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Literacy Connection: Nutrition
Literacy Connection
The following sources represent reading and math resources for elementary and middle school lessons:
American Heart Association Kid's Cookbook: All Recipes Made by Real Kids in Real Kitchens
American Heart Association
127 pp.
Crown Publishing Group, 1993
ISBN: 0-81-291930-0
Age: 6-12 years
Abstract: Contains colorful illustrations and contains quick and easy heart-healthy recipes that kids will enjoy.
Cook and Learn: Nutritious Foods from Various Cultures
Thelma Harms
192 pp.
Red Leaf Press, 1981
ISBN: 0-20-109424-X
Age: 4-8 years
Abstract: A child's cookbook of single-portion recipes from a variety of cultures.
Dinner From Dirt
Emily Scott and Catherine Duffy
48 pp.
Gibbs Smith Publishing, 1998
ISBN: 0-87-905840-4
Age: 7-12 years
Abstract: This cookbook allows kids to prepare and eat foods they have grown in their garden. Kids can make a pizza garden, a spaghetti garden, a soup garden, and desserts such as sugar 'n spice pumpkin bars and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
Hey Kids You're Cookin' Now: A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure
Dianne Pratt
160 pp.
Harvest Hill, 1998
ISBN: 1-88-686207-9
Age: 9-12 years
Abstract: This children's cookbook contains 80 healthy recipes with nutritional analyses, 100 full-color illustrations, 25 craft and ecology experiments, kitchen safety and cooking preparation, a culinary glossary, and a measurement conversion table.
Honest Pretzels: And 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Cooks Ages 8 and Up
Mollie Katzen
192 pp.
Red Leaf Press, 1999
ISBN: 1-88-367286-0
Age: 8-12 years
Abstract: This book contains many fun and easy recipes for school-age children, but will also give the cook reading and math practice. Safety tips are included.
Storybook Stew
Suzanne Barchers and Peter Rauen
109 pp.
Fulcrum Publishing Company, 1996
ISBN: 1-55-591944-8
Age: 5 and up
Abstract: Each recipe in this book is accompanied by a featured book and a suggested activity. For example, you can read about The Story of Johnny Appleseed, make Johnny's Apple Butter, and create your own apple prints.
Gobble up Math
Sue Mograd & Kelly Kennedy
136 pp.
Creative Teaching Press, Inc., 1994
ISBN: 0-88-160262-0
Age: 5-9 years
Abstract: Kids will have fun learning math concepts while using nutritious food. Activities incorporate the Food Guide Pyramid, patterns, geometry, measurement, fractions, estimations, and more. A delicious way to learn about math and nutrition.
The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids
Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond
180 pp.
J. Wiley, 1994
ISBN: 0-47-131045-X
Age: 9-12 years
Abstract: This book examines the science of food, while instructing children on the science behind various cooking reactions. Answers such questions as "How Does Bread Rise?" and "Why Does Popcorn Pop?" Includes over 100 simpl e, quick recipes that can be made with easy-to-obtain ingredients and standard kitchen equipment.
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food
Stan and Jan Berenstain
30 pp.
Random House, 1995
ISBN: 0-39-487217-7
Age: 4-8 years
Abstract:Improving health and fitness by eating nutritious meals and snacks and increasing physical activity is the central theme of this colorfully illustrated children's book about the Berenstain Bear family.
Today is Monday
Eric Carle
32 pp.
New York: Philomel Books, 1993
ISBN: 0-39-923605-8
Age: 4-8 years
Abstract: Each day of the week brings a new food. When Sunday arrives, children from around the world gather to share their favorite foods.
Fiction Books
My Cup Runneth Over: The Life of Angelica Cookson Potts
by Cherry Whytock
This is the true-to-life story of fourteen-year-old Angel, who believes she is just too big and desperately wants to lose weight. After a combination of unsuccessful attempts at dieting and exercise, Angel discovers that eating better could be the key. Angel also realizes that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. Also included are recipes of healthy ways to eat for teens and adults alike. Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 0689865511
Gregory, the Terrible Eater
by Mitchell Sharmat Gregory isn't like most goats. Instead of indulging in old shoes, boxes, and bottle caps, he prefers fruits, veggies, eggs, and fish. Disgusted, Mother Goat and Father Goat take him to see Dr. Ram, and when Gregory finally develops a taste for flat tires and broken violins, he's not just eating like a goat-he's eating like a pig!
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0545129311
Showdown At The Food Pyramid
by Rex Barron
In this dynamic picture book, personified foods fight a battle over good nutrition. Following the wisdom of the Great Food Guide tacked on the wall, the various edibles that form the pyramid have always tried to remain in balance. Then, dangerous interlopers overrun them and take over the top level ("They had strange names like Hot Dog, Candy Bar and Donut, and they liked to cause trouble"). The healthy foods almost give up trying to make things right again, but the problem is resolved when the pyramid is destroyed by its own excess; with all of that fattening stuff on top, it collapses "under its own weight." The foods then rebuild the structure, a process shown in a literal and amusing way, with sturdy starches supporting bright fruits and vegetables, and finally, way up on top, a few sweets and fats, which are allowed to return.
Grades K-2 ISBN-10: 0399237151
Dinosaurs Alive & Well
by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
A liberal mix of humorous dinosaurs and lively text create a unique treatment in health education. A regular dose of the Browns' lovable creatures is sure to become the enticement to a better and more healthful life. The smooth style of writing develops the theme across a broad span of coverage, giving information and advice about nutrition, cleanliness, illness, the value of exercise, and how to handle stress (child oriented!).
Grades K-4 ISBN-10: 0316110094
The Edible Pyramid
by Loreen Leedy
Leedy has updated her 1994 book to reflect recommendations offered by the USDA in its 2005 MyPyramid food guide. In the story, a group of elegantly dressed animals arrive for the grand opening of a new restaurant. A tuxedo-clad cat serves as host and introduces the menu as it relates to the vertical stripes on the pyramid. The following spreads offer examples of the food groups represented. Most illustrations closely resemble the originals, with the new pyramid replacing the old in the upper left corner.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0823420744
Everybody Cooks Rice
By Noorah Dooley
Carrie travels from one house to another, looking for her brother at dinnertime. Each family invites her in for a taste of what they are cooking; thus, she samples the ethnic diversity of her neighborhood through the rice dishes they prepare. At home, her own Italian family is indulging in risi e bisi . All the recipes are included at the end of the book.
Grades 2-4 ISBN-10: 0395732336
The Vegetables We Eat
By Gail Gibbons
With so much national concern about child obesity and nutrition, this accessible, inviting introduction to vegetables, aimed at the picture-book crowd, is certainly timely. Following the tried-and-true formula found in her previous titles, Gibbons matches concise, simple text with bright, cheerful watercolor-and-ink artwork, and she adds more information in text boxes placed within the pictures.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN-10: 0823421538
Oh the Things You Can Do That Are Good for You!
By Tish Rabe
With the help of the staff and equipment at a Seussian spa, the Cat in the Hat explains the basics of healthy living, from eating right and getting enough exercise and sleep, to having a positive body image, to the distance and speed of a typical sneeze!
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0375810986
Describes the components of a healthful diet and explains why eating these foods are important for maintaining overall good health.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 0531165078
Non-Fiction
Eat Smart: A Guide to Good Health for Kids
by Dale Figtree, Foreword by John McDougall
Full of solid information on carbohydrates, fat, protein, water, fiber, and minerals, as well as the need for exercise. Colorfully illustrated with amusing sketches, this book contains a helpful question-and-answer section as well as many recipes that lead to healthier bodies. Grade 6-12 ISBN-10: 0832904651
Diet Fads
This clearly written overview emphasizes the impact of super-thin celebrity images on general self-esteem, making weight loss seem like the answer to all kinds of personal problems.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 1404219994
Nutrition Anyone?
By Kristin Petrie This colorful book discusses what nutrition is, how what we eat affects our bodies, the importance of good nutrition, the digestive process, and more.
Grades 2-5 ISBN-10: 1591974046
Eat Healthy, Feel great
By William Sears
Eat Healthy, Feel Great gives kids the tools to make their own wise food choices. Quick and easy recipes that kids can make with adult supervision are also included.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN-10: 0316787086
Be Fit, Be Strong, Be You (Be The Boss Of Your Body)
By Rebecaa Kajander and Timothy Culbert
Tweens learn effective, easy-to-use skills to take control of their fitness and diet and develop healthy self-esteem. Whether they are underweight, overweight, or just the right weight, this book shows kids how to take a positive, holistic approach to their health and be the boss of their own wellness.
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 1575423073
Vital Vegetables
By John Burstein
This work helps you learn about the incredible variety of vegetables and vegetable products, the history of vegetables in the human diet, what is special about dark green and leafy vegetables, what changes occur when vegetables are cooked, vegetables grown around the world, and how many vegetables a person needs each day.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0778750604
Glorious Grains
By John Burstein
This work helps you learn about the long history of grain cultivation, where grains are grown today, what types of food products are made from grains (i.e. pasta, rice, bread, etc.), the importance of eating whole grains, different grains grown around the world, and how much grain a person needs each day to keep healthy.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0778750582
Delicious Dairy
By John Burstein
This work helps you learn about why dairy products are so important for healthy bones and teeth, the difference between whole milk and fat-free milk, how cheese and yogurt is made, what kinds of animals produce milk, different dairy products used around the world, and how much dairy a person needs to consume each day.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0778750566
Fabulous Fruits
by John Burstein
This work helps you learn about the amazing amount of water in fruit, how fruit blossoms, why the tomato is considered a piece of fruit, the wide variety of products made with fruit, groves and orchards around the world, how worms get into apples, and how many fruits a person needs to eat each day. Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0778750574
Marvelous Meats and More
By John Burstein
This work helps you learn that this group is made up of more than meat. It includes poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts. Children will also discover why tofu is part of this group, how this group helps build strong muscles, what different kinds of meats, poultry, fish, etc. are eaten around the world, and how much a person needs to eat each day from this group.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0778750442
Outstanding Oils and Wonderful Water
By John Burstein
This work helps you learn why oils are essential to health, what foods produce oils, what oil products are consumed around the world, and how much oil is needed every day. Students will also learn about why drinking enough water is essential to good health and how much water they need each day.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0778750469
Good Enough To Eat
By Lizzy Rockwell
This picture book about healthy eating begins at the beginning: food is necessary for one's well-being and it tastes good, too. Six categories of nutrients are introduced: carbohydrates, protein, fat, water, vitamins, and minerals. Digestion is described, as is the Food Guide Pyramid. Five recipes are given at the end.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN-10: 0064451747
Food and You: Eating Right, Being Strong, and Feeling Great
Written by a licensed psychologist, this book helps girls separate fact from fiction when it comes to food and fitness. Readers can learn how to make healthier food choices and find ways to make snacks both wholesome and tasty. Plus, the book includes quizzes, advice, and ways to get moving and have fun at the same time.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 1593694156
Healthy Snacks
This is an excellent introduction to healthy lifestyles for all early elementary school students. This would be a good choice for elementary science classrooms, supporting the national science standards for nutrition and health.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0736869271
The Quest to Digest
The full process of digesting a bite of an apple is described in excruciating detail. A small enzyme character wearing a striped tie and tennis shoes accompanies the apple piece (called a bolus) throughout the entire process.
Grades K-3 ISBN:1570916659
Alcohol & Other Drugs: Book List
Literacy Connection
Jon Drinks Alcohol
by Janine Amos
This text provides a hard-hitting, yet accessible approach to what happens to your body and your psyche when you become addicted to and damaged by drinking.
ISBN: 1842341065 Evans Publishing, 2003 Ages 9 and up
This text provides a hard-hitting, yet accessible approach to what happens to your body and your psyche when you become addicted to and damaged by drinking.
ISBN: 1842341065 Evans Publishing, 2003 Ages 9 and up
My Brother's Keeper
by Patricia McCormick
This is a fictional account of a teen aged young man who strives to help his brother overcome alcohol addiction.
ISBN: 0786851732 Hyperion Books for Children, 2005 Ages 13 and up
This is a fictional account of a teen aged young man who strives to help his brother overcome alcohol addiction.
ISBN: 0786851732 Hyperion Books for Children, 2005 Ages 13 and up
Fiction Books
Cages
by Peg Kehret
Kit Hathaway, 14, is dealing with a lot of stuff in her life, including a stepfather who drinks too much, and her own urge to shoplift. Caught stealing, she is sentenced to community service at an animal shelter, and then she learns that she must give an oral report on the very crime she committed! Will she be able to get control of her life and make her dreams come true?
by Peg Kehret
Kit Hathaway, 14, is dealing with a lot of stuff in her life, including a stepfather who drinks too much, and her own urge to shoplift. Caught stealing, she is sentenced to community service at an animal shelter, and then she learns that she must give an oral report on the very crime she committed! Will she be able to get control of her life and make her dreams come true?
Grades 6-9 ISBN-10: 0141312300
A Door Near Here
by Heather Quarles
As her alcoholic mother lies in bed, 15-year-old Katherine Donovan tries to care for her three siblings and keep the family from falling apart. But when Alisa, her 8-year-old sister, runs away to find a magical kingdom, Katherine finds that being the parent is a lot harder than it seems.
by Heather Quarles
As her alcoholic mother lies in bed, 15-year-old Katherine Donovan tries to care for her three siblings and keep the family from falling apart. But when Alisa, her 8-year-old sister, runs away to find a magical kingdom, Katherine finds that being the parent is a lot harder than it seems.
Grades 6-10 ISBN-10: 0440227615
Something's Wrong in My House
By Katherine Leiner
Eight young people describe life in a family where alcoholism is a problem, the effects on the other family members, and the help they have found in coping with the situation.
Grades 1-6 ISBN: 0531105067
Dear Kids of Alcoholics
by Lindsey Hall, Rosemary E. Lingenfelter and Leigh Cohn
A young boy named Jason offers emotional stories about his own father's alcoholism and recovery, showing readers what it's like to be a kid living with a parent who drinks too much. The ultimate message: children of alcoholics can find love and happiness.
by Lindsey Hall, Rosemary E. Lingenfelter and Leigh Cohn
A young boy named Jason offers emotional stories about his own father's alcoholism and recovery, showing readers what it's like to be a kid living with a parent who drinks too much. The ultimate message: children of alcoholics can find love and happiness.
