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Books for K-8 Readers

This guide was created as a resource for teachers who are creating curricula for elements related to The New York City PK-8 Science Scope and Sequence. The books below have been separated into categories related to themes and areas found throughout NYC PK-8 Scope & Sequence, although certain titles do have a larger scope than a single topic. New York City curriculum and instructional materials on We Teach NYC.

If you have questions about this list, please contact the library.

  • Books about Ecosystems
  • Books about Erosion
  • Books about Evolution
  • Books about Heredity
  • Books about Humans and the Environment
  • Books about Photosynthesis
  • Books about Plant Adaptations
  • Books about Plant and Animal Interactions
  • Books about Plant Diversity
  • Books about Plant Reproduction
  • Books about Plant Structure and Function
  • Books about Soil
  • Books about the Water Cycle
  • Books about Trees
  • Books about Weather and Seasons
  • Books about Environmental Trailblazers
  • Books about Leaves
  • Books about School Gardens

Books about Ecosystems

  • Where in the Wild by Jonny Lambert (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.1 .L35 2018
    ISBN: 9781680101041
    Publication Date: 2018-09-01
  • Book CoverNature's Green Umbrella by Gail Gibbons (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5 .R27 G52 1994
    ISBN: 0688123538
    Publication Date: 1994-03-01
  • Big Belching Bog by Phyllis Root; Betsy Bowen (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5.B63 R66 2010
    ISBN: 9780816633593
    Publication Date: 2010-09-03
  • Book CoverAmerica's Prairies and Grasslands by Marianne D. Wallace (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5.P7 .W32 2004
    ISBN: 1555919928
    Publication Date: 2001-09-01
  • Book CoverThe Prairie That Nature Built by Marybeth Lorbiecki; Cathy Morrison (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5.P7 L67 2014
    ISBN: 9781584694922
    Publication Date: 2014-09-01
  • Cover ArtOver and under the Pond by Kate Messner; Christopher Silas Neal (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5.P63 M47 2017
    ISBN: 9781452145426
    Publication Date: 2017-03-07
  • The Jungle by Helen Borten (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5.R27 B67 2018
    ISBN: 9781592702305
    Publication Date: 2018-06-12
  • Cover ArtOver and under the Rainforest by Kate Messner; Christopher Silas Neal (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.5.R27 M47 2020
    ISBN: 9781452169408
    Publication Date: 2020-08-11
  • Cover ArtThe Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth by Rachel Ignotofsky
    Call Number: QH541.14 .I36 2018
    ISBN: 9780399580413
    Publication Date: 2018-09-18
  • Ecology by Steve Pollock
    Call Number: QH541.14 .P65 1993
    ISBN: 1564583260
    Publication Date: 1993-09-15
  • Book CoverFood Chains and Webs
    Call Number: QH541.15.F66 F66 2003
    ISBN: 9781592422579
    Publication Date: 2003
  • The Night Flower: the Blooming of the Saguaro Cactus by Lara Hawthorne (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QL 235 .C3 H38 2019
    ISBN: 9781536206166
    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
  • Cover ArtInto the Forest by Christiane Dorion; Jane McGuinness (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SD376 .D645 2020
    ISBN: 9781547604579
    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
  • Fighting for the Forest by Gloria Rand; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SD376 .R36 1999
    ISBN: 0805054669
    Publication Date: 1999-04-15
  • Rain Forest Food Chains by Heidi Moore; Abby Colich (General Editor)
    Call Number:  QH541.5.R27 M66 2011  
    ISBN: 9781432938604
    Publication Date: 2010-09-01
  • Book CoverPlant a Pocket of Prairie by Phyllis Root; Betsy Bowen (Illustrator)
    Call Number:  QK938.P7 R66 2014
    ISBN: 9780816679805
    Publication Date: 2014-05-21
  • Cover ArtMike O'Rhiza by Michael Amaranthus; Linda Woodrow-Gray (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK604.2.M92 A46 2021
    ISBN: 9781667815138
    Publication Date: 2022-01-12

