Children's books and activities

Bugs, Birds and Animals

Do you know any kids who are fascinated by bugs, birds, snakes, and other animals? We've gathered up a great collection of books, activities, apps, and websites for learning all about animals.

Try pairing fiction with nonfiction books and exploring different genres (like poetry and biographies) and formats (like graphic novels and audio books). You'll be creating your own "text sets" — collections of texts focused on a specific topic, such asbugs, birds, and animals. Reading widely in this way helps children build background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

You might also want to explore our free toolkits: Bird Buddies and River Rangers.

Bugs, Birds and Animals

Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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999 Frogs Wake Up

By: Ken Kimura

Age Level: 3-6 years old

998 of the 999 frogs (who were once 999 Tadpoles awaken their big brother for an action-packed...

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About Birds / Sobre los parjaros

By: Catherine Sill

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Handsome, realistic illustrations accompanied by straightforward information about North...

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About Birds: A Guide for Children

By: Cathryn Sill

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

A first book on birds that uses clear, easy-to-understand language to teach children what birds...

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Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures

By: Kwame Alexander

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird — pairing the beautiful...

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Animal Dads

By: Sneed Collard

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Lush collage illustration and clear text share information about male animals and how they care...

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Animals: A First Art Book

By: Lucy Micklethwait

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Young children will delight in seeing familiar animals in their natural habitats, portrayed in the...

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Ants

By: Mari Schuh

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Clear photographs in a colorful format combine with brief information to provide an introduction to...

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Are You My Mother?

By: P.D. Eastman

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this funny, classic story, originally published in...

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Bear Came Along

By: Richard T. Morris

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Once there was a river flowing through a forest. The river didn't know it was capable of...

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Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails

By: Betsy Franco

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Lyrical language and textured collages poetically convey the wonder of patterns and shapes in...

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Beetle Bop

By: Denise Fleming

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Beetles come in many shapes and sizes — revealed in rhyming text and luminous illustrations....

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Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why

By: Lita Judge

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Birds communicate by the sounds they make and the way they act. Playful illustrations and text...

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Birds Make Nests

By: Michael Garland

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Birds make many kinds of nests in many kinds of places, to keep their eggs safe and to raise...

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Can You See Me?

By: Ted Lewin

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Sharp eyes are needed to see most of the well-camouflaged creatures in the Costa Rican...

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Cat Says Meow and Other An-i-mal-o-poe-ia

By: Michael Arndt

Age Level: 3-6 years old

The sounds familiar animals make (squeak, meow, oink, etc.) are each presented in a simple...

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Crustacean Vacation

By: Brian Benoit

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Humans are sure to see themselves in the beach vacation taken by a crab family. From playing in the...

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Cuddled and Carried / Consentido y cargado

By: Dia Michels

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Bilingual book celebrates the bond between parent and child in the animal kingdom. Babies —...

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Daytime Nighttime

By: William Low

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Richly hued, lush, realistic illustrations answer the question of what a child might see during...

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Diary of a Worm

By: Doreen Cronin

Age Level: 3-6 years old

What icky creature looks the same from both ends? The worm, of course! For the first time ever,...

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Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

By: Lynne Cox

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Most elephant seals live in the ocean but one prefers the Avon River in Christchurch, New...

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Every Autumn Comes the Bear

By: Jim Arnosky

Age Level: 3-6 years old

As the seasons change, a large black bear prepares for hibernation. In his search for a den, he...

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Fabulous Frogs

By: Martin Jenkins

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Endpages show swimming tadpoles; turn the page and the progression from tadpole to frog appears...

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Feathers for Peacock

By: Jacqueline Jules

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

An pourquoi story that blends folktale motifs from around the world to explain why the peacock...

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Fleabag

By: Helen Stephens

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A dog with no name and no home meets a boy with a ball but no dog. Boy and dog play in the park...

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Flight of the Honey Bee

By: Raymond Huber

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Follow the flight of a honey bee as she searches for nectar to sustain her hive and, along the...

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Good Dog, Carl

By: Alexandra Day

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

A lovable Rottweiler named Carl has everthing under control while Mom steps out on an errand. Or...

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Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?

By: Rita Gray

Age Level: 3-6 years old

As two children take a walk, they observe and listen to the call of familiar birds – a mourning...

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Have You Seen My Duckling?

By: Nancy Tafuri

Age Level: 3-6 years old

An anxious mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling...

