Bibliography

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Books for Browsing

Animal Babies in Towns and Cities
Kingfisher 2005 (24p)
Photos and interactive text introduce foxes, squirrels, raccoons, and other baby animals found in urban areas.
Science
City 1, 2, 3
by Zoran Milich
Kids Can 2005 (32p)
Photographs of the city reveal numbers from one through ten.
Math
Little Rabbits' First Farm Book
by Alan Baker
Kingfisher 2003 (32p)
A group of rabbits spend a busy day helping with chores around a farmyard.
One Little Lamb
by Elaine Greenstein
Viking 2004 (24p)
From lamb to wool to yarn to knitting, this book shows the creation of two mittens.
Social Studies
City Shapes: Circles
by Jan Kottke
Children's Press 2000 (24p)
Readers find circles on traffic lights and other objects in a city. See others in series.
Social Studies
All Aboard! A True Train Story
by Susan Kuklin
Orchard 2003 (32p)
An historic steam engine chugs its way through the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Social Studies
My Car
by Byron Barton
Greenwillow 2001 (40p)
Sam describes the parts of his car, how to drive safely, and where he likes to go in it.
City Colors
by Zoran Milich
Kids Can 2004 (24p)
Photographs of city objects are labeled with the colors they represent.
Social Studies

Books for Teacher Read Aloud

Tremendous Tractors
by Tony Mitton
Kingfisher 2003 (24p)
Rhyming text describes how tractors pull all kinds of farm machines from plows to balers.
Social Studies
From Here to There
by Nancy Laney Skultety
Boyds Mills 2005 (32p)
Farmer Dibble decides he needs a road built to make his journey into town less bumpy.
I Swapped My Dog
by Harriet Ziefert
Houghton 2000 (32p)
A fickle farmer has trouble deciding on the perfect pet in this story of barnyard mishap.
Everything Is Different at Nonna's House
by Caron Lee Cohen
Clarion 2003 (32p)
A boy describes the differences between his city home and his grandparents' farm.
Social Studies
The Little Country Town
by Jandelyn Southwell
Holt 2000 (32p)
Poetic text evokes the sights and sounds of a quiet country town at the end of the day.
Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC
by Debora Pearson
Holiday 2003 (32p)
All kinds of vehicles zip and zoom their way through the city and the country in this alphabet book.
Foods from the Farm
by Rebecca Weber
Compass Point 2004 (24p)
This book explains how almost everything we eat comes from farms.
Social Studies
This Little Chick
by John Lawrence
Candlewick 2002 (32p)
When he visits his animal friends on a farm, a chick learns to imitate their sounds.
Flashing Fire Engines
by Tony Mitton
Kingfisher 2000 (24p)
Rhyming text follows a fire engine on its way to put out a fire.
Hattie and the Fox
by Mem Fox
Aladdin 1992 (32p)
Hattie the hen's farm friends pay no attention when she tries to warn them about a fox.
Tiny's Big Adventure
by Martin Waddell
Candlewick 2004 (32p)
Katy Mouse guides her little brother on his first adventure-filled visit to a wheat field.
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
by George Shannon
Greenwillow 2003 (32p)
Little Chick comes up with a solution when a grumpy dog blocks her family's path to the garden.
Sheep in a Jeep
by Nancy Shaw
Houghton 1986 (32p)
A group of sheep run into car trouble during a drive in the country in this funny, rhyming story.

Classics Corner

Rosie's Walk
by Pat Hutchins
Simon 1968 (32p)
A hungry fox slinks behind an unsuspecting hen as she walks around the barnyard.
Skip to My Lou
by Mary Ann Hoberman
Little, Brown 2003 (32p)
Barnyard animals make a mess in a boy's house in this hilarious twist on a familiar song.
Music
The Very Busy Spider
by Eric Carle
Putnam 1989 (32p)
Farm animals try to divert an industrious spider from spinning her web.
Petunia
by Roger Duvoisin
Knopf 2000 (32p)
A silly goose learns that carrying a book doesn't necessarily mean she's knowledgeable.