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 0936077182
The Moonlight Man
By Paula Fox
Catherine Ames's father is a traveler -- he always has been. And except for fleeting visits which always left Catherine yearning for more, her father has always been a mystery to her. So when Mr. Ames suggests a month-long stay at a summer cabin in Nova Scotia for just the two of them, Catherine is thrilled. Once her father arrives, so does the alcohol.
Grades 5-8 ISBN: 0689858868
Raising the Shades
by Doug Wilhelm
Thirteen-year-old Casey has been caring for his alcoholic father ever since his mom and sister left the family. Unable to count on his dad's behavior, and trying to form a new friendship with a girl whose mother drank herself to death, Casey begins to understand that he can't do it all by himself and that his dad needs real help for his problem.
by Doug Wilhelm
Thirteen-year-old Casey has been caring for his alcoholic father ever since his mom and sister left the family. Unable to count on his dad's behavior, and trying to form a new friendship with a girl whose mother drank herself to death, Casey begins to understand that he can't do it all by himself and that his dad needs real help for his problem.
Grades 5-9 ISBN-10: 0374361789
Woodsie, Again
by Bruce Brooks
Woodsie and his hockey team have come a long way, and have a shot at the national title. But when one of the players starts smoking marijuana to calm his nerves, the coach and the team must find a way to deal with the problem.
by Bruce Brooks
Woodsie and his hockey team have come a long way, and have a shot at the national title. But when one of the players starts smoking marijuana to calm his nerves, the coach and the team must find a way to deal with the problem.
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 0064407292
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
by Alice Childress
The life of a thirteen-year-old Harlem youth on his way to becoming a confirmed heroin addict is seen from his viewpoint and that of several people around him.
by Alice Childress
The life of a thirteen-year-old Harlem youth on his way to becoming a confirmed heroin addict is seen from his viewpoint and that of several people around him.
Grades 6-9 ISBN-10: 0698118545
Finn
by Katharine Bacon
Fifteen-year-old Finn is left hurt and unable to speak after surviving the small plane crash that leaves the rest of his family dead. After moving in with his grandmother in Vermont, he meets Julia, a younger friend who trains horses for shows, and comes into contact with a gang of drug dealers. As Finn deals with his memories of the crash and gets closer to Julia, he also helps a wolf-dog named Toq.
by Katharine Bacon
Fifteen-year-old Finn is left hurt and unable to speak after surviving the small plane crash that leaves the rest of his family dead. After moving in with his grandmother in Vermont, he meets Julia, a younger friend who trains horses for shows, and comes into contact with a gang of drug dealers. As Finn deals with his memories of the crash and gets closer to Julia, he also helps a wolf-dog named Toq.
Grades 5-9 ISBN-10: 0689822162
Non-Fiction Books
An Elephant in the Living Room - The Children's Book
Jill M. Hastings & Marion H. Typpo (Authors)
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 1568380356
An Elephant In The Living Room - Leader's Guide: A Leader's Guide For Helping Children Of Alcoholics
Marion H. Typpo Ph.D. (Author)
This book is a valuable tool in dealing with addiction issues within a family. It assists a family member/mentor in opening the lines of communication about virtually any tough topic. The children's book gives the child an item to take ownership in. Obtaining the leaders guide that accompanies the children's book, will assist adults in understanding the developmental stages and reactions that the child is experiencing. )
ISBN-10: 1568380348
Fact or Fiction?: The Truth about Alcohol
Information for teens about the dangers of alcohol abuse, covering topics including binge drinking, underage drinking, the prevalence of drinking on college campuses, drunken driving, dealing with alcohol abuse in the family, alcohol advertising and counter-advertising, and seeking help for an alcohol problem.
Grades 8-12 ISBN: 0816052980
When Someone You Love Abuses Alcohol or Drugs - A Guide for Kids
Written for children with an alcoholic or drug-abusing parents. This book includes valuable information on how to deal with the various emotions, including anger, shame and guilt, that come from this difficult situation.
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 1587411199
The Pressure to Take Drugs
by Judith Condon
This important series explains drug abuse by offering in-depth information about abused drugs, including their negative mental, physical, and social effects. Each book features photographs, diagrams, a glossary, an index, and a list of addresses for more information and help.
by Judith Condon
This important series explains drug abuse by offering in-depth information about abused drugs, including their negative mental, physical, and social effects. Each book features photographs, diagrams, a glossary, an index, and a list of addresses for more information and help.
Grades 6-10 ISBN-10: 0749602945
Health and Drugs
By Dorothy M. Baldwin
Discusses the effects and dangers of tobacco, alcohol, and such drugs as marijuana and other narcotics.
Grades 3-5 ISBN: 0865922926
Drugs and Your Friends
by Sue Hurwitz, Nancy Shniderman
This book offers information about drugs from tobacco and marijuana to crack, cocaine, and heroin, and tells fictional stories that help readers learn how to avoid peer pressure.
by Sue Hurwitz, Nancy Shniderman
This book offers information about drugs from tobacco and marijuana to crack, cocaine, and heroin, and tells fictional stories that help readers learn how to avoid peer pressure.
Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 0823921239
Making up Your Mind about Drugs
by Gilda Berger, Ted Enik (Illustrator)
This book discusses the use of such substances as tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, narcotics, hallucinogens, inhalants, and cocaine. It includes a glossary and bibliography.
by Gilda Berger, Ted Enik (Illustrator)
This book discusses the use of such substances as tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, narcotics, hallucinogens, inhalants, and cocaine. It includes a glossary and bibliography.
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 0525672567
Inhalants
by Myra S. Weatherly
This books deals with some of the chemical substances people inhale for a quick high, and offers information on the physical and social dangers of "huffing."
by Myra S. Weatherly
This books deals with some of the chemical substances people inhale for a quick high, and offers information on the physical and social dangers of "huffing."
Grades 9-12 ISBN-10: 0766019233
Community & Environmental Health: Book List
Literacy Connection
Recycle!: A Handbook For Kids
by Gail Gibbons
Discusses issues from landfills to the ozone layer with bright illustrations and in terms that young children can comprehend.
ISBN: 0316309435 Little, Brown Young Readers; Reprint edition (April 1, 1996) Ages 4-8
Discusses issues from landfills to the ozone layer with bright illustrations and in terms that young children can comprehend.
ISBN: 0316309435 Little, Brown Young Readers; Reprint edition (April 1, 1996) Ages 4-8
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth
by the Earthworks Group
This book serves as a simple guide with activities for conservation, recycling, and other ways to protect the environment.
ISBN: 0836223012 Andrews McMeel Publishing 1990 Ages 9-12
This book serves as a simple guide with activities for conservation, recycling, and other ways to protect the environment.
ISBN: 0836223012 Andrews McMeel Publishing 1990 Ages 9-12
Community Helpers A to Z
by Bobbie Kalman and Nikki Walker
Adorned with photographs of community workers on the job, this book is sure to fascinate young readers.
ISBN: 0316309435 Little, Brown Young Readers 1996 Ages 4-8
Adorned with photographs of community workers on the job, this book is sure to fascinate young readers.
ISBN: 0316309435 Little, Brown Young Readers 1996 Ages 4-8
Air Pollution
by Rhonda Lucas Donald
This children's book gives the reader a realistic look at the causes and effects of air pollution. Through photographs and compelling text, the reader is called to action.
ISBN: 0516259989 Children's Press 2002 Ages 9-12
This children's book gives the reader a realistic look at the causes and effects of air pollution. Through photographs and compelling text, the reader is called to action.
ISBN: 0516259989 Children's Press 2002 Ages 9-12
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
The effects of pesticides are the main focus of this book that opens the eyes of any reader to the horrors of environmental pollutants.
ISBN: 0618249060 Mariner, 40th anniversary edition 2002 Teen-Adult
The effects of pesticides are the main focus of this book that opens the eyes of any reader to the horrors of environmental pollutants.
ISBN: 0618249060 Mariner, 40th anniversary edition 2002 Teen-Adult
Fiction Books
Angels in Pink: Kathleen's Story
by Lurlene McDaniel
It's the summer before her junior year, and 16-year-old Kathleen has to juggle caring for her sick mother, volunteering at the hospital, and crushing on a new boy. Just when things seem to go from bad to worse, Kathleen's two best friends Raina and Holly decide to volunteer with her. The three BFF's form the "Pink Angels" and learn the value of helping others.
by Lurlene McDaniel
It's the summer before her junior year, and 16-year-old Kathleen has to juggle caring for her sick mother, volunteering at the hospital, and crushing on a new boy. Just when things seem to go from bad to worse, Kathleen's two best friends Raina and Holly decide to volunteer with her. The three BFF's form the "Pink Angels" and learn the value of helping others.
Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 044023865X
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
by Alison Inches
Kids can follow Max the Little Green Monster's journey to environmental awareness and learn tips on how they can become little green monsters themselves. A kid-friendly glossary of terms is included in the back of the book.
Grades prek-2 ISBN-10: 1416967893
Chicken Sunday
By Patricia Polacco
Despite the differences in religion, sex, and race, Winston and Stewart Washington are young Patricia's best friends, and she considers their grandmother, Miss Eula, a surrogate since her own ``babushka'' died. On Sundays, she often attends Baptist services with her friends, and Miss Eula fixes a sumptuous fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings, after stopping to admire the hats in Mr. Kodinski's shop. The youngsters hope to buy her one, but when they approach the merchant looking for work, he mistakenly accuses them of pelting his shop with eggs.
Grades K-3 ISBN-10: 0698116151
Gracie's Girl
by Ellen Wittlinger
If you ask Bess Cunningham what matters most to her, volunteering is at the bottom of the list. It's bad enough that her mother gives all her attention to a community soup kitchen, but now Bess's best friend, Ethan, wants to volunteer there too. When an opportunity to work on the school musical arises, Bess must decide what's more important to her: popularity or being there for the people that need her.
by Ellen Wittlinger
If you ask Bess Cunningham what matters most to her, volunteering is at the bottom of the list. It's bad enough that her mother gives all her attention to a community soup kitchen, but now Bess's best friend, Ethan, wants to volunteer there too. When an opportunity to work on the school musical arises, Bess must decide what's more important to her: popularity or being there for the people that need her.
Grades 3-7 ISBN-10: 0689849605
Why Should I Recycle?
by Jen Green
Today, some of the most important questions kids ask are related to the natural environment. The enlightening and entertaining four-book Why Should I? series demonstrates the importance of protecting nature.
Grades prek-2 ISBN-10: 0764131559
Straydog
by Kathe Koja
Rachel is a girl who feels unwanted and alone, and that there's nothing in the world she can relate to. That is, until she starts volunteering at the local animal shelter. Rachel begins to care for a feral collie she names Grrl and soon, the fact they're both angry and alone brings them closer together. But will she ever get Grrl to trust her?
by Kathe Koja
Rachel is a girl who feels unwanted and alone, and that there's nothing in the world she can relate to. That is, until she starts volunteering at the local animal shelter. Rachel begins to care for a feral collie she names Grrl and soon, the fact they're both angry and alone brings them closer together. But will she ever get Grrl to trust her?
Grades 4-8 ISBN-10: 0142400718
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Roy Eberhardt has just moved to Coconut, Grove Florida from his home in Montana, and is having trouble fitting in. Typical problems of making friends and dealing with bullies lead Roy to an amazing adventure…trying to save endangered ground owls from losing their home to a construction project. Can Roy and his new pals save the birds in time? Read this funny, pro-nature classic and find out.
by Carl Hiaasen
Roy Eberhardt has just moved to Coconut, Grove Florida from his home in Montana, and is having trouble fitting in. Typical problems of making friends and dealing with bullies lead Roy to an amazing adventure…trying to save endangered ground owls from losing their home to a construction project. Can Roy and his new pals save the birds in time? Read this funny, pro-nature classic and find out.
Grades 3-7 ISBN-10: 0440419395
Our Big Home: An Earth Poem
by Linda Glase
The author exalts the life-giving rain, sun, soil and air that enable numberless plants, animals and "you and me" to inhabit a most amazing planet. Her exhilaration inspires a message of ecological respect without ever mentioning it directly. The text would be merely sweet on its own, but Kleven's kinetic mixed-media compositions, pulsing with flurries of color and light, swirl and flow as they accentuate the poem's happy rhythms. She creates a vibrant tapestry of people and nature in many settings: a city park, backyards, gardens, a sunset in the Middle East and a nighttime African savanna.
The author exalts the life-giving rain, sun, soil and air that enable numberless plants, animals and "you and me" to inhabit a most amazing planet. Her exhilaration inspires a message of ecological respect without ever mentioning it directly. The text would be merely sweet on its own, but Kleven's kinetic mixed-media compositions, pulsing with flurries of color and light, swirl and flow as they accentuate the poem's happy rhythms. She creates a vibrant tapestry of people and nature in many settings: a city park, backyards, gardens, a sunset in the Middle East and a nighttime African savanna.
Grades prek-2 ISBN-10: 0439397529
Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo
By Jean Craighead George
Fleeing an abusive relationship, Liza's mom has taken her to live in a tent in the Florida Everglades, where they meet a small group of down and out friends…and a kind, 12-foot alligator named Dajun. But Liza soon learns that the gator is in trouble; he's threatened by the condominium owners nearby and by a pest control agent determined to shoot him. When Dajun disappears, it's up to Liza and her band to find and keep him safe. Ecological and anti-pollution themes run through this exciting adventure.
By Jean Craighead George
Fleeing an abusive relationship, Liza's mom has taken her to live in a tent in the Florida Everglades, where they meet a small group of down and out friends…and a kind, 12-foot alligator named Dajun. But Liza soon learns that the gator is in trouble; he's threatened by the condominium owners nearby and by a pest control agent determined to shoot him. When Dajun disappears, it's up to Liza and her band to find and keep him safe. Ecological and anti-pollution themes run through this exciting adventure.
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 006440434X
Recycle Every Day!
by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Wallace has placed her friendly rabbit family in a new situation. Minna is taking part in a contest at school in which the students are asked to make posters, and the best ones will be chosen for the Community Recycling Calendar. As the week progresses, she notes the many ways that her family recycles on a daily basis, from composting to sharing used books. She finally comes up with her idea and sets to work. On the day of the big announcement, Minna waits in suspense as each month is assigned a poster, and her name is not called.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN-10: 0761452907
Non-Fiction Books
Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
by Paul Showers
Children learn in school about how things "used to be." They take a field trip to a landfill where garbage and trash (brought in from a nearby big city) are still being buried, but they refer to recycling as a commonplace activity in which the whole town participates. A pie chart breaks down the composition of a landfill by percentages. Showers mentions toxic ash and smoke generated from incinerators and the basic problem of too much trash.