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Hello Hello

By: Brendan Wenzel

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Say hello to a dazzling array of animals presented in intriguing groupings. Starting with “Hello...

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Hello, Crow

By: Candace Savage

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Gently motivates kids and their families to be observant when exploring parks, backyards,...

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Henry's Map

By: David Elliot

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Henry is a very particular sort of pig. "A place for everything and everything in its place," he...

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Here Come the Humpbacks!

By: April Sayre

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

A mother humpback whale and her calf travel from the Caribbean Sea to the coast of New England and...

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How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships

By: Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Unlikely animals work together to the benefit of both as do more usual pairings such as dogs and...

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How to Heal a Broken Wing

By: Bob Graham

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

In a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground....

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I Spy in the Sky

By: Edward Gibbs

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Die-cuts let readers 'spy' a portion of an animal while text provides clues as to what it might...

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If You Want to See a Whale

By: Julie Fogliano

Age Level: 3-6 years old

If a whale is what you want to see — as does the boy in this expressive, delicately illustrated...

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Inch by Inch

By: Leo Lionni

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A small inch worm "green as an emerald" avoids being eating by a hungry robin using his wit — and...

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Just One Bite: 11 Animals and Their Bites at Life Size!

By: Lola Schaefer

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A dot of "dirt (and everything in it)" is a meal for the earthworm seen in a stylized, double...

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Leopard & Silkie: One Boy's Quest to Save the Seal Pups

By: Brenda Peterson

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Join Miles, a young Seal Sitter at the Salish Sea (aka Puget Sound) in Seattle, Washington, as he...

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Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate

By: Bob Graham

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Her parents are receptive to Kate's suggestion, "Let's get a pup!" and head...

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Make Way for Ducklings

By: Robert McCloskey

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for...

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Mama Built a Little Nest

By: Jennifer Ward

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Birds craft surprisingly unique nests. Brief verses introduce different birds and how their nest is...

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Meet the Howlers!

By: April Sayre

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Meet a family of howler monkeys (who get their name from the loud calls they make "Woo-hoo-...

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Montessori: Map Work

By: Bobby George, June George

Age Level: 3-6 years old

"Our world is made of land and water." The land is called CONTINENTS; the water OCEANS. Select...

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Nesting

By: Henry Cole

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Follow two robins as they build a nest with twigs and grass. Then mother robin lays four...

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On the Wing

By: David Elliott

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Through witty, thoughtful poems and colorful, detailed illustrations young readers will learn...

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One Gorilla: A Counting Book

By: Anthony Browne

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Whether or not the primates introduced from 1 to 10 are familiar, readers are sure to appreciate...

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Orangutan

By: Susi Eszterhas

Age Level: 3-6 years old

In the rainforest of Sumatra, a baby orangutan is born. Photographs chronicle her life with mother...

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Out on the Prairie

By: Donna Bateman

Age Level: 3-6 years old

The prairie is home to lush and unique plants and animals. Here they are introduced in the cadence...

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Ruby's Birds

By: Mya Thompson

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

When Ruby realizes there are amazing birds right in her neighborhood, her imagination takes...

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Seagulls Soar

By: April Pulley Sayre

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Did you know that seagulls sometimes live far from the sea — near a lake or farm, or even in a...

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Sounds of the Wild: Bugs

By: Maurice Pledger

Age Level: 3-6 years old

With delightful sounds and pop-up panoramas, this book lets kids hear the hum of bees, the ticking...

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Stripes of All Types

By: Susan Stockdale

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Stripes are found in nature in a variety of flora and fauna in many habitats. From exotic to...

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Suryia Swims! The True Story of How an Orangutan Learned to Swim

By: Bhagavan Antle, Thea Feldman

Age Level: 3-6 years old

How Suryia, a highly photogenic orangutan, learns to swim with other animals in the South Carolina...

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Swamp Chomp

By: Lola Schaefer

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

As swamp residents move, water ripples and the creatures munch, gulp, swallow and more. Short,...

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Temple Cat

By: Andrew Clements

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A temple cat in ancient Egypt grows tired of being worshipped and cared for in a reverent...

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The Butterfly Garden

By: Laura Weston

Age Level: 3-6 years old

The life cycle of a monarch butterfly begins with an egg and a feast by caterpillars; each...

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The Honey Makers

By: Gail Gibbons

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Thousands of bees visited more than a million flowers to gather the nectar that went into that one-...

