References
Honeybees
From Nature Boxes for Early
Childhood Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
A Beekeeper’ s Year. Sylvia A. Johnson. Little, Brown & Co Boston,
MA. 1994.
Bees, Wasps, and Ants. George S. Fichter. Western Publishing Racine, WI.
1993.
BugPlay. Marlene Nachbar Hapai & Leon H. Burton.
Addison-Wesley USA. 1990.
Bug Wise. Pamela Hickman. Addison-Wesley Reading, MA.
1990.
Honeybees at Home. Lynne Harwood. Tilbruy House, Gardiner, ME. 1994.
The Bee Tree. Patricia Polacco. Philomel Books New York, NY. 1993.
The Bug Book. Robin Bernard. Scholastic New York NY.
1994.
The Honeybee and the Robber. Eric Carle. Philomel Books, New York, NY. 1981.
The Honey Makers. Gail Gibbons. William Morrow and Company New York NY.
1997.
The Life and Times of the
Honeybee. Charles Micucci. Ticknor &
Fields New York, NY. 1995.
The Magic School Bus Inside a
Beehive. Joanna Cole. Scholastic
Press, New York, NY. 1996.
Young Scientists Explore Insects. Linda Penn. Good Apple Inc, Carthage IL. 1982.
Nocturnal Animals
From Nature Boxes for Early
Childhood Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
Nicholas Cricket. Joyce Maxner. Harper and Row New York,
NY. 1989
Nocturnal Animals And Classroom
Nights. Rhonda Vansant & Barbara
Dondiego. McGraw-Hill New York NY. 1997
Owl Babies. Martin Waddell. Candlewick Press
Cambridge, MA. 1975
Owl Moon. Jane Yolen.
Peeping and Sleeping. Fran Manushkin. Clarion New York,
NY. 1994
Quick & Easy Sewing Projects. Singer Sewing Reference Library. Cy DeCosse,
Minnetonka, MN. 1993
Stellaluna. Janell Cannon. Scholastic New York,
NY. 1993
Ten Flashing Fireflies. Philemon Sturges. North-South Books New
York, NY. 1995
The Very Lonely Firefly. Eric Carle. Philomel Books New York, NY.
1995
The Very Quiet Cricket. Eric Carle. Philomel Books New York,
NY.
Wind Says Goodnight. Katy Rydell. Houghton Mifflin Co. New
York, NY. 1994
Pond Habitat
From Nature Boxes for Early
Childhood Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
Beaver At Long Pond. William George.
Blue Sea. Robert Kalan. Mulberry Books, New York,
NY. 1979
Do The Dragonfly. Billy B. Romp In The Swamp Music CD
Heron Street. Ann Turner. Harper and Row. 1989
In The Small, Small Pond. Denise Fleming. Scholastic New York,
NY. 1994
It’s Mine! Leo Lionni. Scholastic New York,
NY. 1985
My River. Shari Halpern. Scholastic New York,
NY. 1992
Pond Life. Barbara Taylor. Dorling Kindersley, New York,
NY. 1992
Puddles. Jonathon London. Penguin Books New York,
NY. 1997
The Perfect Spot. Robert J. Blake. Philomel Books, New York,
NY. 1992
The Rainbow Fish. Marcus Pfister. Scholastic, New York,
NY. 1992
Water Dance. Thomas Locker. Harcourt Brace & Co.
San Diego, CA. 1997
Water’s Way. Lisa Westberg Peters. Scholastic, New York,
NY. 1991
Prairie Habitat
From Nature Boxes for Early Childhood
Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
An American Safari. Jim Branenburg. Walker and Co New York,
NY. 1995
Ant Cities. Arthur Dorres. Thomas Y. Crowell New York,
NY. 1987
A Snake In The House. Faith McNulty.
Copycat. Mar/Apr 1997
Copycat. May/June 1996
Dancers In The Garden. Joanne Ryder. Sierra Club Books San
Francisco, CA. 1992
Inch By Inch. Leo Lionni. Astor-Honor New York,
NY. 1960
In The Tall, Tall Grass. Denise Fleming. Holt and Company New York,
NY. 1991
Mole’s Hill. Lois Ehlert. Harcourt Brace & Co New
York, NY. 1994
Prairie Animals. Encyclopedia Britanica. Chicago, IL.
1979
Prairie Primer A to Z. Caroline Stutson. Dutton’s New York,
NY. 1996
Prairies. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. Holiday House New
York, NY. 1996
Rabbit’s Morning. Nancy Tafuri. Greenwillow New York,
NY. 1995
Small Green Snake. Libba Moore. Orchard Books New York,
NY. 1994
The Mailbox Preschool. April/May 1997
The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carle. Philomen Books
Under The Ground. Gallimand Jeunesse and Pascale de Bourgoing.
Scholastic New York, NY. 1990
Where Butterflies Grow. Joanne Ryder. Lodestar Books New York,
NY. 1989
Who Lives OnYThe Prairie? Ron Hirschi. G.P. Putnam’s Sons New York,
NY. 1989
Woodland Habitat
Iowa Woodlands. Iowa Association of Naturalists. Iowa State
University Extension Service. Publication IAN 202.
