Book Category: Natural Cycles

• Worm Makes a Sandwich
  FictionBrianne Farley A very humorous introduction to composting for preschool to younger elementary school kids! Worm keeps telling us he’ll make us a sandwich but it looks like he’s only playing with garbage. Finally, a tomato grows in the dirt enhanced with compost and the issue is nicely resolved. Who wouldn’t want to help worm out with some lovely food scraps! Ages: 3-7 ISBN 13: 978-0593697801 Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: composting
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Watching and Waiting: What Hatches from Nature’s Nurseries
  Non-FictionSara Levine (A veterinarian and an Assistant Professor of Biology) This is a compelling look at eggs, egg cases, and galls in nature, gently encouraging kids to be curious and patient to discover the mystery of what grows inside. Ages: 4-9 ISBN 13: Watching and Waiting: What Hatches from Nature’s Nurseries Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Nature – Keywords: egg cases, eggs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• A Terrible Place for a Nest
  FictionSara Levine, author; Erika Meza, illustrator Having lost their home, Juno and his mom find a new place to live alongside a mourning dove nest But when the birds lose their eggs in an accident, Juno has to determine if this really is a “terrible” place to live. Ages: 4-8 ISBN 10: 1250861225 ISBN 13: 978-1250861221 Category(ies): Birds, Natural Cycles – Keywords: bird nest
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• I’m a Little Deer
  FictionFrancois Crozat Older book, but again, plenty of relatable information – A young deer describes his life with his mother, from his first wobbly steps through joining the herd to beginning to grow antlers Ages 1-8, grades 1-2 ISBN-10: ‎ 0812064186 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0812064186 Category(ies): Mammals, Natural Cycles – Keywords: antlers, deer, fawn
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Go to Sleep, Groundhog!
  FictionJudy Cox, author; Paul Meisel, illustrator Poor Groundhog just can’t sleep. He tosses. He turns. Finally, he gets out of bed and goes exploring. Outside his burrow he finds amazing sights he has never seen before: glowing jack-o’-lanterns, gobbling turkeys, and sparkling holiday lights. But shouldn’t Groundhog be in bed? With no sleep how will he be able to get up for his big day? Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: ‎ 0823416453 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0823416455 Category(ies): Mammals, Natural Cycles – Keywords: mammal, natural cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
  Fiction, Non-FictionWritten by: Lynn Brunelle Illustrated by: Jason Chin Published 2024, Neal Porter Books/Holiday House ISBN-13: 978-0823452286 Death for one whale means life for an entire ecosystem of creatures. Take a deep dive into the fascinating science behind a single whale’s contribution to ocean life. 2025 Siebert Award Winner. Best for ages 4-8 years. Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Mammals, Natural Cycles – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Log Life
  Written by: Amy Hevron Published by Beach Lane Books, February 20, 2024 ISBN-13: 978-1665934985 A deep dive into a nurse-log habitat. When one of  the oldest evergreen on the planet falls, it becomes food, a home, and more to an entire ecosystem. Best for ages 4-8 years. Category(ies): Forest/Trees, Natural Cycles, Plants – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears
  Non-FictionDeborah Hodge Introduces three North American bear species, including the habitat, lifecycle, diet, and many interesting facts. Ages 5-8 ISBN-10: 1550743555 Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Mammals, Natural Cycles – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• A Log’s Life
  Non-FictionWendy Pfeffer Explore the various functions of a fallen oak tree in the ecosystem. Ages 4-8 ISBN-10: 1416934837 Category(ies): Forest/Trees, Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Prairie – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Secrets of Inland Waters
  Non-FictionAmov, B. 1965. Little, Brown & Company. Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Insects & Inverts, Natural Cycles, Plants, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians, Water Quailty – Keywords: aquatic life
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• The Grandad Tree
  FictionCooke, T. 2000. Candlewick Press. Category(ies): Forest/Trees, Natural Cycles – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• McCrephy’s Field
  FictionMyers, C. and Myers, L.B. 1991. Houghton Mifflin & Com. Category(ies): Environmental Issues, Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Natural Resources & Land Use, Plants, Prairie, Stewardship, Wildlife – Keywords: change over time
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• River Food Chains
  Non-FictionLynch, E. 2004. Heinemann Library. Category(ies): Natural Cycles, River/Riparian – Keywords: food chains
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• Freshwater Feeders: Studying food Webs in Freshwater
  Non-FictionHook, G. 2010. Rourke Publishing LLC. Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Insects & Inverts, Natural Cycles, Plants, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians, River/Riparian, Wetlands – Keywords: food chains
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• Chains, Webs and Pyramids: The Flow of Energy in Nature
  Non-FictionPringle, L.P. 1975. Harper Collins Publishers. Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food chains
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• Lake and Pond Food Webs
  Non-FictionFleisher, P. 2013. Lerner Publishing Group. Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Pond/Lake – Keywords: food chains
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• When Hunger Calls
  FictionKitchen, B. 1994. Candlewick Press. Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food chains
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Gobble It Up! A Fun Song About Eating!
  Fiction

  Arnosky, J. 2008. Scholastic, Inc.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Wildlife – Keywords: eating
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• This is Your Life Cycle
  Fiction

  Miller, H.L. 2008. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Wildlife – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Animal Life Cycles: Growing
  Non-Fiction

  Kalman, B. 2006. Crabtree Publishing Company.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Wildlife – Keywords: Life Cycles
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Clouds (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Series)
  Non-Fiction

  Rockwell, A. and F. Lessac. 2008. HarperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Nature, Weather – Keywords: clouds
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Hungry Animals: My First Look at a Foodchain
  Fiction

  Hickman, P. 1997. Kids Can Press Ltd.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food webs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet
  Fiction

  Hooper, M. Viking Press.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle
  Fiction