Grades 1-4 ISBN-10: 0064451143
Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference
by Barbara A. Lewis and Pamela Espeland
This guide has something for everyone who wants to make a difference, from simple projects to large scale commitments. Kids can choose from a variety of topics, including animals, crime fighting, the environment, friendship, hunger, literacy, politics and government, and transformation.
Grades 3-8 ISBN-10: 0915793822
Teens with the Courage to Give: Young People Who Triumphed Over Tragedy and Volunteered to Make a Difference
by Jackie Waldman
This book compiles the personal stories of 30 teens who overcame difficulty in their lives through the help of volunteers, or who changed their lives through volunteering. There are stories of courage and transcendence as each teen tells, in their own words, their personal tale. It's an easy and inspiring read intended to encourage teens to reach out and help others as a way of helping themselves.
by Jackie Waldman
This book compiles the personal stories of 30 teens who overcame difficulty in their lives through the help of volunteers, or who changed their lives through volunteering. There are stories of courage and transcendence as each teen tells, in their own words, their personal tale. It's an easy and inspiring read intended to encourage teens to reach out and help others as a way of helping themselves.
Grades 8-12 ISBN-10: 1573245046
Everything Kids' Environment Book: Learn how you can help the environment by getting involved at school, at home, or at play
By Sheri Amsel
Whether you're in the classroom, at home, or out with friends, this book will give you simple actions and clever, everyday solutions for protecting the planet, from creative uses for old grocery bags to making your own greenhouse and compost pile.
By Sheri Amsel
Whether you're in the classroom, at home, or out with friends, this book will give you simple actions and clever, everyday solutions for protecting the planet, from creative uses for old grocery bags to making your own greenhouse and compost pile.
Grades 2-7 ISBN-10: 159869670X
Save the Earth Science Experiments: Science Fair Projects for Eco-Kids
by Elizabeth Snoke Harris
Fun, easy-to-follow guides help you plan and build awesome earth-friendly projects for the science fair, or just for the heck of it. Snoke isn't just an author, she's a scientist too, and her book will show you how to create alternative fuels, generate wind energy, test the ozone, and on and on! Great fun with a great result: learning more about how to save the planet!
by Elizabeth Snoke Harris
Fun, easy-to-follow guides help you plan and build awesome earth-friendly projects for the science fair, or just for the heck of it. Snoke isn't just an author, she's a scientist too, and her book will show you how to create alternative fuels, generate wind energy, test the ozone, and on and on! Great fun with a great result: learning more about how to save the planet!
Grades 6-9 ISBN-10: 1600593224
Fun With Recycling: 50 Great Things for Kids to Make from Junk
By Marion Elliot
Why throw stuff into the garbage can, or even into the recycling bin, when you can use it as art supplies? This fun book will show you how to make treasure from trash, and save money by skipping your next trip to the craft store.
By Marion Elliot
Why throw stuff into the garbage can, or even into the recycling bin, when you can use it as art supplies? This fun book will show you how to make treasure from trash, and save money by skipping your next trip to the craft store.
Grades 2-6 ISBN-10: 1842154087
Catch the Spirit: Teen Volunteers Tell How They Made a Difference
by Susan K. Perry
"Catch the Spirit" is a collection of twenty real-life stories about teens that have made a difference. Through their volunteer efforts, these young people have improved the lives of others and often provided hope in seemingly hopeless situations.
by Susan K. Perry
"Catch the Spirit" is a collection of twenty real-life stories about teens that have made a difference. Through their volunteer efforts, these young people have improved the lives of others and often provided hope in seemingly hopeless situations.
Grades 9-12 ISBN-10: 0531164993
It's Our World, Too!
by Phillip M. Hoose
This book is a collection of essays about children who have made notable achievements. After the tragic and transforming events of September 11, 2001, young people are seeking out ways to become constructively engaged in their world.
by Phillip M. Hoose
This book is a collection of essays about children who have made notable achievements. After the tragic and transforming events of September 11, 2001, young people are seeking out ways to become constructively engaged in their world.
Grades 3-7 ISBN-10: 0374336229
Family Health & Sexuality: Book List
Literacy Connection
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
by Tomie dePaola
The author shares his childhood memories of his family growing up in an apartment building.
ISBN: 0698118367 Putnam Juvenile; Reissue edition 2000 Ages 4-8
All of A Kind Family
by Sydney Taylor
Five young sisters experience life in New York's Lower East Side at the beginning of the 20th century.
ISBN-10: 0385732953 Delacorte Books for Young Readers 2005 Ages 9-12
Who's In a Family?
by Robert Skutch and Laura Nienhaus
This children's book takes a look at the configuration of several different families.
ISBN-10: 188367266X Tricycle Press 1997 Ages 4-8
Growing Up (It's Science)
by Sally Hewitt
This easy to read text considers the ways humans change from birth through adulthood and compares human growth with that of animals.
ISBN-10: 0516264486 Children's Press (CT) 1999 Ages 4-8
What's Going On Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask
by Karen Graeville, Nick Castro, Chava Castro and Robert Leighton
The book balances information about being a sexual person with that of being a responsible person and is a useful, readable guide.
ISBN-10: 0802775403 Walker Books for Young Readers 1998 Grades 5-10
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
This is the definitive book about teen relationships with each other and with their families. Even though this play is hundreds of years old, its lessons still hold true today.
ISBN-10: 0486275574 Dover Publications; Reprint edition 1993 - Thrift edition Grades 7-12
West Side Story
by Irving Shulman
This is the 20th century, big city version of Romeo and Juliet. Roles and relationships of teens and their families as well as friends are intertwined throughout the story.
ISBN-10: 0671725661 Pocket 1990 Grades 7-12
Fiction
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
By Judy Blume
Judy Blume and her character Margaret Simon were the first to say out loud (and in a book even) that it is normal for girls to wonder when they are ever going to fill out their training bras. Puberty is a curious and annoying time. Girls' bodies begin to do freakish things--or, as in Margaret's case, they don't do freakish things nearly as fast as girls wish they would. Adolescents are often so relieved to discover that someone understands their body-angst that they miss one of the book's deeper explorations.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0385739869
Those are MY Private Parts
By Diane Hansen
It is a delightful and engaging contribution to helping parents educate children about the importance of learning to set boundaries.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0976198800
I Said No! (A kid-to-kid guide to keeping your private parts private)
Helping kids set healthy boundaries for their private parts can be a daunting and awkward task for parents, counselors and educators. Written from a kid s point of view, I Said No! makes this task a lot easier. How to deal with inappropriate behavior, bribes and threats. When and where to go for help, and what to do if the people you returning to for help don t listen.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 1878076493
Your Body Belongs to You!
This book is positive and assertive without being frightening. It lets young children know that it's all right for them to choose when, and by whom, they are to be touched. It goes on to define "private parts" as "the places on your body covered by a bathing suit," and states that they should never be touched by people other than medical personnel and adults helping with bathroom functions.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0807594733
Just As Long As We're Together
By Judy Blume
Blume once again chronicles the customs, mores, and lifestyle of preteen girls. This first-person narrative touches on many themes found in her previous novels: friendship, emerging sexuality, body weight, the family, menstruation. The freshness and intimacy of 13-year-old Stephanie Hirsch's account infuse those themes with originality.
Grades 5-7 ISBN: 0385739885
It's Not the End of the World
By Judy Blume
Karen Newman has decided she'll never get married. Just look at her parents. All they do is fight. And now Karen's dad has moved out of the house and he and her mom are talking about divorce. Her older brother has locked himself away in his room, her little sister is a mess, and she can't bring herself to talk about any of it with her best friend. She's never felt so alone. Yet in spite of everything Karen is sure she can set things right again if only she can get her parents together in the same room. Or will her fantasy backfire?
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0385739834
Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts
By Gail Salt
This title tackles basic body awareness and sex education. The text speaks directly to young children, differentiating between body parts that are visible most of the time and those that are kept hidden, showing the differences between girls and boys and offering a simple explanation of how babies are made without explicit reference to sex.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0142410586
Basket Case (Serenity)
By Buzz Dixon
Serenity a mom? The thought's enough to make her crack. It's the last project she ever expected. Her health class requires each student to care for chicken eggs 24/7 to simulate the round-the-clock nurturing a real baby needs. Serenity thinks that's a tough assignment until she finds herself with much more than a baby chick to care for!
Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 1595543856
The Boy Next Door (Candy Apple Series #2)
by Laura Dower
Taryn and Jeff have lived next door to each other their whole lives. It never really seemed to matter that they were a girl and a boy - they were just friends. But when they hit sixth grade, everything changes . . . whether they want it to or not.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0439929296
The Period Book, Updated Edition: Everything You Don't Want to Ask
The Period Book is a reassuring must-read for every girl about to have her period, and every parent wishing to prepare a daughter for this important milestone. With more than 300,000 copies sold, The Period Book stands out from the pack by specifically addressing younger girls. And with eleven now the average age at which girls get their period, this supportive and practical approach, providing clear and sensitive answers to common questions, is even more welcome today.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0802777368
Molly's Family
by Nancy Garden
When Molly draws a picture of her family for her kindergarten class, Tommy jeers at her that no one has two mommies. At first she is angry and hurt, but with the support of her teacher and her loving parents--Mommy (her birth mother) and Mama Lu (her adoptive mother)--she comes to accept her family.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN-10: 0374350027
Non-Fiction
Sex, Puberty, and All That Stuff: A Guide to Growing Up
By Jacqui Bailey
A wryly humorous approach to the topic, coupled with colorful cartoons, makes this a particularly friendly book. Bailey takes an honest, nonjudgmental tone in the clearly and cleverly written text, busting myths, dispelling confusion, and calming fears for readers whose "world has suddenly got a whole lot weirder," thanks to raging hormones. The coverage is comprehensive, including everything from body image to crushes to STDs.
Grades 4-9 ISBN: 0764129929
Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse
Written and illustrated by a young girl who was sexually molested by a family member, this book reaches out to other children in a way that no adult can. Jessie's words carry the message, "It's o.k. to tell; help can come when you tell." This book is an excellent tool for therapists, counselors, child protection workers, teachers, and parents dealing with children affected by sexual abuse.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 0894867768
Puberty Girl
By Shushann Moysessian
While the basic information presented here is sound, the book is marred by a reliance on an overly cute presentation that frequently slops over into silliness.
Grades 4-8 ISBN-10: 1741141044
BeTween: A Preteen Girl's Guide to Life
By Vicki Courtney
An insightful book for preteen girls that looks and reads like an irresistibly fun magazine, BeTween offers a wealth of wisdom to a booming and most impressionable audience. Through colorful articles, quizzes, games, and lists, girls age eight to twelve are encouraged to grow spiritually and socially in every major area of life. Still, most admirably, the book encourages girls to enjoy being their age rather than succumbing to modern culture's temptations to grow up too fast.
Grades 5-8 ISBN-10: 080544193X
Good Touch Bad Touch: Learning About Proper and Improper
To help educate children to be aware of the things perpertrators do when grooming a child to be a victim of abuse. Not to scare the child but to educate them to be aware and what to do if they are approached or touched improperly. This book isn't explicit in any way and leaves the door open for further discussion as the parents see fit.
Grades K-5 ISBN: 1448689546
Puberty Boy
By Geoff Price
Price seeks to arm boys approaching and experiencing puberty with information that will calm fears and answer questions. He includes detailed drawings and diagrams of male and female anatomy and addresses every topic from sweat to semen, body odor to body image, masturbation to man-boobs. The text is augmented with boys and mens real stories about puberty.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 1741145635
Inexcusable
By Chris Lynch
A guy who's a devoted son and brother, a loyal friend, and a reliable teammate. And maybe most important of all, a guy who understands that when a girl says no, she means it. But that is not what Gigi Boudakian, childhood friend and Keir's lifelong love, says he is. What Gigi says he is seems impossible to Keir....It is something inexcusable - the worst thing he can imagine, the very opposite of everything he wants to be.
Grades 11 and up-Young Adult ISBN: 1416939725
My Body, My Self for Boys, Revised Third Edition (What's Happening to My Body?)
by Lynda Madaras
The Madaras growing-up guides are acknowledged by parents, educators, librarians, and doctors for their unique, nonthreatening style, excellent organization, and thorough coverage of both the physical and emotional issues surrounding puberty and adolescence. And kids love them too! As one fan wrote, "Dear Lynda, I can't believe that you, a mom, knew all this stuff!"
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 1557047677
PERIOD.
The authors emphasize the positive (e.g., "Being comfortable with your own body is important") and use diagrams to familiarize readers with the inner workings of their bodies, including what happens during menstruation. A question-and-answer format in the last three chapters allows girls to locate easily the information they seek. A parent's guide bound into the back suggests how to begin a conversation about puberty, what to cover, etc. A thoughtful approach for young women facing changes.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0916773965
The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual (Maintenance, Safety, and Operating Instructions for Teens)
By Mavis Jukes
With such chapter headings as "Under the Hood," "Yielding the Right of Way: Consent," and "Avoiding Hazardous Conditions: STDs," Mavis Jukes's Guy Book offers friendly, accurate, and up-to-date advice for prepubescent and adolescent boys. Covering a range of topics, from masturbation to decoding girls' signals to making that earth-shattering choice between boxers and briefs, this wise collection of information and how-tos will appeal to the testosterone-ridden boy who would sooner die than ask his mom or one of his buddies about spontaneous erections or confusing emotions.
Grades 5-10 ISBN: 0679890289
Injury Prevention: Book List
Literacy Connection
The Safety Book for Active Kids: Teaching Your Child How to Avoid Everyday Dangers
by Linda Schwartz and Beverly Armstrong
The book is divided into seven chapters: At Home, At School and on the Way, At play, Out and About, First Aid, Just for Fun, and Pages for Parents. Each chapter has 12 to 15 sections which cover a specific issue such as "How to Dial 911". The section has one page that has an illustration and a one paragraph description of a situation. Read the paragraph and ask the child what they would do.
ISBN-10: 088160270 Learning Works 1995 Ages 4-8
The book is divided into seven chapters: At Home, At School and on the Way, At play, Out and About, First Aid, Just for Fun, and Pages for Parents. Each chapter has 12 to 15 sections which cover a specific issue such as "How to Dial 911". The section has one page that has an illustration and a one paragraph description of a situation. Read the paragraph and ask the child what they would do.
