Bibliography: Kindergarten

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Characteristics of Living Things

The Salamander Room
by Anne Mazer
Alfred A. Knopf, 1991
Children meet a young boy who transforms his bedroom into a woodland paradise for his newly found salamander.

The Big Seed
by Ellen Howard
Simon & Schuster, 1993
This story of a little girl who nurtures a seedling into a tall plant reinforces the concept of how seeds grow.

Related Science Trade Books
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company

ABC Crawlers and Flyers
by Hope Ryden
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996
A different insect, from an ant to a zebra longwing, represents each letter of the alphabet in this ABC book.

Booby Hatch
by Betsy Lewin
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997
This book is an account of the life cycle of the blue-footed booby, a seabird living in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador.

Chubbo's Pool
by Betsy Lewin
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
When a selfish hippo will not share his pool, it's up to the other animals to convey the value of sharing and the joys of friendship.

Exploring With the Senses

My Five Senses
by Margaret Miller
Simon & Schuster, 1994
Children learn about the physical characteristics of objects by using their five senses.

Can't Sit Still
by Karen E. Lotz
Dutton, 1993
Readers explore their senses as they follow a young girl through the city while the seasons change.

Looking at the Earth and Sky

Colors of the Day
by Ruth Gembicki Bragg
Picture Book Studio, 1992
This book uses color to illustrate how the mood of the sky changes throughout the day.

I'll See You When the Moon Is Full
by Susi Greg Fowler
Greenwillow Books, 1994
In this book, children can distinguish the difference between the daytime sky and the nighttime sky and learn how the moon changes shape over time.

Pushes and Pulls

Taxi! Taxi!
by Cari Best
Little, Brown & Company, 1994
The concept of directional motion is reinforced in this story of a young girl and her father who travel around town in his taxicab.

Wheel Away!
by Dayle Ann Dodds
HarperCollins, 1989
This book illustrates how a wheel moves across different surfaces.

Body Parts

Inside Your Busy Body
by Patricia Demuth
Grosset & Dunlap, 1993
A look at the body's internal functions teaches children about the different body parts.

My Hands
by Aliki
HarperTrophy, 1990
Children identify the different parts of their hands and discover the many ways they use them each day.

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