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The Water Hole
Graeme Base (2001) , 32 pages
Audience:
Primary (K-3rd grade)
Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
Animals
Environment / Ecology
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You should read this book because it's a good book. It's a good first book to read because it helps you count to ten and it helps you to learn.
The book teaches us about many things. It teaches us that animals need water and water helps animals and people to live. It teaches a lesson about caring for the environment, about animal habitats, and about different places and continents.
Kid review
written by Miss Arnold's ELD Class, Age 6
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Baby Bear Sees Blue
Ashely Wolff (2012) , 40 pages
Audience:
Preschool
Primary (K-3rd grade)
Category:
Animals
Bears
Concept - Colors
Early Literacy: Vocabulary
Environment / Ecology
New Books
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Baby bear explores the colors in his world with Mama. He is warmed by yellow sun, splashed by a brown trout, and tickled by orange butterflies. The colorful and beautiful illustrations will charm both childern and adults.
Librarian review
written by Rachel
it was amaysing for preschool
Kid review
written by charlotte, Age 7
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Meat-Eating Plants
Nathan Aaseng (1996) , 48 pages
Audience:
Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
Insects
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I learned there are many kinds of insect eating plants all over the world. Many places are in danger because humans are clearing the land for farming and housing. My favorite are Trigger traps, The Venus Flytrap works like this,an insect touches the trigger hair which causes it to snap shut! If the plant catches something bigger than what it can handle it will turn black and die.
Kid review
written by Aric, Age 10
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Oceans (My World of Geography)
Angela Royston (2005) , 32 pages
Audience:
Primary (K-3rd grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
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We cross oceans to travel by plane or cruise ship. We get oil and food from oceans but we as people need to be careful not to harm the sea animals, polluting the water or over fishing. I learned in this book that ice floes are chucks of frozen seawater and Icebergs are huge blocks of freshwater that float in the sea. I also learned the North and the South Poles are the coldest places in the world some parts of the sea freeze into solid ice that's cold!
Kid review
written by Ashtin, Age 8
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Snails Up Close
Greg Pyers (2005) , 32 pages
Audience:
Primary (K-3rd grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
Nonfiction
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I really like this book you learn a lot about snails. I learned snails lay eggs that are pushed out through an opening behind the head! There is even information on an endangered snails this is a good informational book.
Kid review
written by Aric, Age 10
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Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
Loree Griffin Burns (2010) , 64 pages
Audience:
Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
Nonfiction
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This is a good book to read to learn about tracking trash thrown into the oceans and what we need to do to stop this.
Kid review
written by Aric, Age 9
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Crunch
Leslie Connor (2010) , 336 pages
Audience:
Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
Families
Neighborhoods / Communities
New Books
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Dewey Marriss is planning on running his family's side business, the Bike Barn, on summer break. His father and mother have taken off for a quick trip. Dad's a trucker. But there is a fuel shortage and his parents are stuck up north and can't get home. That leaves Dewey and his older sister Lil to watch his brother Vincent and the twins. Now that people can't drive, business is booming and Dewey is overwhelmed. How will he finish all those repairs when people desperately need their bikes? To top it off, it seems someone is stealing parts from the barn. Who is it? When will his parents make it home? A great tale of community helping each other out in troubled times.
Librarian review
written by Kristi
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The Storm in the Barn
Matt Phelan (2009) , 201 pages
Audience:
Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
Graphic
Historical
Realistic Fiction
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Jack is a courageous 11-year old boy in this haunting graphic novel set in Kansas at the height of the Dust Bowl in 1937. While his family struggles, Jack fights fantastical apparitions which make him wonder what is reality and what is "dust dementia." The Storm in the Barn is a compelling, tense tale where love triumphs hardship.
Librarian review
written by Laurie Ann
It is desperate on the plains of Kansas. There has been no rain for what seems like forever. The Dust Bowl is driving people away from their homes and farms. Jack Clark's family is barely hanging on. His sister is probably dying from dust pneumonia. Jack is being bullied at school. On his way home one day, the bullies come after him. Jack runs into a neighbor's barn to hide. Inside, he sees something frightening. Jack runs for home. He tries to tell his dad about the figure, but his dad does not believe him. Somehow, Jack knows that the mysterious figure has something to do with the terrible conditions. He decides to face down the figure and fight for his family.
Librarian review
written by Lisa
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Ballyhoo Bay
Judy Sierra (2009) , 32 pages
Audience:
Preschool
Primary (K-3rd grade)
Category:
Environment / Ecology
Neighborhoods / Communities
New Books
Realistic Fiction
Rhyming Books
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Mira Bella teaches art every week on Ballyhoo Bay. Everyone gets in the act. While people sketch on the beach, the octopus sculpts down below. When the beach is threatened by a company who wants to build condos, everyone gets in the act again. Led by the fearless Mira Bella, all the beach artists stand up and demand that they leave the beach alone.
Librarian review
written by Lisa
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Emmaline and the Bunny
Katherine Hannigan (2009) , 100 pages
Audience:
Primary (K-3rd grade)
Intermediate (4th-6th grade)
Category:
Beginning Chapter Books
Environment / Ecology
Friendship
New Books
Pets
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Everything in Neatasapin is very tidy. All of the houses look just the same. Not even the babies in Neatasapin are fussy or messy. But Emmaline is. Emmaline likes squishing in puddles and digging holes. What she really loves are bunnies. Emmaline wants her very own bunny. But bunnies are not allowed in Neatasapin. They are too untidy. One day Emmaline follows a bunny through the hedge and into another world. An untidy world. When Emmaline is told she can't take her bunny home until she makes Neatasapin more welcoming, Emmaline gives up hope. Emmaline's parents don't though. They vow to make Emmaline happy, even if it angers everyone in Neatasapin.
Librarian review
written by Lisa
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