Animals

Do you have an upcoming unit on animals? If so, you will want to check out these books (and check back…it is a growing list). 🙂

Animals in General

• A Friend for all Seasons by Julia Hubery
• All the Animals Where I Live by Philip C. Stead
• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
• Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
• The Boy and the Whale by Mordicai Gerstein
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Bill Martin Jr.
• Build, Beaver, Build! by Sandra Markle
• Circle by Jeannie Baker
• Free as the Wind: Saving the Horses of Sable Island by Jamie Bastedo
• Gus’s Garage by Leo Timmers
• I am a Cat by Galia Bernstein
• Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan
• Looking for Moose by Phyllis Root
• North Country Spring by Reeve Lindergh
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• The Polar Bear Paddle by David Bedford
• Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep by Maureen Wright
• Thirsty, Thirsty, Elephants by Sandra Markle
• The Water Hole by Graeme Base
• When the Earth Wakes by Ani Rucki

Dinosaurs

• Charlie and Kiwi: An Evolutionary Adventure by Peter H. Reynolds & NY Hall of Science
• Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster by Matthew McElligott
• Marlo and the Dinosaurs by Christopher Browne
• Time Flies by Eric Rohmann

Endangered Species

• Bee and Me by Alison Jay
• Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you See? by Bill Martin Jr.

Life Cycle

• Build, Beaver, Build! by Sandra Markle
• Bye, Bye, Butterflies! by Andrew Larsen
• Gotta Go! Gotta Go! by Sam Swope
• Turtle in the Sea by Jim Arnosky
• Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison

Needs of Living Things

• If Frogs Made Weather by Marion Dane Bauer
• If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
• Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares
• Thank You Bees by Toni Yuly
• Thirsty Thirsty, Elephants by Sandra Markle
• The Water Hole by Graeme Base
• Who is in the Garden? by Vera Rosenberry

Ocean

• Octopus Oyster Hermit Crab Snail: A Poem of the Sea by Sara Anderson
• Turtle in the Sea by Jim Arnosky