ISBN-10: 088160270 Learning Works 1995 Ages 4-8
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers (First Time Books(R))
by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
When Papa Bear tells the cubs why they should never talk to strangers, Sister begins to view all strangers as evil until Mama brings some common sense to the problem. The Bears' rules for safe conduct among strangers are listed on the last pages, including a rule about the privacy of a bear's body. This is a good book to start awareness in young children.
ISBN-10: 0394873343 Random House Books for Young Readers 1985 Ages 4-8
When Papa Bear tells the cubs why they should never talk to strangers, Sister begins to view all strangers as evil until Mama brings some common sense to the problem. The Bears' rules for safe conduct among strangers are listed on the last pages, including a rule about the privacy of a bear's body. This is a good book to start awareness in young children.
ISBN-10: 0394873343 Random House Books for Young Readers 1985 Ages 4-8
Long Walk to School: A Story About Bullying (Hero Club Safety)
by Cindy Leaney, Peter Wilks (Illustrator)
A look at the consequences of bullying this is a good book for starting discussions.
ISBN-10: 1589527453 Rourke Publishing 2003 Ages 9-12
A look at the consequences of bullying this is a good book for starting discussions.
ISBN-10: 1589527453 Rourke Publishing 2003 Ages 9-12
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain
by Trevor Romain and Elizabeth Verdick
A serious yet humorous guide to dealing with bullies, this book is a classroom favorite.
ISBN-10: 1575420236 Free Spirit Publishing 1997 Ages 9-12
A serious yet humorous guide to dealing with bullies, this book is a classroom favorite.
ISBN-10: 1575420236 Free Spirit Publishing 1997 Ages 9-12
The Contender
by Robert Lipsyte
Alfred Brooks fell into the stereotype for a kid from Harlem. He was a high school dropout who finally wanted something more for himself. There was just one problem, his friends. Alfred decides to join a gym and try to become a professional boxer. This story takes a realistic look at gangs, decision making, bullying, and other social issues that face teens.
ISBN-10: 0060239204 HarperCollins 1967 Middle and High School
Alfred Brooks fell into the stereotype for a kid from Harlem. He was a high school dropout who finally wanted something more for himself. There was just one problem, his friends. Alfred decides to join a gym and try to become a professional boxer. This story takes a realistic look at gangs, decision making, bullying, and other social issues that face teens.
ISBN-10: 0060239204 HarperCollins 1967 Middle and High School
Fiction
Stop, Drop, and Roll: A Jessica Worries Book: Fire Safety
Jessica has always been a worrier, and learning about fire safety is making her more nervous than ever. But our favorite worrywart is about to discover that knowing what to do in an emergency is the best (and only) way to extinguish her fire-safety fears!
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0689843550
Firefighters A to Z
By Chrs L. Demarest
Check out this fascinating alphabet book written and illustrated by a real volunteer firefighter. A must-have for anyone interested in being a firefighter, this book relates a firefighter's on-the-job experiences through the use of the alphabet.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 0689859996
Jobs People Do: A Day in a Life of a Firefighter (Level 1:Beginning to Read)
This Level 1 book is appropriate for children who are just beginning to read. The fire alarm goes off! Rob Green and the other firefighters go into action. Is there time to save a little girl's dog? This unique Level 1 series accurately portrays real-life situations that help young children identify with and learn from while helping them improve their reading skills.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0789473658
No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons)
a low-key but effective approach to the serious topic of fire safety. A girl invites a dragon home to tea. Pepper on the pickle causes the problem: ``Then the dragon's nose twitched, and he started to wheeze. Grades K-2 ISBN: 1550745719
Dinosaurs Beware! (A Safety Guide, Vol. 1)
By Stephen Krensky
Approximately sixty safety tips are demonstrated by dinosaurs in situations at home, during meals, camping, in the car, and in other familiar places.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0316112194
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0316112194
Jobs People Do: A Day in the Life of a Police Officer (Level 1: Beginning to Read)
Officer Ann Young and her partner drive their police car down the street. A little boy is lost. Can they help him? This unique Level 1 series accurately portrays real-life situations that help young children identify with and learn from while helping them improve their reading skills.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0789479559
Fire! Fire!
By Gail Gibbons
The alarm sounds. Fire! Fire! Big trucks roll out of the firehouse and race to the scene. Out come the soft hoses and aerial ladders. Whether the fire is in the city or in the country, on the waterfront or in a deep forest, firefighters are on the scene in moments, ready to attack the blaze.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0064460584
Look Out!: A Story About Safety on Bicycles
By Cindy Leane
With colorful artwork and simple text, books in this series introduce children to safety principles in different contexts. In 'Bicycle Safety,' children view various situations that show key safety rules for
biking.
biking.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 1403498644
Non-Fiction
Fire Safety
By Peggy Pancella
What is safety?; Good fires and bad fires; Fire starters; Kitchen safety; Other fires; Stop, drop, and roll; Smoke detectors; Make a plan; Fire drill!; Getting out safely; Be smart around smoke; Call for help; Firefighters can help; Safety tips.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1403449406
Bicycle Safety
By Peggy Pancella
What is safety?; Choosing a bike; Helmets; Checking your equipment; Dressing for safety; Safe places to ride; Rules of the road; Hand signals; Crossing streets; Dangers on the road; Ride with care; If you fall; Bicycle fun; Safety tips.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1403449392
Home Safety
By Peggy Pancella
What is safety?; Getting around safely; Kitchen safety; Sharp objects; Bathroom safety; Poisons; Choking; Electricity; Fire safety; Computer safety; Home alone; Safety around guns; Make a safety plan; Safety tips.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1403449414
Street Smarts
By Peggy Pancella
What is safety?; Get ready to ride; Riding safely; Plan a route; Walking safely; Crossing the street; Street safety; Dangerous places; Strangers; Lost!; Finding help; Calling for help; Be smart and safe; Safety tips.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1403449422
Playground Safety
By Peggy Pancella
What is safety?; Safe playgrounds; Check the equipment; Safety rules; Playing with others; Swings; Slides; Climbing equipment; Seesaws; Merry-go-rounds; Other ways to play; Strangers; Playground accidents; Safety tips.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1403449430
Stranger Danger
By Peggy Pancella
What Is Safety?; Who Is a Stranger?; Tricks Strangers Use; Don't Talk to Strangers; Protect Yourself; Be Aware; Walking Safely; Getting Help; Never Go with a Stranger; Home Alone; Phone and Online Safety; Being Prepared; When Something Bad Happens; Safety Tips.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1403449449
A Trip to the Fire House
By Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Here's the perfect book for any child who has ever wanted to sit behind the wheel of a fire truck, try on a firefighter's helmet, or see what happens when a fire alarm sounds. Action photos bring the firehouse to life, capturing the daily routine of these popular heroes.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0448417405
Bumps and Bruises
By Angela Royston
Have you ever had a bump or a bruise? Do you wonder why people get them? This book will help you to find out all you need to know. What are bumps and bruises? How can you avoid getting bumps and bruises? What happens if you have a bump or bruise?
Grades K-3 ISBN: 140344823X
Cuts, Bruises and Breaks (How's Your Health?)
By Angela Royston
Looks at everyday health conditions and explains how children can look after themselves and others.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0749666714
On My Own: The Kids' Self Care Book
by Lynette Long
A guide for children of working parents which teaches self-care in such areas as getting ready for school, after school, using the telephone, snacks, outside and inside play, safety, emergencies, and fear.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 0874917352
Mental & Emotional Health: Book List
Literacy Connection
It's Hard to Be Five, Learning How to Work My Control Panel
by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Facing the challenges of growing up.
Facing the challenges of growing up.
0-06-008095-7. Ages 4-8.
The Way I Feel
by Cain Janan
Covers a range of emotions.
Covers a range of emotions.
0-439-32116-6. Ages 4-8.
Last Shot : A Final Four Mystery
by John Feinstein
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
0-375-83168-1. Ages 9-12
Beat the Turtle Drum
by Constance Green
A young girl deals with her sister's death.
A young girl deals with her sister's death.
978-0140368505. Ages 9-12.
Blackberries in the Dark
by Mavis Jukes
Nine-year-old Austin visits his grandmother the summer after his grandfather dies and together they try to come to terms with their loss.
Nine-year-old Austin visits his grandmother the summer after his grandfather dies and together they try to come to terms with their loss.
0-394-97599-5. Ages 9-12.
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
by Sonya Sones
In a story based on real events, and told in poems, Sones explores what happened and how she reacted when her adored older sister suddenly began screaming and hearing voices in her head, and was ultimately hospitalized.
In a story based on real events, and told in poems, Sones explores what happened and how she reacted when her adored older sister suddenly began screaming and hearing voices in her head, and was ultimately hospitalized.
978-0064462181. Ages: 9-12.
Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
The perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina.
The perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina.
978-0689865190. Ages: 13+.
CrashBoomLove: A Novel in Verse
by Jual Felipe Herrara
After his father leaves home, sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia lives with his mother and struggles through the painful experiences of growing up as a Mexican-American high school student.
After his father leaves home, sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia lives with his mother and struggles through the painful experiences of growing up as a Mexican-American high school student.
978-0826321145. Ages: 13+
Absolutely, Positively Not
by David LaRochellle
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual. In a touching, sometime hilarious coming-out story, Steven DeNarski, 16, tries to deny he is gay. ALA Best Books for Young Adults-2006.
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual. In a touching, sometime hilarious coming-out story, Steven DeNarski, 16, tries to deny he is gay. ALA Best Books for Young Adults-2006.
978-0439591102. Ages 14+
Go Ask Alice
Anonymous
The torture of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous. Despite a few dated references to hippies and some expired slang, Go Ask Alice still offers a jolting chronicle of a teenager's life spinning out of control.
The torture of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous. Despite a few dated references to hippies and some expired slang, Go Ask Alice still offers a jolting chronicle of a teenager's life spinning out of control.
978-1416914631. Ages: 13+
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizinni
Male teen who attempts suicide and is in the psych ward for five days. Deals with sexual experimentation, the language, and depression found among teens.
Male teen who attempts suicide and is in the psych ward for five days. Deals with sexual experimentation, the language, and depression found among teens.
978-0786851973. Ages: 14+
Fiction Books
Ironman
by Chris Crutcher
After a series of angry outbursts at school costs him his spot on the football team and put him in danger of being expelled, Bo is sent to Mr. Nak's Anger Management Group. There he meets some peers with similar problems, including a unique young woman named Shelly.
by Chris Crutcher
After a series of angry outbursts at school costs him his spot on the football team and put him in danger of being expelled, Bo is sent to Mr. Nak's Anger Management Group. There he meets some peers with similar problems, including a unique young woman named Shelly.
Grades 4-8 ISBN-10: 0060598409
Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen
When Cole Matthews lets his anger go too far and beats up a classmate to the point of brain damage, he faces a prison sentence. A Tlingit Indian parole officer named Garvey enters his life, offering an alternative called Circle Justice, a program based on Native American traditions. It's the beginning of an amazing journey for Cole.
by Ben Mikaelsen
When Cole Matthews lets his anger go too far and beats up a classmate to the point of brain damage, he faces a prison sentence. A Tlingit Indian parole officer named Garvey enters his life, offering an alternative called Circle Justice, a program based on Native American traditions. It's the beginning of an amazing journey for Cole.
Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 0060734000
Who The Man
by Chris Lynch
At 13, Earl is bigger and physically more mature than the other kids in his school, and he doesn't hesitate to use violence to handle conflicts. This is the story of one week in his life after he's been suspended from school for fighting.
by Chris Lynch
At 13, Earl is bigger and physically more mature than the other kids in his school, and he doesn't hesitate to use violence to handle conflicts. This is the story of one week in his life after he's been suspended from school for fighting.
Grades 4-8 ISBN-10: 0756930979
Tears of a Tiger
by Sharon Mills Draper
Andy and Robert are star teammates on the Hazelwood High Tigers as well as best buddies. One night Andy's whole world changes when the two decide to drive home from a party. Andy must now deal with the loss of his best friend as well as the consuming guilt of being the driver responsible for his death.
by Sharon Mills Draper
Andy and Robert are star teammates on the Hazelwood High Tigers as well as best buddies. One night Andy's whole world changes when the two decide to drive home from a party. Andy must now deal with the loss of his best friend as well as the consuming guilt of being the driver responsible for his death.
Grades 8-12 ISBN-10: 0689806981
Ivy & Bean (Series #1)
By Annie Barrows
The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn't be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide quick Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other. Vibrant characters and lots of humor make this a charming and addictive introduction to Ivy and Bean.
Grades 1-3 ISBN: 0811849090
Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant
Ever since she can remember, Summer has thought of Aunt May as her best friend and care-giver. After May's death, however, Summer finds herself alone with her Uncle Ob, who is as devastated as her by the loss. The two must now find a way to support each other and move on to a life without May.
by Cynthia Rylant
Ever since she can remember, Summer has thought of Aunt May as her best friend and care-giver. After May's death, however, Summer finds herself alone with her Uncle Ob, who is as devastated as her by the loss. The two must now find a way to support each other and move on to a life without May.
Grades 3-6 ISBN-10: 0439613833
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
Reminiscent of an Augustinian model, one of reflection, conversion, and moral improvement, Pip undergoes an internal change that manifests itself in his profound contrition for his earlier deeds and his equally profound resolution to make amends.
Grades 9-12 ISBN: 1586174266
Tiger Eyes
by Judy Blume
After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
by Judy Blume
After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
Grades 8-11 ISBN-10: 0385739893
Flip-Flop Girl
by Katherine Patterson
Nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother Mason are forced to move to a new town after the death of their father. They learn to cope in different ways, both with the help of Lupe, the "flip-flop girl."
by Katherine Patterson
Nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother Mason are forced to move to a new town after the death of their father. They learn to cope in different ways, both with the help of Lupe, the "flip-flop girl."
Grades 4-7 ISBN-10: 0525674802
The Bridge to Teribithia
by Katherine Paterson
A country boy and a city girl form an unlikely friendship in this timeless children's novel. Ten-year-old Jess guides his new friend through the pitfalls of life in their small, rural town, as Leslie draws him into the world of imagination and magic, and to a secret hideaway called Terabithia. Here Leslie and Jess are safe from the harshness of the outside world until tragedy strikes and Jess is left alone.
by Katherine Paterson
A country boy and a city girl form an unlikely friendship in this timeless children's novel. Ten-year-old Jess guides his new friend through the pitfalls of life in their small, rural town, as Leslie draws him into the world of imagination and magic, and to a secret hideaway called Terabithia. Here Leslie and Jess are safe from the harshness of the outside world until tragedy strikes and Jess is left alone.
