Book Category: Pond/Lake

  • The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure
    Non-Fiction

    Barb Rosenstock, author; Jamey Christoph, illustrator
    Knopf Books for Young Readers
    A deep dive into the Great Lakes, their history, present, and future. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about their six quadrillion gallons of freshwater and how vital they are to the world
    Ages 4-8
    ISBN: 978-0-593-37435-1

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     Great Lakes
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • The Noisy Puddle: A Vernal Pool Through the Seasons
    Non-Fiction

    Written by: Linda Booth Sweeney
    Illustrated by: Miki Sato
    Publisher by Owlkids, March 15, 2024
    ISBN-13: 978-1771475310

    In this vibrant picture book, two siblings observe the hidden world of a vernal pool. Young naturalists will be encouraged to listen, wait, and witness the seasonal changes of the puddle and its inhabitants.

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake, Seasons
    Keywords:     vernal pond
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Over and Under the Pond
    Fiction

    Kate Messner

    A child and caregiver explore interactions of species within a pond ecosystem. Ages 5-8

    ISBN-10: 1452145426

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Hey Water!
    Fiction

    Antoinette Portis

    A girl discovers the properties, sources, forms, and benefits of water. Ages 4-8

    ISBN-10: 0823441555

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake, River/Riparian, Wetlands
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Neighborhood Puddle
    Fiction

    Waters, J.F. 1971. Frederick Warne & Company, Inc.

    Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic life
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Swamps and Marshes
    Non-Fiction

    Smith, F.C. 1969. Franklin Watts, Inc.

    Category(ies): Plants, Pond/Lake, Water Quailty, Wetlands
    Keywords:     aquatic life
    Age Group:

  • Insects in the Pond, Nature Close Ups
    Non-Fiction

    Oda, H. 1986. Raintree Publishers.

    Category(ies): Insects & Inverts, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic life
    Age Group:

  • Life in Ponds
    Non-Fiction

    Gorvett, J. 1970. American Heritage Press.

    Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Insects & Inverts, Nature Exploration, Plants, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians
    Keywords:     aquatic life
    Age Group:

  • At the Edge of the Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Dewey, J.O. 1987. Little, Brown, and Company.

    Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Insects & Inverts, Nature, Nature Exploration, Plants, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic life
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Life
    Non-Fiction

    Crosby, A.L. 1964. Garrard Publishing.

    Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Insects & Inverts, Nature, Nature Exploration, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians
    Keywords:     field guide
    Age Group: Parents & educators, Pre K-2nd grade

  • Puddles and Ponds: Living Things in Watery Places
    Non-Fiction

    Busch, P.S. 1974.  World Publishing Company.

    Category(ies): Fish, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic life
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Secrets of Inland Waters
    Non-Fiction

    Amov, 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
    Age Group:

  • Fish Iowa!: An Introductory Guide to the Fish of Iowa.
    Non-Fiction

    Iowa Department of Natural Resources. 1997. Iowa Department of Natural Resources

    Category(ies): Fish, Fishing, Plants, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:     field guide
    Age Group: Parents & educators

  • A Golden Guide to Pond Life.
    Non-Fiction

    Reid, G. K. 1987. Golden Press.

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake, Water Quailty
    Keywords:     field guide
    Age Group: Parents & educators

  • Vegetative Filter Strips
    Non-Fiction

    Anon. 1988. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    Category(ies): Environmental Issues, Natural Resources & Land Use, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian, Soil, Water Quailty, Wetlands
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Parents & educators

  • A Citizen’s Guide to Clean Water
    Non-Fiction

    Anon. 1982. Izaak Walton League of America, Inc.

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Parents & educators

  • Freshwater Feeders: Studying food Webs in Freshwater
    Non-Fiction

    Hook, 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
    Age Group:

  • Pond and Brook: A Guide to nature in Freshwater Environments
    Non-Fiction

    Caduto, M.J., Meadows, D.H. 1990. University Press of New England.

    Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians, Wildlife
    Keywords:     field guide
    Age Group: Parents & educators

  • Lake and Pond Food Webs
    Non-Fiction

    Fleisher, P. 2013. Lerner Publishing Group.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Natural Cycles, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     food chains
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • What is a Watershed?
    Non-Fiction

    Pex, D.R. 1994. America Clean Water Foundation.

    Category(ies): Natural Resources & Land Use, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian, Urban Environment, Water Quailty, Wetlands
    Keywords:     watershed
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Were You A Wild Duck Where Would You Go?
    Non-Fiction

    Mendoza, G. 1990. Stewart Tabori & Chang

    Category(ies): Birds, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian, Wetlands
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Nature Hide and Seek: Rivers & Lakes
    Non-Fiction

    Wood, J.N. and Dean, K. 2009. Mathew Price, Ltd.

