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Bibliography for Children – Earth and the Environment
Sunlight and Shadow
Asch, Frank, The Sun Is My Favorite Star, Sandpiper Books, 2008. (Fiction; Age 4-8; Grade K-3)
Bailey, Jacqui, and Matthew Lilly (Illustrator), Sun Up, Sun Down, Picture Window Press, 2006.
(Informational, Age 8-12; Grade 2-6; Lexile 800L)
Canizares, Susan, and David Moreton, Sun, Scholastic, 1998. (Informational, Age 2 and up; Grade
K and up)
McDermott, Gerald, Raven: A Trickster Tale of the Pacific Northwest, Sandpiper Press, 2001.
(Fiction, Age 4-8; Grade K-2)
Tomecek, Stephen, Jump Into Science: Sun, National Geographic Children’s Books, 2006. (Fiction,
Age 4-8; Grade K-3)
Erosion
Bailey, Jacqui, and Matthew Lilly (Illustrator), Cracking Up: A Story about Erosion, Non-fiction
Picture Books, 2006. (Informational, Age 8-12; Grade 2-6; Lexile 880L)
Giford, Clive, Weathering And Erosion (Looking at Landscapes), Smart Apple Media, 2005.
(Informational, Age 11 and up; Grade 6 and up)
Koontz, Robin, and Matthew Harrad (Illustrator), Erosion: Changing Earth’s Surface, Picture
Window Books, 2007. (Informational, Age 5-10; Grade K-4; Lexile 780L)
Spilsbury, Louise, Richard Spilsbury, Darren Lingard (Illustrator), The Disappearing Mountain And
Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion And Weathering, Raintree Press, 2005. (Informational, Age 912; Grade 2-4)
Rocks and Minerals
Bailey, Jacqui, and Matthew Lilly (Illustrator), The Rock Factory: The Story About the Rock Cycle,
Picture Window Books, 2006. (Informational; Age 7 and up; Grade 2 and up)
Baylor, Byrd, Everybody Needs a Rock, Aladdin Press, 1985. (Fiction; Age 4-8; Grade K-3; Lexile
430L)
Christian, Peggy, If You Find a Rock, Harcourt Publishing, 2000. (Informational; Age 6-9; Grade
1-3)
Cole, Joanna, The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, Scholastic Press, 1987. (Fiction; Age 4-8;
Grade K-3; Lexile 500L)
Hurst, Carol Otis, Rocks in His Head, Harper Collins, 2001. (Informational; Age 4-8; Grade K-5;
Lexile 440L)
Prentice Hall, Rocks and Minerals (DK Eye Wonder), Prentice Hall, 2004. (Informational; Age 5-8)
Blanket of Air
Bang, Molly, (Illustrator), Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share, Blue Sky Press,
1997. (Fiction; Age 8-12; Grade 3-7; Lexile 740L)
Branley, Franklyn M., and John O'Brien (Illustrator), Air Is All Around You (Let's-Read-and-FindOut Science 1), HarperCollins, 2006. (Informational; Age 4-8; Grade K-3)
Edom, Helen, Butterfield Moira, and Kate Davies (Illustrator), Science With Air (Usborne Science
Activities), E.D.C. Publishing, 1992. (Informational; Age 6 and up; Grade 1 and up)
Kraul, Walter, Earth, Water, Fire and Air Playful Explorations in the 4 Elements, Floris Books,
1990. (Informational; Age 6 and up)
The Nature of Sound
Gibson, Gary, Science for Fun: Hearing Sounds, Copper Beech Publishing, 1995. (Informational;
Age 7 and up)
Lawrence, Mary, and Lynn Adams (Illustrator), What's That Sound? (Science Solves It!), Kane
Press, 2002. (Fiction; Age 4 and up; Grade K and up)
Mahaney, Ian, Sound Waves: Energy in Action, Rosen Classroom, 2007. (Informational; Age 8 and
up; Grade 3 and up)
Pfeffer, Wendy, and Holly Keller (Illustrator), Sounds All Around, HarperTrophy Books, 1999.
(Informational; Age 4-8; Grade K-1; Lexile 380L)
Showers, Paul, and Aliki (Illustrator), The Listening Walk, HarperTrophy Books, 1993. (Fiction;
Age 4-8; Grade K-3; Lexile 480L)
Tocci, Salvatore, Experiments with Sound, Children’s Press, 2002. (Informational; Age 9 and up;
Grade 4 and up; Lexile 680L)
The Water Cycle
Berger, Melvin, Gilda Berger and Bobbi Tull (Illustrator), Water, Water Everywhere: A Book About
the Water Cycle, Ideals Publications, 2001. (Informational; Age 4 and up; Grade K and up)
Locker, Thomas, Water Dance, Voyager Books, 2002. (Poetry; Age 4-8; Grade 1 and up)
Lyon, George, and Katherine Tillotson (Illustrator), All the Water in the World, Antheneum Books,
2011. (Poetry; Age 4-8; Grade K-3; Lexile 520L)
McKinney, Barbara, and Michael Maydak (Illustrator), A Drop Around the World, Dawn
Publications, 1998. (Fiction; Age 5 and up; Grade K and up; Lexile 820L)
Relf, Patricia, and Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator),The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About
the Water Cycle, Scholastic Press, 1996. (Fiction; Age 4-8; Lexile 350L)
Waldman, Neil, The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story, Millbrook Press, 2003. (Fiction; Age 5 and
up; Grade K and up)
Winds Aloft
Cobb, Vicki, and Julia Gorton (Illustrator), I Face the Wind, HarperCollins Press, 2003.
(Informational; Age 4-8; Grade K-3; Lexile 540L)
Cosgrove, Brian, Weather (DK Eyewitness Books), DK Children, 2007. (Informational; Age 8-12;
Grade 3-7)
Fowler, Allan, Can You See the Wind?, Children’s Press, 1999. (Informational; Age 6 and up;
Grade 1 and up)
Locker, Thomas, Cloud Dance, Silver Whistle Press, 2000. (Informational; Age 4-8; Grade 1-3)
Rabe, Tish, and Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator), Oh Say, Can You Say, What’s the Weather Today?: All
About Weather, Random House, 2004. (Fiction; Age 4-8; Grade K-3)
Trueit, Trudi Strain, Clouds, Franklin Watts Publishing, 2002. (Informational; Age 10 and up;
Grade 5 and up; Lexile 1180L)
Finding Your Way
Chancellor, Deborah, Maps and Mapping (Kingfisher Young Knowledge), Kingfisher Press, 2004.
(Informational; Age 5-8 and up; Grade K and up)
Hartman, Gail, and Harvey Stevenson (Illustrator), As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps,
Aladdin Press, 1993. (Informational; Age 3-8; Grade K-3; Lexile 320L)
Ritchie, Scot, Follow That Map!: A First Book of Mapping Skills, Kids Can Press, 2009. (Fiction;
Age 4-7; Grade K-2; Lexile 590L)
Sharth, Sharon, and David Wenzel (Illustrator), Way to Go!: Finding Your Way with a Compass
(Reader's Digest Explorer Guides), Reader's Digest, 2000. (Informational; Age 7 and up)
Sweeney, Joan, and Annette Cable (Illustrator), Me on the Map, by Dragonfly Books, 1998.
(Informational; Age 3-7; Grade K-2)
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