more creatures. vegetables, and cut them open to catch something. ISBN-10: 0689842449 Non-fiction Fiction, Ages 4-8 reveal more seeds. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 A Swim Through the Sea ISBN-10: 0395906644 ISBN-10: 0698118154 Fiction, Baby-Preschool ISBN-10: 0448402238 by Kristin Joy Pratt Tobias, the Quig, and the ISBN-10: 1550742000 An alphabet book looks at ocean life Rumplenut Tree Peterson First Guide to Urban Rabbits, Squirrels, and Chipmunks Spiders Spin Webs as seen through the eyes of Seamore by Tim Robinson Wildlife (Take-Along Guide) A Seed is Sleepy by Yvonne Winer the seahorse. Tobias must release the beautiful quig by Sarah B. Landry by Mel Boring by Dianna Hutts Aston This poetry book introduces 15 different Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 bird so it can spread the seeds of the This field guide introduces young This book has colorful pictures, short Each spread is devoted to the seed’s kinds of spiders in two-page sections. ISBN-10: 1883220041 rumplenut tree. naturalists to city wildlife. It includes explanations of each animal, their many attributes, the text building on Five lines of verse are presented along Fiction, Ages 4-8 many familiar mammals and birds as habitats, eating habits, and popular these descriptions with interesting facts. with each spider portrait. Tame and Wild (Spyglass Books) ISBN-10: 1890817201 well as bacteria, fungi, and plants. anecdotes. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Alison J. Auch Non-fiction Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0811855201 ISBN-10: 0881069833 T This book compares and contrasts Today is Monday ISBN-10: 039593544 ISBN-10: 1559715790 domestic and wild animals, such as by Eric Carle Seeds [State] Facts and Symbols cats and lions, guinea pigs and voles, Each double-page spread shows a Pet Show (Picture Puffins) The Racing Worm Brothers by Ken Robbins (The States and Their Symbols) and hogs and wild boars. line from the song with a different by Ezra Jack Keats by Gary Barwin This book explores a variety of seeds by Various Authors Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 animal eating a different food for Everyone is going to the pet show but Aaron and Ryan adopt a pair of and their methods of dispersal. Presents information about the title ISBN-10: 0756502268 each day of the week. Archie can’t find his cat. What will he worms and teach them to count, take Non-Fiction, Ages 4-8 state, including it’s nickname, motto, Fiction, Ages 4-8 take instead? them on trips, and provide them with ISBN-10: 0689850417 and emblems. Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids ISBN-10: 0698115635 Fiction, Ages 4-8 sleeping arrangements. When they Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Gail Gibbons ISBN-10: 0142300004 race them, the worms disappear! The Skeleton Inside You Watercolor pictures illustrate this book Tom Turkey and Erik Eagle: Or How Fiction, Ages 4-8 (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Stella and Roy Go Camping about the parts of a tree and their the Eagle Became the American Symbol Pickin’ Peas ISBN-10: 1550375407 by Philip Balestrino by Ashley Wolff functions, and uses for trees. by Sandra Calder Davidson by Margaret Read MacDonald Your skeleton helps you leap, somer- Stella, Roy and their mother are going Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 The animals of Wilderbrush Forest help A pesky rabbit is eating the peas in Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf sault, and touch your toes – learn all camping. Roy keeps finding tracks ISBN-10: 0316309036 out our Founding Fathers by discussing Little Girl’s garden so she puts him in by Lois Ehlert about what a skeleton can do! and Stella looks them up in her book and then voting on which animal a box where she intends to keep him Follow the life of a sugar maple tree Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 to discover which animal made them. Ten Little Fish should become the national symbol. until pea-picking season is over. The from the point of view of a young ISBN-10: 0064450872 Fiction, Ages 5-8 by Audrey Wood Fiction, Ages 4-8 rabbit escapes! child. Seeds fall from a tree in the ISBN-10: 1930238266 This counting book features a school ISBN-10: 1559708913 Fiction, Ages 4-8 woods, nursery workers collect the Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes of colorful tropical fish as they ISBN-10: 006027235X sprouts, and one day the tree is sold. It’s Feathers Stick Insect (Bug Books) disappear from sight one by one. Too Much Garbage Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Lorna and Lecia Balian by Karen Hartley Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Fulvio Testa Plants and the Environment ISBN-10: 0152661972 Mrs. Gumm finds a turkey egg and Describes the physical characteristics, ISBN-10: 0439635691 Tony and Bill go for a walk and notice (First Step Nonfiction) raises it, intending to eat him for habitat, behavior, and life cycle of all of the garbage being thrown by Jennifer Boothroyd Reusing and Recycling Thanksgiving. But when it’s time, she the insect commonly known as the There’s an Opossum in My Backyard everywhere but find a flower at the This guide introduces the ways plants (Help the Environment) decides she’d rather share her meal walking stick. by Gary Bogue end. Bill comments, “We need less interact with people and animals. by Charlotte Guillain with the turkey than eat it. