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quite simply, charlotte mason’s recommended living science books have been carefully chosen to be excellent living books that have good science content, minimal evolution, and minimal environmentalism.
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reference books
- ellie’s diary: exploring the forest where the big tree fell by judith l. li
- Outings: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird Watching, and Coastal Walks by Jim Arnosky
- How to Make a Miniature Zoo by Vinson Brown
- insect museum by sonia dourlot
- the life cycles of butterflies: from egg to maturity, a visual guide to 23 common garden butterflies by judy burris and wayne richards
- a little guide to wildflowers by charlotte voake
- notes from nature by wayne richards and judy burris
- pets in a jar by seymour simon
- secrets from a wildlife watcher by jim arnosky</li
- shelf pets: caring for small wild animals by edward ricciuti
- the tree identification book by george w. d. Symonds
- Millicent Selsam’s Underwater Zoos
- Wild Clues! a guide to nature’s footprints by jim arnosky
- your pet insect by richard headstrom
grades 1-3
habitats
- about habitats: wetlands by cathryn sill
- babies in the swamp by jim arnosky
- the creek book: exploring smaller streams by jim arnosky
- butternut hollow pond by brian heinz
- crinkleroot’s visit to crinkle cove by jim arnosky
- the deer watch by pat lowery collins
- A Desert Scrapbook: Sunrise to Sunset in the Sonoran Desert by Virginia Wright-Frieson
- Frog in a Swamp by John Himmelman
- In the Woods by Jim Arnosky
- island scrapbook: sunrise till sunset on a barrier island virginia wright-frierson
- life in a wetland by carol lindeen
- looking for loons by jennifer lloyd
- mississippi heading north by sanna anderson baker
- my visit to the aquarium by aliki
- night in the country by cynthia rylant
- pond and creek by arthur ransome
- the raft by jim lamarche
- smash! a walk through nancy luenn wetlands
- ronald rood wetlands
- where thomas locker’s river begins
- jim arnosky’s wild and swampy
- wonders of the pond by francene sabin
plants
- cactus hotel by brenda z. guiberson
- crinkleroot’s guide to trees by jim arnosky
- the life of a dandelion by john himmelman
- flip, float, fly!: seeds in motion by joann early macken
- jerry pallotta’s flower alphabet book
- eve bunting’s flower garden
- seed to plant gail gibbons
- how apples grow by betsy maestro
- in a nutshell by joseph anthony
- the dandelion life cycle by paula hogan
- lives of trees: an uncommon story by diana wells
- my favorite tree by diane iverson
- planting a rainbow by lois ehlert
- planting the wild garden by kathryn o. galbraith
- plants that never bloom: a book on plants without flowers by ruth heller
- a seed has a dream by dianna hutts aston
- seeds by ken robbins
- tell me tree: all about trees for kids by gail gibbons
- the little seed by eric carle
- a tree is a plant by clyde robert bulla
- wonderful willows by jerome wexler
- zinnia flower garden by monica wellington
insects and spiders
- are you a dragonfly? by judy allen and tudor humphries
- bees and wasps by sally morgan
- be kind to spiders by margaret bloy graham
- the bug that laid the golden eggs from millicent selsam
- bumblebee by j. v. wilson
- bumblebee at apple tree lane by laura gates galvin
- caterpillars and how they live by robert mcclung
- the flight of the honey bee by raymond huber
- lela nargi’s bee man
- john himmelman’s life of a house spider
- robert mcclung’s ladybug
- ladybug on orchard avenue de kathleen weidner zoehfeld
- the life cycle of the honey bee by paula hogan
- little black ant on park street by janet halfmann
- monarch and milkweed by helen frost </li
- the life of a monarch butterfly by john himmelman