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The Honeybee Man

By: Lela Nargi

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fred is an urban beekeeper who shares the fruits of his work with neighbors. Information about...

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The Icky Bug Alphabet Book

By: Jerry Pallotta

Age Level: 3-6 years old

For many children, "icky" bugs are endlessly fascinating. This alphabet book helps children...

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The Most Amazing Bird

By: Michael Arvaaluk Kusugak

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

A young girl discovers nature’s surprising beauty in this tale from a renowned Inuk storyteller...

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The Secret Life of the Red Fox

By: Laurence Pringle

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A year in the life of Vixen, a red fox, reveals how these canine omnivores live, hunt, and...

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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

By: Katherine Paterson

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

A beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird'...

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Tico and the Golden Wings

By: Leo Lionni

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

A classic fable encouraging generosity and individuality. All Tico the wingless bird wants is a...

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Trout Are Made of Trees

By: April Sayre

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

As two children and their fathers explore a stream and its natural riches, a straightforward text...

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Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken

By: Douglas Rees

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Tyrannosaurus Rex wants breakfast. He stomps and he roars and he gnashes his teeth ― and he...

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Undersea Animals: A Dramatic Dimensional Visit to Strange Underwater Realms

By: Jane Buxton

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Though not for the youngest hands, stunning colors and amazing pop-ups are used to introduce sea...

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Waiting for Wings

By: Lois Ehlert

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Every spring, butterflies emerge and dazzle the world with their vibrant beauty. But where do...

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We're Sailing to Galapagos: A Week in the Pacific

By: Laurie Krebs

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Two people in bright, stylized garb sail to the islands known as the Galapagos. On successive...

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When You Wander: A Search-and-Rescue Dog Story

By: Margarita Engle

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A golden retriever with a "smart nose" is doing his job: tracking down a young child lost in the...

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Who Has These Feet?

By: Laura Hulbert

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A clearly illustrated pair of feet is shown with the title question. On the next page, the entire...

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Whose Chick Are You?

By: Nancy Tafuri

Age Level: 3-6 years old

As the sun rose, an egg was ready to hatch but whose chick was it? "Whose egg is this?...

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Why Do We Need Bees?

By: Emily Bone

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Why do we need bees? Where do they live? Who's who in a beehive? This lift-the-flap book answers...

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Wolf in the Snow

By: Matthew Cordell

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home?...

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A Boy and a Jaguar

By: Alan Rabinowitz

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all...

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A Garden to Save the Birds

By: Wendy McClure

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

Callum and his sister, Emmy learn that the U.S. has lost a lot of birds in recent years ― and...

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A Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories

By: Gail Ablow

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A nearsighted greyhound? False teeth for an elephant? Strange-but-true animal stories on bright...

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A Nest Is Noisy

By: Dianna Hutts Aston

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

A look at the fascinating world of nests, from those of tiny bee hummingbirds to those of...

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A Place for Birds

By: Melissa Stewart

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

This fact-filled, colorful book looks at the amazing world of birds, the ecosystems that support...

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A Round of Robins

By: Katie Hesterman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Poetry

Sixteen fresh and funny poems welcome a new batch of robins to the world! We follow a pair of...

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About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children

By: Cathryn Sill

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Easy to read text and lush, realistic illustrations provide an accessible but authoritative look...

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About Parrots: A Guide for Children

By: Cathryn Sill

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Some fly, others only walk but regardless of where they live or what they eat, the parrots...

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Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective

By: David Biedrzycki

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Ace Lacewing — whose business is bad bugs — narrates the saga of how he and his trusty sidekick and...

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All the Birds in the World

By: David Opie

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Birds come in many varieties of colors, shapes, and sizes, with different habits and homes. Take...

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Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World

By: Brian Keating

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Travel with Canadian naturalist Brian Keating on a journey around the world to meet some of the...

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Animal Fact / Animal Fable

By: Seymour Simon

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Guess facts from fables about animals — from dogs and cats to bulls and owls; from bees to...

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Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics

By: Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

How many species are there across the globe? How much do all of the insects in the world...

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Ants

By: Deborah Hodge

Age Level: 6-9 years old

What has six legs, is very strong, always busy, and probably lives in your neighborhood? The ant,...

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Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds

By: Elise Gravel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

An early graphic chapter book series about the friendship between Arlo, an arrogant crow, and a...

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Beaks!

