Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books
Age Level: 3-6 years old


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...

Fleabag
By: Helen Stephens
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Home
By: Carson Ellis
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Nonfiction
Travel through time, imagination, literature, and more for a unique look at "home" in any number...

Home, Sweet Home: What Makes a House a Home?
By: Moira Butterfield
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Nonfiction
The world is full of different homes, from tents and huts to bobbing boats, and apartments high...

How a House Is Built
By: Gail Gibbons
Age Level: 3-6 years old
As readers quickly comprehend, building a house is a complex project requiring the cooperative...

In the Small, Small Pond
By: Denise Fleming
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Jump into Science: Coral Reefs
By: Sylvia Earle
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Readers explore a coral reef with a snorkeling young swimmer and see what the swimmer sees as...

Looking Closely Along the Shore
By: Frank Serafini
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Looking Closely Around the Pond
By: Frank Serafini
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Look very closely. What do you see? It may be something familiar or quite out of the ordinary....

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...

On the Way to the Beach
By: Henry Cole
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Young readers are invited to look and listen as they join a girl on a summer morning walk to the...

Out on the Prairie
By: Donna Bateman
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Trout Are Made of Trees
By: April Sayre
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Nonfiction
Age Level: 6-9 years old


A Beach for the Birds
By: Bruce McMillan
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction

A City Through Time
By: Philip Steele
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Follow the progress of an imaginary city through six key periods of time, each captured by a...

A House Is a House for Me
By: Mary Ann Hoberman
Age Level: 6-9 years old

A Place for Fish
By: Melissa Stewart
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Full color illustrations and clear language present a range of fish in different ecosystems in...

Along the Tapajós
By: Fernando Vilela
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Fiction
Cauã and Inaê are a brother and sister who live in a small community along the Tapajós River in...

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...

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...

Home
By: Jeannie Baker
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Fiction
Little by little, baby Tracy grows. She and her neighbors begin to rescue their street. Together...

Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale
By: Brenda Williams
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
With lyrical rhymes, readers explore a dazzling underwater menagerie. Each rhyming couplet gives...

If You Lived Here: Houses of the World
By: Giles Laroche
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Leaving the Nest
By: Mordicai Gerstein
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A baby jay, a small stripped kitten and a little girl with a bike come together in an unexpected...

Nat Geo Wild Animal Atlas: Earth's Astonishing Animals and Where They Live
By: National Geographic Kids
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Dramatic photographs, attention-grabbing facts, and clear maps introduce a world of animals and...

Roberto: The Insect Architect
By: Nina Laden
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Ever since he was a wee mite (a termite, that is), Roberto has wanted to be an architect....

Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet
By: Joan Dunning
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The mystery of why a Pacific seabird nests inland has only recently been solved. Lyrical...

Seashells: More Than a Home
By: Melissa Stewart
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
Young naturalists discover thirteen seashells in this elegant introduction to the remarkable...

The Barn Owls
By: Tony Johnston
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
A poetic tribute to the common barn owl, who doze "in the scent of wheat" and leave "the barn...

When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone
By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Stunning photographs combine with a clear text to show how early use of Yellowstone, changed it...

Where Once There Was a Wood
By: Denise Fleming
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This book is a good introduction to the effects people can have on the environment. The simple...
Age Level: 9-12 years old


Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon
By: Sy Montgomery
Age Level: 9-12 years old

Take Shelter: At Home Around the World
By: Nikki Tate
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some...

The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
By: Sy Montgomery
Age Level: 9-12 years old