Birds

Mel Fell, Corey R. Tabor (2–5) — a kingfisher’s first flight Owl Moon, Jane Yolen (4–7) — owling on a winter night Owl Babies, Martin Waddell (2–5) — owlets wait for mother Little Owl’s Night, Divya Srinivasan (2–5) — the woods after dark Feathers for Lunch, Lois Ehlert (2–5) — twelve backyard birds, one cat Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?, Rita Gray (3–6) — birdsong, eggs, hatching Mama Built a Little Nest, Jennifer Ward (3–6) — every kind of nest Flight School, Lita Judge (3–6) — a penguin who wants to fly Hawk Rising, Maria Gianferrari (4–7) — a red-tailed hawk hunts Birds, Kevin Henkes (2–5) — noticing colour and shape Nest, Jorey Hurley (2–5) — a robin’s whole year

Water & Sea

Water Is Water, Miranda Paul (3–6) — rain, ice, steam, snow Hey, Water!, Antoinette Portis (3–6) — water in all its shapes Jump, Frog, Jump!, Robert Kalan (2–5) — who eats whom in the pond In the Small, Small Pond, Denise Fleming (2–5) — a pond through the seasons Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond, Cathryn Falwell (3–6) — counting painted turtles Over and Under the Pond, Kate Messner (4–7) — the hidden world below Pond, Jim LaMarche (4–7) — a pond fills with life Hello Ocean, Pam Muñoz Ryan (3–6) — the shore through five senses Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef, Marianne Berkes (3–6) — a counting song on the reef Mister Seahorse, Eric Carle (3–6) — fish fathers guard the eggs Swimmy, Leo Lionni (3–6) — little fish swim as one The Snail and the Whale, Julia Donaldson (3–6) — a humpback’s ocean journey Wave, Suzy Lee (2–5) — tide, waves and shells

Woods & Field

Bear Snores On, Karma Wilson (3–6) — hibernation, and a cave party Over and Under the Snow, Kate Messner (4–7) — animals alive beneath the snow The Mitten, Jan Brett (3–6) — woodland animals crowd in Blueberries for Sal, Robert McCloskey (3–6) — a girl, a cub, two mothers Over in the Meadow, Olive A. Wadsworth (2–5) — a counting rhyme of animal families Over in the Forest: Come and Take a Peek, Marianne Berkes (3–6) — woodland babies, counting song Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep, April Pulley Sayre (3–6) — a squirrel’s busy year Bats at the Beach, Brian Lies (4–7) — a moonlit bat picnic The Busy Beaver, Nicholas Oldland (3–6) — a beaver mends his forest Hedgehog Needs a Hug, Jen Betton (3–6) — prickles and woodland friends Nuts to You!, Lois Ehlert (3–6) — a squirrel at the window The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter (3–6) — a rabbit in the garden

Farm

Big Red Barn, Margaret Wise Brown (2–5) — a whole day in the barnyard Rosie’s Walk, Pat Hutchins (2–5) — a hen, a fox, and near misses Hattie and the Fox, Mem Fox (3–6) — a hen sees what others miss The Little Red Hen, Paul Galdone (3–6) — wheat to flour to bread Pancakes, Pancakes!, Eric Carle (3–6) — breakfast gathered from the farm Up, Down, and Around, Katherine Ayres (2–5) — how vegetables grow Sleep Tight Farm, Eugenie Doyle (4–7) — putting a farm to bed for winter The Year at Maple Hill Farm, Alice & Martin Provensen (4–7) — month by month on a real farm

Bugs & Butterflies

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle (2–5) — eating, growing, becoming a butterfly The Very Impatient Caterpillar, Ross Burach (3–6) — waiting out the chrysalis The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle (2–5) — spinning a web, undistracted In the Tall, Tall Grass, Denise Fleming (2–5) — a caterpillar’s view of the meadow Some Bugs, Angela DiTerlizzi (2–5) — bugs that hop, sting and glide Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni (3–6) — an inchworm measures his way free Fireflies!, Julie Brinckloe (4–7) — a jar of light, then let go The Grasshopper & the Ants, Jerry Pinkney (4–7) — ants store, grasshopper fiddles Clara Caterpillar, Pamela Duncan Edwards (3–6) — plain wings that save her The Very Greedy Bee, Steve Smallman (3–6) — a bee learns to share the hive The Bugliest Bug, Carol Diggory Shields (4–7) — a bug contest and a spider’s trap