Johnny Appleseed. Steven Kellogg. Scholastic, New York,
NY. 1988
NatureScope Trees Are Terrific. Ranger Rick. National Wildlife Federation,
Washington, D.C. 1985
One Small Square Woods. Donald Silver. W.H. Freeman & Co. New York,
NY. 1995
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Lois Ehlert. Harcourt, Brace & Co, New
York, NY. 1991
Secret Forests. Michael Gaffney. Western Publishing
Racine, WI. 1994
Squirrels. Brian Wildsmith. Scholastic New York,
NY. 1974
The Giving Tree. Shel Silverstein. Harper Collins
USA. 1964
The Lorax. Dr. Suess. Random House. 1971
The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. Gail Gibbons.
The Usborne Nature Trail Book of
Trees and Leaves. Ingrid Selberg and Margaret
Stephens. Usborne London, UK. 1977
Where Once There Was A Wood. Denise Fleming. Scholastic New York, NY.
1996
Animals
Camouflage
From Nature Boxes for Early
Childhood Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
A Color of His Own. Leo Lionni. Scholastic, New York, NY.
1975
A House For Hermit Crab. Eric Carle. Scholastic, New York, NY.
1987
Animals In Disguise. Martine Duprez. Charlesbridge Publishing,
Watertown, MA. 1994
Animals In Disguise. Anita Ganeri. Little Simon, New York,
NY. 1995
Can You Find Me? Jennifer Dewey. Scholastic, New York, NY.
1989
Hard-To-See Animals. Allan Fowler. Children’s Press, New York,
NY. 1997
Hidden Animals. Millicent E. Selsam. Harper & Row, New
York, NY. 1969
How To Hide A Butterfly. Ruth Heller. Grosset & Dunlap, New York,
NY. 1992
How To Hide A Crocodile. Ruth Heller. Grosset & Dunlap, New York,
NY. 1994
How To Hide An Octopus. Ruth Heller. Grosset & Dunlap, New York,
NY. 1992
How To Hide A Parakeet. Ruth Heller. Grosset & Dunlap, New York,
NY. 1995
How To Hide A Polar Bear. Ruth Heller. Grosset & Dunlap, New York,
NY. 1994
Secrets Of Animal Survival. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
1983
Tricks Animals Play. Jan Nagel Clarkson. National Geographic
Society, Washington, D.C. 1975
Geology, Composting, Soil
From Nature Boxes for Early
Childhood Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
Ant Cities. Arthur Dorris. Harper Collins
A Worm’s Tale. Lindgren Barbro.
Copycat Volume 12, Number 5. May/June 1997
Deep Down Underground. Olivier Dunrea. McMillan, New York, NY.
1989
Mud. Wendy Cheyette Lewison. Random House.
Mud For Sale. Brenda Nelson. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Mud Pies. Judith Grey. Troll Associates.
One Hundred Hungry Ants. Elinor J. Pinczes. Scholastic
The Amazing Dirt Book. Paulette Bourgeois. Addison-Wesley, Reading,
MA. 1986
The Mailbox Preschool. April/May 1994
Tops and Bottoms. Janet Stevens. Scholastic, New York, NY.
1996
Two Bad Ants. Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin
Wormology. Michael Elson Ross. Carolrhoda Books, Inc,
Minneapolis, MN. 1996
Dinosaurs, Rocks, Fossils
From Nature Boxes for Early
Childhood Educators, Debbi Williams, Story County Conservation Board
A First Look At Rocks. Millicent Selsam.
Dinosaur Discovery book from
Brighter Vision Learning Center
Dinosaurs Are Different. Aliki. Harper and Row, NY. 1985
Everybody Needs A Rock. Byrd Baylor. Charles Scribner’s Son’s, New
York, NY. 1974
Fossils Tell of Long Ago. Aliki. Harper Collins, New York, NY.
1990
If You Are A Hunter Of Fossils. Byrd Baylor. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New
York, NY. 1980
NatureScope Digging Into
Dinosaurs. Ranger Rick. National
Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C. 1992
NatureScope Geology: The
Active Earth. Ranger Rick. National
Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C. 1992
On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles. Leo Lionni.
Rocks And Minerals. Illa Podendorf. Children’s Press, Chicago,
IL. 1982
The Dinosaur Who Lived In My
Backyard. B.G. Hennessy. Puffin
Books, New York, NY. 1988
References from Dorothy Pecaut
Nature Center, Woodbury County Conservation Board
Autumn
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Nuts to You by Lois Ehlert
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Snow
When it Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator
Snowy, Flowy, Blowy by Nancy Tafuri
Birds
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root
Counting is for the Birds by Frank Mazzola Jr.