Grades 4-8 ISBN-10: 0545003350
A Begonia For Miss Applebaum
by Paul Zindel
When Henry and Zelda discover that their favorite teacher, Miss Applebaum, won't be back at school because she hasn't very long to live, they become her Saturday companions. Their Saturday outings with Miss Applebaum open an exciting new world for them. But Miss Applebaum can't escape the inevitable, and Henry and Zelda must carry out her last wish.
by Paul Zindel
When Henry and Zelda discover that their favorite teacher, Miss Applebaum, won't be back at school because she hasn't very long to live, they become her Saturday companions. Their Saturday outings with Miss Applebaum open an exciting new world for them. But Miss Applebaum can't escape the inevitable, and Henry and Zelda must carry out her last wish.
Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 1935169327
Mick Harte Was Here
by Barbara Park, Sam Llewellyn
This is the story of Phoebe and how she deals with the tragic loss of her younger brother Mick. The story is told with the innocence and purity of a 13-year-old girl who must deal with severe grief for the first time in her young life.
by Barbara Park, Sam Llewellyn
This is the story of Phoebe and how she deals with the tragic loss of her younger brother Mick. The story is told with the innocence and purity of a 13-year-old girl who must deal with severe grief for the first time in her young life.
Grades 4-6 ISBN-10: 0780766946
Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade
By Stephanie Green, Stephanie Sisson
Posey is really nervous about starting first grade. Instead of getting walked to her classroom, her mom has to drop her off at the Kiss-and-Go Lane. Then she'll have to walk into school and face the Monster of the Blue Hall all by herself. Worst of all, she has to do it without the one thing that always makes her feel brave and special: the tutu that turns her into the Pink Princess.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0399251677
Joey Pigza Loses Control
By Jack Gantos
Joey is off to spend the summer with his father, who his mother has warned him is just like Joey, "only bigger." Carter Pigza is eager to make past wrongs up to Joey, to teach him how to be a winner and how to take control of his life. And Joey is eager to do whatever his dad says, even if he suspects it will do him more harm than good.
Grades 5-8 ISBN: 0064410226
Recess Queen
A schoolyard bully is enlightened by the new kid in class in this lively story about the power of kindness and friendship. "Mean Jean was Recess Queen/ and nobody said any different," the tale begins.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0439206375
Becca
By Jan Weight
Becca and Mom have just moved to San Julian to live in an apartment close to where Mom has started a new job. Becca will start fourth grade in a new school where she doesn't know anyone. A red-haired boy with freckles and his sister are the first kids to try and make Becca feel more at home. Becca and Andrea get together on a project that promises to be fun and help Becca feel less sad and lonely.
Grades 2-6 ISBN: 141371126X
It Wasn't My Fault
By Helen Lester
When accidents happen to Murdley Gurdson, they are usually his own fault, but when a bird lays an egg on Murdley's head one day, he tries hard to find someone else to blame.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0395510074
Hooway for Wodney Wat
by Helen Lester
Wodney bears the brunt of his classmates' teasing because he has a speech impediment. To make matters worse, along comes bigger, meaner and smarter Camilla Capybara, a truly dreadful bully. When Wodney is chosen to lead a game of Simon Says, know-it-all Camilla follows his directions exactly as he says them.
Grades K03 ISBN: 061821612X
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
by Patty Lovell
Meet Molly Lou Melon: she's "just taller than her dog," with "buck teeth that stuck out so far, she could stack pennies on them," and a voice that brings to mind "a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor." First time author Patty Lovell has created an irresistible free spirit in Molly Lou Melon, and artist David Catrow has infused her personality with even more wit and humor.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0399234160
Hurty Feelings
By Helen Lester
The not-so-ironically-named Fragility may be one tough hippo, but she can't take a compliment. When told she has sturdy legs, she cries, "You hurt my feeeeelings!... A piano has sturdy legs. So you think I have piano legs." Her dramatics cause her friends to snub her, until an encounter with a bullying elephant helps her realize her overreactions.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0618840621
Amber Brown is Feeling Blue
By Paula Danzinger
Now in fourth grade, the unsinkable Amber Brown copes with the fallout from her parents' divorce in this characteristically energetic series installment.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 039923179X
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Kate DiCamillo has a great talent for presenting some of life s most sensitive questions to young readers. Her characters struggle with tough issues -- abandonment, death in the family, making new friends, forgiveness -- but with a sense of humor and honesty that carries her audience beyond this struggle, and toward inspiration.
Grades 1-3 ISBN: 0763645044
Can We Be friends?
By Paula M. Parlor
Sarah's thrilled that Laurie has moved to the neighborhood. How exciting? A new friend to play with! It doesn't matter to Sarah that Laurie's in a wheelchair. Sarah never imagined that Laurie would be faced with so many obstacles when moving into her neighborhood and elementary school. Unfortunately for Laurie, not all students were as accepting as Sarah.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 1608621669
Non-Fiction Books
Hot Stuff To Help Kids Chill Out: The Anger Management Book
by Jerry Wilde, Ph.D.
This book discusses the causes of anger as well as the top five ways anger can mess up one's life. Also included are exercises to help readers explore the issue.
by Jerry Wilde, Ph.D.
This book discusses the causes of anger as well as the top five ways anger can mess up one's life. Also included are exercises to help readers explore the issue.
Grades 4-8 ISBN-10: 0965761002
I Am So Angry, I Could Scream: Helping Children Deal With Anger
by Laura Fox, M.A.; art by Chris Sabatino
This book begins with the story of nine-year-old Penny, whose anger is sparked by several incidents throughout her day and who finally lets the angry feelings out in an emotional explosion. Learn how to release anger in healthy ways, prevent anger-inducing situations, and keep an Anger Chart to identify the causes of angry feelings.
by Laura Fox, M.A.; art by Chris Sabatino
This book begins with the story of nine-year-old Penny, whose anger is sparked by several incidents throughout her day and who finally lets the angry feelings out in an emotional explosion. Learn how to release anger in healthy ways, prevent anger-inducing situations, and keep an Anger Chart to identify the causes of angry feelings.
Grades prek-2 ISBN-10: 0882821857
Diet Fads
This clearly written overview emphasizes the impact of super-thin celebrity images on general self-esteem, making weight loss seem like the answer to all kinds of personal problems.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 1404219994
Anger Management
by Judith Peacock, Suzanne Stutman
This book explains how to use "I" statements, body language, and active listening when dealing with anger. Also included is a chapter about public anger.
by Judith Peacock, Suzanne Stutman
This book explains how to use "I" statements, body language, and active listening when dealing with anger. Also included is a chapter about public anger.
Grades 6-9 ISBN-10: 0736804331
How to Control Your Anger (Before It Controls You): A Guide for Teens
by Ron Potter-Efron
Describes anger, its possible causes, and suggestions for how to deal with it.
by Ron Potter-Efron
Describes anger, its possible causes, and suggestions for how to deal with it.
Grades 9-12 ISBN-10: 0806520108
You Are Not Alone: Teens talk about Life after the Loss of a Parent
By Lynne B. Hughes
Kids aged 9 to 12 who attended Comfort Zone Camp, a special place for grieving children, contributed to this book. Through honest first-person stories, they share the most difficult parts of their losses and offer their own experiences of what helps, what doesn't, what "stinks," and ways to stay connected to their loved ones.
By Lynne B. Hughes
Kids aged 9 to 12 who attended Comfort Zone Camp, a special place for grieving children, contributed to this book. Through honest first-person stories, they share the most difficult parts of their losses and offer their own experiences of what helps, what doesn't, what "stinks," and ways to stay connected to their loved ones.
Grades 7-12 ISBN-10: 0439585902
Our Dad Died: The True Story of Three Kids Whose Lives Changed And My Life Changed
A Journal as told by Amy, Allie, and David Dennison
Encouraged by their mother, Amy, Allie and their brother David began keeping a journal after their father died unexpectedly one night. Young readers can read about their experiences as well as take part in activities to help them cope.
Encouraged by their mother, Amy, Allie and their brother David began keeping a journal after their father died unexpectedly one night. Young readers can read about their experiences as well as take part in activities to help them cope.
Grades 3-7 ISBN-10: 1575421356
Walk With Grandpa: Un paseo con el abuelo (bilingual Edition)
Ella and her grandfather find a peaceful walk in the woods leads to so much more. They express just how much they mean to each other by a simple word game they play together. Bilingual full text in both English and Spanish.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1932748903
How It Feels When A Parent Dies
by Jill Krementz
This book chronicles the stories of 18 young people ages seven to sixteen and their personal experiences with a parent's death. Including photos and journal entries, this book is a way for kids to learn about dealing with the fears, questions and bereavement behind losing the most important people in your lives.
by Jill Krementz
This book chronicles the stories of 18 young people ages seven to sixteen and their personal experiences with a parent's death. Including photos and journal entries, this book is a way for kids to learn about dealing with the fears, questions and bereavement behind losing the most important people in your lives.
Grades 3-7 ISBN-10: 0394758544
I Will Remember You: What To Do When Someone You Love Dies
by Laura Dower
Each chapter in this terrific guide helps readers explore a different aspect of grief. The book includes personal stories of death and life from real young people, advice from a renowned grief counselor, and dozens of hands-on, creative exercises to help young people move through their pain and sorrow.
by Laura Dower
Each chapter in this terrific guide helps readers explore a different aspect of grief. The book includes personal stories of death and life from real young people, advice from a renowned grief counselor, and dozens of hands-on, creative exercises to help young people move through their pain and sorrow.
Grades 9-12 ISBN-10: 0439139619
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How To Cope With Losing Someone You Love
by Earl A. Grollman
Grollman's main focus with this book is to drive home the fact that although the grief involved with death is extremely hard to deal with, it can get better with time. Issues such as the steps of the healing process and constructively dealing with rage are also dealt with in this book aimed at the young adult that must cope with the loss of a loved one.
Grollman's main focus with this book is to drive home the fact that although the grief involved with death is extremely hard to deal with, it can get better with time. Issues such as the steps of the healing process and constructively dealing with rage are also dealt with in this book aimed at the young adult that must cope with the loss of a loved one.
Grades 9-12 ISBN-10: 0807025011
Personal & Consumer Health: Book List
Literacy Connection
Take Care Of Your Eyes (Rookie Read-About Health)
by Don L. Curry
This is an easy to read book that covers all aspects of eye care.
This is an easy to read book that covers all aspects of eye care.
ISBN: 0516279149 Children's Press 2005 Ages 4-8
Take Care Of Your Teeth (Rookie Read-About Health)
by Don L. Curry
This is an easy to read book that covers all aspects of dental care. This book is great for teaching beginning ESOL students about their teeth. It provides them with clear information and reasons why teeth need to be cared for.
This is an easy to read book that covers all aspects of dental care. This book is great for teaching beginning ESOL students about their teeth. It provides them with clear information and reasons why teeth need to be cared for.
ISBN: 0516279157 Children's Press 2005 Ages 4-8
The Magic School Bus Chapter Book #06: The Giant Germ
by Anne Capeci
This perennial favorite uses common language to explain the composition and life of a germ. It is a great introductory book for young reader on the subject of microbiology.
This perennial favorite uses common language to explain the composition and life of a germ. It is a great introductory book for young reader on the subject of microbiology.
ISBN: 0439204208 Scholastic Paperbacks 2001 Ages 4 -8
Yikes-Lice!
by Donna Caffey, Patrick Girouard (Illustrator)
This book aims to remove the stigma from a pesky elementary-school plague, attacking the subject with a combination of prose and poetry. The cartoons will delight older readers.
This book aims to remove the stigma from a pesky elementary-school plague, attacking the subject with a combination of prose and poetry. The cartoons will delight older readers.
ISBN-10: 0807593753 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company; Reprint edition 2002 Ages 4-10.
Zooallergy : A Fun Story About Allergy and Asthma Triggers
by Kim Gosselin
This colored illustrated 32 page book for elementary age children helps them learn about allergy testing and asthma and allergy triggers. Justin goes to the doctor to get tested for allergies, and afterwards, he and his friend, Ashley, go to the zoo. While there, they make a game of discovering things like animal fur, dust, and dander that would trigger their allergy and asthma.
This colored illustrated 32 page book for elementary age children helps them learn about allergy testing and asthma and allergy triggers. Justin goes to the doctor to get tested for allergies, and afterwards, he and his friend, Ashley, go to the zoo. While there, they make a game of discovering things like animal fur, dust, and dander that would trigger their allergy and asthma.
ISBN-10: 0963944940 Jayjo Books 1996 Ages 4-8
Fiction
Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts
By Shinta Cho
This title, which explores all forms of flatulence, is "both informative and blunt," said PW. "The book provides young readers with solid facts as well as plenty to snicker about."
Grades Prek-5 ISBN: 0916291529
Have You Ever Seen A Moose Brushing His Teeth?
By Jamie McClaine
Join this fun-loving moose's adventure as he learns the importance of good dental hygiene while encouraging children to do the same.
Grades Prek-4 ISBN: 0970953321
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof
By Selby Beeler
What do you do when you lose a tooth? Do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? Not if you live in Botswana! In Botswana kids throw their teeth onto the roof. In Afghanistan they drop their teeth down mouse holes, and in Egypt they fling their teeth at the sun! Travel around the world and discover the surprising things children do when they lose a tooth.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0618152385
Mr. Putter and Tabby Catch the Cold
By Cynthia Rylant
When Mr. Putter catches a cold and is miserable: "Colds aren't so much fun when you're old." Luckily, Mrs. Teaberry makes it better with chicken soup, tea with honey and a little help from her bulldog, Zeke.
When Mr. Putter catches a cold and is miserable: "Colds aren't so much fun when you're old." Luckily, Mrs. Teaberry makes it better with chicken soup, tea with honey and a little help from her bulldog, Zeke.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0152047603
All about Scabs
Translated from Japanese, this book explains everything you ever wanted to know about scabs in a format that will facilitate kid's understanding. Remember when your mother used to tell you "Don't pick that scab". Well, this book gives quite a lengthy explanation of how and why scabs form and the continued process of healing. Illustrated with cartoon drawings, it's perfect for kids who obsess about scabs.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 0916291820
Allie the Allergic Elephant: A Children's Story of Peanut Allergies
By Nicole Smith
Allie the Allergic Elephant helps children learn about food allergies and how to be a good friend when you can't share snacks. Allie explains peanut allergies in a way that parents, teachers and children themselves can talk about allergies and understand them better.
