Children's Bibliography

AIR

A Letter to Amy By Ezra Jack Keats -- Harper Collins 1968


Air is All Around You
By Franklyn Branley -- Thomas Y. Crowell 1986


Beezy and Funnybone
By Megan McDonald -- Orchard Books 2000


Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book
By Alan Baker -- Kingfisher Books 1994


Catch the Wind
By Gail Gibbons -- Little, Brown and Co. 1989


Feel the Wind
By Arthur Dorros -- Thomas Y. Crowell 1989


The Grumpalump
By Sarah Hayes -- Clarion Books 1990


Science Magic with Air
By Chris Oxlade -- Barron’s 1993


The Science Book of Air
By Neil Ardley -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991


The Sea Breeze Hotel
By Marcia Vaughn -- Willa Perlman Books 1992


The Wind Blew
By Pat Hutchins -- Macmillan 1974

BRICKS
Bricks by Terry Cash—Garrett Educational Corporation, Aug.1990

From Clay to Bricks by Ali Mitgutsch—Lerner Publishing Group, Sept.1981

From Mud to House by Bertram T. Knight—Scholastic Library Publishing, Feb.1998

How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons—Holiday House, Inc., Mar.1996

Mud by Mary Lyn Ray—Harcourt, Mar.2001

Mud Matter: Stories from a Mud Lover by Jennifer Owens Dewey—Marshall Cavendish Inc., Apr.1998

Mud Puddle by Robert N. Munsch—Firefly Books LTD, Mar.1996

 

BUBBLES

Benny’s Big Bubble By Jane O’Connor -- Price Stern Sloan Pub. 1997

Bubble Trouble By Joy N. Hulme -- Children’s Press 1999


The Unbelievable Bubble Book
By John Cassidy -- Klutz, Inc. 1995

 

COLORS

A Color of His Own By Leo Lionni -- Alfred A. Knopf 1975


Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See
By Bill Martin, Jr. -- Henry Holt 1983

Cat’s Colors By Jane Cabrera -- Dial Books 1997


Color
By Ruth Heller -- Putnam & Grosset 1995


Color Dance
By Ann Jonas -- Greenwillow 1989


Colors
By Gallimard Jeunesse -- Scholastic 1989


Fun with Color
By Maria Gordon -- Thomson Learning 1995


Green Wilma
By Tedd Arnold -- Dial Books 1993


Growing Colors
By Bruce McMillan -- Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard 1988


I Went Walking
By Sue Williams -- Harcourt Brace & Co. 1989


Kipper’s Book of Colors
By Mick Inkpen -- Harcourt Brace & Co. 1994


Let’s Look at Colors
By Nicola Tuxworth -- Lorenz Books 1996


Little Blue and Little Yellow
By Leo Lionni -- Ivan Obolensky 1959


Little Pink Pig
By Pat Hutchins -- Greenwillow Books 1994


The M&M’s Brand Counting Book
By Barbara McGrath -- Charlesbridge 1994


Mouse Paint
By Ellen Stoll Walsh -- Harcourt Brace & Co. 1989


My Crayons Talk
By Patricia Hubbard -- Henry Holt & Co. 1996


My Many Colored Days
By Dr. Seuss -- Alfred A. Knopf 1996


Paddington’s Colors
By Michael Bond-- Viking 1990

The Purple Hat By Tracey Pearson -- Farrar Straus Giroux 1997


The Science Book of Color
By Neil Ardley -- Harcourt Brace & Co. 1991


White Rabbit’s Color Book
By Alan Baker -- Kingfisher Books 1994

FOSSILS and DINOSAURS
The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals by Chris Pellant--Kingfisher Publications, Mar.2000

Big Old Bones
by Carol Carrick—Clarion Books, 1989

Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton—Harper Collins, 1990

Digging up Dinosaurs by Aliki—Harper Collins Children’s Books, Sept.1988

Dinosaur Bones by Aliki—Harper Collins, 1988

Dinosaur Fossils by Alvin Granowsky—Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1992

Fossils of Long Ago by Aliki—Harper Collins Children’s Books, Mar.1990

Scientists Who Study Fossils by Mel Higginson—Rourke Publishing LLC, Jan.1994

MAGNETS
Amazing Magnets by Julian Rowe—Children’s Press, 1994

The Chicka Chicka ABC Magnet Book
by Bill Martin—Simon & Schuster Children’s, July 2002

Magnets by Karen Bryant-Mole—Heinemann Library, Apr.1998

Magnets by Janice Van Cleave—John Wiley and Sons, 1993

Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart by Natalie M. Rosinsky—Picture Window Books, Aug.2002

My Magnet by Robert Pressling—Gareth Stevens Audio, Sept.1994

Playing with Magnets by Gary Gibson—Copper Beech Books ,1995

The Science Book of Magnets
by Neil Ardley—Harcourt Brace & Co., 1991

Science Secrets- Magnets by Jason Cooper—Rourke Corp. 1992

What Magnets Can Do by Allan Fowler—Scholastic Library Publishing, Oct. 1995

What Makes a Magnet?
by Franklyn Branley—Harper Collins, 1996

MAGNIFICATION
All About Magnifying Glasses by Melvin Berger—Scholastic, May 1993

Janice Van Cleave’s Microscopes and Magnifying Glasses by Janice Pratt Van Cleave—Wiley & Sons Incorporated, Sept.1993

The World of Small: Nature Explorations with a Hand Lens
by Michael Elsohn Ross—Yosemite Association, Apr.1993

Up Close
by Sharon Sharth—Readers Digest Children’s Publishing, Jan.2001

RAINDROPS & RAINBOWS
Raindrops & Rainbows by Rose Wyler—Simon & Schuster, Mar.1991