By: Sneed Collard

Age Level: 6-9 years old

How can a toucan fly with such a large, cumbersome beak? A toucan's beak is actually light as a...

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Beavers

By: Gail Gibbons

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Beavers are fascinating animals. They build their own homes and live in family groups. They keep...

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Beneath the Sun

By: Melissa Stewart

Age Level: 6-9 years old

While children cavort through a sprinkler on a suburban lawn, animals thrive or survive in other...

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Bird Count

By: Susan Edwards Richmond

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

For the New England Christmas Bird Count, young Ava and her mother prepare to be the best “...

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Birds of a Feather

By: Jane Yolen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Stunning, full color, close-up photographs of birds combined with evocative poems in different...

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Birds, Nests and Eggs

By: Mel Boring

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

A fun, informative take-along guide that will help children identify 15 birds. Kid will learn...

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Birds: Just Like Us!

By: Bridget Heos

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Factual and funny and featuring a lively mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations, learn...

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Bowhead Whale

By: Joanasie Karpik

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Meet bowhead whales in this slim but fact-filled volume. Dramatic illustrations add detail and...

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Butterflies

By: Seymour Simon

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Stunning full-color photographs and tantalizing text introduce these fascinating creatures and...

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Butterflies Belong Here: A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies

By: Deborah Hopkinson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

In this story of community conservation, a girl finds a home in a new place and a way to help...

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Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner

By: Janice N. Harrington

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Charles Henry Turner, the first Black entomologist, was fascinated by plants and animals and bugs....

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Chicken Frank, Dinosaur!

By: S.K. Wenger

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

Chicken Frank wants to prove he’s related to a T.rex ― because of evolution! ― but none of the...

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Circle

By: Jeannie Baker

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Each year, bar-tailed godwits undertake the longest unbroken migration of any bird, flying from...

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City Cat

By: Kate Banks

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The travels of an independent black cat parallel that of a family of four. Both start and end in...

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Creature Features

By: Steve Jenkins, Robin Page

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Meet a variety of animals face-to-face and then learn about some of their most unique features....

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Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs

By: Carol Murray

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Short poems present a range of familiar insects from crickets to Monarch butterflies. Each is...

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Crocodile Safari

By: Jim Arnosky

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Noted naturalist, Arnosky, trekked through Florida's Everglades to count crocodiles, the...

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Dinosaur Feathers

By: Dennis Nolan

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Through rhyming text, learn about the evolutionary link between million-year-old dinosaurs and...

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Dolphins

By: Penelope Arlon

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Splendid photographs are used along with a crisp, easier to read narrative to introduce dolphins...

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Eggs

By: Marilyn Singer

Age Level: 6-9 years old

What is "...a quiet crib, ...a bobbing boat, ...breakfast, lunch and dinner"? An egg, of course....

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Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest

By: Irene Kelly

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Birds live all over the world, but their nests come in many sizes, shapes, and some even borrow...

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Face to Face with Manatees

By: Brian Skerry

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Two different environments, two different authors, one goal achieved: to bring alive the process of...

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Face to Face with Sharks

By: David Doubilet, Jennifer Hayes

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Underwater photographers, Hayes & Doubilet, provide basic information about their work as...

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Feathers: Not Just for Flying

By: Melissa Stewart

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Young naturalists explore 16 birds in this introduction to the many, remarkable uses of feathers...

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Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems/Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales

By: Julie Paschkis

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Short poems about animals appear in English and Spanish accompanied by textured illustrations...

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Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories

By: Jane Yolen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Poetry

Through poems, stories, scientific facts and beautiful art and photography, this book highlights...

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Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles

By: Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

To help baby loggerhead turtles find their way back to the sea, a group of children involve the...

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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

By: Monica Brown

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Featuring charming visuals and lively, often lyrical prose, this picture book introduces Mexican...

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Frog Song

By: Brenda Guiberson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Stunning, realistic illustrations of frogs and onomatopoeic language combine to present frogs and...

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Frogs! Strange and Wonderful

By: Laurence Pringle

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Many different types of frogs and the frog lifecycles are presented through brief but illuminating...

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Gone Again Ptarmigan

By: Jonathan London

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Follows a year in the life of a willow ptarmigan, giving young children a delightful...

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Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight

By: Susan Vande Griek

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Poetry

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Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems

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Henry and Mudge: The First Book

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Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale

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How Do Birds Find Their Way?