Grades K-2 ISBN:1586280538
The Princess and the Peanut Allergy
Regina and her mom are busy preparing for her birthday party. It's going to be a princess party with the perfect cake that looks like a castle and has ice cream cone towers. Regina is inviting all the girls in her class, including her best friend, Paula. Paula is excited, too, until she finds out about the cake.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0807566233
Germs
By Judy Oetting
All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about rhymes, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN:0516249959
Tooth Book
By Dr. Seuss
Teeth'they come in handy when you chew or smile! In Dr. Seuss's hilarious ode to teeth, little ones will laugh out loud as they find out all the things teeth can do and how to take care of them so they last a lifetime! All the fun and charm of the original book are in this new board book version for the youngest readers.
Grades prek-3 ISBN: 0375824928
The Night Before the Tooth Fairy
By Natasha Wing
It wiggles, and waggles, and wiggles some more, but this little boy's stubborn tooth just won't come out! He hopes it will fall out soon, because he can't wait to meet the Tooth Fairy! This humorous tale based on Clement C. Moore's classic poem is a perfect addition to the best-selling series.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0448432528
The Tooth Book: A Guide to Healthy Teeth & Gums
By Edward Miller
Crunch! Munch! Most kids take their teeth for granted. However, without their pearly whites it would be much harder for them to eat, smile, and talk. Edward Miller provides more than a mouthful of good advice on dental hygiene in this accessible guidebook that makes learning how to care for your teeth fun.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0823422062
Make Way for Tooth Decay
By Bobbi Katz
Meet your guests. / We're called bacteria. / Your mouth is our cafeteria.In this witty, easy-to-read story, children learn what bacteria is, how it causes tooth decay, and how they can fight against it. Told from the point of view of the bacteria, the fact-filled, rhyming text shows dentists, in a non-threatening way, as they help youngsters guard against tooth decay. The bright, energetic illustrations are a perefct compliment to the humorous text.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0590522906
Wash Your Hands
By Tony Ross
When the little princess hears about the germs and nasties living all around her, she understands the importance of washing her hands a lot.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 1933605030
I Have a Cold
By Grace Maccarone
Written in rhyme, this story is about a sick child describing how it feels to have a bad cold... has a bad, bad cold.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0590396382
Seeing Lessons: The Story of Abigail Carter and America's First School for Blind People
In 1832, when Abigail Carter was only ten years old, two doctors from Boston invited her to be one of the first students in an experimental institution: a school for blind people. Abby and her younger sister Sophia, also blind, packed their bags and headed to the city. For the first time in their lives, the two girls were able to read a book for themselves and to write a letter to their father.
Grades 4-6 ISBN: 0805057064
I'm Deaf and It's Okay
By Lorraine Aseltine
An informational story in which a deaf elementary school age boy tells his feelings about deafness. He expresses his fear of the dark with its vast silence, his jealousy of his sister who can talk on the phone and his anger that outsiders don't understand him.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0807534722
Germs! Germs! Germs!
By Bobbi Katz
Germs tell their side of the story in this unusual book from the Beginning Reader Science series. The germs, shown as colorful, rather hyperactive monsters, explain that they live everywhere but look for a spot where they can spread disease. Soon they're cavorting in someone's mouth, crying, "Give us someplace dark and damp. What a perfect place to camp!"
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 0590672959
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger's Adventure
by Kathy Hoopmann, Jessica Kingsley
This is a warm, fun-filled fantasy story for children with a difference: the hero is Ben, a boy with Asperger Syndrome. When Ben and his friend Andy find an old bottle in the school yard, they little realize the surprises about to be unleashed in their lives. Bound up with this exciting mystery is the story of how Ben is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and how he and his family deal with the problems and joys that come along.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 1853029785
A Certain Small Shepherd
by Rebecca Caudill
From the late Rebecca Caudill, author of The Best-Loved Doll and Tree of Freedom, comes the heartrending story of a young Appalachian boy, born mute, who speaks for the first time ever to a young couple and their newborn baby, who have taken refuge from a blizzard in a nearby church.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 0805053921
Pay Attention, Slosh
by Mark Smith
When Josh's friends call him "Slosh," it's particularly painful. Although he's smart when it comes to computers and math, Josh also has ADHD--Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder. After talking to his teacher, Josh's parents decide to take him to a doctor, and things start looking up. Best of all, over time, Josh's classmates come to appreciate him as just another one of the guys.
Grades 3-5 ISBN:0807563781
The Berenstain Bears and the Wheelchair Commando
by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Too-Tall makes fun of Harry and calls him "Wheels" because he's in a wheelchair. But Harry can handle it. He even challenges Too-Tall to a basketball game.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0679840346
Non-Fiction
Personal Hygiene
By Kate Purdie
Interesting fact boxes give additional health hints and support the extremely informative-yet accessible-narrative. Activities are included so readers can immediately begin practicing better hygiene habits that lead to improved health.
Grades 4-6 ISBN: 1615323694
The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie: A Book about Germs
by Joanna Cole
It's Broadcast Day in Ms. Frizzle's class. Ralphie promised everyone he'd figure out what kind of show they should put on. But, Ralphie is sick and can't come to school. So, everyone climbs aboard the Magic School Bus, because if Ralphie can't come to class, Ms. Frizzle's class will come to him! Join the class as they travel Ralphie's bloodstream to find out how germs make him sick and how his body can make him well again.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0590400258
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Great Big Book of Tiny Germs
by Bill Nye
Nye covers bacteria, viruses, how germs travel and attack humans, the immune system, and the history of the pox, plagues, and other little diseases. He touches on how germs were discovered, vaccinations, antibiotics, HIV and AIDs, keeping safe and germ free, and why we love and hate germs.
Grades 2-6 ISBN: 0786805439
The Care and Keeping of You: The Body book for Girls (American Girl)
By Valorie Lee Schaefer
This "head-to-toe" guide answers all your questions, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and everything in between. With tips, how-to's, letters from girls, and facts from the experts, here's straightforward advice you can really use.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 1562476661
Allergies (Diseases and Disorders)
By Barbara Sheen
Clear, careful explanations offer insight into what these conditions are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the latest information about treatment and prevention.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 1420500392
Is This Normal?
By American Girl
The editors of The Care & Keeping of You respond to girls' letters with topics ranging from hair care to bodily changes to embarrassing situations. The lighthearted tone and the assurance of being "normal" should put many worried minds to rest.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 1593694830
Taking care of Your Teeth
By Marie Elizabeth Salzmann
This book explains in simple language the importance of taking care of one's teeth.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 1591975549
Head to Toe Care Cards for Girls: 50 Ways to Care for Your Body, Skin, and Hair (American Girl)
By Erin Falligant
Here are 50 ways to care for your body, skin, and hair! These cards include some of the best tips from American Girl's books and magazine. You can try new hairstyles and be nice to your nails, and beat stress with yoga or a mini massage. All of the cards arrive shrink-wrapped inside a pretty storage box.
Grades 2-7 ISBN: 1593696701
Extraordinary People With Disabilities (Extraordinary People)
by Deborah Kent, Kathryn A. Quinlan
Profiles seven dozen people throughout history with various physical or mental disabilities. Additional articles provide historical background on the disability rights movement. This book was named one of the Best Science Books for Junior High and High Schools by Science Books and Film, a review journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Grades 5-9 ISBN: 051626074X
Germs Make Me Sick
By Melvin Berger
The science is related in simple language and the author uses specific examples that youngsters will readily understand. He explains how germs sometimes "slip in" the body despite defense mechanisms such as skin, nose, and throat. "Your friend has a cold. She sneezes. Germs fly out. You breathe the air. Some of her germs may get into your lungs."
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0064451542
Allergies (How's Your Health?)
By Angela Royston
This series masters the basics and simultaneously encourages further learning with sidebars that help readers think concretely about the subject. For instance, after stating the exact measurements of a head louse (3 mm long), the sidebar features a dot of the same size. Other suggestions that help solidify ideas include drinking water with a wide straw and then a narrow one to demonstrate the difference between normal and swollen airways, or squirting a water gun to witness the force of a sneeze.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 1445101696
Taking Asthma to School
By Barbara Mitchell
This color illustrated children's book helps provide an emotionally safe school environment; thus allowing classmates to view children with asthma as normal kids who just happen to have asthma, at no fault of their own. This book will help children and parents discuss asthma with schoolmates and classroom teachers. Includes "Ten Tips for Teachers" and "Kids Quiz".
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 1891383019
I Have Asthma
The child in this story suffers from asthma, a chronic condition that sometimes produces frightening attacks. But kids who have asthma learn that with proper medical supervision and treatment, asthma can be kept under control.
Grades K-3
ISBN-10: 0764137859
Stay clear! : What you should know about skin care
By Sandra Donovan
Healthy, clear skin? You probably never gave it much thought when you were younger. But now, everything about your body seems to be changing. Keeping your skin healthy and clean isn't as simple as it once was. How can you avoid breakouts? What does your skin need from you? Explore the answers to these questions and find out how you and your skin can get along.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0822575507
Physical Activity: Book List
Literacy Connection
Want Fries With That?: Obesity And The Supersizing Of America
by Scott Ingram
This book includes recent statistics on the extent and consequences of obesity in modern America and offers a broad survey of medical and social problems related to obesity as well as case studies that hit home with teen readers.
This book includes recent statistics on the extent and consequences of obesity in modern America and offers a broad survey of medical and social problems related to obesity as well as case studies that hit home with teen readers.
ISBN: 0531167569 Franklin Watts 2005 Grades 7-12
Hamster Camp: How Harry Got Fit
by Teresa Bateman, Nancy Cote (Illustrator)
This entertaining tale chronicles Harry the hamster as he ventures to camp to rid himself of all of his unhealthy habits. It is a delightful story with a poignant message.
This entertaining tale chronicles Harry the hamster as he ventures to camp to rid himself of all of his unhealthy habits. It is a delightful story with a poignant message.
ISBN: 0807531391 Albert Whitman & Company 2005 Ages 4-8
Fiction
My Daddy Is a Pretzel: Yoga for Parents and Kids
While other children's parents are veterinarians, gardeners, and builders, one father is able to become a dog, a tree, and a bridge using various yoga poses. Kids learn to bend, twist and achieve spiritual balance with new titles that focus on yoga.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1841481513
Exercise
By Liz Gogerly
What a switch; the one who is in great shape is grandma. She is fast and strong. Why is that? The text posits that she became fit when she grew up because they did not have television so she did a lot of other things including walking to school. Also at school kids played more sports and they worked at home helping around the house.
Grades K-4 ISBN: 0778741184
Arthur and the Race to Read
By Marc Brown
Arthur is in top form as he and his friends train for a literacy fund-raising race, try to help Binky cope with bench-sitting, give George a boost at recess, and adjust to a new soccer coach.
Grades 2-4 ISBN: 0316118168
I.Q. Gets Fit
It's going to be an active month in I.Q.'s classroom-it's Health Month! And when the school announces that those who pass the fitness test will get a gold ribbon, I.Q. knows right away that he wants to win one.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0802795587
Max Makes Millions
The hottest new fitness trend is pumping up ... down under the sea. Max is back and he's bigger than ever. In fact the little guy is helping everyone bulk up as the "King of Fitness Fun". But success can be a heady thing for a fish so low on the food chain.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 1579391982
Let's Be Fit
By P.K. Hallinan
P K Hallinan brings his renowned rhyming verse and brightly coloured illustrations to the subject of health and fitness for children. Hallinan's gentle approach will help youngsters to learn to appreciate the importance of healthy eating, daily physical activity and rest for the body and mind.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 0824955285
Physical Fitness
By Alvin Silverstein
My Health explains the science behind common illnesses and injuries and also emphasizes the importance of maintaining personal health. The colorful, inviting series design features photos, medical illustrations, amusing cartoon art, tables, sidebars, and hands-on activities.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0531155633
Peaceful Piggy Yoga
By Kerry Lee Maclean
Who loves yoga? Everyone from ballerinas to football players to moms and dads. This fun and informative picture book guide shows kids-and piggies!-in classic yoga poses, complete with instructions.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 080756382X
Stretch
By Doreen Dronin
There's nothing like a good stretch before you jump or wiggle or bounce or run. "Can you stretch to the ceiling? Can you stretch to the floor?" he asks, the words themselves stretching to fit over the rump of an elephant who is showing off his best downward-facing dog pose, as is the ebullient host.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1416953418
Wiggle
By Doreen Cronin
For energetic toddlers (are there any who aren't?), here's a book that invites them to wiggle along with the story. Told in rollicky, wiggly rhyme that begs to be read again and again.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0689863756
Bounce
By Doreen Cronin
Bounce a ball right off your hands. Bounce it off your toes. Try to bounce a beach ball on the tip of your nose! Children are invited to now hop, leap, pounce, and bounce to their hearts' content (though not on couches!).
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 141691627X
From Head to Toe
By Eric Carle
From their heads down to their toes, kids will be wriggling, jiggling, and giggling as they try to keep up with these animals! Alligators wiggle, elephants stop, gorillas thump, and giraffes bend.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0694013013
Freddy Works Out
By Ruth Tilden
This simple text illustrates the easy-to-follow maneuvers--sit-ups, chin-ups, and push-ups--in this engaging workout, and kids will want their own fitness routine by imitating.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0786801085
Benjy and the Power of Zingies
By Jean Van Leeuwun
Third-grader Benjy, tired of being small for his age, decides to build up his body by eating the breakfast cereal of sports stars.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0803703791
Get Up and Go
By Nancy Carlson
Carlson's lively characters are back with a message about exercise and what fun it can be. Exercise can be relaxing or Exercise can help you make friends, and Exercise burns up the junky food you sometimes eat.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0142410640
Mr. Strong (Mr. Men and Little Miss)
Mr. Strong may be a bit too strong for his own good. But if you need a helping hand--he's your man!
Grades K-2 ISBN: 084317501X
Ink, Wink, and Blink Work Out!