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 A baby opossum falls off her mother’s garbage and more flowers.” Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 This book is part of a series designed to Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1432912461 back and finds herself in a suburban Fiction, Baby-Preschool ISBN-10: 0822586037 make children aware of the effect they ISBN-10: 1932065415 backyard. She learns to sneak food ISBN-10: 073581452X have on the environment. Photographs Stranger in the Woods: A from the dog bowl, avoid capture by A Plump and Perky Turkey provide visual reinforcement of learning. Songs About Insects, Bugs, and Photographic Fantasy an owl, and makes friends. The Tortilla Factory by Teresa Bateman Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Squiggly Things by Carl R. Sams and Jean Stoick Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Gary Paulsen Pete the turkey outsmarts the town of ISBN-10: 1432908944 by Various Artists Forest animals are awakened by the ISBN-10: 1597140597 Paintings and prose show how corn Squawk Valley when they ask him to be Tracks on this audio CD include: I Love birds’ warning that there is a stranger grows, is harvested, is ground into flour, is a model for an arts and crafts fair, while Richard Scarry’s The Early Bird Bugs!; Instinct; Patty’s Pet Python; in the woods. They set out to discover This is the Tree sent to the tortilla factory, and is eaten intending to eat him for Thanksgiving. (Step into Reading) Monarch Butterfly; Grasshoppers; Bees if there is danger and find a wonderful by Miriam Moss by those who will be planting the corn. Fiction, Ages 4-8 by Richard Scarry In The Hive; Tiny Things; Make A Snake; surprise. Life in the Saharan Desert is described Non-Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0761451889 Early Bird is searching for a worm to The Bee Bop; Praying Mantis; Hi, Hi Non-fiction, Ages 2-9 using the African baobab tree as a ISBN-10: 0152016988 play with. A frog and a mouse help Firefly; Ants On Parade; Spunky Spider; ISBN-10: 0967174805 focal point for a host of animals. out but can’t find any worms either. and Partners In Nature. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Then Early Bird finds Wiggly Worm ISBN-10: 1563460335 ISBN-10: 1929132778 wearing a funny hat! Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0679889205 114 Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children © 2018 Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Growing Up WILD-BlackBack_11thEd-2018.indd 114 10/18/18 10:20 AM Tracks in the Snow The Turkey Ball Vulture View Water, Water Everywhere What is a… Who Lives in a Tree? by Wong Herbert Yee by David Steinberg by April Pulley Sayre by Cynthia Overbeck and Mark Rauzon by Lola M. Schaefer (Science Emergent Readers) A little girl follows tracks in the snow, This rhyming board book follows the Vultures are part of nature’s clean-up Explains the water cycle, the different The basic classes of the animal kingdom by Susan Canizares and Daniel Moreton wondering who made them. Eventually social event of the season for a group crew and this book gives readers a forms water takes, and how water are explained in simple text. Photographs and text depict the many the trail leads her home and she realizes of very stylish turkeys. glimpse of their world, soaring in the air helps shape the planet and the Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 different animals that live in trees, from she made the tracks the day before. Fiction, Ages 4-8 and looking for dead animals. creatures that live on it. ISBN-10: 0736890947 (Fish); 0736890939 the roots to the branches. Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0843114568 Non-fiction, Ages 9-12 Non-fiction, Ages 6-9 (Bird); 0736890963 (Mammal); 0736890920 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0312371349 ISBN-10: 0805075577 ISBN-10: 0871563835 (Amphibian); 0736890971 (Reptile) ISBN-10: 0590158562 Two Bad Ants Tracks, Scats and Signs by Chris Van Allsburg The Wacky Wedding: A Book Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree What’s it Like to be a Fish? Who Needs Plants? (Take-Along Guide) Two ants stay behind in the sugar bowl, of Alphabet Antics by Jan Peck (Let’s Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) by Lisa Trumbauer by Leslie Dendy but after being scooped into coffee, W by Pamela Duncan Edwards A young girl climbs up a tall green by Wendy Pfeffer This book explores some of the ways Detailed illustrations help children going in the toaster, and other mishaps, A hilarious alliterative alphabet book tree and meets a variety of rainforest Learn how scales and slime keep fish that animals and people use plants