- wasps by margaret hall
- wasps by martha rustad
- where joanne’s butterflies grow ryder
- sphinx by robert mcclung
other invertebrates
- life of an earthworm by john himmelman
- next time you see a mealybug by emily morgan
- worms moving at work by wendy pfeffer
- wolfsnail: a backyard predator by sarah c. campbell
- linda glaser’s wonder worms
birds
- adopted by an owl: the true story of jackson the owl by robbyn smith van frankenhuyzen
- all night near the water by jim arnosky
- canada goose at cattail lane by janet halfmann
- the ducks and their ducklings by margaret hall
- the ducks don’t get wet by augusta goldin
- the emperor’s egg by martin jenkins
- emu by claire saxby
- a first look at ducks, geese and swans by millicent selsam and joyce hunt
- flamingo sunset by jonathan london
- from egg to robin by susan canizares
- great northern diver: the rascal by barbara juster esbensen
- seagulls…seagulls…seagulls by gail gibbons
- henry the heron impatient by donna love
- its nesting time by roma gans
- little penguin: emperor of antarctica by jonathan london
- little swan by jonathan london
- loon by susan vande griek
- loon on northwood lake by elizabeth ring
- mallard duck on the pond overlooking the meadow by wendy pfeffer
- molly the o wl: the true story of a barn owl that ends up being not so common after all by eric blehm
- ookpik: the travels of a snowy owl by bruce hiscock
- owls by adrienne mason
- the pilgrim’s journey: a migration story by madeleine dunphy
- redbird: the story of a cardinal by robert mcclung
- robins fly north, robins fly south by john kaufmann
- robins in your backyard by nancy carol willis
- owl at midnight by c. drew lamm
- seagull by the shore by vanessa birch
- swan flyway by dana limpert
- tony’s birds by millicent selsam
- urban roosts: where birds nest in the city by barbara bash
- watching water birds by jim arnosky
- whistling wings by laura goering
- wings along the canal by mary barrett brown
mammals
- the adventures of thornton burgess reddy fox
- build, beaver, build: life at the longest beaver dam by sandra markle
- a caribou ride by Debbie S. miller
- chipmunk in hollow tree lane by victoria sherrow
- chippy chipmunk parties in kathy miller’s garden
- coyote attack in cactus canyon by jim arnosky </li
- the crinkleroot book of animal tracks and wildlife signs by jim arnosky
- every fall bear comes by jim arnosky
- sandra markle family pack
- fraser bear: a cub’s life by maggie de vries
- grandpa buffalo by jim arnosky
- hungry coyote by cheryl blackford
- little sibu: an orangutan tale by sally grindley
- a whole day: wolves by jim arnosky
- otter alone: a sea otter’s story by doe boyle
- otters underwater by jim arnosky
- otters underwater by jim arnosky
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- raccoon moon by nancy carol willis
- save the squeak : the otter tale by jennifer keats curtis
- stellaluna by janell cannon
- waiting for ice by sandra ma rkle
- whitefoot: a wood mouse’s story by robert mcclung
- winter harvest by jane chelsea aragon
- woodchuck on blackberry road by c. drew lamm
reptiles and amphibians
- about amphibians: a guide for kids by cathryn sill
- all about frogs by jim arnosky
- box turtle in the long pond by william george
- bufo: the story of a toad by robert mcclung
- crocodile safari by jim arnosky
- dig, wait, listen: the story of a desert toad by april pulley sayre
- Frog Faces by Mark Moffett
- Frogs by Gail Gibbons
- Growing Frogs: Read and Marvel by Vivian French
- pocket daddy by sandra markle
- out to sea by brenda guiberson
- let’s get turtles by millicent selsam
- nic bishop frogs by nic bishop (not reader version scholastic)</li
- nic bishop’s snakes by nic bishop (not the scholastic reader’s version).
