First Semester Book List

Volcano Books:

1)         Volcanoes by Franklyn M. Branley

2)         Why do Volcanoes Erupt? by DK

3)         The Earth by DK

Continents:

1)         The Readers Digest Children’s Atlas of the World

2)         Ashanti to Zulu – African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove

3)         Africa Eyewitness Book by Yvonne Ayo

4)         Europe by David Peterson

5)         Asia by David Peterson

6)         Antarctica by David Peterson

7)         South America by David Peterson

8)         North America by David Peterson

9)         Australia by David Peterson

10)       Somewhere in Africa by Ingrid Mennen and Niki Daly

11)       Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton

Christopher Columbus:

1)         A Book About Christopher Columbus by Ruth Belov Gross

2)         The Discovery of the Americas by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

The Maya, Inca and Aztecs:

1)         The Maya by Patrick McKissack

2)         The Aztec by Patrick McKissack

3)         Aztec, Inca and Maya an Eyewitness Book by Elizabeth Baquedano

Planet and Space:

1)         Science Flip and Match Solar System by Lakeshore

2)         Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System by Loreen Leedy

3)         Living In Space by Usborne Beginners

4)         My Place in Space by Robin and Sally Hirst

5)         The Planets in our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley

6)         The Solar System by Beatrice McLeod

English Settlers, Pilgrims...:

1) Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness

2) ...if you lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern

3) Adventures in Colonial America: Jamestown - A new world Adventure by James E Knight

4)  Pilgrim Food and Recipes by Sarah Florence

5)  ...if your sailed on The Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern

6) Samuel Eaton’s Day - A Day in the life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters

7) Sarah Morton’s Day - A Day in the life of a Pilgrim     Girl by Kate Waters  

8) On the Mayflower; Voyage of the Ship Apprentice & a     Passenger Girl by Kate Waters

9) N.C. Wyeth’s Pilgrims by Robert San Souci

10) The Pilgrims of Plymouth by Marcia Sewall

Pocahontas:

1)         Pocahontas  by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

Extinct Animals:

1          Patrick’s Dinosaur by Carol Carrick

2)         What Happened to Patrick’s Dinosaur? by Carol Carrick

3)         Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

4)         If the Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most

5)         The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth

6)         Digging up Dinosaurs by Aliki

7)         What Happened to the Dinosaurs? By Franklyn Branley

8)         Dino News by Scholastic News – to be handed out at class

9)         Gone Forever: An Alphabet of Extinct Animals by Sandra and William Markle

10)       Dinosaurs by Zoobooks

11)       Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Bryon Barton

12)       Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg

Endangered Animals:

1)         Hot Days, Cool Animals by Scholastic News – to be handed out at class

2)         Endangered Animals Get Help by Scholastic News – to be handed out at class

Cultural Traditions:

1)         Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico by Marie Hall ETS and Aurora Labastida

2)         The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen

3)         Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto and Ed Martinez

4)         Mexico Photo Fun Activity Cards – to be handed out at class

5)         Pancho’s Pinata  by Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes

6)         Portugal by Esther and Wilbur Cross

7)         An Early American Christmas  by Tomie dePaola

8)         Christmas Tree Farm by David Budbill

Books of other interests:

1)         The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

2)         If you take a mouse to school by Laura Numeroff

3)         Matthew ABC by Peter Catalanotto

4)         How Do your Senses Work? by Judy Tatchell

5)         Curious George Goes to School by Margaret and H.A. Reys

6)         Dinosaur Pizza by Lee Wardlaw

7)         If you take a mouse to the movies by Laura Numeroff

8)         The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza  Retold by Philemon Sturges

9)         Tom Thumb  Retold and Illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson

10)       On Market Street by Arnold Lobel

11)       The Old Woman Who Loved to Read by John Winch

12)       Miss Spider’s ABC by David Kirk