Ada, A. F. and V. Escrivá (1990). Abecedario de los animales. Madrid, Spain, Espasa Calpe, S.A.
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Each letter of the Spanish alphabet is represented by a colorful illustration including two poems in Spanish highlighting a different animal for each letter.
Carter, K. (1995). Animales viajeros. Vero Beach, Fla., Rourke.
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This is a good emergent reader book on animal migration in Spanish. Great photographs. Includes a table of contents, and a glossary.
Davis, W. (1997). City park. New York, Children's Press.
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An excellent resource on urban habitats for emergent readers. A city park is shown to be home to many different forms of animal life, from insects to birds and mammals.
Fleisher, P. (1996). Life cycles of a dozen diverse creatures. Brookfield, Conn., Millbrook Press.
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Can be used as a research source on the life cycle of the animals listed. This book compares and contrasts the life cycles of twelve animals including the opossum, bullfrog, monarch butterfly, and jellyfish. Recommended for the fluent reader.
Ganeri, A. (1997). The hunt for food. Brookfield, CT, The Millbrook Press, Inc.
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Why do animals need to eat and how do they go about it? If you want to know, all the answers are here listed with magnificent illustrations and captions. Includes illustrated food webs, a glossary, and an index.
House, M. B. (1986). The joy of wildflowers : a field book of familiar flowers of rural and urban habitats in the eastern United States. New York, Prentice-Hall.
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An excellent field guide on wildflowers of rural and urban habitats in the United States.
Kalman, B. and G. Nickles (1998). What is the animal kingdom? New York, Crabtree Pub. Co.
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Recommended as a read aloud or for the emergent or fluent reader. Introduces the animal kingdom, showing and describing the main groups of animals and discussing their anatomy, habitats, reproduction, and classification. Excellent illustrations.
Lasky, K. and C. G. Knight (1993). Monarchs. San Diego, Harcourt Brace & Co.
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Everything you wanted to know about the monarch butterflies. THis book describes the life cycle and winter migrations of the eastern and western monarch butterflies and the two towns that protect their winter habitats. Recommended for the fluent reader.
Lauber, P. and H. Keller (1995). Who eats what? : food chains and food webs. New York, NY, HarperCollins.
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Recommended for the beginner and emergent reader. This book explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked. An excellent book to use as a shared or read aloud.
Llamas Ruiz, A. and F. Arredondo (1996). Metamorphosis. New York, Sterling Publishing.
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Describes the process of metamorphosis in caterpillars, tadpoles, and dragonfly larvae. Recommended for the independent reader. It includes a table of contents and glossary.
Owen, O. S. (1994). Caterpillar to butterfly. Edina, Minn., Abdo & Daughters.
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Have you ever wondered the stages from egg to butterfly? This book answers this and many other questions. Recommended for the fluent reader.
Sabin, F. and A. Cumings (1985). Ecosystems and food chains. Mahwah, N.J., Troll Associates.
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Explains the natural patterns by which plants and animals depend upon each other and the environment for food, and emphasizes the dangers of pesticides and other human interference with the ecosystem.
Schaffer, D. (1999). Silkworms. Mankato, Minn., Bridgestone Books.
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Describes the physical characteristics, habits and stages of development of silkworms, as well as how they are raised to produce silk. Includes a table of comments, a game, glossary, and electronic resources.
Silver, D. M. and P. Wynne (1993). Backyard. New York, Scientific American Books for Young Readers.
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This book, as one on the series, depicts the way to observe and explore plants, animals, and their interactions found in a backyard. Can be used as a field guide with excellent illustrations and color plates broken down by mammals, reptiles and amphibians, birds, insects, plants, protists, and rocks.
Silver, D. M. and P. Wynne (1994). Pond. New York, Scientific American Books for Young Readers.
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Excellent illustrations. Can be used as a field guide to the swamp's plants, funguses, invertebrates, mammals, fishes, birds, reptiles and amphibians, protista, and monera
Silver, D. M. and P. Wynne (1997). Swamp. New York, Learning Triangle Press.
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Explores the richness and variety of life forms that congregate in a swamp, discussing their characteristics and the importance of their survival.
Stone, L. M. (1997). What makes an insect? Vero Beach, Fla., Rourke Book Co.
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Recommended for the beginner and emergent reader. This book discusses the habits, body parts, and different kinds of insects and their relationships with people. Great photographs accompany the text.
Young, A. M. (1996). Lives intertwined: relationships between plants and animals. New York, F. Watts.
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Recommended for the fluent reader. Describes the interdependence of plants and animals in a Central American rainforest, focusing on a Morpho butterfly and a Mucuna vine.