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How to Make a Bird

By: Meg McKinlay

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Information Graphics: Animal Kingdom

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Lali's Feather

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Leaving the Nest

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Lizards

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Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard

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Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs

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Lucy in the City: A Story About Developing Spatial Thinking Skills

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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

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Monster Hunt: Exploring Mysterious Creatures

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Mosquito Bite

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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

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Mush! Sled Dogs of the Iditarod

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My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis

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My Happy Year by E. Bluebird (A Nature Diary)

By: Paul Meisel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Nat Geo Wild Animal Atlas: Earth's Astonishing Animals and Where They Live

By: National Geographic Kids

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National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America

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Nature Log Kids: A Kid's Journal to Record Their Birding Experiences

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No Monkeys, No Chocolate

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Noisy Bird Sing-Along

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Olinguito, de La A a la Z!/Olinguito, from A to Z!

By: Lulu Delacre

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Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf

By: Olivia Bouler

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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One 11 year-old girl can make a difference, as young ornithologist and artist Olivia Bouler has...

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Otters Love to Play

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Over and Under the Pond

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Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

By: Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu

Age Level: 6-9 years old

When a tsunami orphans a young hippopotamus, a group of concerned Malidi (on the east coast of...

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Owl Diaries: Eva's Treetop Festival

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Owl Moon

By: Jane Yolen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Paddle Perch Climb: Bird Feet are Neat

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City

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Parrots Over Puerto Rico

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Pika: Life in the Rocks

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Polar Bears

By: Mark Newman

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Presidential Pets: The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House

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Python

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Roberto: The Insect Architect

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Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet

By: Joan Dunning

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Snails Are Just My Speed!

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Did you know that snails build “roads of slimy mucus”, other snails can follow those trails,...

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Snow Birds

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Discover birds who survive winter against all odds! You’ve heard of birds who migrate to warmer...

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Snow School

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In the spring in Pakistan's Hindu Kush Mountains, two hungry snow leopard cubs wait for their...

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Sparrow Girl

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought...

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Spiders and Their Webs

By: Darlyne Murawski

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations

By: Laura Perdew

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Young readers will discover the amazing adaptations that keep certain species of bird alive and...

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Spunky Tells All

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Story Worlds Nature

By: Thomas Hegbrook

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Super Sniffers: Dog Detectives On the Job

By: Dorothy Hinshaw Hinshaw Patent

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Explore the many ways specific dogs put their super sniffing ability to use: from bedbug sniffers...

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The Barn Owls

By: Tony Johnston

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A poetic tribute to the common barn owl, who doze "in the scent of wheat" and leave "the barn...

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The Beak Book

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Explore the fascinating and surprising ways different kinds of birds use their unique beaks....

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The Bee Tree

By: Patricia Polacco

Age Level: 6-9 years old

When Mary Ellen gets bored with her reading, Grandpa knows a hunt for a bee tree is just what...

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The Bee-Man of Orn

By: Frank Stockton

Age Level: 6-9 years old

An aged Bee-man lives contentedly among his insect friends, surviving on honey and the...

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The Big Book of Birds

By: Yuval Zommer

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Filled with exuberant, colorful illustrations, this is a fun introduction to some of the most...

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The Birdwatchers

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A grandfather shares with his grandchild the quiet wonder of birdwatching — and a wry talent for...

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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon

By: Jacqueline Davies

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The story opens with 18-year-old French naturalist John James Audubon roaming Pennsylvania...

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The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They Disappearing?

By: Shelly Rotner, Anne Woodhull

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Bees have been around for over 65 million years but have been in decline since early in the 21st...

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The Cuckoo's Haiku: and Other Birding Poems

By: Michael J. Rosen

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The Fog

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When a fog rolls into Icyland, it prevents Warble, a small yellow warbler, from enjoying his...

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The Life and Times of the Honeybee

By: Charles Micucci

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Detailed, full-color illustrations help explain the complex world inside a beehive and the...

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The Life Cycle of a Honeybee

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The Magic School Bus: Inside a Beehive

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The One and Only Ivan

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The Real Poop on Pigeons

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The Stunning Science of Everything: Science with the Squishy Bits Left In

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The Truth about Hippos

By: Maxwell Eaton III

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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

By: Jeanette Winter

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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There's a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me

By: Loreen Leedy, Pat Street

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Thunder Birds: Nature's Flying Predators

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Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger

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A Siberian tiger cub born at the Denver Zoo is orphaned when he is just a few weeks old. Through...

