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Education - Children's Literature in the Classroom

A guide for locating grade-appropriate children's literature for use in the classroom.

Featured Books - Animals

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
ISBN: 1596432721
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
I Spy in the Sky by Edward Gibbs
ISBN: 0763668400
Publication Date: 2014-03-11
See What a Seal Can Do by Chris Butterworth; Kate Nelms (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763665746
Publication Date: 2013-08-06
Growing Frogs by Vivian French; Alison Bartlett (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763603171
Publication Date: 2000-03-01
Yucky Worms by Vivian French; Jessica Ahlberg (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763658170
Publication Date: 2012-02-28
What Will Hatch? by Jennifer Ward; Susie Ghahremani (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802723116
Publication Date: 2013-02-12
Animals Upside Down by Steve Jenkins (Illustrator); Robin Page
ISBN: 9780547341279
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
Eye to Eye by Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 9780547959078
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson; Gennady Spirin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805092547
Publication Date: 2013-02-05
The Salmon Bears by Nicholas Read; Ian McAllister (Photographer); Martin Campbell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554692059
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer; Holly Keller (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060230444
Publication Date: 1994-05-12
Animals That Make Me Say Ouch! by Dawn Cusick
ISBN: 1623540429
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
Tooling Around by Ellen Jackson; Renne Benoit (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1580895646
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
Tiny Creatures by Nicola Davies; Emily Sutton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763673153
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
Feathers by Melissa Stewart; Sarah S. Brannen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1580894305
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
Beneath the Sun by Melissa Stewart; Constance R. Bergum (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1561457337
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
What Are Food Chains and Webs? by Bobbie Kalman; Jacqueline Langille
ISBN: 0865058881
Publication Date: 1998-03-15
Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre; Kate Endle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1580891373
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
Park Scientists by Mary Kay Carson; Tom Uhlman (Photographer)
ISBN: 0547792689
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Nature B. C. by James Kavanagh; Linda Dunn (Illustrator); Raymond Leung (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1551050366
Publication Date: 1993-08-01
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 0618375945
Publication Date: 2004-05-25
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Robin Page; Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 0618256288
Publication Date: 2003-03-25
Think of a beaver by Karen Wallace; Mick Manning (illustrator)
ISBN: 0744522692
The Wolf-Birds by Willow Dawson
ISBN: 1771470542
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
The Bear Report by Thyra Heder
ISBN: 1419707833
Publication Date: 2015-10-06

Featured Books - Space

A Black Hole Is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano; Michael Carroll (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781570917837
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Fly Guy Presents: Space by Tedd Arnold
ISBN: 0545564921
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
Living in Space by David Baker
ISBN: 9781590367698
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Star Stuff by Stephanie Roth Sisson
ISBN: 1596439602
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
Beneath the Sun by Melissa Stewart; Constance R. Bergum (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1561457337
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
If by David J. Smith; Steve Adams (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1894786343
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Space by Steve Parker; John Haslam (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1609928288
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
The 10 greatest breakthroughs in space exploration by Julie Clark
ISBN: 1554483204
Publication Date: 2007
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Space by Catherine D. Hughes; David A. Aguilar (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1426310145
Publication Date: 2012-10-09

Featured Books - Water - Oceans - Marine Life

All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon; Katherine Tillotson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416971306
Publication Date: 2011-03-22
Flotsam by David Wiesner
ISBN: 0618194576
Publication Date: 2006-09-04
One Well by Rochelle Strauss; Rosemary Woods (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781553379546
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang (Illustrator); Penny Chisholm
ISBN: 9780545273220
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Amazing Giant Sea Creatures by Marie Greewood;Peter Minister (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1465419012
Publication Date: 2014-06-16
The Next Wave by Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN: 0544099990
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
Down, down, Down by Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 0618966366
Publication Date: 2009-05-04
I Spy under the Sea by Edward Gibbs
ISBN: 0763659525
Publication Date: 2012-03-27
Ocean Creatures: a 3D Pocket Guide by Sarah Young (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763668028
Publication Date: 2014-03-25
See What a Seal Can Do by Chris Butterworth; Kate Nelms (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763665746
Publication Date: 2013-08-06
Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace; Mike Bostock (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763638696
Publication Date: 2008-08-12
Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies; Nick Maland (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763638226
Publication Date: 2008-04-08
Salmon Creek by Annette LeBox; Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888994583
Publication Date: 2002-07-26
Salmon Forest by Sarah Ellis; Sheena Lott (Illustrator); David T. Suzuki; David E. Suzuki
ISBN: 9781553651635
Publication Date: 2006-04-05
Salmon Boy by Donna Joe; Charlie Craigan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0889711666
Publication Date: 1999-12-01
The salmon twins by Caroll Simpson
ISBN: 1927051525
Publication Date: 2012

Featured books - Paleontology

Mammoths and Mastodons by Cheryl Bardoe
ISBN: 081098413X
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Dinosaur Digs by Mary Quigley
ISBN: 1403460027
Publication Date: 2005-10-21
Prehistoric Life by William Lindsay; Harry Taylor (Photographer)
ISBN: 0756690773
Publication Date: 2012-01-16
Billions of Years, Amazing Changes by Laurence Pringle; Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1590787234
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Prehistoric Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 0618535780
Publication Date: 2005-09-26

