Content Area Picture Books

SCIENCE:
See It Grow Series (1st and 2nd grade reading levels)

Apple - Dawn Bluemel Oldfield
In this book, readers learn how apples grow from seed to fruit.


Coconut - Jackie Lee
Readers will discover how a coconut seed turns into a coconut palm that bears lots of new coconuts in clear, simple steps in this basic introduction to plant development.


Cranberry - Jackie Lee
A cranberry is full of fruity goodness. It is smooth, round, and red. How did it get that way? Beginning readers will discover how a tiny cranberry seed turns into a vine that forms flowers and then fruit in clear, simple steps in this basic introduction to plant development.

Oak Tree - Joyce Markovics
Discover how oak trees grow from seedlings to large, leafy trees that produce flowers and new acorns.


Pumpkin - Jackie Lee
Discover how pumpkins grow from small seeds to seedlings to vines that produce flowers and big, ripe pumpkins.

Sunflower - Joyce Markovics
A tall plant with a huge yellow flower grows in a field. It was once a small seed. So how did it get so big? Beginning readers will discover how a seed turns into a sunflower in clear, simple steps in this basic introduction to plant development.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs - Linda Sue Park
Presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names, including hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same.


MATH:

Measuring Penny - Loreen Leedy
Lisa learns about the mathematics of measuring by measuring her dog Penny with all sorts of units, including pounds, inches, dog biscuits, and cotton swabs.




FICTION:
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music - Margarita Engle
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner, 2016

Buddy and Earl Go Exploring - Maureen Fergus
Buddy is just settling in for the night when Earl announces that he's going on a trip. Before buddy knows it, he and Earl are off on another grand adventure. While exploring the wilds of the kitchen, they see wondrous sights, make delicious discoveries and even encounter a couple of unusual monsters.

More Than Enough: A Passover Story - April Halprin Wayland
Illustrations and simple text portray children and their family as they prepare for, then celebrate, a Passover seder with foods, games, songs, and even a sleepover.

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS:

The Lightlings - R.C. Sproul
Charlie's fears of the dark are calmed by his grandfather's story of the Son of the King of Light brought into the world so that people need never fear the darkness.

Paul's Travel's - Tim Dowley
Through this fully illustrated guide, children discover the fascinating story of Paul—his life, journeys, and letters—with a letter stored in its own pocket for each chapter.