- a little turtle by nicola davies
- salamander season by jennifer keats curtis
- snakes by donna bailey
- verdi by janell cannon
fish and other aquatic creatures
- about fish: a children’s guide by cathryn sill
- ellie & ollie eel: the story of a fantastic journey by suzanne tate
- leaper: the story of an atlantic salmon by robert mcclung
- the seasons of the ocean by ron hirschi
- salmon creek by annette lebox
- sammy the prickly stickleback by paul duffield
- seahorses by jennifer keats curtis
- seahorse: the biggest fish shy of the sea by chris butterworth
- starfish by robert mcclung
- starfish: a day in the life of a starfish by janet halfmann
- think of an eel by karen wallace
- when the crabs cross the sand: the migration to christmas island by sharon katz cooper
human body
- bones by steve jenkins
- the circulatory story by mary k. corcoran
- a drop of blood by paul showers
- eye: how it works by david macaulay
- eyes by shannon caster
- germs do me sick by melvin berger
- gurgling and grunting: learning about your stomach by pamela hill nettleton
- a journey through the human body by john halsam and steve parker
- look, listen, taste, touch and smell: learning about your five senses by pamela hill nettleton
- me and my amazing body by joan sweeney
- from the outside in by clare smallman
- the quest to digest by mary k. corcoran
- why i sneeze, shiver, hiccup and yawn by melvin berger
- your skin and mine by paul showers
properties of light
- all the colors of the rainbow by allan fowler
- what does a shadow do? by clyde robert bulla
time
- anne rockwell clouds
- the same day in march: a tour of the world climate of the singer of marilyn
- when winter comes by russell freedman
- the wind blew by pat hutchins
water cycle
- a drop around the world by barbara mckinney
- water dance by thomas locker
geology
- geography a to z: an illustrated glossary by jack knowlton
- julie the rockhound by gail langer karwoski
- dirt by steve tomecek
astronomy
- footprints on the moon by alexander siy
- moonfinder by jay ryan
- the sky is full of stars by franklyn branley
- star stories for little folks by gertrude chandler warner
- sun by steve tomecek
- sun up, sun down: the story of day and night by jacqui bailey
- what he does than day and night by franklyn branley
- what’s so special about planet earth? by Robert E. wells
classification
- benny’s animals by millicent selsam
mechanical science, physical science, engineering
- bridges are for crossing by philemon sturges
general sciences
- a children’s book on the garden by arthur ransome
- a children’s book on the seasons by arthur ransome
- margaret boyle’s outdoor secrets
- the book of popcorn by tomie de paola
biographies
- Into the Deep: The Life of Naturalist and Explorer William Beebe by David Sheldon
- Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire Nivola
- Fish Man : A Jacques Cousteau Story by Jennifer Berne
- A Great Leap: The Neil Armstrong Story by Don Brown
- Little Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre & his insect world by matthew clark smith
- a weed is a flower: the life of george washington carver by aliki
grades 4-6
habitats
- all about the great rivers of the world by anne terry white
- all about the jungle by armstrong sperry
- life in the ponds by jean gorvett
- the most beautiful roof in the world: exploring the rainforest canopy by kathryn lasky
- nature in the neighborhood by gordon morrison
- the pond by gordon morrison
- swamp life : an almanac of glen rounds
plants
- millicent selsam bulbs, corms and the like
- millicent selsam catnip
- millicent selsam cotton
- little guide to wildflowers by charlotte voake
- oak by gordon morrison
- plant breeding: how do you grow a giant pumpkin? by cath senker
- the tree book for children and adults by gina ingoglia
mushrooms and fungi
- all about animals and their young by robert mcclung
- all about the strange beasts of today by robert s. lemmon
- animal tails by george f. bricklayer
- tooth & claw: the wild world of large predators by jim arnosky
- wildlife at your doorstep by glen rounds
- all about the insect world by ferdinand c. lane
- all kinds of bees by dorothy shuttlesworth
- bramble-bees and others by jean-henri fabre
- scientific insects by donna jackson
- cicadas!: weird and wonderful by laurence pringle
- discovering what crickets do by seymour simon
- an extraordinary life: a monarch butterfly’s story by laurence pringle
- the fiddlers: crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts by phyllis perry
- the firefly and other beetles by jean-henri fabre
- grasshoppers and crickets of north america by sara swan miller
- insect adventures by jean-henri fabre
- insect researchers: entomologists by richard spilsbury
- insect life in pond and stream by francis and lucy duncan (f. m. and L. T. Duncan)
- insects & spiders by noel tait
- insects of jack by edmund selous
- the life of the spider by jean-henri fabre
- locusts: insects in motion by sandra markle
- spiders inside and out by sandra markle
- praying mantises: hungry insect heroes by sandra markle
- the secret lives of backyard bugs by judy burris and wayne richards</li
- spiders by seymour simon
- stick insects: defense masters by sandra markle
- the life of the snail by theres buholzer
- the life in a bucket of dirt by alvin and virginia silverstein (pseudonym: richard rhine)
- the burgess bird children’s book by thornton burgess
- the kingdom of mimus: the story of a nightingale by majorie rankin steurt
- kōlea: the story of the pacific golden plover by marion costa
- thunderbirds by jim arnosky
- wings along the canal by mary barrett brown
- all about horses by marguerite henry
- animals come to my house: a storybook guide to caring for small wild animals by esther kellner
- business of beavers by glen rounds
- the burgess animal book for children by thornton burgess
- coyote: stephen swinburne’s dog of north america
- bats outside and inside sandra markle
- robert mcclung’s swift deer
- robert mcclung’s white tail
- all about snakes by bessie m. hecht
- crocodiles & alligators by seymour simon
- frog: the life and times of a young frog by steve parker
- snakes on the outside and inside by sandra markle
- snakes: your place in the sun by robert mcclung
- dinosaurs designed by duane gish
- thor: the last of the sperm whales by robert mcclung
- whales!: weird and wonderful by laurence pringle
- all about the great medical discoveries of david dietz
- all about the human body by bernard glemser (caution: it has a chapter on reproduction).