Books about Erosion

  • Ancient Wyoming by Kirk Johnson
    Call Number: QE181 .J64 2016
    ISBN: 9781936218097
    Publication Date: 2016-05-17
  • Book CoverCracking Up by Jacqui Bailey; Matthew Lilly (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QE571 .B29 2006
    ISBN: 9781404815940
    Publication Date: 2006-01-01
  • Book CoverErosion by Robin Michal Koontz; Matthew Harrad (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QE571 .K558 2007
    ISBN: 9781404821958
    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
  • Book CoverGreen Planet Rescue by Robert R. Halpern
    Call Number: QK86.A1 H34 1993
    ISBN: 0531110958
    Publication Date: 1993-10-01

Books about Evolution

  • Book CoverFollowing in Darwin's Footsteps by Aileen O'Riordan; Pat Triggs
    Call Number: QH31.D2 O73 2009
    ISBN: 9781842464205
    Publication Date: 2010-04-15
  • The Tree of Life by Peter Sís (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.D2 S57 2003
    ISBN: 9780374456283
    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
  • Ecology by R. Spurgeon
    Call Number: QH541.14 .S687 1988
    ISBN: 9780746002872
    Publication Date: 1988-01-01
  • Book CoverIncredible Plants by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
    Call Number: QK671 .T39 1997
    ISBN: 0789415054
    Publication Date: 1997-04-01
  • Book CoverPlants: Origins and Evolution by Alessandro Garassino
    Call Number: QK980 .G37 1995
    ISBN: 0811433323
    Publication Date: 1994-10-01
  • From the Water to the Land by Renato Massa; Monica Carabella; Lorenzo Fornasari; Neil F. Davenport (Translator)
    Call Number: QK980 .M28 1997
    ISBN: 0817243100
    Publication Date: 1997-01-01
  • Cover ArtCharles Darwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara; Mark Hoffmann (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.D2 S26 2021
    ISBN: 9780711257719
    Publication Date: 2021-01-26
  • Cover ArtNatural History by DK; Smithsonian Institution (Contribution by)
    Call Number: QH46 .N28 2021
    ISBN: 9780744035018
    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
  • Cover ArtCharles Darwin's on the Origin of Species by Anna Brett
    Call Number: QH367.1 .B74 2021
    ISBN: 9781786279477
    Publication Date: 2021-02-16

Books about Heredity

  • Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
    Call Number: Q141 .I33 2016
    ISBN: 9781607749769
    Publication Date: 2016-07-26
  • Book CoverYouth Guide to Biodiversity by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Call Number: QH75 .Y685 2012
    ISBN: 9789251074459
    Publication Date: 2013-05-08
  • Book CoverGenetics by Caroline Arnold
    Call Number: QH437.5 .A76 1986
    ISBN: 0531102238
    Publication Date: 1986-01-01
  • Book CoverHow Heredity Works by Jeanne Bendick
    Call Number: QH437.5 .B46
    ISBN: 0819307424
    Publication Date: 1975-03-01
  • Book CoverPlant genetics by Cameron, Kenneth Michael.
    Call Number: QH437.5 .C35 2002
    ISBN: 1583449388
    Publication Date: c2002.
  • Book CoverBiodiversity by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent; William Muñoz (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH541.15.B56 P38 1996
    ISBN: 0395687047
    Publication Date: 1996-10-18

