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Recommended Reference Books
The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori
Adventures in Peacemaking, William Kreidler & Lois Furlong, Project
Adventure
Building Character and Community in the Classroom, Ronda Howley,
Creative Teaching
Celebrations of Life, Musya Meyer & Tim Seldin, The Barrie Press
Center Stones: Affirmations for Young Children, Jonathan Wolf,
Learning for Life
Characteristics of the Master Teacher: Embracing the Process of
Personal Transformation, Edgar Ball & Jonathan Wolf, Learning for
Life
Children Are From Heaven, John Gray, Ph.D., HarperCollins
The Cosmic Approach: A Montessori Science Curriculum for 0-6, Celma
Pinho Perry, MECA-Seton
Cultural Awareness For Children, Allen, McNeil & Schmidt,
Addison-Wesley Publishing
Curriculum of Love: Cultivating the Spiritual Nature of Children,
Morgan Daleo, Grace Discovery of the Child, Maria Montessori
Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook: A Short Guide to Her Ideas and
Materials, Schocken
Earth Child: Living Lightly on the Earth, Kathryn Sheehan & Mary
Waidner, Council Oak
Education for a New World, Maria Montessori, Clio Press
Empowering Staff To Support Organizational Objectives: Creating an
administrative Environment That Fosters Harmony, Loyalty, and
Teamwork, Jonathan Wolf & Edgar Ball, Learning for Life
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Mazlish,
Avon Books
I Can Do It! 135 Successful Independent Learning Activities, La
Britta Gilbert, Gryphon
I Wonder What’s Out There: a Vision of the Universe for Primary
Classes, A. Wolf
The Indigo Children, Lee Carol & Jan Tobler, Hay House
The Kindness Curriculum: Introducing Young Children to Loving
Values, Rice, Redleaf
Magical Child, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Bantam Books
Montessori: A Modern Approach, Paula Polk Lillard, Schocken Books
Montessori in the Classroom, Paula Polk Lillard, Schocken Books
Nurturing the Spirit, Aline D. Wolf, Parent Child Press
The Outdoor Classroom: A Prepared Environment, Mary Boden, Mary
Boden
Peaceful Children, Peaceful World, Aline D. Wolf, Parent Child Press
The Peaceful Classroom, Charles A. Smith, Ph.D., Gryphon House
Peace and Education, Maria Montessori, Clio Press
The Peacekeepers Series, Marianne Bivins, Bivins Publishing
Peacemaker’s A, B, C’s for Young Children: Teaching Conflict
Resolution With a Peace Table
Positive Discipline for Preschoolers: For Early Years, Jane Nelson,
Prima Publishing
The Radiant Child, Thomas Armstrong, Theosophical Publishing House
The Secret of Childhood, Maria Montessori
Spiritual Parenting: A Course for Parents and Teachers, Steven M
Rosman, Ph.D., TS
The Tao of Teaching, Greta Nagel, Ph.D., Donald I. Fine
Think of Something Quiet, Clare Cherry, Fearon Teaching Aids
The World in the Palm of Her Hand, Tim and Donna Seldin, The Barrie
Press
June
- Week 1 Book List
What Is an Insect? (Science Emergent
Reader), Susan Canizares, Scholastic Trade
Bugs and other insects, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
It’s a Good Thing There Are Insects (Rookie Read About Science),
Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Amazing Insects (DK Inside Guides), Miranda Macquitty, DK
Publishing
Children’s Guide to Insects and Spiders, Jinny Johnson, Simon
& Schuster
Insects Are My Life, Megan McDonald, Orchard Books
Bug! Bugs! Bugs! (DK Reader level 2), Jennifer Dussling, DK
Publishing
Buzz!: A Book About Insects (Hello Reader Science, Level 3),
Melvin Berger, Cartwheel
Amazing Bugs (DK Inside Guides), Miranda MacQuitty, DK
Publishing