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Tiny Bird: A Hummingbird's Amazing Journey

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Follow a hummingbird’s amazing migration south for the winter, traveling as fast as 30 miles an...

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Wackiest White House Pets

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Wanted! A Guinea Pig Named Henry

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Welcome, Brown Bird

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Poetic text tells the story of a wood thrush that makes the long migration between New England...

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What If There Were No Bees?

By: Suzanne Slade

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What's Your Favorite Animal?

By: Eric Carle

Age Level: 6-9 years old

When 13 well-known illustrators are asked about their favorite animal, the results are as varied...

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When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone

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Wilderness: An Interactive Atlas of Animals

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Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold

By: Joyce Sidman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

How animals survive — even thrive — in winter is presented in a variety of poetic forms, each...

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Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku

By: Lee Wardlaw

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Won Ton the cat is back with a new arrival: a puppy! How the adult cat and small dog get on – or...

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Woodpecker Wham!

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Wow! Look What Birds Can Do

By: Camilla de la Bedoyere

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Introduces birds from around the world and describes some of their unique characteristics and...

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Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story

By: Stephanie Spinner

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

The story of Alex, an African grey parrot, learned to count, add, and subtract; to recognize...

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Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual

By: Kate Samworth

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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This mock catalog introduces older readers to the concept of bird extinction by providing a kit...

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Backyard Birds (Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists)

By: Karen Stray Nolting, Jonathan Latimer

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

Featuring the original art and bird identification system of celebrated naturalist Roger Tory...

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Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel

By: Nancy Castaldo

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Explore animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and...

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Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle

By: Deborah Lee Rose

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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The true story of Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she was illegally shot,...

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Children's Encyclopedia of Birds

By: Claudia Martin

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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This comprehensive visual encyclopedia includes stunning photography of many bird species,...

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Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard

By: Loree Griffin Burns

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Anyone can get involved in gathering data for ongoing, actual scientific studies such as the...

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Condor Comeback

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Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Scientists are working to save the endangered California Condor. In rich narrative, the author...

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Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird

By: Pamela S. Turner

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Visit a a beautiful Pacific island where a lively cast of both crows and scientists is waiting...

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Crows: Bird Geniuses (Science Comics series)

By: Kyla Vanderklugt

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

Crows have problem-solving skills that will make you you rethink what it means to be a bird...

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Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon

By: Sy Montgomery

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The author joins several field scientists to find the mysterious encantado, the pink dolphins of...

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Glow: Animals with Their Own Nightlights

By: W.H. Beck

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Why be afraid of the dark when there is so much to see? Whether it’s used to hunt, hide, find a...

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Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot

By: Sy Montgomery

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

After five years, the call came allowing the author/photographer team to travel to an island off...

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Leaf Litter Critters

By: Leslie Bulion

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Least Things: Poems about Small Natures

By: Jane Yolen

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Short poems (haiku) were written in response to but also evoke creatures shown in crisp close-up...

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Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

By: Phillip Hoose

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Take a trip around the hemisphere with the world's most celebrated shorebird, showing the...

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Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America’s Own Backyard

By: Mary Kay Carson

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Meet up with scientists studying geysers, grizzlies, salamanders, cacti, and fireflies in some of...

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Science Comics: Sharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter

By: Joe Flood

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Sharks often get a bad reputation from movies and television but they’re crucial to a healthy...

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Slickety Quick: Poems About Sharks

By: Skila Brown

Age Level: 9-12 years old

A poem about the well-known Great White begins this handsomely illustrated collection of poems...

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Songbirds (Peterson Field Guides: Young Naturalists)

By: Karen Stray Nolting, Jonathan Latimer

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

Featuring the original art and bird identification system of celebrated naturalist Roger Tory...

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The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region

By: Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Created for beginning or experienced birders, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide features 545...

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The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

By: Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Created for beginning or experienced birders, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide features 636...

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The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea

By: Sy Montgomery

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The author and photographer Nic Bishop join biologist Lisa Dabek and other scientists and...

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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Second Edition)

By: David Allen Sibley

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

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The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

By: Jan Thornhill

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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The Great Auk was a northern penguin that lived and thrived in the cold waters of the Atlantic....

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The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides)

By: Bill Thompson III

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Covering 300 of the most common birds in the U.S. and Canada, this guide for young people is...

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Wild Wings

By: Gill Lewis

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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A story about Callum, a boy from Scotland and Iona, a girl from West Africa who join together to...

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