Trees & Flowers

I Wonder Who Lives In That Tree, Scott Bryan (2–5) — guessing who is at home in the tree The Carrot Seed, Ruth Krauss (3–6) — he kept on watering And Then It’s Spring, Julie Fogliano (3–6) — waiting for brown to turn green Anywhere Farm, Phyllis Root (3–6) — a boot can grow beans Sophie’s Squash, Pat Zietlow Miller (3–6) — a squash friend, then seedlings How to Help a Pumpkin Grow, Ashley Wolff (3–6) — a farm dog guards the patch Pumpkin Jack, Will Hubbell (4–7) — a pumpkin rots and reseeds itself Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, Candace Fleming (3–6) — rabbits raid the vegetable garden Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, Julia Rawlinson (3–6) — a fox frets over autumn Leaves, David Ezra Stein (2–5) — a cub’s first fall Maple, Lori Nichols (3–5) — a girl and her tree grow together Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book, Britta Teckentrup (3–6) — one tree, four seasons

Weather & Seasons

The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats (3–6) — a snowball melts in his pocket Snow, Uri Shulevitz (3–6) — one flake becomes a snowfall When Winter Comes, Nancy Van Laan (3–6) — where the creatures go The Wind Blew, Pat Hutchins (3–6) — the wind takes everything Gilberto and the Wind, Marie Hall Ets (3–6) — playing with something invisible Listen to the Rain, Bill Martin Jr. (3–6) — rain from whisper to roar Tap Tap Boom Boom, Elizabeth Bluemle (3–6) — a thunderstorm and a place to shelter Come On, Rain!, Karen Hesse (4–7) — heat breaks in a summer downpour Thunder Cake, Patricia Polacco (4–7) — counting the seconds to the storm Cloudette, Tom Lichtenheld (3–6) — a small cloud makes real rain Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter, Kenard Pak (3–6) — the season turning

Sky & Stars

Kitten’s First Full Moon, Kevin Henkes (2–5) — the moon, and a bowl of milk Happy Birthday, Moon, Frank Asch (2–5) — echoes and the night moon Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, Eric Carle (3–6) — the moon waxes and wanes Max and the Tag-Along Moon, Floyd Cooper (3–6) — why the moon follows you home Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book, Patricia Hegarty (3–6) — moon phases across a year Stars, Mary Lyn Ray (3–6) — stars near and far The Sun Shines Everywhere, Mary Ann Hoberman (3–6) — one sun over the whole earth The Darkest Dark, Chris Hadfield (4–7) — the night sky stops being scary

How Things Work

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton (4–7) — a steam shovel digs the impossible Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Sherri Duskey Rinker (2–5) — machines finish work and sleep Sheep in a Jeep, Nancy Shaw (2–5) — pushing, shoving, getting unstuck Who Sank the Boat?, Pamela Allen (2–5) — which animal tipped the balance Old MacDonald Had a Truck, Steve Goetz (3–6) — farm machines build a track If I Built a Car, Chris Van Dusen (3–6) — designing a dream automobile The Most Magnificent Thing, Ashley Spires (3–6) — invent, fail, try again Rosie Revere, Engineer, Andrea Beaty (4–7) — flops are only first tries Papa’s Mechanical Fish, Candace Fleming (4–7) — a homemade submarine sinks and floats Violet the Pilot, Steve Breen (4–7) — flying machines from a junkyard

Crinkleroot’s Nature Guides

Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Birds, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — bird identification Crinkleroot's 25 Birds Every Child Should Know, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — birds Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moths, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — insects Crinkleroot's 25 Fish Every Child Should Know, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — fish Crinkleroot's 25 Mammals Every Child Should Know, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — mammals Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — tree identification Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Places, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — woodland exploration Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — habitats Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracking, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — tracks and signs Crinkleroot's Guide to Giving Back to Nature, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — conservation Crinkleroot's Nature Almanac, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — seasons of nature Crinkleroot's Visit to Crinkle Cove, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — coastal nature I Was Born in a Tree and Raised by Bees, Jim Arnosky (K–3) — Crinkleroot's intro to nature