Eyewitness Books: Insects, Laurence Mound, Alfred A. Knopf
Animal Architects: How Spiders and Other Silkmakers Build Their
Amazing Homes, Robinson
Animals in Their Homes, Anita Ganeri, Wishing Well Books
I Didn’t Know that Some Bugs Glow in the Dark, Claire
Llewellyn, Copper Beech Books
Through a Termite City, Carole Telford, Heineman Library
(Africa)
Termite, Karen Hartley, Heineman Library
Hey, Little Ant, Phillip M. Hoose, Tricycle Press
The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable,
Shirley Climo, Clarion Books
Thinking About Ants, Barbara Brenner, Mondo Publishing
Bugs: A closer look at the world’s tiny creatures, Jinny
Johnson, Reader’s Digest Kids
Inside an Ant Colony (Rookie Read-About Science), Allan
Fowler, Children’s Press
It’s an Ant’s Life, Steve Parker, Reader’s Digest
Ant (Life Story Series), Michael Chinery, Troll
Ant Cities (Let’s Read and Find Out), Arthur Dorros, Harper
Trophy
The Best Book of Bugs, Claire Llewellyn, Larousse Kingfisher
Chambers
Praying Mantis (Living Things), Rebecca Stefoff, Benchmark
Books
Praying Mantises, Helen Frost, Pebble Books
Eyewitness Explorers: Insects, Steve Parker, DK Publishers
Amazing Bugs (DK Inside Guides), Miranda MacQuitty, DK
Publishing
Insectopedia: Poems and Paintings, Douglas Florian, Harcourt
Brace
Life Cycle of a Grasshopper, Jill Bailey, Bookwright Press
Leaping Grasshoppers, Christine Zuchora-Walske, First Avenue
Editions
Grasshoppers, Cheryl Coughlan, Pebble Books
Grasshoppers and Crickets, Theresa Greenaway, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Amazing Bugs (DK Inside Guides), Miranda MacQuitty, DK
Publishing
The Very Quiet Cricket, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Quick as a Cricket, Audrey Wood, Child’s Play
The Big Bug Ball, Dee Lillegard, Troll / Putnam Books
Water Bugs, Helen Frost, Pebble Books
Water Insects (A Lerner Natural Science Book), Sylvia A.
Johnson, Lerner Publications
My Life as a Dragonfly: Swimmer to Flier, William Cruscial,
Sawtooth Press
Oh Doug! A Dragonfly’s Day, Ann Leach, Take Flight
Publications
June - Week 2 Book List
The Best Book of Bugs, Claire
Llewellyn, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Bright Beetle, Rick Chrustowski, Henry Holt & Company
Bugs: A closer look at the world’s tiny creatures, Jinny
Johnson, Reader’s Digest Kids
Life Cycle of a Ladybug, Jill Bailey, Bookwright Press
A Ladybug’s Life (Nature Upclose), John Himmelman, Children’s
Press
Ladybug, Ladybug, Ruth Brown, Puffin
Are You a Ladybug? (Backyard Books), Judy Allen, Larousse
Kingfisher Chambers
Five Little Ladybugs (Karyn Henley Stahlin Playsong Books),
Karyn Henley, Tyndale House
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Amazing Bugs (DK Inside Guides), Miranda MacQuitty, DK
Publishing
Eyewitness Explorers: Insects, Steve Parker, DK Publishers
Monarch Butterfly of Aster Way (Smithsonian’s Backyard),
Elizabeth Ring, Soundprints
From Caterpillar to Butterfly, Deborah Heiligman, Harper
Trophy
A Monarch Butterfly’s Life, John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moths, Jim
Arnosky, Simon & Schuster
The Butterfly Book: A Kid’s Guide to Attracting, Raising, and
Keeping Butterflies, Hamilton
Where Butterflies Grow, Joanne Ryder, Puffin
Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains?, May Garelick,
Mondo Pub
Are You a Butterfly?, Judy Allen, Larousse Kingfisher
Chambers
Waiting for Wings, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace
Butterfly House, Eve Bunting, Scholastic Trade
My Monarch Journal, Connie Muther, Dawn Publications (Student
Edition)
The Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths, Paul A.
