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Approved Book List – Revised July 19, 2007 CHILDREN’S MATERIALS BOOKS: AMPHIBIANS FISH IS FISH; Lionni, Leo, author, illustrator; New York: Scholastic; c. 1970. A tadpole and a minnow are friends but the one goes through metamorphous and becomes a frog and the other remains a fish. The frog goes out into the world and comes back to tell tales to the minnow. The minnow is so jealous of all the frog sees that it flips out on to the bank and learns he cannot live out of the water and frog saves the day. A Lionni classic, the books generally express the difference between frogs and fish. Reading Level: Primary Read Aloud Level: Pre­K & up Uses: Primary From Tadpole to Frog (Let's­Read­and­Find­Out Science 1) (Paperback) by Wendy Pfeffer (Author), Holly Keller (Illustrator) Publisher: HarperTrophy (May 30, 1994) An introduction to the life cycle of frogs, with additional facts about individual species on the last two pages. Sentences are simple, with questions and exclamations to help break up the informative text. Keller's clean, clear watercolor illustrations, similar in style to those of Nancy Tafuri, show a variety of pond animals and plant life through the seasons. Other books on this topic are generally geared to older readers, making this attractive picture book a good starting point for beginning readers interested in nature. Kindergarten­Grade 2 HIDING TOADS; Dell’Oro, Suzanne Paul, author; Lerner Publications, publishers; c. 1999 (Pull ahead books series). Introduces the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitats, and life cycles of North American toads. (AR book Perma – Bound List). Reading Level: 2.3 Read Aloud Level: P­2 Uses: Preschool – 4 th grade IF YOU HOPPED LIKE A FROG; Schwarts, David M., author; Warhola, James, illustrator; New York: Scholastic, Inc.; c. 1999. Not exactly a “what if” book but a book that tell how you would perform should you have the special qualities of animals such as hopping like a frog, brain size like a brachiosaurus and scurrying like a spider. Illustrated humorously, the text puts these special qualities great comparisons using math. The end pages give the specific information need to make more comparisons. Reading Level: Primary Read Aloud Level: Pre­K – Primary Uses: Pre­K – 5 th grade THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG; Kalman, Bobbie & Smithyman, Kathryn, authors; various photographers & illustrators: New York: Crabtree Publishing Company; c. 2002. Using sketches and photographs, this series studies a topic form definition – What Is A Frog – Helping Our Frog Friends. Life cycles are explained in general terms. Types of frogs, habitat, feeding, courtship, habitats and egg to froglet cycle are explained. Book contains an index, glossary, web sites, and suggestions about how to help frog habitats as well as a small section on environmental dangers. Reading Level: Upper Primary Read Aloud Level: Pre­K & up Uses: All Ages SALAMANDER ROOM; Mazer, Anne, author; Johnson, Steve and Fancher, Lou, illustrators; New York: Alfred A. Knopf; c. 1991. Detailed illustrationshelp tell the story of a child who wants to take an orange salamander home. He imagines all the things the salamander will need to survive, creating a fantasy environment to make the salamander comfortable and able to live. Information about what a salamander needs to live is brought out even though the illustrations are fanciful. Children can also glean what responsibility it is to take an animal from its natural habitat. Reading Level: Primary Read Aloud Level: Pre­ K & up Uses: Pre­K – Upper Primary WHERE DO FROGS COME FROM?; Vern Alex, author, illustrator; New York Harcourt, Inc.; c. 2000 A “beginning reader” and simple explanation of the life cycle of the frog. Vern uses photographs to illustrate the stages and add a few frog facts. Does not show the jelly like substance that surrounds the egg., states that the eggs “pop” and does not clearly show that all this development takes place in water. Reading Level: Primary Read Aloud Level: Pre­K & Up Uses Pre­K – Early Primary ANIMALS – General books with a variety of animals and insects ANIMALS EATING: HOW ANIMALS CHOMP, SLURP, CHEW AND SWALLOW; Hickman, Pamela, author; Stephens, Pat, illustrator; Kids Can Press, Tonawanda, NY; c. 2001. Animals from all around the world are used to learn about particular eating habits. Organized in two page chapters (Gizzards, Jaw Design are just two), the book highlights carnivores, herbivores and scavengers and explores the mouth, tongues and teeth animals use to eat. Has activities that exemplify the information such as food webs. Illustrations correspond and add to the text information. Reading Level: upper primary Read Aloud Level: primary & up Uses: All ages ANIMALS AND THEIR YOUNG; Elizabeth Dana Jaffe, author; c. 2002, Bridgestone Books from Capstone Press, publisher. These great titles help readers learn about the appearance, development, and behavior of animals as they grow. Beautiful photos and informative text share facts about the lives of young animals from birth to adulthood. APPROVED TITLES