The Rainbow and You by E.C. Krupp—Morrow, William & Co., Apr.2000


RAMPS
Bathtubs, Slides & Roller Coaster Rails: Simple Machines That are Really Inclined Planes by Christopher Lampton—Millbrook Press, Aug.1994

Inclined Planes –Understanding Simple Machines Series by Anne Welsbacher—Capstone Press, Jan.2001

Ramps and Wedges
by David Glover—Rigby Education, 1997


RECYCLING

Crafts from Recyclables: Great Ideas from Throwaways By Colleen Van Blaricom -- St. Martin’s Press 1992

Creating by Recycling By Laia Sadurni and Anna Llimos -- Blackbirch Press, Inc. 2000


What Rot! Nature’s Mighty Recycler
By Elizabeth Ring -- Millbrook Press 1996

ROCKS
A Rumbly Tumbly Glittery Gritty Place by Mary Lyn Ray—Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
by Eric Kimmel—Holiday House, 1988

Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor—Simon & Schuster Children’s, July 1985

I Am a Rock –Hello Reader Series by Jean Marzollo—Scholastic Inc., May 1998

If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian—Harcourt, Mar.1999

It Could Still Be A Rock by Allan Fowler—Childrens Press,1993

Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans—Harper Collins Children’s Books, Apr.1997

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole—Scholastic Inc.,1987

Milo and the Magical Stones by Marcus Pfister—North-South Books, 1997

Rocks & Minerals by Dr. R.F. Symes—Alfred A. Knopf,1988

Rocks and Minerals –Eyewitness Explorer Series by Steve Parker—DK Publishing Inc., July 2000

Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst—Harper Collins Children’s Books, May 2001

Rocks, Rocks Big and Small by Joanne Barkan—Silver Press, 1990

Sylvester and The Magic Pebble by William Steig—Simon & Schuster, 1969

SALT
From Sea to Salt by Ali Mitgutsch—Lerner Publishing Group, Mar.1985

Salt by Brenda Walpole—Garrett Educational Corporation, Aug.1994

 

SOIL

A Handful of Dirt By Raymond Bial -- Walker & Company 2000


Compost Critter
By Bianca Lavies -- E.P. Dutton 1993


Compost! Growing Gardens from Your Garbage
By Linda Glaser -- Millbrook Press 1996


Discovering Nature Series: Your Backyard
By Sally Hewitt -- The Millbrook Press 2000


The Earth and I
By Frank Asch -- Harcourt Brace 1994

 

SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, & GASES
AIR IS ALL AROUND YOU Branley, Franklyn M.

Experiments with Solids, Liquids, & Gases by Salvatore Tocci—Scholastic Library
Publishing, Mar.2002

Let’s Read and Find Out Science: What is the World Made Of?: All about Solids,
Liquids, & Gases
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld –Harper Collins Publisher, Aug.1998

Simply Science Series: Solids, Liquids, Gases by Charnan Simon—Compass Point Books, May 2000

Solid, Liquid, or Gas by Sally Hewitt—Scholastic Library Publishing, Aug.1998

Solid, Liquid, or Gas? by Fay Robinson—Scholastic Library Publishing, Apr.1996

Solids, Liquids and Gases
--The Ontario Science Centre by Deborah Hodge-- Kids Can Press Limited, Feb. 2000

WATER
A Drop of Water by Walter Wick –Scholastic, Mar.1997

Experiment with Water by Bryan Murphy—Two Can Publishers,LLC, Mar.2001

I Am Water by Jean Marzollo—Scholastic Inc., June1996

It Could Still Be Water
-- Rookie Reader Series by Allan Fowler—Scholastic Library Publishing, Jan.1993

The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole—Scholastic, 1986

The Science Book of Water by Neil Ardley—Random House Value Publishing Inc., June1995

Water by Frank Asch—Harcourt, Mar.2000

Water Play –Science Starters Illustrated Series by Wendy Madgwick--Raintree Publishers, Oct. 1998

Water –Science Experiments Series by Marshall Cavendish—

Where do Puddles Go? by Fay Robinson—Childrens Press, 1995

 

Activity Books For Parents

123 Science By Gayle Bittinger -- Warren Publishing 1993


201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre & Incredible Experiments
By Janice VanCleave -- John Wiley & Sons 1994


474 Science Activities for Young Children
By Moira D. Green -- Delmar Publishers 1996

Earthways By Carol Petrash -- Gryphon House, Inc. 1992


Everyday Discoveries
By Sharon MacDonald -- Gryphon House, Inc. 1998


The Giant Encyclopedia of Science Activities
By Kathy Charner -- Gryphon House, Inc. 1998


Hug A Tree
By Robert Rockwell -- Gryphon House, Inc. 1986


Kid’s Science
By Robert Hirschfeld -- Williamson Publishing 1995


More Mudpies to Magnets
By Elizabeth A. Sherwood -- Gryphon House, Inc. 1990


Mudpies to Magnets
By Robert A. Williams -- Gryphon House, Inc. 1987


The Naturalist’s Handbook
By Lynn Kuntz -- Gibbs-Smith 1996


Nature Through Science and Art
By Susie Criswell -- McGraw Hill


Play and Find Out About Science
By Janice VanCleave -- Wiley 1996


Rainy Days & Saturdays
By Linda Hetzer -- Workman Publishing 1995


Science Arts
By Mary Ann Kohl -- Bright Ring Publishing 1993


Science Through Children’s Literature
By Carol M. Butzow -- Teacher Ideas Press 1989


The Little Hands Nature Book
By Nancy Fusco Castaldo -- Williamson 1996

Teaching Children About Life and Earth By Elaine Levenson -- TAB Books 1994


Teaching Young Children Using Themes
By Marjorie, Ed. Kostelnik -- GoodYear Books 1991