Opler, Houghton Mifflin Company
It Could Still Be a Butterfly (Rookie Read-About Science),
Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
A Luna Moth’s Life, John Himmelman, Children’s Press
How to Draw Insects, Barbara Soloff Levy, Dover Publications
Little Butterflies Stained Glass Coloring Book, John Green,
Dover Publications
Butterflies Coloring Book, Jan Sovak, Dover Publications
Designs for Coloring Butterflies, Ruth Heller, Grosset &
Dunlap
June - Week 3 Book List
The Summer Solstice, Ellen Jackson,
Millbrook Press
Hot Days, Jennifer S. Burke, Children’s Press
Summer (Simply Science), Darlene R. Stille, Compass Point
Books
Summer (Seasons), Gail Saunders-Smith, Pebble Books
Summer, Ron Hirschi, Cobblehill
How Do You Know It’s Summer?, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
It’s Summertime, Elaine W. Goode, Good Books
A Summertime Song, Irene Hass, Aladdin Paperbacks
Summertime in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder,
HarperCollins
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White, HarperCollins
Crafts to Make in the Summer, Kathy Ross, Millbrook Press
Spiders Are Not Insects, Allan Fowler, Children Press
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Nadine Westcott,
Little Brown & Company
The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Amazing Spiders, (Eyewitness Juniors), Alexandra Parsons,
Knopf
Spiders, Gail Gibbons, Holiday House
Inside and Outside Spiders, Sandra Markle, Antheneum
Spinning a Web (Big Book), Lisa Trumbauer, Newbridge
Educational Publishing
Spiders Spin Webs, Yvonne Winer, Charlesbridge Publishing
Web Weavers and Other Spiders, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Publishing
How Spiders Make Their Webs (Nature’s Mysteries), Jill
Bailey, Benchmark Books
Spinning Spiders, Ruth Berman, Lerner Publications
Animal Architects: How Spiders and Other Silkmakers Build Their
Amazing Homes, Robinson
The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Iza Trapani, Charlesbridge Publishing
Dream Weaver, Jonathan London, Harcourt Brace
Spider (Living Things), Rebecca Stefoff, Marshall Cavendish
Spider’s Lunch: All About Garden Spiders, Joanna Cole,
Grosset & Dunlap
Spectacular Spiders, Linda Glaser, Millbrook Press
Spider on the Floor, Bill Russell, Crown Publisher
The Lady and the Spider, Faith McNulty, Harper Trophy
A House Spider’s Life, John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Black Widows, Peter Murray, The Children’s World
Black Widow Spiders, James E. Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
The Spider, Sabrina Crewe, Raintree/Steck Vaughn
I Didn’t Know That Spiders Have Fangs, Claire Llewellyn,
Millbrook Press
A Summery Saturday Morning, Margaret Mahy, Viking Children’s
Press
Amazing Spiders (Nature Watch), Claudia Schnieper, Carolrhoda
Books
June - Week 4 Book List
What is a Biome?, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
The Hunt for Food, Anita Ganeri, Millbrook Press
The Web of Life (Big Book), Melvin Berger, Newbridge
Educational Publishing
What Are Food Chains and Webs?, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Publishing
Chains, Webs, and Pyramids, Laurence Pringle, HarperCollins
Food Chains, Peter Riley, Franklin Watts
Food Chains and Webs, Anita Ganeri, Heineman Library
Ecosystems and Food Chains, Francene Sabin, Troll
Communications
The Seventh Walnut, Genevieve Petit, Wellington Publishing
Feathers for Lunch, Lois Ehlert, Voyager Books
In the Tall, Tall Grass, Denise Fleming, Henry Holt
Pass the Energy, Please!, Barbara Shaw McKinney, Dawn
Publications
Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs, Patricia Lauber,
HarperCollins
Hungry Animals: My First Look at a Food Chain, Pamela
Hickman, General Distribution Serv
Hunters and Prey (Nature Undercover), Beatrice McLeod,
