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Literacy Connections | Springboards for Writing

Animals | Colonization | Constitution & the Young Republic | Drama | Earth Materials | Economics 
Electricity | Exploration | Fine Art | Kentucky | Land before Columbus | Life Cycles | Light 
Magnets | Music | My Community | My Family | Organisms & their Environment | Our Country | Plants
Revolutionary War | Rights & Responsibilities | Sound | States of Matter | The 20th Century
The American Civil War | Weather | Westward Movement

Animals: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Do All Spiders Spin Webs?

Berger

Do Tarantulas Have Teeth?

Berger

How Animals Move

Byrne

Animal Clues

Drew

Which Habitat

Drew

The Book of Animal Records

Drew

Wild Animals

Sara Fletcher

All Kinds of Eyes

Gibbs (Discovery World)

Amazing Eggs

Llewellyn

Hands and Feet

Sally Markham-David

Our Amazing Animal Friends

Stuart

Watch Them Grow

Martin

 

Animals: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Little Wonders: Animal Babies and Their Families

Baillie

Side By Side: Animals Who Help Each Other

Baillie

Time To Eat: Animals who Hide and Save Their Food

Baillie

Wild Talk How Animals Talk To Each Other

Baillie

Look-Alike Animals

Bernard

Sea and Land Animals

Dawson

Chickens Aren’t The Only Ones

Heller

When Winter Comes

Neuman

Keep Looking

Selsam

A Cat’s Whiskers

Street

Guess Who?

Time Life for Children

Welcome to the Green House

Yolen

 

Animals: Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

Animals That...Fly, Crawl, Jump, & Swim

Atwater

   

Animals: Persuasive Reading

 

Will We Miss Them?

Wright

Animals Eat The Weirdest Things

Swansen

 

Colonization: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Colonies (separate titles are available for each colony)

Fradin

Making Thirteen Colonies

Haskim

From Colonies to Country

Haskim

Mary Geddy’s Day

Waters

On the Mayflower

Waters

Samuel Eaton’s Day

Waters

Sarah Morton’s Day

Waters

 

Colonization: Literary Reading

Title

Author

The Jews of New Amsterdam

Costabel

Building a New Land African Americans in Colonial America

Haskins

On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed Into Town

Lobel

If You Lived in Colonial Times

McGovern

If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620

McGovern

NC Wyeth’s Pilgrims

San Souci

People of the Breaking Day

Sewall

Pilgrims of Plimouth

Sewell

Thunder From the Clear Sky

Sewall

 

Colonization: Practical Workplace Reading

Title

Author

Mary Geddy’s Day

Waters

Sarah Morton’s Day

Waters

 

Constitution and the Young Republic: Informational Reading

Title

Author

A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin

Adler

Shh…We’re Writing the Constitution

Fritz

What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin?

Fritz

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution

Levy

We the People

Speir

 

Constitution and the Young Republic: Literary Reading

Title

Author

A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin

Adler

Shh…We’re Writing the Constitution

Fritz

What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin?

Fritz

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution

Levy

We the People

Speir

 

Drama: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Plays Around The Year

Scholastic

   
 

Drama: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Putting on a Concert and The Television News

Hall

Illustrated Tales From Shakespeare

Lamb

Drama: Literary Reading

Title

Author

FX Faces

Snazaroo

 

Earth Materials: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Out Star The Sun

Atwater (Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill)

Changing Earth

Atwater (Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill)

Earth Changes Though Time

Atwater (Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill)

Solid Crust

Atwater (Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill)

The Visual Dictionary of the Earth

Dorling Kindersley

Caves

Klobuchar

Mountains

Simon

Rocks & Minerals

Symes

Mountains and Volcanoes

Taylor

 

Literary Reading

Title

Author

Out Star The Sun

Atwater

Before You Came This Way

Byrd

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

Cole

 

Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

Out Star The Sun

Atwater

 

Economics: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Money, Money, Money

Gross

Work

Morris

Where Does This Come From?

Peeples

Look at Coin

Wright Group

 

Economics: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Bananas From Manolo to Margie

Anocona

Little Nino’s Pizzeria

Barbour

The Berenstain Bears’ Money Trouble

Berenstain

Round and Round the Money Goes

Berger

Benny’s Pennies

Brisson

All the Money in the World

Brittain

Arthur’s Pet Business

Brown

Pancakes, Pancakes

Carle

Markets

Chanko

Money Troubles

Cosby

A Job for Jenny Archer

 

Charlie Needs a Cloak

De Paola

The Milkman’s Boy

Hall

The Ox Cart Man

Hall

Arthur’s Funny Money

Hoban

A Bargain for Frances

Hoban

Aunt Hilarity’s Bustle

Ketteman

We Have Wants and Needs

Living and Working Together

Market Days: From Market To Market Around the World

Madhukr

The Toothpaste Millionaire

Merrill

The Tortilla Factory

Paulson

The Paperboy

Pilkey

Smart (a poem)

Silverstein

Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday

Viorst

A Chair For My Mother

Williams

Something Special for Me

Williams

 

Economics: Practical/ Workplace Reading

Zillions

Consumers Union

Coin County

Talbot

 

Electricity: Informational Reading

Title

Author

The Science Book of Electricity

Ardley

All About Electricity

Berger

Electricity Experiments for Children

Reuben

Light Magic and Other Science Activities About Energy

Rising

 

Electricity: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Discovering Electricity

Bains

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip

Cole

Tom Edison’s Bright Ideas

Keller

Young Ben Franklin

Santrey

 

Electricity: Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

The Science Book of Electricity

Ardley

All About Electricity

Berger

Light Magic and Other Science Activities About Energy

Rising

Electricity

VanCleave

 

Exploration: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Around the World in 100 Years

Fritz

Five Brave Explores

Hudson

The History News Explorers

Johnstone

Christopher Columbus: How He Did It

Yue

 

Exploration: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Columbus

D’Aulaire

Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus

Fritz

Explorers

Hacker

Columbus and the Renaissance Explorers

Hynson

Lewis and Clark Explorers of the New American West

Kroll

Discovering Christopher Columbus

Pelta

Aunty Dot’s Incredible Adventure Atlas

Yildirim

Encounter

Yolen

 

Fine Art: Informational Reading

Title

Author

The Great Art Adventure

Knox

Lives of the Artists

Krull

Famous Artists

Mason

Famous Artists: Cézanne

Mason

Famous Artists: Leonardo

Mason

Famous Artists: Michelangelo

Mason

Famous Artists: Monet

Mason

Famous Artists: Picasso

Mason

Famous Artists: Van Gogh

Mason

 

Fine Art: Literary Reading

Title

Author

When Clay Sings

Baylor

Linnea in Monet’s Garden

Bjork

Bonjour, Mr. Satie

De Paola

The Art Lesson

De Paola

The Little Painter of Sabana Grande

Markun

I Spy a Freight Train

Micklethwait

Lucy’s Picture

Moon

All I See

Rylant

The Squiggle

Schaefer

Leonardo da Vinci

Stanley

 
 

Fine Art: Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

Incredibly Awesome Crafts for Kids

Better Homes and Gardens

EcoArt: Earth-Friendly Art and Craft Experiences for 3 to 9 Year Olds

Carlson

Kids Create

Carlson

Crafts of Many Cultures

Gomez

Good Earth Art: Environmental Art For Kids

Kohl

Kentucky: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Kentucky Facts

Clements

From Sea To Shining Sea- Kentucky

Fradin

Kentucky

McNair

Frontier Kentucky

Powell

Kentucky: A Geographical and Historical Perspective

Powell

Kentucky: The Study of Her Heritage

Powell

This is Kentucky

Powell

 

Kentucky: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Shaker Home

Bail

Kentucky

Brown

Mama is a Miner

Catalanotto

A is for Appalachia

Riehle

B is for Bluegrass

Riehle

In Coal Country

Hendershot

Farmer’s Market

Johnson

I Rode The Red Horse

Libby

Appalachia

Rylant

When I Was Young in the Mountains

Rylant

Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf

 

Kentucky Nature Series

 

Kentucky in Words and Pictures

 

Land Before Columbus: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Indian Chiefs

Freedman

 

Land Before Columbus: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Corn is Maize

Aliki

Where the Buffaloes Begin

Baker

Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back

Bruchac

If You Lived With the Sioux Indians

McGovern

The Legend of the Bluebonnet

dePaola

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush

dePaola

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Goble

If You Lived With the Indians on the Northwest Coast

Kamma

Children of the Earth and Sky

Krensky

Children of the Wind and Water

Krensky

If You Lived With the Iroquois

Levine

If You Lived With the Cherokee

Roop

Giving Thanks

Swamp

The New Americans

Maestro

The Rough-Faced Girl

Martin

Ribbon Rescue

Munsch

Tapenum’s Day

Waters

Encounter

Yolen

Life Cycles: Informational Reading

Title

Author

   

Keeping Tadpoles Alive

Foster

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Heilgman

A Hummingbird’s Life

Himmelman

The Life Cycle of a Bird

Kalman

A Log’s Life

Pfeffer

From Chick to Chicken

Powell

An Extraordinary Life

Pringle

The Life Cycle of A Salmon

Trumbauer

 

Literary Reading

Title

Author

The Tiny Seed

Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

Tadpoles

James

Backyard Sunflower

King

Fish is Fish

Lionni

The Life and Times of the Apple

Micucci

Animal-Go-Round

Morris

Log Hotel

Schreiber

What Did I Look Like When I Was A Baby?