Books about Humans and the Environment

  • Cover ArtEarthshattering Events! by Robin Jacobs; Sophie Williams (Illustrator)
    Call Number: GB5019 .J33 2020
    ISBN: 9781908714701
    Publication Date: 2020-04-07
  • Cover ArtPlanet SOS by Marie G. Rohde
    Call Number: GE195.5 .R6413 2020
    ISBN: 9781912920228
    Publication Date: 2020-04-07
  • Cover ArtThe Story of Climate Change by Catherine Barr; Steve Williams; Amy Husband (Illustrator); Mike Love (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QC903.15 .B37 2021
    ISBN: 9780711256309
    Publication Date: 2021-03-02
  • A Warmer World by Caroline Arnold; Jamie Hogan (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QC981.8.G56 A76 2012
    ISBN: 9781580892667
    Publication Date: 2012-02-01
  • Book CoverYouth Guide to Biodiversity by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Call Number: QH75 .Y685 2012
    ISBN: 9789251074459
    Publication Date: 2013-05-08
  • Book CoverWhy Save the Rain Forest? by Donald M. Silver; Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH86 .S55 1993
    ISBN: 0671866109
    Publication Date: 1993-06-01
  • Book CoverVanishing Forests by Helen J. Challand
    Call Number: QH541.5.F6 C47 1991
    ISBN: 0516055054
    Publication Date: 1991-10-01
  • Ecology by R. Spurgeon
    Call Number: QH541.14 .S687 1988
    ISBN: 9780746002872
    Publication Date: 1988-01-01
  • Book CoverWhat Plants Give Us by Janet Riehecky; Rondi Collette (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .R53 1990
    ISBN: 0895655705
    Publication Date: 1990-09-01
  • Reducing Pollution by John Coad
    Call Number: TD176 .C63 2009
    ISBN: 9781432924836
    Publication Date: 2009-03-15
  • Cover ArtOrange Is an Apricot, Green Is a Tree Frog by Pascale Estellon
    Call Number: QC495.5 .E8813 2021
    ISBN: 9781648960147
    Publication Date: 2021-03-30
  • Cover ArtExpedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco; Binglin Hu
    Call Number: PZ7.7.M6726 Ex 2022
    ISBN: 9780593127346
    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
  • Cover ArtLittle Seeds of Promise by Sana Rafi; Renia Metallinou (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.1.R34 Lit 2021
    ISBN: 9781943147939
    Publication Date: 2021-10-26
  • Cover ArtWe Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.L6613 We 2020
    ISBN: 9781250203557
    Publication Date: 2020-03-17
  • Cover ArtThat's life! : looking for the living things all around you by Mike Barfield; Lauren Humphrey ( IIIustrator)
    Call Number: QH309.2 .B37 2021
    ISBN: 9781786279064

Books about Photosynthesis

  • Book CoverSeeds to Plants by Jeffrey W. Bates
    Call Number: QK49 .B37 1991
    ISBN: 0531172929
    Publication Date: 1991-03-01
  • Book CoverPlant by David Burne; Dave King (Illustrator); Andrew McRobb (Illustrator); Karl Shone (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .B85 1989
    ISBN: 0394822528
    Publication Date: 1989-09-05
  • Amazing Plant Powers by Loreen Leedy; Andrew Schuerger
    Call Number: QK49 .L46 2015
    ISBN: 9780823422562
    Publication Date: 2015-01-30
  • Book CoverIncredible Plants by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
    Call Number: QK671 .T39 1997
    ISBN: 0789415054
    Publication Date: 1997-04-01
  • The Life of Plants by Maria Angels Julivert
    Call Number: QK711.5 .V53 1994
    ISBN: 0791021297
    Publication Date: 1993-01-01
  • Plant Survival by Brian Capon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK912 .C36 1994
    ISBN: 0881922838
    Publication Date: 2003-01-01
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? by Dominique Joly; Philippe Joly; Nathalie Lo
    Call Number: SB457 .J65 1996
    ISBN: 0806961333
    Publication Date: 1996-12-01

Books about Plant Adaptations

  • I Wonder Why Trees Have Leaves by Andrew Charman
    Call Number: QK49 .C435 1997
    ISBN: 0753450941
    Publication Date: 1997-09-15
  • Book CoverPlant Life by Robin Kerrod; Ted Evans (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .K47 1994
    ISBN: 1854356275
    Publication Date: 1994-02-01
  • Amazing Plant Powers by Loreen Leedy; Andrew Schuerger
    Call Number: QK49 .L46 2015
    ISBN: 9780823422562
    Publication Date: 2015-01-30
  • Book CoverPlant Survival by Brian Capon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK912 .C36 1994
    ISBN: 0881922838
    Publication Date: 2003-01-01
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? by Dominique Joly; Philippe Joly; Nathalie Lo
    Call Number: SB457 .J65 1996
    ISBN: 0806961333
    Publication Date: 1996-12-01

