2000
Nothing Ever Happens on My Block by Ellen Raskin
I use this to introduce the importance of observing carefully.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola
The Winter Place by Ruth Yaffee Radin
Snowshoe Trek to Otter River by David Budbill
Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
Down the Mississippi by Clyde Bulla
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
The Winter Place by Ruth Yaffee Radin
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Mud Book by John Cage and Lois Long
Who Lives Here by Dot and Sy Barlow
The Trunk by Brian Wildsmith
Once There was a Tree by Natalia Romanova
The River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Bear by John Schoenherr
Consider the Lemming by Jeannie Steig
Deneki by William Berry
The Lemming Condition by Alan Arkin
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing by Jack Prelutsky
Rainbows are Made by Carl Sandburg
Earth Book for Kids by Linda Schwartz
Environmental focus
The Kids’ Environment Book by Anne Pedersen
Exploring Winter by Sandra Markle
Field Guide to Snow Crystals by Edward LaChapelle
A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
Snow by John Bianchi and Frank Edwards
Activities and information
Snow Crystals by W.A. Bentley and W.J. Humphreys
Thousands of enlarged photos of snow flakes
Water by Kim Taylor
The Secret Language of Snow by Terry Tempest Williams and Ted Major
Weather Wisdom by Albert Lee
Historical and traditional (myths) look at weather
The Amazing Dirt Book by Paulette Bourgeois
Fish Calendar by Siegfried Schmitz
The Forest Book by John Gile
Gray Wolf, Red Wolf by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Grizzly Cub - Five Years in the Life of a Bear by Rick McIntyre
Lots of Rot by Vicki Cobb
Polar Bears - Facts, Stories, Games by Lucy Baker
Seals - Facts, Stories, Games by Lucy Baker
This Place is Cold by Vickie Cobb
This Place is High by Vickie Cobb
This Place is Hot by Vickie Cobb
This Place is Wet by Vickie Cobb
Consider the Earth by Julie Gates (Teachers’s Idea Press)
Environmental focus
Make it Metric by Tom Camilli (Kino)
Directions for making a number of data gather instruments with simple equipment
The Kid’s Guide to Social Action by Barbara Lewis (Free Spirit Pub)
Dirt Cheap Science by Esther Weiner (Scholastic)
Activities in all areas
Water, Stones and Fossil Bones by Karen Lind (CESI and NSTA)
Activities in all areas
Acid Rain by Colin Hocking (Lawrence Hall of Science)
H2O Science by Jean Stangl (Fearon)
Floaters and Sinkers by Mike McKibbon et al. (AIMS)
Water Precious Water by Maureen Allen et al. (AIMS)
Bubbles by Ann Wiebe (AIMS)
Easy to Make Decorative Snowflakes by Brenda Lee Reed (Dover)
Liquid Explorations by Leigh Agler (Lawrence Hall of Science)
The Snow Book by Steve Campbell (Western Education Development Group, UBC)
Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Jacqueline Barber (Lawrence Hall of Science)
Down to Earth by Sheldon Erickson et al. (AIMS)
The Greenhouse Effect by Colin Hocking (Lawrence Hall of Science)
Down to Earth by Sheldon Erickson et al. (AIMS)
Science Fun with Mud and Dirt by Rose Wyler
Earth Science for Every Kid by Janice VanCleave
Crime Lab Chemistry by Jacqueline Barber (Lawrence Hall of Science)
Explorations with chromatography