Willis

 

Light: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Sound and Light

Altwater

Sound, Heat, and Light: Energy at Work

Berger

Energy and Light

Lafferty

Sound and Light

Glover

Light Magic and Other Science Activities About Energy

Rising

Light: Exploring the Energy You See

Scholastic

Light

Taylor

 

Light: Literary Reading

Title

Author

The Magic School Bus Gets a Bright Idea

White

 

Light: Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

Sound and Light

Altwater

Sound and Light

Glover

Light Magic and Other Science Activities About Energy

Rising

Light

Taylor

 

Magnetism: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Junior Science Book of Magnets

Feravolo

Magnets

Henriques

Junior Science Magnets

Jennings

All About Magnets

Krensky

Electricity and Magnetism

Whyman

 

Magnetism: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Marta’s Magnets

Pfeffer

 

Magnetism: Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

Experiments With Magnets

Challand

All About Magnets

Krensky

Marta’s Magnets

Pfeffer

Magnets

VanCleave

 

Music: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Musical Instruments from A to Z

Kalman

Lives of the Musicians

Krull

 

Music: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Reach for the Moon

Abeel

Mozart: Scenes From the Childhood of the Great Composer

Brighton

Summertime

Gershwin

Little Lil and The Swing-Singing Sax

Gray

Georgia Music

Griffith

If I Only Had A Horn: Young Louis Armstrong

Orgill

Duke Ellington The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

Pinkney

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

Raschka

Just the Two of Us

Smith

What A Wonderful World

Weiss

 

My Community: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Up Goes the Skyscraper

Gibbons

 

My Community: Literary Reading

Title

Author

When I am Big

Aye

The Best Town in the World

Baylor

Town Mouse, Country Mouse

Brett

The Little House

Burton

I’m Going to Be a Police Officer

Davis

Prarie Town

Geisert

Emergency

Gibbons

The Post Office: Mail and How it Moves

Gibbons

C is for City

Grimes

One Afternoon

Heo

My New York

Jakobsen

Alphabet City

Johnson

Community Helpers From A to Z

Kalman

Open Wide Tooth School Inside

Keller

A Trip to the Doctor

Linn

Firefighters

Mass

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Rathmann

Farmers

Ready

My Fire Engine

Rex

Career Day

Rockwell

The Little Band

Sage

Busy People

Scary

 

My Family: Literary Reading

Title

Author

Charlie Anderson

Abercrombie

By Dawn’s Early Light

Ackerman

Amelia’s Road

Altman

The Table Where Rich People Sit

Baylor

Bigmamma’s

Crews

Just Like My Dad

Gardella

All of the Colors of the Earth

Hamanaka

When We Married Gary

Hines

Yonder

Johnston

The Color of Us

Karen Katz

Family

Monk

Families Are Different

Pellegrini

The Relatives Came

Rylant

In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall

Steptoe

 

Organisms and their Environment: Informational Reading

Title

Author

Oil Spills

Anderson

Hidden Animals

Drew

Which Habitat

Drew

Who Eats What

Lauber

Desert

Macquitty

Life Along the Sea

Miles

Polar Lands

Palmer

Pond and River

Parker (Eyewitness Books)

Wild Wild West

Perenyi

Deserts: A New True Book

Posell

 

Literary Reading

Title

Author

Rumble in the Jungle

Andreae

A Walk In The Desert

Arnold

Who Comes Out To The Water Hole?

Bare

Desert Voices

Baylor

The Desert is Theirs

Baylor

A River Ran Wild

Cherry

The Great Kapok Tree

Cherry

Imagine Living Here: This Place Is Dry

Cobb

Antarctica

Cowcher

Rain Forest

Cowcher

Wonders of the Rain Forest

Craig

Rain Forest Secrets

Dorros

The Empty Lot

Fife

Spoonbill Swamp

Guiberson

My River

Halpern

Squish! A Wetland Walk

Luenn

And Still the Turtle Watched

MacGill-Callahan

Washing the Willow Tree Loon

Martin

Who Lives in the Woods?

Meyers

The Wump World

Peet

The Magic School Bus Hops Home

Relf

The People Who Hugged the Trees

Rose

Log Hotel

Schreiber

African Savanna

Silver

Welcome to the Greenhouse

Yolen

 

Practical/ Workplace Reading

Title

Author

What Can You Make of It?

Bradenberg

The Green Casebook

Drew

 

Persuasive Reading

 

Oil Spill!

Berger

A River Dream

Say

Just a Dream

Van Allsburg