Books about Plant and Animal Interactions

  • Book CoverNature Cross-Sections by Richard Orr; Moira Butterfield
    Call Number: f QH541.14 .O77 1995
    ISBN: 0789401479
    Publication Date: 1995-09-09
  • Book CoverFood Chains and Webs
    Call Number: QH541.15.F66 F66 2003
    ISBN: 9781592422579
    Publication Date: 2003
  • Book CoverLives Intertwined by Allen M. Young
    Call Number: QH549.5 .Y68 1996
    ISBN: 0531202518
    Publication Date: 1996-09-01
  • Who Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta; Tom Leonard (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK475.8 .P25 2010
    ISBN: 9781585365029
    Publication Date: 2010-04-08
  • Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith; Wendy Halperin (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK929 .G35 2011
    ISBN: 9781561455638
    Publication Date: 2011-04-01
  • Milkweed Matters by Lisa Connors; Betty Gatewood (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QM 544.2 .C66 2016
    ISBN: 9781540720931
    Publication Date: 2016-10-26
  • Cover ArtWinged Wonders by Meeg Pincus; Yas Imamura (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QM 561 .D3 P56 2020
    ISBN: 9781534110403
    Publication Date: 2020-03-15
  • Cover ArtThe Secret Life of Bees by Moira Butterfield; Vivian Mineker (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QM 565.2 .B88 2021
    ISBN: 9780711260511
    Publication Date: 2021-05-11
  • Rain Forest Food Chains by Heidi Moore; Abby Colich (General Editor)
    Call Number:  QH541.5.R27 M66 2011  
    ISBN: 9781432938604
    Publication Date: 2010-09-01
  • Cover ArtUn Pájaro en Casa (Bird House Spanish Edition) by Blanca Gómez (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.1.G66 Paj 2021
    ISBN: 9781419748554
    Publication Date: 2021-04-20
  • Cover ArtSaguaro's Gifts by Kurt Cyrus; Andy Atkins (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QL 235 .C3 C97 2021
    ISBN: 9781534111301
    Publication Date: 2021-08-15
  • Cover ArtShapes and Patterns in Nature by Stepanka Sekaninova; Jana Sedlackova; Magdalena Konecna (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QA445.5 .S43 2021
    ISBN: 8000061252
    Publication Date: 2021-11-09

Books about Plant Diversity

  • Book CoverPlant by David Burne; Dave King (Illustrator); Andrew McRobb (Illustrator); Karl Shone (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .B85 1989
    ISBN: 0394822528
    Publication Date: 1989-09-05
  • Book CoverIncredible Plants by Lesley Dow
    Call Number: QK49 .D59 1997
    ISBN: 0783547994
    Publication Date: 1999-05-01
  • V Is for Venus Flytrap by Eugene Gagliano; Elizabeth Traynor (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .G32 2009
    ISBN: 9781585363506
    Publication Date: 2009-06-26
  • Amazing Plant Powers by Loreen Leedy; Andrew Schuerger
    Call Number: QK49 .L46 2015
    ISBN: 9780823422562
    Publication Date: 2015-01-30
  • Floratorium by Joanne F. Oppenheim; S. D. Schindler (Illustrator); Catherine Eberbach (Introduction by)
    Call Number: QK49 .O66 1994
    ISBN: 0553093657
    Publication Date: 1994-03-01
  • Book CoverIncredible Plants by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
    Call Number: QK671 .T39 1997
    ISBN: 0789415054
    Publication Date: 1997-04-01
  • Plant Survival by Brian Capon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK912 .C36 1994
    ISBN: 0881922838
    Publication Date: 2003-01-01
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? by Dominique Joly; Philippe Joly; Nathalie Lo
    Call Number: SB457 .J65 1996
    ISBN: 0806961333
    Publication Date: 1996-12-01
  • Cover ArtHave You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.1.H374 Hav 2021
    ISBN: 9781452182704
    Publication Date: 2021-05-04
  • Cover ArtMushroom Rain by Laura K. Zimmermann; Jamie Green (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK603.5 .Z56 2022
    ISBN: 9781534111509
    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
  • Cover ArtHumongous Fungus by DK
    Call Number: QK603.5 .B59 2021
    ISBN: 9780744033335
    Publication Date: 2021-08-17

Books about Plant Reproduction

  • Book CoverSeeds to Plants by Jeffrey W. Bates
    Call Number: QK49 .B37 1991
    ISBN: 0531172929
    Publication Date: 1991-03-01
  • Flowers, Trees, and Fruits by Sally Morgan
    Call Number: QK49 .M68 1996
    ISBN: 0753450321
    Publication Date: 1996-09-01
  • Seeds by Ken Robbins (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK661 .R63 2005
    ISBN: 9780689850417
    Publication Date: 2005-01-01
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? by Dominique Joly; Philippe Joly; Nathalie Lo
    Call Number: SB457 .J65 1996
    ISBN: 0806961333
    Publication Date: 1996-12-01
  • Cover ArtLittle Dandelion Seeds the World by Julia Richardson; Kristen Howdeshell (Illustrator); Kevin Howdeshell (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QL 313 .Ta7 R52 2021
    ISBN: 9781534110533
    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
  • Cover ArtHow to Help a Pumpkin Grow by Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ8.3.W843 How 2021
    ISBN: 9781481419345
    Publication Date: 2021-07-20

Books about Plant Structure & Function

  • Seed School by Joan Holub; Sakshi Mangal (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.H7427 Se 2018
    ISBN: 9781633223745
    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
  • Cover ArtLife Cycles by DK; Sam Falconer (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH309.2 .L54 2020
    ISBN: 9781465497444
    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
  • Book CoverSeeds to Plants by Jeffrey W. Bates
    Call Number: QK49 .B37 1991
    ISBN: 0531172929
    Publication Date: 1991-03-01
  • Book CoverPlant by David Burne; Dave King (Illustrator); Andrew McRobb (Illustrator); Karl Shone (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .B85 1989
    ISBN: 0394822528
    Publication Date: 1989-09-05
  • Book CoverThe Plant Cycle by Nina Morgan; John Yates (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .M67 1993
    ISBN: 1568470916
    Publication Date: 1993-07-01
  • Book CoverFlowers, Trees, and Fruits by Sally Morgan
    Call Number: QK49 .M68 1996
    ISBN: 0753450321
    Publication Date: 1996-09-01
  • Cover ArtWhat's Inside a Flower? by Rachel Ignotofsky
    Call Number: QK653 .I36 2021
    ISBN: 9780593176474
    Publication Date: 2021-02-02
  • Book CoverIncredible Plants by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
    Call Number: QK671 .T39 1997
    ISBN: 0789415054
    Publication Date: 1997-04-01
  • Cover ArtFlowers Are Pretty ... Weird! by Rosemary Mosco; Jacob Souva (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .M69 2022
    ISBN: 9780735265943
    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
  • Book CoverThe Life of plants by Chelsea House Publishers
    Call Number: QK711.5 .V53 1994
    ISBN: 0791021297
    Publication Date: c1994

Books about Trees

  • Book CoverDiscovering Trees by Keith Brandt; Christine Willis Nigoghossian (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK475.8 .B7
    ISBN: 0893755664
    Publication Date: 1982-10-01
  • Cover ArtThe Secret Life of Trees by Moira Butterfield; Vivian Mineker (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK475.8 .B887 2020
    ISBN: 9780711250024
    Publication Date: 2020-08-18
  • Book CoverThe Secret Life of Trees by Barbara Shook Hazen; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Chiara Chevallier
    Call Number: QK475.8 .C46 1999
    ISBN: 0789447614
    Publication Date: 1999-10-25
  • Book CoverTell me, tree: All about Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons
    Call Number: QK475.8 .G49 2004
    ISBN: 9780439652612
    Publication Date: 2004
  • Book CoverScience Project Ideas about Trees by Robert Gardner
    Call Number: QK475.8 .G365 1997
    ISBN: 0894908464
    Publication Date: 1997-11-01
  • The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown Ups by Gina Ingoglia
    Call Number: QK475.8 .I54 2008
    ISBN: 9781889538433
    Publication Date: 2008-10-07
  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Trees! by Jim Pipe; Mark Bergin (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK475.8 .P57 2017
    ISBN: 9780531224632
    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
  • Cover ArtCan You Hear the Trees Talking? by Peter Wohlleben
    Call Number: QK475.8 .W64 2019
    ISBN: 9781771644341
    Publication Date: 2019-10-01
  • Book CoverA Tree is Growing by Arthur Dorros
    Call Number: QK731 .D68 1998
    ISBN: 9780590453011
    Publication Date: 1998

Books about Soil

  • Book CoverA Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial (Photographer)
    Call Number: S591.3 .B53 2000
    ISBN: 9780802786982
    Publication Date: 2001-01-01
  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Dirt! by Ian Graham; Mark Bergin (Illustrator)
    Call Number: S591.3 .G73 2016
    ISBN: 9780531214886
    Publication Date: 2016-02-01
  • Book CoverDirt by Steve Tomecek; Nancy Woodman (Illustrator)
    Call Number: S591.3 .T66 2002
    ISBN: 9781426300899
    Publication Date: 2007-05-08
  • Compost by Ben Raskin
    Call Number: S661 .R37 2014
    ISBN: 9781611801279
    Publication Date: 2014-03-11

Books about Weather & Seasons

  • Drawn from Nature by Helen Ahpornsiri (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QB637.4 .A37 2018
    ISBN: 9780763698980
    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
  • Cover ArtWeather by National Audubon Society Staff; Scholastic, Inc. Staff; Jonathan D. Kahl
    Call Number: QC863.5 .K29 1998 v
    ISBN: 0590054880
    Publication Date: 1998-09-01
  • Scholastic Atlas of Weather by Scholastic, Inc. Staff (Contribution by); Mary Varilla (Editor)
    Call Number: QC981.3 .S34 2004
    ISBN: 0439419026
    Publication Date: 2004-04-01
  • Book CoverClose Looks in a Spring Woods by Martha Mckeen Welch
    Call Number: QH541.5.F5 W45
    ISBN: 0396079989
    Publication Date: 2011-11-01
  • A Season of Flowers by Michael Garland
    Call Number: QK49 .G37 2017
    ISBN: 9780884486237
    Publication Date: 2018-01-30
  • Book CoverThe Plant Cycle by Nina Morgan; John Yates (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK49 .M67 1993
    ISBN: 1568470916
    Publication Date: 1993-07-01
  • Plant Survival by Brian Capon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK912 .C36 1994
    ISBN: 0881922838
    Publication Date: 2003-01-01
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? by Dominique Joly; Philippe Joly; Nathalie Lo
    Call Number: SB457 .J65 1996
    ISBN: 0806961333
    Publication Date: 1996-12-01
  • Cover ArtI Begin with Spring by Julie Dunlap; Megan Elizabeth Baratta (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PS3053 .D86 2022
    ISBN: 9780884489085
    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
  • Cover ArtUrgent Message from a Hot Planet by Ann Eriksson; Belle Wuthrich (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QC903.15 .E75 2022
    ISBN: 9781459826328
    Publication Date: 2022-01-18

Books about Environmental Trailblazers

  • Cover ArtThe Boy Who Grew a Forest by Kayla Harren (Illustrator); Sophia Gholz
    Call Number: GE56.P39 G46 2019
    ISBN: 9781534110243
    Publication Date: 2019-03-15
  • Cover ArtOld Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby; Adelina Lirius (Illustrator)
    Call Number: GE195.5 .K57 2020
    ISBN: 9781419749148
    Publication Date: 2021-02-09
  • Cover ArtOne Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: HD4485.A358 P38 2015
    ISBN: 9781467716086
    Publication Date: 2015-02-01
  • Cover ArtThis Is Our World by Tracey Turner
    Call Number: HQ767.9 .T88 2020
    ISBN: 9780753476239
    Publication Date: 2020-10-13
  • Cover ArtNature's Friend by Lindsey McDivitt; Eileen Ryan Ewen (Illustrator)
    Call Number: NX512.F76 M39 2018
    ISBN: 9781585364053
    Publication Date: 2018-07-15
  • Cover ArtWomen in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
    Call Number: Q141 .I33 2016
    ISBN: 9781607749769
    Publication Date: 2016-07-26
  • Cover ArtThe Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf; Lillian Melcher (Illustrator)
    Call Number: Q143.H9 W848 2019
    ISBN: 9781524747374
    Publication Date: 2019-04-02
  • Cover ArtPollen by Darcy Pattison; Peter Willis (Illustrator)
    Call Number: Q180.55.D57 P38 2019
    ISBN: 9781629441191
    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
  • Cover ArtRachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor; Laura Beingessner (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.C33 L39 2012
    ISBN: 9780823423705
    Publication Date: 2012-02-01
  • Cover ArtSpring after Spring by Stephanie Roth Sisson (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.C33 S57 2018
    ISBN: 9781626728196
    Publication Date: 2018-08-14
  • Cover ArtOut of School and into Nature by Suzanne Slade; Jessica Lanan (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.C72 S53 2017
    ISBN: 9781585369867
    Publication Date: 2017-03-15
  • Cover ArtDarwin by Fabien Grolleau; Jeremie Royer (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.D2 G7613 2019
    ISBN: 9781910620502
    Publication Date: 2019-02-12
  • Cover ArtThe Tree of Life by Peter Sís (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.D2 S57 2003
    ISBN: 9780374456283
    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
  • Cover ArtThe Leaf Detective by Heather Lang; Jana Christy (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.L79 L36 2021
    ISBN: 9781684371778
    Publication Date: 2021-02-09
  • Cover ArtLittle Naturalists: the Adventures of John Muir by Kate Coombs; Seth Lucas (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.M9 C66 2019
    ISBN: 9781423651505
    Publication Date: 2019-03-19
  • Cover ArtMaria Sibylla Merian by Sarah B. Pomeroy; Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
    Call Number: QH31.M4516 P66 2018
    ISBN: 9781947440012
    Publication Date: 2018-02-13
  • Cover ArtThe Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman (Contribution by)
    Call Number: QH31.M4516 S53 2018
    ISBN: 9780544717138
    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
  • Cover ArtKarl, Get Out of the Garden! by Anita Sanchez; Catherine Stock (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH44 .S36 2017
    ISBN: 9781580896061
    Publication Date: 2017-03-21
  • Cover ArtThe Bluest of Blues by Fiona Robinson
    Call Number: QK31.A75 R63 2019
    ISBN: 9781419725517
    Publication Date: 2019-02-12
  • Cover ArtFearless World Traveler by Laurie Lawlor; Becca Stadtlander (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK98.183.N67 L39 2021
    ISBN: 9780823439591
    Publication Date: 2021-05-11
  • Cover ArtEvelyn the Adventurous Entomologist by Christine Evans; Yasmin Imamura (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QM 31 .C44 E94 2019
    ISBN: 9781943147663
    Publication Date: 2019-09-24
  • Cover ArtHarlem Grown by Tony Hillery; Jessie Hartland (Illustrator)
    Call Number: S451.N7 H55 2020
    ISBN: 9781534402317
    Publication Date: 2020-08-18
  • Cover ArtI Am Farmer by Miranda Paul; Baptiste Paul; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: S473.C17 P38 2019
    ISBN: 9781512449143
    Publication Date: 2019-02-05
  • Cover ArtFarmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Eric Larkin (Illustrator); Will Allen (Afterword by)
    Call Number: S494.5.U72 M27 2013
    ISBN: 9780983661535
    Publication Date: 2013-09-10
  • Cover ArtWangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SB63.M22 W56 2008
    ISBN: 9780152065454
    Publication Date: 2008-09-21
  • Cover ArtThe Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins; Jill McElmurry (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SB63.S47 H67 2013
    ISBN: 9781442414020
    Publication Date: 2013-09-17
  • Cover ArtMoth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean by Sigrid Schmalzer; Melanie Linden Chan (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SB605.C55 S34 2018
    ISBN: 9780884484042
    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
  • Cover ArtHeadstrong Hallie! by Aimee Bissonette; David Hohn (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SD421.375 .B57 2021
    ISBN: 9781534110618
    Publication Date: 2021-02-15
  • Cover ArtThe Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca; Daniel Rieley (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SF33.G73 M67 2017
    ISBN: 9781943147304
    Publication Date: 2017-08-29
  • Cover ArtAlice Waters and the Trip to Delicious by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Hayelin Choi (Illustrator); Alice Waters (Afterword by)
    Call Number: TX910.5.W38 M345 2014
    ISBN: 9780983661566
    Publication Date: 2014-08-26
  • Cover ArtHeadstrong Hallie! by Aimee Bissonette; David Hohn (Illustrator)
    Call Number: SD421.375 .B57 2021
    ISBN: 9781534110618
    Publication Date: 2021-02-15
  • Cover ArtFearless World Traveler by Laurie Lawlor; Becca Stadtlander (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK98.183.N67 L39 2021
    ISBN: 9780823439591
    Publication Date: 2021-05-11
  • Cover ArtThe Leaf Detective by Heather Lang; Jana Christy (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH31.L79 L36 2021
    ISBN: 9781684371778
    Publication Date: 2021-02-09
  • Cover ArtThe First Blade of Sweetgrass by Gabriel Frey; Nancy Baker (Illustrator); Suzanne Greenlaw
    Call Number: PZ7.1.G74 Fi 2021
    ISBN: 9780884487609
    Publication Date: 2021-08-10