Birds; A First Discovery Book
The Brave Little Bird by Scott Beck
Unbeatable Beaks by Stephen R. Swinburne)
The Beak Book by Pamela Chanko
From Egg to Robin by Susan Canizares
Penguins
Little Penguin by Patrick Benson
Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce McMillan
Busy Penguins by John Schindel
Owls
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Whoo-oo is it? By Megan McDonald
Night Creatures; A First Discovery Book
Turkeys
Wild Turkey Run by Bob Reese
In November by Cynthia Rylant
Turtles
The Very Shy Turtle by Kathy Pfautsch
The Foolish Tortoise by Richard Buckley
Turtles and Snails; A First Discovery Book
Flowers
I’m a Seed by Jean Marzollo
The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Moon
Moon Rope by Lois Ehlert
The Owl who Became the Moon by Jonathon London
What the Moon Sees, What the Sun Sees by Nancy Tafuri
Deer
Deer at the Brook by Jim Arnosky
Once Upon a Springtime
by Jean Marzollo
The Stranger in the Woods
by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
Footprints
Footprints in the Snow by Cynthia Benjamin
Footprints and Shadows by Anne Wescott Dodd
Animal Tracks by Arthur Dorros
Frogs
Jump Frog Jump by Robert Kaplan
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathon London
Hungry Harry by Joanne Partis
Tadpole to Frog Pop-up by Scholastic
Caterpillars
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Butterflies by Karen Shapiro
Spiders
I Am A Little Spider by Marta Prims & Nuria Roca
Wolves
The Eyes of Gray Wolf by Jonathan London
An Adventure with Winnie Wolf by Maurice Pledger
Polar Bears
Touch the Sky, My Little Bear by David Bedford & Jane Chapman
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
A Polar Bear Can Swim by Harriet Ziefert
References from Polk County
Conservation Board
Amphibians
Animals to Eggs, Nonie Cox, 1993.
Frog Odyssey by Juliet & Charles Snape
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
Autumn
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
“How The Turtle Flew South For
The Winter” Keepers of the Earth,
Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto, (page 157)
Bugs to Bunnies: Hands-on Animal
Science Activities for Young Children by
Kenn Goin, Eleanor Ripp & Kathleen Nastasi Solomon
Bats
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Bats Creatures of the Night by Joyce Milton
Tuttle, Merlin D. America’s
Neighborhood Bats. 1988.
Cornell, Joseph. Sharing
Nature With Children. 1979.
Laubach, Christyna M., John Bowles
and Rene Laubach. A Guide to the Bats of Iowa. 1988.
Beavers
“Whither the Winter of Turtle and
Beaver”, Keepers of the Animals
by Michael J. Caddied and Joseph Bruchac
The Kids’ Wildlife Book by Warner Shedd
Bees
The Honeybee and the Robber by Eric Carle
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
Julivert, Angels. The
Fascinating World Of Bees. 1991.
Morse, Roger. A Year in the
Bee Yard: An Expert’s Month-by-Month Instructions for Successful Beekeeping.
1983.
Style, Sue. Honey, from
Hive to Honeypot: A Celebration of Bees and Their Bounty. 1993.
Melzer, Werner. Beekeeping:
A Complete Owner’s Manual. 1989.
Trump, Richard. Bees and
Their Keepers. 1987.
Vansant, Rhonda and Barbara L.
Dondiego. Moths, Butterflies, Other Insects, and Spiders.1995.
Birds
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Butterflies, Monarchs
Lasky, Kathryn. Monarchs.
1993.
Ranger Rick’s NatureScope. Incredible
Insects. 1984.
Camping
Going on a Bear Hunt! (A good action book for the kids!)
Buzzy Bear goes camping by Dorothy Marino
Sam and Violet go camping by Nicole Rubel
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs Are Different By Aliki
Dinosaur Roar by Paul and Henrietta Stickland
Digging Up Dinosaurs By Aliki (Ages 4-8)
The Dino Expert By Julie Brillhart
Big Old Bones, A Dinosaur Tale By Carol Carrick
Sammy And The Dinosaurs By Bernard Most
Dinosaur Babies By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Insects
Are you a Ladybug? By Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries
BUGS! by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack (A Rookie Reader)
Hey, Little Ant by Phillip & Hannah Hoose
The Icky Bug Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
It’s a Good Thing There are Insects by Allan Fowler (A Rookie Reader)
The Very Grouch Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
Ladybugs – Teacher's guide – Pre-K
to 1st, by Lawerence Hall of Science
University of California, ISBN 0-912511-86-9
Mammals
The Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Nuts to You by Lois Ehlert
Squirrels by Brian Wildsmith
Why Possum Has a Naked Tail (pg 173) from Keepers of the Animals, by Michael
Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
Mother Opossum and Her Babies, Science and Math Activities for Young Children, University
of California at Berkeley. ISBN 0-924886-21-8
Kid’s Wildlife Book by Warner Shedd ISBN 0-913589-77-2
Nature’s Treasures
The Picnic, An Ecology Story Book, by Chris Baines
Ponds
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
Rainbows
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Skyfire by Frank Asch
Reptiles
Box Turtle at Long Pond by William T. George and Lindsay Barrett George
Bugs to Bunnies, Hands-on Animal Science Activities for Young Children
Little Green Snake
Box Turtle at Long Pond by Lindsay Barrett George
Seeds
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller or
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Trees (see also Autumn)
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Stars
Stargazing Sky by Deborah Kogan Ray
The Night Book by Pamela Hickman
Worms
Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser