Children are naturally curious and are drawn to informational books to answer questions on a particular subject. Non-fiction books for young children should be checked for accuracy, the layout on a page should be visually inviting and the young researcher should be able to access information from a writing style that is not boring. (Zena Sutherland, Children and Books)
Arnosky, J. All About Turtles Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and survival techniques of different kinds of land and sea turtles.
Baker, J. The Story of Rosy Dock Text and illustrations describe how the plant, rosy dock, is spread in Australia. What happens when you introduce a new plant into a new environment?
Ballard, R. Ghost Liners Depicts five famous ships that have been lost at sea in modern times, the Empress of Ireland, the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Britannica, and the Titanic.
Berger, M. What Makes an Ocean Wave? Provides information about various aspects of the world's oceans, waves, tides, the food chain, marine creatures, coastlines, and more.
Boelts, M. A Kid's Guide to Water Safety Provides advice on how to remain safe in and around swimming pools, lakes, and oceans.
Burton, J. The Nature and Science of Bubbles Explains how, why and where bubbles are formed and describes their different uses and various appearances.
Christelow, E. What Do Illustrators Do? Shows two illustrators going through all the steps involved in creating new picture book.
Christian, P. If You Find a Rock Celebrates the variety of rocks that can be found, including skipping rocks, chalk rocks, and splashing rocks.
Cole, J. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.
Clyne, D. Cicada Sing-Song Introduces the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of this noisy little insect.
Curlee, L. Rushmore Describes how this patriotic shrine and tourist attraction was conceived, designed, and created by the dedicated artist Gutzon Borglum.
Erlbach, A. Happy Birthday, Everywhere! Describes birthday greetings and celebration customs from nineteen countries with descriptions of food, games, and crafts.
Fisher, L. The Great Wall of China A brief history of the Great Wall.
French, V. Growing Frogs A mother and child watch as tadpoles develop and grow into frogs.
Ganeri, A. I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty Many questions about the ocean.
Gans, R. Rock Collecting Explains how to start a rock collection and how to recognize igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Gibbons, G. Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea Explores the vastly unexplored world beneath the ocean's surface.
Gross, R. A Book About Pandas Describes the characteristics and behavior, especially in captivity of China's "white bear."
Guthrie, W. This Land is Your Land This well-known folk song is acompanied by a tribute from folksinger Pete Seeger, the musical notation, and a biographical scrapbook with photographs.
Harvey, M. Look What Came From China Describes many inventions, food, toys and games, musical instruments, etc. that came from China.
Hayes, A. Meet the Orchestra Describes the features, sounds, and role of each musical instrument in the orchestra.
Jordano, K. Celebrating Presidents' Day What is a president?
Krupp, E. The Rainbow and You Explains how rainbows are formed by the colors in sunlight shining through raindrops.
Lester, J. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road The story of African-American enslavement and freedom.
Milord, S. The Kids' Nature Book Provides nature activities for every day of the year, including making a snow gauge, hatching amphibian eggs, planting a butterfly garden, and creating a cloud in the kitchen.
Morgan, S. Structures Examines through text and colorful photographs a variety of manufactured structures, from skyscrapers to airplanes, and discusses how they imitate natural structures like eggs and seed pods in protecting and transporting living things.
Oppenheim, J. Have You Seen Bugs? Describes in verse a variety of bugs and how they look, behave, and improve our lives.
Ross, S. Monsters of the Deep Presents information about such creatures found in the world's lakes and oceans as Great White sharks, the Loch Ness Monster, giant squids and poisonous jellyfish.
Showers, P. How Many Teeth Introduces teeth, describing how many we have at various stages of life, why they fall out, and what they do.
Sis, P. Tibet The author relates his father's experiences while lost in Tibet during the 1950's.
St. George, J. So You Want to Be President? Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
Wilkinson, P. Amazing Buildings Provides the reader with glimpses inside twenty-one famous buildings from around the world.
Non-fiction Series Titles:
A First Discovery Book
Deep in the Rainforest
Eyewitness
First Discovery
First Step Science
First Step Math
First Sports Science
Let's Read and Find Out
Magic School bus
Our Wildlife World
Read and Wonder
True Book
Where We Live
Young Artists of the World
