Bibliography
The books listed below may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
Books for Browsing
- Wake Up, It's Spring!
- Harper 2004 (40p)
- When the sun warms the earth, it wakes all kinds of creatures who celebrate the change in the weather.
- Mouse's First Spring
- Simon 2005 (32p)
- A mouse and his mama discover that the whole world is in bloom when they venture outside.
- Little Bear's Little Boat
- Clarion 2003 (32p)
- Little Bear loves his rowboat, but one day he discovers he's grown right out of it.
- Ollie
- Houghton 2003 (32p)
- Goslings Gossie and Gertie wait and wait for Ollie to hatch, but independent Ollie comes out when he's good and ready.
- From the Garden: A Counting Book About Growing Food
- Picture Window 2004 (32p)
- A family picks 11 different vegetables from their garden and makes 12 beautiful salads.
- Math
- Pie in the Sky
- Harcourt 2004 (32p)
- A father and child watch their backyard cherry tree change through the seasons, and make a pie when the cherries ripen.
- Planting a Rainbow
- Voyager 1992 (32p)
- A mother and child plant all kinds of flowers and watch them grow into a rainbow of color.
- Singing Robins
- Lerner 2000 (32p)
- Photographs and brief text introduce the behavior and life cycle of the robin.
- Science
Books for Teacher Read Aloud
- Three Feet Small
- Harcourt 2005 (32p)
- A bear finds it hard to be little, but just as he's losing hope that he'll ever get bigger, he begins to grow.
- Possum and the Peeper
- Houghton 2000 (32p)
- Possum and his animal friends set out to find the source of the noise that has woken them from their winter sleep.
- Science
- Paperwhite
- Houghton 2000 (32p)
- Miss Mamie and Lucy plant a paperwhite bulb and watch it grow and change through the winter.
- Good Morning, Garden
- Northword 2004 (32p)
- Early in the morning, a girl greets the flowers and the insects in her garden.
- Life Cycle of a Turtle
- Heinemann 2001 (32p)
- Photos and brief text describe the characteristics and development stages of a turtle.
- Science
- Jacob's Tree
- Greenwillow 1999 (32p)
- Everyone tells Jacob, the smallest in his family, that he'll grow soon, but he finds it hard to wait.
- A Harvest of Color: Growing a Vegetable Garden
- Ragged Bears 2002 (26p)
- In a photographic gardening primer, each of five neighborhood children chooses a vegetable to plant and nurture in a garden.
- Science
- Zinnia's Flower Garden
- Dutton 2005 (32p)
- Zinnia plants a garden, tends its growth, and sells her beautiful flowers to customers.
- Science
- The Whole Green World
- Farrar 2005 (32p)
- A girl and her dog, assisted by birds, insects, and the sun, plant all kinds of things on an imaginary journey around the world.
- Watch It Grow: Duck
- Smart Apple Media 2003 (32p)
- A photographic introduction to ducks emphasizes how they hatch, change, and grow.
- Science
- Farfallina and Marcel
- HarperTrophy 2005 (32p)
- Farfallina, a caterpillar, and Marcel, a gosling, remain great friends even after they change and grow.
- Science
- Countdown to Spring!
- Knopf 2004 (24p)
- Once spring has come, ten ladybugs and other woodland and meadow animals come out to play.
- Math
Classics Corner
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Philomel 1969 (32p)
- A caterpillar eats its way through the days of the week and finally turns into a beautiful butterfly.
- Science; Math
- Are You My Mother?
- Random 1960 (72p)
- A baby bird who falls out of his nest asks every animal he sees if they are his mother.
- Inch by Inch
- Harper 1962 (32p)
- An inchworm comes up with a clever idea to keep it from being eaten by a robin.
- Math
- Leo the Late Bloomer
- Harper 1971 (32p)
- A tiger cub eventually catches up to his more accomplished friends in this reassuring story of growth and change.
- The Carrot Seed
- Harper 1945 (24p)
- A boy plants a carrot seed and waits patiently for it to grow, although everyone around him says that “it won't come up.”