By Peter Whitehead
This simple, charming book will have children counting, moving, and learning! Quirky characters Ink, Wink, and Blink shake their heads, touch the ground, stand up, sit down, and jump all around. Kids everywhere will want to join the fun.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 1402742428
Mishmash and the Big Fat Problem
By Molly Cone
Mishmash is somewhat overweight and rather lazy. But fear not, he solves his problem by joining a school marathon. A real rib-tickler.
Grades 2-4 ISBN: 0618070389
Corduroy's Hike
By Alison Inches
When Lisa goes on a hiking trip, Corduroy sneaks into her backpack. Lisa is surprised to find him there, but she thinks he'll be safe as long as he stays tucked inside. Corduroy just has to take a peek outside, and when he does, he falls out! Will Lisa find him again?
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0142501646
Brown Bear Gets In Shape
By Alan Durant
Brown Bear Gets in Shape is really not one story, but two. These are two simple, silly stories that teach values about looking at things from another vantage point.
Grades 1-3 ISBN: 0753457970
Disney's Heavyweight
By Jordan Horowitz
Thirteen-year-old Gerry Gardner is looking forward to the best summer ever--until he finds out his parents have enrolled him in a camp for overweight kids. He soon finds out the camp isn't as bad as he expected.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 0786840390
Non-Fiction
The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness
By Lizzy Rockwell
Rockwell's message is the joy of physical activity, but she also does a great job of connecting exercise with detailed information about the body and how it works. The design is clear and inviting.
Grades K-3 ISBN:0375822038
Run For it
By Matt Christopher
Theo's favorite aunt is diagnosed as having cancer. Although he's a couch potato he realizes he has to do something. Then a friend tells him about a benefit race to raise funds for cancer research. He begins a training program that opens a new door for him and helps his aunt as well.
Grades 3-5 ISBN: 0316349143
Exercise
By Adam Schaefer
Read Exercise to learn about the different ways you can be active. Find out how exercise affects the different parts of your body, where you can play sports, and how keeping fit can make you feel.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1432927671
Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster, & Go Farther
By Carol Goodrow
Kids Running tells you all you need to know about this wonderful sport: getting started, training, fun runs, races, proper footwear, good eating habits, cross-training, safety, running games, after-school clubs, clothing, mileage tracking, and journal writing.
Grades 3-5 ISBN: 1891369768
Exercise by the Numbers
Do you like to exercise? Have you ever finished a long workout and wondered just how many calories you burned or how far you ran? Look inside to find out how your math skills can help you keep your fitness program on track.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 1602790108
By Elyse April
This vividly-colored picture book encourages exercise as a prescription against obesity in young children. With an upbeat, rhyming text, and multicultural illustrations, We Like to Move conveys the message that * exercise is fun * exercise encourages physical and emotional health * exercise is a normal part of life * .
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1890772607
Exercise and Play
By Cath Senker
Exercise discusses the importance of movement and what happens to your body during physical activity. It suggests pastimes such as bicycle riding and swimming.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 1404243054
Exercise
By Robyn Hardyman
Being Healthy, Feeling Great covers a wide range of health topics to show readers what it takes to lead healthy lives. It encourages readers to understand why it is important to be healthy from a young age and how this will stand them in good stead as adults.
Grades 3-5 ISBN: 0750258942
Female Stars of Physical Fitness:
Featuring Profiles of Christie Brinkley, Denise Austin, Claudia Schiffer, and Tyra Banks (Legends of Health & Fitness)
Legends of Health & Fitness are non-fictionalized stories that present the lives of contemporary, health and fitness role models for young adults. These are the stories of real men and women who, despite busy lives, find time each day to ensure their health.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 1584150238
Arnold's Fitness for Kids
By Arnold Schwarzenegger
The superstar discusses the basics of health and exercise for children, ages eleven to fourteen, and offers easy-to-do exercises and photographs and line drawings.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0385422687
Gymnastics Training and Fitness
By Jones & Jen
Provides a guide for children and pre-teens with ways to train and keep fit when participating in gymnastics.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 0736864717
How Does Exercise Affect Me?
By Judy Sadgrove
This title looks at exercise and how it affects your health. It provides answers to four main questions throughout the book. These are: why do we need to exercise?; what is fitness?; how can exercise help you?; and how can problems be avoided? It also suggests practical activities and lists their main benefits and some of the problems associated with them.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 0750241756
Fitness for Fun!
Dana Meachen Rau
This book encourages positive fitness and tells readers why it is a good idea to be fit and how to start by setting a fitness goal. It is an important read for the age group as it can lay the foundation for future lifestyle choices.
Grades 3-5 ISBN: 0756540313
Obesity
By Toney Allman
Obesity has become a worldwide problem. In the United States and Canada alone, about 33 percent of adults and 17 percent of young people are obese. And the problem is growing. Look inside to discover the causes and dangers of obesity and the many efforts being made to help people control their weight.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 1602792852
Weight and Health
By Wendy B. Murphy
Discussing many aspects of maintaining a healthy weight and an exercise routine, along with addressing the reasons that people are overweight, this solid entry will provide not only sound advice for readers interested in the topic, but also plentiful information for reports.
Grades 3-7 ISBN: 0822567849
Fitness Training for Girls: A Teen Girl's Guide to Resistance Training, Cardiovascular Conditioning and Nutrition
Sorting through the mental, physical, and emotional aspects of a girl's life during her teen years, this guide presents positive reasons and practical advice for making fitness a permanent part of her life. As society becomes more accepting of truly athletic women, teen girls are encouraged to overcome a "quitter's mentality" and develop physical confidence and mental toughness.
Grades 5-9 ISBN: 1884654150
Active Kids
By Bobbie Kalman
Being healthy means more than just not being sick. Being healthy requires good food, rest and plenty of water. Being healthy helps you feel good about yourself. About one-third of all young people do not get enough physical activity.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0778712753
Being Active
By Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
The importance of cleanliness, sleep, physical activity, and good nutrition is covered in these books. With one or two sentences per spread, the writing is simple enough for emergent readers.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 1591975506
Get Moving: Tips on Exercise
By Kathy Feeney
This informational book clearly defines fitness and muscle strength and introduces the reasons for exercise. Tips on nutrition and hydration supplement the remarks on exercise.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0736809732
My Life: A Guide to Health & Fitness
By Marlene Wallach
You are never too young to learn the importance of being healthy and fit. This guide focuses on fun and easy ways to get fit and feel beautiful inside and out.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 1416979115
Teen Fit for Guys: Your Complete Guide to Fun, Fitness and Self-Esteem
Addresses complex issues and helps guide teens through the most exciting time of their lives.
Grades 5-9 ISBN: 1552100308
Tobacco: Book List
Literacy Connection
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
by Suzy Kline, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)
Room 2B is every child's dream. In these five short, easy-to-read stories of classroom life, Harry, Doug, and their friends enjoy Christmas, performing anti-smoking skits, and reading together. Great lessons are taught through entertaining stories.
ISBN: 0140389709 Publisher: Puffin; Reprint edition 1998 Ages 4-8
Room 2B is every child's dream. In these five short, easy-to-read stories of classroom life, Harry, Doug, and their friends enjoy Christmas, performing anti-smoking skits, and reading together. Great lessons are taught through entertaining stories.
ISBN: 0140389709 Publisher: Puffin; Reprint edition 1998 Ages 4-8
Tobacco and Your Mouth: The Incredibly Disgusting Story (Incredibly Disgusting Drugs)
by Adam Winters
This volume is chalked full of helpful stats, nasty but true facts and great views on the matter. Combined with sarcastic humor and accurate stats this is a must have for anyone looking for info on this topic.
ISBN: 0823932508 Rosen Publishing Group 2000 Ages 9-12
This volume is chalked full of helpful stats, nasty but true facts and great views on the matter. Combined with sarcastic humor and accurate stats this is a must have for anyone looking for info on this topic.
ISBN: 0823932508 Rosen Publishing Group 2000 Ages 9-12
Smoking 101: An Overview For Teens
by Margaret O. Hyde, John F. Setaro
The authors offer a straightforward discussion and maintain a direct and nonjudgmental tone. They do not condemn smokers; they put smoking on trial. They look at its tangible effects such as lung cancer, heart attacks, ulcers, and bad breath and also devote space to the intangibles. The authors provide background on many different types of tobacco products, the nature of tobacco advertising, and the industry in this country and worldwide.
ISBN-10: 076132 Twenty-First Century Books 2005 Grades 7-12
The authors offer a straightforward discussion and maintain a direct and nonjudgmental tone. They do not condemn smokers; they put smoking on trial. They look at its tangible effects such as lung cancer, heart attacks, ulcers, and bad breath and also devote space to the intangibles. The authors provide background on many different types of tobacco products, the nature of tobacco advertising, and the industry in this country and worldwide.
ISBN-10: 076132 Twenty-First Century Books 2005 Grades 7-12
Fiction
Smoking Stinks
By Kim Gosselin
This pointed lesson is told as the story of a classroom health report. There's a bit of humor at the outset as Maddie, contemplating her grandfather's terrible cough, blurts out, "Smoking stinks!" Readers will empathize with her embarrassment as the teacher confronts her for her outburst and assigns smoking as the topic for her report.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1891383205
Eglin Long-Horn of Nightshade County: A Story about Tobacco Use and Choosing to Be Tobacco-Free
While visiting a family friend who lives in a tobacco field, Eglin Long-Horn the grasshopper meets Varina the ladybug and hears about the horrible consequences of using tobacco.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0944576257
Danny's Dilemma
By Christine Devault
The reader tries to help Danny make decisions about using tobacco and shares with him the consequences of each decision. The idea behind this series is a good one; using the participation format to encourage young people to make responsible decisions about drugs (Christy), tobacco (Danny), and alcohol (Serena).
Grades 5-8 ISBN: 0941816311
Smokey Dragons
By Jane Clarke
Dad is smoking again, and Ember has had enough. "I think you should try to give up. Your teeth are yellow. You've got bad breath and everything in our cave stinks of smoke." Having been told off by his family, Dad eventually gives up smoking - just in time.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 1854307797
The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Sinister Smoke Ring
When Brother begins hanging out with the Too Tall Gang, they draw him into their ring of stealing, lying, cheating, and especially smoking, and the Bear Scouts and Gramps help Brother resist the habit.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0590944738
Cigarettes, Cigarettes: The Dirty Rotten Truth About Tobacco
By Peter Traynor
This landmark book tells a cautionary story for children that casts cigarette smoking in a most unfavorable light. The tale follows an afternoon adventure of four children one of whom who is a smoker.
Grades 4-6 ISBN: 188636608X
No Thanks, but I'd Love to Dance: Choosing to Live Smoke Free
By Jackie Reime
Conveying a positive, nonjudgmental message to children, this tale provides techniques for empowering them to refuse offers of tobacco in pursuit of a healthy, active lifestyle. Belle, an exuberant six-year-old, and her beloved Grandma Bee share a great love for dancing. As a result of tobacco use earlier in her life, Grandma Bee must now use an oxygen tank to assist in her breathing. Observant Belle, who cannot imagine life without dancing, consciously makes the lifelong choice to dance instead of smoke.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 1604430273
The Magic Box
By Olga Cossi
Mara, the star of her school basketball team, is secretly addicted to cigarettes. Meanwhile, her mother is the one who got the school to pass a "no smoking" rule for athletes. If Mara is discovered, she won't be able to play in the state competition.
By Olga Cossi
Mara, the star of her school basketball team, is secretly addicted to cigarettes. Meanwhile, her mother is the one who got the school to pass a "no smoking" rule for athletes. If Mara is discovered, she won't be able to play in the state competition.
Grades 5-9 ISBN: 0882897489
Smoke Screen
By Amy Goldman Koss
Mitzi's mom is trying to quit smoking and having a tough time. Meanwhile, Mitzi must deal with her complicated friendships and the little fib she told the boy she likes!
By Amy Goldman Koss
Mitzi's mom is trying to quit smoking and having a tough time. Meanwhile, Mitzi must deal with her complicated friendships and the little fib she told the boy she likes!
Grades 5-9 ISBN: 061331719X
Santa Quits
By Raenette Palmer
This book is about a simple request Santa receives from seven year old Stevie. However, his wish causes an uproar at the North Pole. When Mrs. Claus and the elves try to help Santa to quit smoking, things go from bad to worse.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1890394084
Smoking (My Health)
By Alvin Silverstein
Explains exactly how smoking harms the body and how to break the habit, or avoid it altogether.
Grades K-5 ISBN: 0531162397
Non-Fiction
The Biography of Tobacco
By Carrie Gleason
"A Dangerous Leaf" wherein it is made clear that nicotine is addictive and various governments have prohibited smoking in public areas. In addition, a subsequent chapter titled "Tobacco and Health" has text and graphic pictures illustrating the diseases caused by smoking tobacco and the dangers of addition for young people.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0778724891
Jimmie Boogie Learns About Smoking
By Time Brenneman
Children easily identify with the characters in this true to life, captivating story. Children learn about addiction and the consequences of smoking cigarettes.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 0970045328
Teens & Tobacco
By Susan S. Lang
If a well-presented argument can prevent anyone from smoking, this book is a good one to use as it's better than most. Lang and Marks address the issues of how and why young people start smoking, tobacco advertising directed at them, health and financial costs associated with tobacco, as well as changing societal attitudes toward its use. Following each chapter is a first-person narrative by a teen who has succumbed to the habit.
Grades 7-12 ISBN: 0805037683
Tobacco (Learn to Say No)
By Angela Royston
Discusses tobacco, how it damages the body, why people use it, and how to keep from ever starting to smoke.
Grades 5-7 ISBN: 1575722399
Cigarettes
By Elaine Landau
This book discusses the health issues associated with smoking, the history of tobacco use in the United States, and the various ways to quit smoking.
Grades 4-6 ISBN: 053116666X
No More Butts: Kicking the Tobacco Habit (Tobacco: the Deadly Drug)
Despite the well-known warnings about the dangers of tobacco, people continue to smoke, and new smokers join their ranks every day. But the warnings do get through to some people, and they decide to kick the tobacco habit.
Grades 5-9 ISBN: 1422208133
Nicotine & Cigarettes
By Gina De Angelis
Examines the dangers of nicotine use, including a history of the drug, its physiological and chemical effects, and ways of getting help with an addiction to it.
Grades 5-8 ISBN: 0791051757
Tobacco
By Rachel Lynette
What are bidis and kreteks? How does cigarette smoke affect the body? Why are there warnings on tobacco packages? Find the answers to these questions and more in Tobacco. Learn about the different forms of tobacco and how each affects the body.