  Relf, P. 1996. Scholastic Paperbacks.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
  Fiction

  Buscagalia, L. 1982. SLACK, Inc.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Plants, Seasons – Keywords: leaves/death
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• A Cool Drink of Water
  Non-Fiction

  Kerley, B. 2006. National Geographic Society.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Stewardship, Water Quailty, Weather – Keywords: drinking water
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• A Drop Around the World
  Non-Fiction

  Mckinney, B. 1998. Dawn Publications.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Water Quailty – Keywords: water issues
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Why Does It Rain?
  Non-Fiction

  Jango-Cohen, J. 2005. Lerner Publishing Group.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Weather – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Raindrops
  Fiction

  Brimner, L.D. 1999. Scholastic Library Publishing.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles, Weather – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Tortilla Factory
  Non-Fiction

  Paulsen, G. and R. Paulsen. 1998. Voyager Books.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: corn
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Wolf Island
  Fiction

  Godkin, C. 2006. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food webs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story
  Non-Fiction

  Waldman, N. 2003. Millbrook Press.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Incredible Water Show
  Fiction

  Fraiser, D. 2004. Harcourt.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Drip! Drop!: How Water Gets to Your Tap
  Non-Fiction

  Seuling, B. 2000. Holiday House, Inc.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• There Goes the Water: A Song About the Water Cycle
  Non-Fiction

  Salas, L.P., and S. De Giorgi. 2010. Picture Window Books.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water: Up, Down, and All Around
  Non-Fiction

  Rosinsky, N.M. 2002. Capstone Press.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Magic School Bus Gets Eaten: A Book about Food Chains
  Non-Fiction

  Relf, P. 1996. Scholastic, Inc.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food webs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Freezing and Melting
  Non-Fiction

  Nelson, R. 2003. Lerner Publications.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Water Cycle
  Non-Fiction

  Nelson, R. 2002. Lerner Publishing Group.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• A Drop of Water
  Non-Fiction

  Morrison, G. 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Pass the Energy, Please!
  Non-Fiction

  Mckinney, B.S. 2000. Dawn Publications.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food webs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Who Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs
  Non-Fiction

  Lauber, P. 1995. HarperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food webs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water Cycle
  Non-Fiction

  Kalman, B. 2006. Crabtree Publishing Company.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You?
  Non-Fiction

  Jenkins, S. 2001. Houghton Mifflin Company.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: food webs
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water Cycle
  Non-Fiction

  Greenaway, T. 2000. Raintree Publishers.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• It Could Still Be Water
  Non-Fiction

  Fowler, A. 1993. Children’s Press.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• My Water Comes from the Mountains
  Non-Fiction

  Fourment, T. 2004. Roberts Rinehart Publishers.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Water Cycle
  Non-Fiction

  Curry, D.L. 1999. Capstone Press.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Energy Makes Things Happen (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
  Non-Fiction

  Bradley, K. B.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: energy
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water, Water Everywhere
  Non-Fiction

  Berger, M. 1995. Ideals Publications.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Water’s Journey
  Non-Fiction

  Schmid, E. 1990. North-South Books.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water
  Fiction

  Asch, F. 2000.HMH Books for Young Readers

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Bat Loves the Night
  Fiction

  Davies, N. 2014. Candlewick.

  Category(ies): Mammals, Natural Cycles – Keywords: Bats
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Farm Crops
  Non-Fiction

  Gillis, J.B. 2004. Compass Point Books

  Category(ies): Insects & Inverts, Natural Cycles, Plants – Keywords: Farming
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• In the Small, Small Pond
  Fiction

  Fleming, D. 1993. Henry Holt and Co.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Pond/Lake, Wildlife – Keywords: succession
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• River Story
  Fiction

  Hooper, M. 2001. Walker Books Ltd.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, River/Riparian – Keywords: aquatic
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• What Are Wetlands?
  Non-Fiction

  Kalman, B. 2002. Crabtree Publishing Company.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Wetlands, Wildlife – Keywords: wetlands
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water
  Non-Fiction

  Pluckrose, H. 2001. Gareth Stevens Audio.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles – Keywords: aquatic
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Water Everywhere
  Non-Fiction

  DK Publishing. 2007. DK Publishing, Inc.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles – Keywords: aquatic
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Wonder in Water
  Non-Fiction

  Swanson, D. 2005. Annick Press, Limited.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles – Keywords: aquatic
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water?
  Non-Fiction

  Wells, R.E. 2006. Albert Whitman & Company.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Ocean/Marine, Pond/Lake, Water Quailty – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Trout Are Made of Trees
  Non-Fiction

  Sayre, A.P. and K. Endle. 2008. Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Plants, Wildlife – Keywords: food cycle
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Gift of a Tree
  Fiction

  Tresselt, A. 1992. Lothrop, Lee & Shephard Books.

  Category(ies): Forest/Trees, Natural Cycles, Nature, Plants – Keywords: trees
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• How the Forest Grew
  Non-Fiction

  Jaspersohn, W. 1992. HarperTrophy.

  Category(ies): Forest/Trees, Natural Cycles, Plants, Seasons – Keywords: succession
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Egg to Bird (Cycles of Life)
  Non-Fiction

  Scarce, C.

  Category(ies): Birds, Natural Cycles, Wildlife – Keywords: birds
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Splish Splash Science, Grades 1-3: Learning about Water with Easy Fun-Filled Activities
  Non-Fiction

  Olien, R. 1999. Scholastic, Inc.

  Category(ies): Natural Cycles – Keywords: water cycle
  Age Group: Parents & educators, Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Experimenting with Water
  Non-Fiction

  Gardner, R. 2004. Dover Publications.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles – Keywords:
  Age Group: Parents & educators