Books about Leaves

  • Book CoverTrees and Leaves by Althea; David More (Illustrator); Graham Allen (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK475.8 .A47 1990
    ISBN: 0816719675
    Publication Date: 1990-01-01
  • Book CoverTrees, Leaves, and Bark by Diane L. Burns; Linda Garrow (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK475.8 .B88 1995
    ISBN: 1559714778
    Publication Date: 1995-12-01
  • The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown Ups by Gina Ingoglia
    Call Number: QK475.8 .I54 2008
    ISBN: 9781889538433
    Publication Date: 2008-10-07
  • Book CoverPicture Guide to Tree Leaves by Raymond Wiggers
    Call Number: QK477.2.I6 W54 1991
    ISBN: 0531200256
    Publication Date: 1991-01-01
  • Book CoverThe Nature and Science of Leaves by Jane Burton; Kim Taylor
    Call Number: QK649 .B88 1997
    ISBN: 083681942X
    Publication Date: 1997-09-01
  • Book CoverLeaves by Rena K. Kirkpatrick; Annabel Milne (Illustrator); Peter Stebbing (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK649 .K57 1985
    ISBN: 0817223789
    Publication Date: 1985-01-01
  • Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro; Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK649 .M27 1994
    ISBN: 0060228733
    Publication Date: 1994-08-01

Books about School Gardens

  • Book CoverIn the Garden with Doctor Carver by Susan Grigsby; Nicole Tadgell (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.G88418 In 2010
    ISBN: 9780807536308
    Publication Date: 2010-09-01
  • The Children's Garden by Carole Lexa Schaefer; Pierr Morgan (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.S3315 Ch 2017
    ISBN: 9781570619847
    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
  • Book CoverOur School Garden! by Rick Swann; Christy Hale (Illustrator)
    Call Number: PZ7.S95468 Our 2012
    ISBN: 0983661502
    Publication Date: 2012-03-06
  • Book CoverHow to Grow a School Garden by Arden Bucklin-Sporer; Rachel Pringle
    Call Number: SB55 .B83 2010
    ISBN: 9781604690002
    Publication Date: 2010-06-30
  • Book CoverAmy's Greenhouse - Learn and Grow by Karen Hessel
    Call Number: SB56.N7 H47 2014
    ISBN: 9781500659738
    Publication Date: 2014-08-27
  • Book CoverThe Garden Classroom by Cathy James
    Call Number: SB457 .J36 2015
    ISBN: 9781611801644
    Publication Date: 2015-04-07
  • Book CoverRipe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools by Jane S. Hirschi
    ISBN: 9781612507729
    Publication Date: 2015-04-01

Books about the Water Cycle

  • Water Is Water by Miranda Paul; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
    Call Number: GB848 .P37 2015
    ISBN: 9781596439849
    Publication Date: 2015-05-26
  • Book CoverWater up, Water Down by Sally M. Walker
    Call Number: GB848 .W35 1992
    ISBN: 0876146957
    Publication Date: 1992-02-01
  • Book CoverWhy Save the Rain Forest? by Donald M. Silver; Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QH86 .S55 1993
    ISBN: 0671866109
    Publication Date: 1993-06-01
  • Plant Survival by Brian Capon (Illustrator)
    Call Number: QK912 .C36 1994
    ISBN: 0881922838
    Publication Date: 2003-01-01
  • Book CoverThe magic school bus at the waterworks by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen
    Call Number: TD487 .C64 1986
    ISBN: 0590441000
    Publication Date: c1986

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