identify which species left each track, they are glad to return home when the describes an ant wedding, the animal animals. She greets each animal in healthy, how their sleek shapes help for food and shelter. scat, or sign. ant troops return. guests, and all the various mishaps turn, then says “See you later!” and them to swim, and how they breathe Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 9-12 Fiction, Ages 4-8 entailed. climbs away. differently than humans. ISBN-10: 073682023X ISBN-10: 1559715995 ISBN-10: 0395486688 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0786803088 ISBN-10: 1416900713 ISBN-10: 0064451518 Whose Tracks Are These? A Clue A Tree Can Be... Unbeatable Beaks Book for Familiar Forest Animals by Judy Nayer by Stephen Swinburne Water We Are Bears When Clay Sings by James Nail This short poem illustrates the many U Lyrical, chant-along text and by Frank Asch by Molly Grooms and Lucia Guarnotta by Byrd Baylor A brief picture-book guessing game, this things a tree can be such as a place to paper collage illustrations introduce This book teaches readers about Two Black Bear cubs emerge from their This illustrated prose-poem explores book presents the tracks of six common climb and a place to stay dry. young children to a variety of birds the basic ecological concepts and den for the first time and are instructed the daily life of early Native Americans forest creatures along with their habits Fiction, Ages 4-6 and their distinctive beaks. importance of water in nature with in proper behavior by their mother. They through the painted symbols they left and what they eat. ISBN-10: 0590273779 Non-fiction, Baby-Preschool simple sentences and engaging search for food, escape a hive of bees, behind. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0805048022 pictures. and much more. Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1570980780 A Tree is a Plant Non-fiction, Ages 3-7 Fiction, Ages 3-7 ISBN-10: 0689711069 by Clyde Robert Bulla Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs, and ISBN-10: 015202348-8 ISBN-10: 2764113439 Why Do Leaves Change Color? This book follows an apple tree from Other Ughs (Sharing Nature with Where Are the Night Animals? (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science, a seed and through all the seasons, Children Book) Water Web Weavers and Other Spiders (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) Stage 2) explaining the functions of roots, trunk, by Anthony D. Fredericks by Emily Neye by Bobbie Kalman by Mary Ann Fraser by Betsy Maestro branches, and leaves. A child lifts up a rock and discovers all Children learn about different water This comprehensive overview of This book focuses on eight common This informative concept book Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 sorts of creatures underneath. sources and how water changes forms. spiders includes close-up pictures nocturnal creatures, from the barn explains what happens to leaves in ISBN-10: 0064451968 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 of arachnids doing what they do owl to the harvest mouse. Includes autumn as they change colors and ISBN-10: 1584690275 ISBN-10: 061364428X best—spinning, trapping, and slowly interesting tidbits about animals and fall from the trees. A Tree is Nice digesting their prey. activities to try at home or school. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 by Janice May Udry The Very Busy Spider The Water Hole Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0064451267 The book explores all of the many by Eric Carle by Graeme Base ISBN-10: 086505732X ISBN-10: 0064451763 benefits that trees provide us. Beyond V This book follows a day in the life Animals come from the plains of Why Do Tigers Have Stripes? making everything beautiful, you can of a spider. Blown onto a farmyard Africa, the jungles of the Amazon, Welcome to the World of Bears Where Does the Garbage Go? (Starting Point Science) climb them, enjoy the shade, use fence, she starts to spin a web. The and the woodlands of North America by Diane Swanson (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Helen Edom sticks, and much more. other animals ask her to play but she’s to drink from the water hole in this This book educates young children by Paul Showers Simple text and detailed illustrations Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 too busy spinning her web. counting book. about bears and their environment. This book explains what used to combine to answer the question of ISBN-0064431477 Fiction, Ages 1-5 Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 5-7 happen to garbage, what goes each title in this series in clear, step- ISBN-10: 0399229191 ISBN-10: 0142401978 ISBN-10: 1551105195 into landfills, and how aluminum, by-step stages. Trees, Leaves and Bark newspapers, glass bottles and jars, Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 (Take-Along Guide) Very First Things to Know About Ants Water Hole Waiting We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and plastics are recycled today. ISBN-10: 0794514081 