Blackbirch Press
The Hunt for Food, Anita Ganeri, Millbrook Press
Can We Be Friends?, Alexandra Wright, Charlesbridge
I Am a Part of Nature, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
Yum-Yum, Mick Manning, Franklin Watts
Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems, Rebecca Kal Dotlich,
Boyds Mills Press
Mowing, Jessie Haas, Greenwillow
Earthwise at Play: A Guide to the Care and Feeding of Your Planet,
Linda Lowery, First Avenue
Rachael Carson: Listening to Crickets, Candice F Ransom,
Carolrhoda Books
Rachael Carson: Friend of the Earth, Francene Sabin, Troll
Associates
Garbage, Robert Maass, Henry Holt & Company
Trash! Trash! Trash!, Shelly Nielsen, Abdo & Daughters
Publishing
Natural Resources, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
I Heard the Willow Weep, Toni Albert, Trickle Creek Books
Earthsong: Based on the Song "Over in the Endangered Meadow,"
Sally Rogers, Dutton Books
Touch the Earth, Jane Baskwill, Mondo Publishing
Pollution: Problems and Solutions (Ranger Rick Naturescope),
National Wildlife Federation
Talking About Our Environment, Malcolm Penny, Raintree/Steck
Vaughn
Blue and Beautiful Planet Earth Our Home, Ruth Rocha, United
Nations Publications
Loving the Earth: A Sacred Landscape Book for Children,
Fredric Lehrman, Celestial Arts
Rachael Carson: Caring for the Earth, Elizabeth Ring,
Millbrook Press
Take Care of Our Earth (Earth Awareness), Gare Thompson,
Raintree/Steck Vaughn
Love Earth: The Beauty Makeover (Target Earth), Shelly
Nielsen, Abdo & Daughters
Land We Live On (We Can Save the Earth), Jill Wheeler, Abdo &
Daughters
Can We Save Them? Endangered Species of North America, David
Dobson, Charlesbridge
North American Endangered Species, Colleayn Mastin,
Grasshopper Books
Teddy Roosevelt’s Elk, Brenda Guiberson, Henry Holt & Company
Canoe Days, Gary Paulsen, Doubleday
Endangered Animals (First Discovery Books), Wendy Barish,
Scholastic Trade
Eagles (Endangered), Casey Horton, Benchmark Books
Whooping Crane (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Florida Manatee (Animals in Danger, Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Grey Bat, (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Reading About the Grey Wolf (Friends in Danger), Carol
Greene, Enslow Publishers
Reading About the Manatee (Friends in Danger), Carol
Green, Enslow Publishers
Reading About the Peregrine Falcon (Friends in Danger),
Carol Green, Enslow Publishers
Reading About the River Otter (Friends in Danger),
Carol Green, Enslow Publishers
It Could Still Be Endangered, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Animals in Danger (Big Book), Melvin Berger, Newbridge
Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species, Alexandra Wright,
Charlesbridge Publishing
Endangered Animals (First Discovery Books), Wendy Barish,
Scholastic Trade
Endangered Animals (Hello Reader Level 3), Faith McNutlty,
Cartwheel Books
Endangered Species (Saving Our World), Mike Unwin, Copper
Beech Books
Nature in Danger (Young Discoverers), Rosie Harlow,
Kingfisher Books
I Wonder Why the Dodo Is Dead and Other Questions About Extinct
and Endangered Animals, Andy Charman, Kingfisher Books
Giant Panda (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heineman
Library
The Giant Panda: Hope for Tomorrow, Carol A. Amato, Barron’s
Juveniles
Bengal Tiger (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Black Rhino (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Cheetah (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Koala (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou, Heinerman
Mountain Gorilla (Animals in Danger), Rod Theodorou,
Heinerman
Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic, Steven Schnur, Clarion Books
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