- how we are born , how we grow, how our body works. . .and how we learn by joe kaufman (caution: it has a chapter on reproduction).
- all about the weather by ivan ray tannehill
- the secret life of a snowflake: a close look at art & science of snowflakes by kenneth libbrecht
- winter in america by seymour simon
- a drop of water from walter wick
- inside the water cycle of william b. rice
- all about our changing rocks by anne terry white
- minerals, rocks and soil by barbara davis
- all about the stars by anne terry white
- first on the moon by barbara hehner
- stargazing by buzz aldrin
- el sun by seymour simon
- all about electricity by anger m. freeman
- all about famous inventors and their inventions by fletcher pratt
- all about rockets and jets by fletcher pratt
- archimedes and his wonderful discoveries by arthur jonas
- machines and how they work by harvey weiss
- all about famous scientific expeditions by raymond holden
- all about sailing the seven seas by ruth brindze
- all about light and sound by connie jankowski
- all about underwater exploration by ruth brindze
- oceans by seymour simon
- out of sight: images of hidden worlds by seymour simon
- for the birds: the life of roger tory peterson by peggy thomas
- joseph hooker: botanist pioneer by pat griggs
- pasteur’s fight against microbes by beverly birch
- the plant hunters: true stories of their daring adventures to the farthest corners of the earth by anita silvey
- the juvenile book on insects by edwin way teale
- social life in the world of insects by jean-henri fabre
- owls in the family by farley mowat
- owls: the silent fliers by r. d. Lawrence
- cry wild for r. d. lawrence
- wolves by r. d. Lawrence
- the way we work: understanding the amazing human body by david macaulay (caution: it has a chapter on reproduction).
- eric sloane’s book of storms by eric sloane
- eric sloane’s book of weather by eric sloane
- the book of weather by michael oard
- footprints in the ash by john morris and steven a. austin
- the geology book of dr. John D. morris
- the astronomy book of dr. jonathan henry
- the brooklyn bridge: they said it couldn’t be built because of judith st. george
- building big by david macaulay
- how things work by david macaulay
- isaac newton by harry sootin
- michael faraday: from errand boy to master physicist by harry sootin
- pasteur and the unseen giants by edward f. dolan, jr.
- adventures in nature by edwin way teale
- autumn across america by edwin way teale
- journey into summer by edwin way teale
- up north with spring by edwin way teale
- wandering through winter by edwin way teale
- the zoo that never was r. d. Lawrence
- from darkness to light and flight: monarch — the miracle butterfly by jules h. poirier
- the strange lives of familiar insects by edwin way teale
- the voyage of the stella de r. d. Lawrence
- in praise of wolves by r. d. lawrence
- never cry wolf by farley mowat
- rice by r. d. lawrence
- secret go the wolves by r. d. lawrence
- the trail of the wolf by r. d. lawrence
- the white cougar by r. d. Lawrence
- Our Created Moon: Earth’s Fascinating Neighbor by Don Deyoung and John Whitcomb
- The Stargazer’s Guide to the Night Sky by Dr. jason lisle
- the stars: a new way of seeing them by h. a. king
- the weather book: an easy to understand guide to us weather. uu. by jack williams
- the art of construction: projects and principles for beginning engineers & architects by mario salvadori