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Wildflowers (Audubon Society First Field Guides)
    Non-Fiction

    Hood, S. 1998. Scholastic, Inc.

    Category(ies): Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     wildflowers
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Life: Watching Animals Find Food
    Non-Fiction

    Wong, H.H. and M.F. Vessel. 1970. Addison-Wesley.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Nature Exploration, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Around the Pond: Who’s Been Here?
    Fiction

    George, L.B. 1996. Greenwillow Books.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Nature Exploration, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Salamander Rain: A Lake & Pond Journal
    Non-Fiction

    Pratt-Serafini, K. 2001. Dawn Publications.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Nature Exploration, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:     aquatic habitats, fish, ponds
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Crinkleroot’s Visit to Crinkle Cove
    Fiction

    Arnosky, J. 1999. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Nature Exploration, Plants, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Life in Ponds and Streams
    Non-Fiction

    Jackman, L. 1986. Silver, Burdett & Ginn, Incorporated.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Life in Ponds and Streams
    Non-Fiction

    Amos, W.H. 1981. National Geographic Society.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:     ponds & streams
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Rain Drop Splash
    Fiction

    Tresselt, A.R. 1990. HarperCollins Publishers.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • What’s inside Lakes?
    Non-Fiction

    Kosek, J.K. 2003. Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • What’s in the Pond?
    Non-Fiction

    Hunter, A. 1999. Houghton Mifflin Company.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Life
    Non-Fiction

    Kirkpatrick, R.K. 1990. Steck-Vaughn.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Year
    Fiction

    Lasky, K. 1997. Candlewick Press.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • ABC of a Summer Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Friedman, J.C. 1975. Johnny Reads, Incorporated.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Box Turtle at Long Pond
    Fiction

    George, W.T. 1989. HarperCollins Publishers.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians, Wetlands, Wildlife
    Keywords:     wetlands
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane
    Fiction

    Korman, S. 2001. Soundprints.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond
    Fiction

    Falwell, C. 2001. HarperCollins Publishers.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Reptiles and Amphibians
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Living Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Tordjman, N. 1991. Young Discovery Library.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • What Are Lakes?
    Non-Fiction

    Schuh, M.C. 2002. Capstone Press.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Life in a Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Lindeen, C.K. 2003. Capstone Press.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Animals
    Non-Fiction

    Galko, F. 2002. Heinemann.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Life in a Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Fowler, A. 1996. Scholastic Library Publishing.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Duck Pond Dip
    Non-Fiction

    DK Publishing. 2006. DK Publishing, Inc.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     pond
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Plants
    Non-Fiction

    Giesecke, E. and A. Royston. 2002. Heinemann Library.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • All Eyes on the Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Rosen, M.J. 1994. Hyperion Books for Children.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Wonders of the Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Sabin, F. 1982. Troll Communications L.L.C.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Life
    Non-Fiction

    Stewart, D. 2002. Scholastic Library Publishing.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Life
    Non-Fiction

    Stone, L.M. 1983. Scholastic Library Publishing.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    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

  • Puddles and Ponds
    Non-Fiction

    Wyler, R. 1990. Silver Burdett Press.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Nature, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     ponds
    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

  • Deer at the Brook
    Fiction

    Arnosky, J. 1986. HarperCollins Publishers.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Mammals, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Beaver at Long Pond
    Fiction

    George, W.T. 1988. Greenwillow Books.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Mammals, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond Life: The Fishing Trip
    Non-Fiction

    Wells, D.K. 1990. Child’s World, Incorporated.

    Category(ies): Fishing, Habitats & Ecosystems, Plants, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     aquatic
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Pond
    Non-Fiction

    Morrison, G. 2002. Houghton Miffllin.

    Category(ies): Fish, Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     aquatic habitat ponds, fish
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
    Fiction

    Sidman, J. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Company.

    Category(ies): Environmental Writers, Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     pond poems
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Loon at Northwood Lake
    Non-Fiction

    Ring, E., and T. Oughton. 1997. Soundprints.

    Category(ies): Birds, Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake, Wildlife
    Keywords:     loons
    Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade

  • Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking
    Non-Fiction

    Arnosky, J. 2002. HarperCollins Publishers.

    Category(ies): Birds, Insects & Inverts, Nature, Nature Exploration, Pond/Lake, River/Riparian, Wetlands, Wildlife
    Keywords:     field trip, wildlife watching
    Age Group: Parents & educators, Pre K-2nd grade

  • An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants
    Non-Fiction

    Christiansen, P. and M. Muller. 1999. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.

    Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Pond/Lake
    Keywords:     Iowa prairie plants, natural resource reference
    Age Group: Parents & educators