by Diane L. Burns by Patricia Grossman by Jane and Christopher Kurtz by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 This easily readable book for kids tells From the American Museum of Natural A young monkey wants to take A father and his four children go on a ISBN-10: 0064451143 Why Should I Protect Nature? them everything they could want to History comes a book written for three- a drink from the water hole but is bear hunt. (Why Should I? Series) know about trees from the very top to to six-year-olds about the basic facts stopped by its mother. They wait Fiction, Ages 1-5 Who Eats What? Food Chains and by Jen Green the very bottom. of an ant’s life. until after dark when all of the larger ISBN-10: 0689853491 Food Webs (Let’s-Read-And-Find- Presents a brief, entertaining story Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 3-6 animals have gone. Out Science) about protecting nature instead ISBN-10: 1559716282 ISBN-10: 0761107304 Fiction, Ages 4-8 What Color is Camouflage? (Let’s- by Patricia Lauber of breaking tree branches and ISBN-10: 0060298502 Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2) This book presents food chains and food scattering trash. Trout Are Made of Trees The Very Quiet Cricket by Carolyn B. Otto webs on land and in water, showing Fiction, Ages 4-8 by April Pulley Sayre by Eric Carle Water, Water This lyrical introduction to camouflage who eats what in the wild. ISBN-10: 0764131540 Two young children and their dads A young cricket rubs his wings by Eloise Greenfield explains how and why animals hide. Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 observe life in and around a stream to together all day to greet various A preschooler walks in the rain, fishes Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0064451305 Why Should I Recycle? find out how a leaf can become a fish. insects, but no sound ever emerges. in a river, plays with pool toys, and ISBN-10: 0064451607 (Why Should I? Series) Non-Fiction, Ages 4-8 As night falls, he meets a girl cricket observes a waterfall. Who Grows Up in the Ocean?: A by Jen Green ISBN-10: 1580891373 and chirps the most beautiful sound. Non-fiction, Baby-Preschool What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? Book About Ocean Animals and Their Mr. Jones sets a good example by Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0694012475 by Robin Page Offspring (Who Grows Up Here?) separating his trash for recycling. He Trout the Magnificent ISBN-10: 0399218858 Children will explore the many amazing by Theresa Longenecker takes his class to a recycling plant. by Sheila Turnage things animals can do with their bodies This book has fun facts about ocean Fiction, Ages 4-8 Trout isn’t happy being just an ordinary in this interactive guessing book. inhabitants and their young. ISBN-10: 0764131559 fish, so he goes to the animal council Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 and asks to be allowed to fly. His fun in ISBN-10: 0439703840 ISBN-10: 1404802088 the air leads to unforeseen problems. 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Growing Up WILD-BlackBack_11thEd-2018.indd 115 10/18/18 10:20 AM Wiggling Worms at Work Wishing I Was Fishing The World of Farm Animals: An Early by Wendy Pfeffer by Eva Wells Encyclopedia for Beginning Readers This book features the natural history Take a trip across the lake on a young by Balloon Books Educator Resources of worms. Find out how worms help boy’s first spring fishing trip with his dad. This book introduces 11 farm animals us as they wiggle in their underground The two prepare the boat, gather their with a picture and a few lines of text. burrows. gear, and reel in their first fish. Fiction, Ages 4-8 Non-fiction, Ages 4-8 Fiction, Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 0806984619 ISBN-10: 0064451992 ISBN-10: 1592981682 Center for the Social and Emotional required in order to meet the needs of The World That We Want Early Childhood Foundations for Early Learning children with extraordinary needs. 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A Guide to Nature’s Wonderful Worms The Alliance for Childhood promotes by Linda Glaser Y This book shows why boa works to promote the social and and Parenting (CEEP), part of the Footprints policies and practices that support by Jim Arnosky Cross-section illustrations of worms’ constrictors swallow their meals whole, emotional development of young Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) children’s healthy development, This book is filled with intricately drawn underground environment help show why gila monsters’ tails are so fat, and a children, birth to age five, as a means Collaborative at the University of love of learning, and joy in living. prints from both wild and domestic the vital role that earthworms play in lizard that is larger than most people. of preventing challenging behaviors Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the The organization’s website contains animals, many true to size. Kids can the planet's ecosystem. 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