IN SERIES: DEER HAVE FAWNS, BEARS HAVE CUBS, DUCKS HAVE DUCKLINGS, RABBITS HAVE BUNNIES, WOLVES HAVE PUPS BACKYARD DETECTIVE: Critters Up Close; Bishop, Nic, author, illustrator; Tangerine Press (Scholastic), New York; c. 2002. Highlights 125 different creatures in seven backyard habitats, this book uses computer organized photographs to explore what is right in the backyard. There are facts and science projects included. Bishop is an award winning science writer though reviews state this one is not his best, mostly because of making some animals deceiving larger. Includes some safety notes. Reading Level: upper primary Read Aloud Level: primary & up Uses: All ages LIFE CYCLES SERIES (ANIMALS): Lisa Trumbauer, author, Pebble Books from Capstone Press, c. 2002­2004 Introduce young readers to the fascinating cycle of life! Using familiar, engaging animals, the books describe the stages of development, from the beginning life stages through the maturation of each animal. Since the books in this series are created using the same organizational structure, teachers can use the books together for comparing and contrasting exercises. This series explores and supports the standard "The Living Environment: Diversity of Life and Heredity," as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy: Project 2061. This series is leveled for early­intervention reading programs: Newly Fluent to Fluent Level. TITLES IN SERIES: THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BEE, THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY, THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG, THE LIFE CYCLE OF A GRASSHOPPER, THE LIFE CYCLE OF A RABBIT, THE LIFE CYCLE OF A TURTLE WILDLIFE DETECTIVES: How Forensic Scientists Fight Crimes Against Nature; Jackson, Donna, author; Shattil, Wendy, Rozinski, Robert, photographers; Houghton Mifflin, New York; c. 2000. This book looks at the Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab that solves crimes against animals like poaching and killing for vanity and fashion. The book highlights a case where a bull elk was shot for his antlers in Yellowstone Park. Photos as well as text show how the scientists use scientific equipment, clues and analyze tips to solve the crimes. “Wild Files” (on two page spreads) gives more information. Glossary and follow­up suggestions are included. Reading Level: upper primary Read Aloud Level: primary & up Uses: All ages WOODLAND ANIMAL SERIES; Emily Townsend & William Ripple, authors; Pebble Books from Capstone Press Publishers; c. 2004­2006 Supports National Science Education Standards for Life Science: The Characteristics of Organisms, Life Cycles of Organisms, Organisms and Their Environment. TITLES IN SERIES: DEER, OPOSSUMS, OWLS, PORCUPINES, RACCOONS, SQUIRRELS, WOLVES, WOODPECKERS ARCHEOLOGY HOME PLACE; Dragonwagon, Crescent, author; Pinkney, Jerry, illustrator; Atheneum, 1990, BT Bound, 1999 (reprint). Pinkney's soft illustrations help tell the story of a family on a walk finding clues in the woods about a family that may have once lived there. Noticing daffodils, scratching the surface of the soil and finding a marble, a doll's arm, a chimney, all help the explorers speculate what family might have lived there before the woods reclaimed the abandoned home place. Reading Level: Primary Read Aloud Level: K & up Uses: K ­ Intermediate KENTUCKIANS BEFORE BOONE; Henderson, Gwynn, author; Smith, Dr. Virginia, some illustrations; University of Kentucky Press; 1992. Henderson gleaned the story of Fishes­With ­Hands from visiting archaeological sites in Bourbon County, Clark County and Greenup County and is about a family who lived in central Kentucky in 1585. Henderson asks the reader to "picture in their mind" and then describes the scene giving specific details of what we believe it was like to live and survive using the natural resources available in that time period. Originally written as part of a literacy project for emergent readers. Reading Level: Intermediate Read Aloud Level: Intermediate ­ Adult Uses: Intermediate & Up ONE SMALL BLUE BEAD; Baylor, Byrd, author; Himler, Ronald, illustrator; Atheneum, 1992 reprint (original c. 1965). This is the perfect book to help start the process of understanding the importance of finding objects from the past and inferring the story behind the objects. Where did it come from, how did it get here, how was it used are just a few of the questions asked. This book starts with the object and the story behind it and ends with a modern child finding it. The book tells what life was like for the original peoples in the time when they were just discovering there were other tribes just like them. Poetically written and beautifully illustrated. ART & POETRY A COOL DRINK OF WATER; Kerley, Barbara, author; various photographers; Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society ; c. 2002. A photo essay of how people around the world get water to drink. End pages include where each photo was taken and a few sentences about the photograph (and who took it) and a note about water conservation from John M.

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