Featured books - General Science

Batman Science by Tammy Enz; Agnieszka Biscup; Bob Kane (Created by)
ISBN: 1623700647
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
If by David J. Smith; Steve Adams (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1894786343
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Park Scientists by Mary Kay Carson; Tom Uhlman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0547792689
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Mummies by Christopher Sloan
ISBN: 1426306962
Publication Date: 2010-09-14
On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne; Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0811872351
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
ISBN: 1554537045
Publication Date: 2014-04-01

Featured Books - Scientists Biography

Starry Messenger by Peter Sís
ISBN: 0374371911
Publication Date: 1996-10-31
Galileo and the Telescope by Yoming S. Lin
ISBN: 1448850304
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne; Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0811872351
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
Darwin and Evolution for Kids by Kristan Lawson
ISBN: 1556525028
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Talking with Adventurers by Pam Cummings; Linda Cummings
ISBN: 0792270681
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell
ISBN: 0316045462
Publication Date: 2011-04-05
Rachel Carson by Marty Jezer; Matina S. Horner (Introduction by)
ISBN: 155546646X
Publication Date: 1987-11-01
Sally Ride by Sue Macy
ISBN: 1442488549
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
Great Canadian Scientists by Barry Shell
ISBN: 1896095364
Publication Date: 1998-03-10
Thomas Edison by Elizabeth MacLeod; Andrej Krystoforski (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554530571
Publication Date: 2008-08-01

Featured Books - Seeds - Plants - Trees

Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith; Wendy Halperin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1561455636
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
ISBN: 088708155X
Publication Date: 1991-08-20
Pick, Pull, Snap! by Lola M. Schaefer; Lindsay Barrett George (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0688178340
Publication Date: 2003-03-18
A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0811855201
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Going on a Tree Hunt by Jodi Stiriz Bird; Floyd Ryan Saducas Yamyamin (llustrator)
ISBN: 1449083080
Publication Date: 2011-05-16
Canada's Trees by Elizabeth MacLeod
ISBN: 1443107395
Publication Date: 2011
Picture a tree by Barbara Reid
ISBN: 1443107611
Publication Date: 2011
The Busy Tree by Jennifer Ward; Lisa Falkenstern (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0761455507
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Fall Walk by Virginia Brimhall Snow
ISBN: 1423632613
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
The Story of Rosy Dock by Jeannie Baker
ISBN: 0688114938
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
Window by Jeannie Baker
ISBN: 0140548300
Publication Date: 1993-04-01
Aliens among us : invasive animals and plants in British Columbia by Alex Van Tol; Mike Deas (illustrator)
ISBN: 0772668531
Publication Date: 2015
Informational text - not a picture book

Featured books - insects

What's the Buzz? by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
ISBN: 1459809602
Publication Date: 2015-09-22
The Beeman by Laurie Krebs; Valeria Cis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1846862604
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
The Honeybee Man by Lela Nargi; Kyrsten Brooker (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0375956956
Publication Date: 2011-03-08
Handle with Care by Loree Griffin Burns; Ellen Harasimowicz (Photographer)
ISBN: 0761393420
Publication Date: 2014-01-03
A Butterfly Is Patient by Sylvia Long (Illustrator); Dianna Aston
ISBN: 145214124X
Publication Date: 2015-03-03
Traveling Butterflies by Susumu Shingu
ISBN: 1771471484
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs by Judy Burris; Wayne Richards
ISBN: 1603429859
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Summer Birds by Margarita Engle; Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0805089373
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
On One Flower by Anthony D. Fredericks; Jennifer DiRubbio (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1584690879
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger; S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060286962
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
Ladybug Garden by Celia Godkin
ISBN: 1550410830
Beetle Busters by Loree Griffin Burns; Ellen Harasimowicz ( Photographer)
ISBN: 0547792670
Publication Date: 2014-10-07
The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 0547680848
Publication Date: 2012-04-03
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle by Cheryl Bardoe; Alan Marks (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1580895549
Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Bee Dance by Rick Chrustowski
ISBN: 0805099190
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Head Lice by Élise Gravel
ISBN: 1770496610
Publication Date: 2015-02-10
Insect Detective by Steve Voake; Charlotte Voake (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763644471
Publication Date: 2010-02-23
The Ladybug Race by Amy Nielander
ISBN: 0764971875
Publication Date: 2015-07-15
Wordless book

Biodiversity / Ecology

Planet Ark by Adrienne Mason; Margot Thompson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554537533
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Tree of Life by Rochelle Strauss; Margot Thompson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1553376692
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
You Are the Earth by David Suzuki; Kathy Vanderlinden
ISBN: 1550548395
Publication Date: 2003-02-05
The Declaration of Interdependence by Tara Cullis; David Suzuki; Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Illustrator); Raffi Cavoukian (Contribution by); Wade Davis (Contribution by); Guujaaw (Contribution by)
ISBN: 155365546X
Publication Date: 2010-07-29
Who Needs an Iceberg? by Karen Patkau
ISBN: 0887769934
Publication Date: 2012-02-28
You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey; Soyeon Kim (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1926973356
Publication Date: 2012-09-15
Looking at the Interdependence of Plants, Animals, and the Environment with Graphic Organizers by Allan B. Cobb
ISBN: 1404206159
Publication Date: 2005-09-01

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