Grades 7-12 ISBN: 140349696X
Smokeless Tobacco: Not a Safe Alternative (Tobacco: the Deadly Drug)
No smoke, no danger. Right? Wrong. Very wrong, as many people who thought they had chosen a safe way to get their tobacco fix have found out. "Smokeless Tobacco: Not a Safe Alternative" explains why "just a pinch between cheek and gum" is not a harmless way to use tobacco. Readers will learn about the health-related consequences of using smokeless tobacco. The U.S. government has taken steps to curtail the use of smokeless tobacco, especially when it comes to smokeless tobacco and young people.
Grades 4-8 ISBN: 142220815X
What Do You Know About Smoking?
By Pete Sanders
Two highly visual titles that focus on personal and social issues. On alternating pages, information heavily illustrated with posed full-color photographs is followed by full-color cartoon strips featuring children dealing with situations related to the topic.
Grades 4-7 ISBN: 0749637390
Kate Smokes Cigarettes
By Janine Amos
This text a provides hard-hitting, yet accessible approach to what happens to your body and your psyche when you become addicted to and damaged by smoking.
Grades 1-5 ISBN: 1842341081
Kick Butts! A Kids' Action Guide to a Tobacco-Free America
By Arlene B. Hirshfelder
Examines the history and current status of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco and provides an action guide for helping kids to stay smoke-free.
By Arlene B. Hirshfelder
Examines the history and current status of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco and provides an action guide for helping kids to stay smoke-free.
Grades 5-10 ISBN: 0382396332
Let's Talk About Smoking
by Elizabeth Weitzman
Discusses the dangers of smoking and ways to avoid starting the habit.
by Elizabeth Weitzman
Discusses the dangers of smoking and ways to avoid starting the habit.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 1568382200
Straight Talk About Smoking
By Rachel Kranz
This book examines the reasons that people use tobacco and what it does to the body. It also details how tobacco companies promote their products and provides in-depth discussion of addiction, ways to quit and how to take action.
By Rachel Kranz
This book examines the reasons that people use tobacco and what it does to the body. It also details how tobacco companies promote their products and provides in-depth discussion of addiction, ways to quit and how to take action.
Grades 7-12 ISBN: 0816039763
Teenagers and Tobacco: Nicotine and the Adolescent Brain
Statistics about teens and smoking have caused concern among parents and health-care providers. Many reports seemed to place the blame for teen smoking on peer and media influence. But are they the only causes?
Grades 7-12 ISBN: 1422202461
Anatomy: Book List
Fiction
A Walk in the Rain with a Brain
Lucy meets a brain that helps her realize that everyone is smart in different ways. Also included is a discussion section for parents and teachers.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0060007311
Bobby Bramble Loses His Brain
By Dave Keane
Bobby cavorts across rooftops without a care in the world. Until he falls and knocks off the top of his head, that is, instigating a town wide hunt for the runaway brain.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0547056443
Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)
By Tish Rabe
Young children will love Inside Your Outside! A good choice for teachers looking to integrate reading and science. However, the facts in Cat in the Hat are not always correct, but the kids will enjoy every page.
Grades Prek-3 ISBN: 0375811001
Flowers for Algernon
By Daniel Keyes
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.
Grades 7-10 ISBN: 015603008X
Blood and Goo and Boogers Too: A Heart-pounding Pop-up Guide to the Circulatory & Respiratory Systems
By Steve Alton
This pop-up book is a cartoony guide to the circulatory and respiratory systems with plenty of boogers, blood and germs-as well as tabs, levers and flaps that provide pertinent information about the body.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0803733259
Dem Bones
By Bob Barner
Using a classic African American spiritual as a springboard, Barner dives gleefully into this clever anatomy lesson. Enthusiastic members of a skeleton band cavort across the pages, strumming guitars, blowing horns and otherwise helping to establish a spirited tone while imparting bits of relevant information.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0811808270
My Body Your Body
By Mick Manning
Compares and contrasts various parts of the human anatomy with those of animals and concludes that all bodies are different and special.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 053115324X
Skeleton Hiccups
By Margery Cuyler
Skeleton's persistent hiccups prevent him from polishing his bones (his arm jerks loose), carving a pumpkin, raking leaves, etc. "Drink some water upside down," advises Ghost, but the liquid pours out Skeleton's eye sockets.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1416902767
Squirmy Wormy: How I Learned to Help Myself
Squirmy Wormy is a wonderful little children's book about a boy named Tyler, who has autism and SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder). Together with Tyler, the reader learns about SPD, and what every day easy therapies he can do by himself feel better.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 1935567187
Super Senses Save the Day!: A Story About the Five Senses (Backyardigans)
The World's Best Muffin has been stolen! It's up to the Super Senses superheroes to follow the crumbs and track it down in this tasty adventure!
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 1416968695
Me and My Amazing Body
By Joan Sweeney
a girl gives readers a guided tour of her "amazing body," illustrated with colorful cartoon art. The child talks about the parts of the body that she can see, but mostly about those she can't.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0375806237
Bones in the Basket
By C.J. Taylor
Seven folktales from the Zu?i, Mandan, Cree, Chuckchee, Osage, Mohawk, and Modoc traditions that explore the creation of the world and the origin of humans.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0887763278
The Amazing Circulatory System: How Does My Heart Work?
By John Burstein
Join our Body Buddy Ticker as he explores the workings of the heart and circulatory system. Children will learn how the amazing heart muscle works. They will discover how blood vessels transport life-giving oxygen to the cells and carry away carbon dioxide.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0778744310
The Mighty Muscular and Skeletal Systems: How Do My Muscles and Bones Work?
By John Burstein
Struts and Flex, our muscle and bone Body Buddies give the inside scoop on this active partnership. Readers are introduced to the structure and function of bones and muscles.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0778744337
The Astounding Nervous System: How Does My Brain Work?
By John Burstein
Join our brain Body Buddy Cognos and learn all about how the brain and nervous system get things done. Young readers will discover the location of the major parts of the brain and gain understanding of their various functions. The process that enables nerves to transmit signals to and from the brain is explained in detail. There are also sections on mental illness, scientific discoveries, and amazing facts.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0778744280
The Remarkable Respiratory System: How Do My Lungs Work?
By John Burstein
Huff & Puff, our Body Buddy lung twins explain how the lungs and respiratory system function. Readers are introduced to the bronchial tree. They discover how the diaphragm and intercostals muscles help the lungs fill and empty. There are sections on the dangers of smoking, good health practices, respiratory illnesses, and amazing facts.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0778744302
The Dynamic Digestive System: How Does My Stomach Work?
By John Burstein
Join Gurgle, our Body Buddy stomach and learn all about what happens to food after it is swallowed. Readers will learn about their esophagus, stomach, liver, small and large intestine. They discover how important their teeth are in the process of digestion.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0778744299
What Happens to a Hamburger?
By Paul Showers
take you on a journey through the human digestive system into the mouth, down the gullet, into the stomach, and finally into the small and large intestines. You will learn what each of these body parts does to help transform the food you eat. And you will also find out what happens to the food your body cannot use.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0064451836
The 5 Senses
By Nurica Rose
Boys and girls discover their five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste, as they enjoy the outdoors and nature, listen to music, prepare food in the kitchen, and engage in other activities.
Grades Prek-2 ISBN: 0764133128
You Can't Taste a Pickle With Your Ear
By Harriet Ziefert
This clear, humorous look at the five senses will engage young children. Each short chapter focuses on one of the senses, opening with a simple explanation that uses everyday experiences.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1593541724
The Listening Walk
By Paul Showers
a father and child take a walk together and listen to the sounds around them.Shhhhh. Do not talk. Do not hurry. Get ready to fill your ears with a world of wonderful and surprising sounds.
Grades K-2 ISBN: 0064433226
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses
By Hill Nettleton
Do you know how your five sense help you? Find out how your sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch help you understand the world around you in this story about your amazing body.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1404805087
You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear
By Joanna Cole
How do your ears hear? Will food taste the same if you hold your nose? A fun and simple science book--with games and experiments kids can do to test and trick their five senses--by the bestselling author of the Magic School Bus series.
Grades K-4 ISBN: 0448404699
A Drop of Blood
By Paul Showers
The charismatic monsters demonstrate the role of blood in breathing, healing, and fueling the body. The predominance of purples and grays in both art and backgrounds creates an effective mood that is spooky and exciting without being scary.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 006009110X
Why Does Izzy Cover Her Ears? Dealing with Sensory Overload
By Jennifer Veenendall
Meet Izzy, a feisty first grader, whose behavior is often misunderstood as she tries to cope with sensory overload in her new surroundings.
Grades 2-4 ISBN: 1934575461
Non-Fiction
My First Human body Book
By Patricia J. Wynne
Here's the most entertaining way for children to get a good look at the human body and learn how bodies work: 28 fun and instructive, ready-to-color illustrations. Coordinating text explores the muscular, skeletal, nervous, digestive, respiratory, and immune systems, and answers such questions as What is a hiccup? and Where is my DNA?
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0486468216
First Encyclopedia of the Human Body
By Fiona Chandler
This encyclopedia is a simple introduction to the miracle of the human body. With stimulating design and easy-to-read text, this book should enable children to make sense of the body. Thematically arranged, with Internet links, illustrations and simple interactive activities throughout, this book should engage and entertain young readers and provide an excellent first point of reference for school projects and assignments.
Grades 2-6 ISBN: 079450695X
Bones, Brains and DNA: The Human Genome and Human Evolution
Based on the New Hall of Human Origins in the American Museum of Natural History, Bones, Brains and DNA takes the young reader to the cutting edge of science, exploring and examining the tools by which we study our origins.
Grades 6-9 ISBN:159373056X
The Magic School Bus Has a Heart
By Ann Capeci
Ms. Frizzle's class is learning about the heart. They get in the Magic School Bus because they are going to see a movie. But they find themselves on a heart-pounding adventure!
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0439684021
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
By Joanna Cole
Arnold has swallowed the Magic School Bus! Now, instead of seeing an exhibit of the human body at a museum, the class is taking a look at Arnold's stomach, his intestines, his bloodstream, and more from the inside on this heart-stopping fieldtrip - one the reluctant Arnold would be happy to miss.
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0590414275
The Nervous System
By Darlene Stille
Describes the various parts of the nervous system and explains how sensory messages are sent back and forth through nerves between the brain and the body.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 051626270X
The Circulatory System
By Darlene Stille
Stille clearly explains the basic principles of the circulatory system in very simple terms, avoiding technical words whenever possible. In addition to anatomy and physiology, there are chapters about heart attack and how to stay healthy.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0516262610
The Respiratory System
By Darlene Stille
Stille covers anatomy, physiology, and major diseases, and offers health tips. Digestive devotes a chapter to Dr. Beaumont's groundbreaking research; a page to ulcers, including the recent discovery that most cases are caused by bacteria; and good tips on cleanliness and diet.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0516262769
Bones: Our Skeletal System
By Seymour Simon
Simon addresses the anatomy and function of bones and muscles. Describing bones as being like "the framework of a building," he emphasizes that they are living parts of the body, protecting organs and manufacturing blood cells and platelets.
Grades K-4 ISBN: 0688177212
Muscles: Our Muscular System
By Seymour Simon
In Muscles, the three kinds of muscle and their functions are discussed. In addition, the effect of exercise and diagnosing injuries are covered.
Grades K-4 ISBN: 0688177204
Guts: Our Digestive System
By Seymour Simon
Beginning with the teeth, esophagus, and stomach, the information then winds its way through the small and large intestines, with the importance of the pancreas and liver included.
Grades K-4 ISBN: 0060546514
How Do Your Lungs Work?
By Don L. Curry
A simple introduction to the respiratory system: our lungs, how they work, and the damages that can affect our breathing.
Grades K-4 ISBN: 0516278568
Bones
By Steve Jenkins
From the life-sized human skull grinning out from the brick-red cover to a complete skeleton waving goodbye from a gatefold late in the book, bones are given an entertaining and fresh treatment. Beginning with the opening spread of life-sized animal bones, human bones are quantified and qualified. Hands, feet, femurs, ribs, spine, and skull are shown and compared to other species.
Grades 3-6 ISBN: 0545046513
Why Do My Feet Fall Asleep?: And Other Questions About the Circulatory System
By Sharon Cromwell
Describes how the human circulatory system works and discusses such related topics as blood pressure, bruising, and shivering.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 1575721627
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
By Joanna Cole
Ms. Frizzle¹s class has been studying the senses. But they're in for a real lesson when assistant principle Mr. Wilde ends up behind the wheel of the magic School Bus. He and the kids take an amazing ride into the eye of a passing policeman, the ear of a child, and the nose of a dog! On the way they learn facts about sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. But how will they get back to school with the Friz?
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0590446983
What is Hearing?
By Jennifer Boothroyd
A fire alarm's wail. A cat's quiet purr Your ears let you hear all kinds of sounds, both loud and soft. But how do your ears work? And how does your sense of hearing help you?
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0761350144
What is Taste?
By Jennifer Boothroyd
Salty popcorn. Sweet watermelon. Your tongue lets you taste these things and more. But how does your sense of taste work? And how does it help you?
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0761342516
What is Smell?
By Jennifer Boothroyd
The sweet smell of roses and the rotten smell of garbage: your nose lets you smell these scents and more. But how does your nose work? And how does your sense of smell help you?
Grades 1-4 ISBN: 0761342532
Touch
By Kay Woodward
There are so many different things to touch - some are hard, some are soft; some are smooth and some are rough. Find out how your sense of touch allows you to feel all these incredible things all around.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0750246731
Smell
By Kay Woodward
The world is filled with many different smells - some are nice and some are nasty; some are spicy and some are sweet. Find out how you use your sense of smell to sniff out all these incredible smells all around.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0750246715
Sight
By Kay Woodward
The world is filled with so many different sights, colours and shapes. Some are light and bright and some are dull and dark. Find out how you use your sense of sight to see all of these wonderful things all around.
Grades 2-5 ISBN: 0750245980
The Five Senses
By Sally Hewitt
Each title in this series introduces children to an aspect of science that is part of their everyday world. Clear simple text works closely with top-quality photography and easy-to-understand diagrams to encourage learning. Each page is full of things for readers to notice, talk about and try out for themselves.
Grades K-3 ISBN: 0749642777
