April Book List
for A Guide for the Montessori Classroom

April Themes are:
BIRDS
ASIA: Geography, biomes, animals, landmarks, culture, art, and people

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April - Week 1 Book List
What Makes a Bird a Bird?, Mary Garelick, Mondo Publishing
What is a Bird, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
What is a Bird, Bobbie Kalman, Lola Schaefer, Pebble Books
Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni, Mulberry Books
Feathers for Lunch, Lois Ehlert, Voyager Picture Books
Unbeatable Beaks, Stephen Swinburne, Henry Holt
The Things Birds Eat, Betsey Chessen, Scholastic
Bird, David Burnie, Eyewitness Books
Birds (A First Discovery Book), Nancy Krulik, Scholastic
How Birds Fly (Birds Up Close), Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
How Birds Fly (Nature’s Mysteries), Nick Williams, Benchmark Books
How Birds Fly, David Goodnow, Periwinkle Books
Fledgling, Robert J. Blake, Philomel Books
The Fledgling, Jane Langton, Harper Trophy
The Eagle and the Wren: A Fable, Jane Goodall, North South Books
The King of the Birds, Helen Ward, Millbrook Press (same folk tale as above)
Fly Eagle, Fly: An African Fable, Christopher Gregorowski, Simon & Schuster
Eagle Dreams, Sheryl McFarlane, Orca Book Publishers
Sky Dancer, Jack Bushnell, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard
Hawk, I’m Your Brother, Byrd Baylor, Aladdin
Eagles: Hunters of the Sky, Ann Cooper, Roberts Rinehart
Saving the Peregrine Falcon, Caroline Arnold, Lerner Publications
The Bald Eagle - Endangered No More, Mac Priebe, Mindfull Publishing
Eagles, Deborah Hodge, Kids Can Press
Making a Nest, Paul Bennett, Raintree/Steck Vaughn
Birds’ Nests, Eileen Curran, Troll
Nests, Nests, Nests, Susan Canizares, Scholastic Trade
On the Wing: Bird Poems and Paintings, Douglas Florian, Harcourt Brace
Baby Animal Stories (Wildlife Treasury) Snowy Owl by Sarah Toast, Publications International
What Am I? Quick, Quiet, and Feathered, Moira Butterfield, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Bird, David Burnie, Eyewitness Books
All About Owls, Jim Arnosky, Scholastic Trade
Screech Owl at Midnight Hollow, C Drew Lamm, Soundprints Corp
The Barn Owls, Tony Johnston, Charlesbridge
Owls, Kevin Holmes, Bridgestone Books
Owl Babies Fly, Janet Palazzo-Craig, Troll Assoc.
Owl Babies, Martin Waddell, Candlewick Press
The Robins in Your Backyard, Nancy Carol Willis, Birdsong Books
Late Little Robin, Howard Goldsmith, McGraw-Hill
From Egg to Robin (How Things Work), Jan Kottke, Children’s Press
The Bird Book and the Bird Feeder, Neil Dawe, Workman Publishing
Backyard Birds of Winter, Carol Lerner, William Morrow
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Birds, Jim Arnosky, Aladdin
Grandmother’s Pigeon, Louise Erdrich, Little Brown & Company
Cardinal and Sunflower, James Preller, HarperCollins
Bird Watch: A Book of Poetry, Jane Yolen, Paper Star
Cardinals, James Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
House Sparrows Everywhere (Nature Watch), Caroline Arnold, Carolrhoda Books
Watching Water Birds, Jim Arnosky, National Geographic Society
Ducks Don’t Get Wet, Augusta Goldin, HarperCollins
Wading Birds, Anne Welsbacher, Lerner Publications
Five Little Ducks (Raffi Songs to Read), Raffi, Crown Publishing
Los Cinco Patitos: Una Rima Tradicional, Pamela Papaone, North South Books
Junior: A Little Loon Tale, John & Ann Hassett, Down East Books
All Night Near the Water, Jim Arnosky, Paper Star
Make Way for Ducklings (Big Book), Robert McCloskey, Puffin
Duckling Days, Karen Wallace, DK Publishing (Beginning reader)
Songbirds (New True Book), Alice Flanagan, Children’s Press
Birds Alphabet Coloring Book, Ruth Soffer, Dover Publications
Birds of Prey Stickers, Jan Sovak, Dover Publications
Audubon’s Birds of America Coloring Book, J. J. Audubon & Paul Kennedy, Dover Pub
Birds: Peterson Field Guide Coloring Book, Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin
Fun with Birds of Prey Stencils, Paul E. Kennedy, Dover Publications
Audubon’s Birds of America Coloring Book, J. J. Audubon & Paul Kennedy, Dover Pub

April - Week 2 Book List
From Egg to Chicken, Gerald Legg, Franklin Watts
From Egg to Chick, Millicent Selsam, Harper Trophy
Inside an Egg, Sylvia Johnson, Lerner Publications
The Egg (A First Discovery Book), Louise GoldsIn, Scholastic
The Chicken or the Egg?, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
What’s a pair? What’s a Dozen?, Stephen R. Swinburne, Boyds Mills Press
Nature’s Patterns (Big Book), Lisa Trumbauer, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature, Stephen Swinburne, Boyds Mills Press
Nature’s Paintbrush: The Patterns and Colors Around You, Susan Stockdale, Simon Schuster
Eastern Bluebird, Gary Ritchison, Stackpole Books
Missouri: Facts and Symbols (States and Their Symbols Series), Emily McAuliffe, Capstone
The First Peep, Harriet Spira, Quartz Press
Bird Watch: A Book of Poetry, Jane Yolen, Paper Star
A Hummingbird’s Life (Nature Up close), John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Hummingbird, Rebecca Stefoff, Benchmark Books
All About Turkeys, Jim Arnosky, Scholastic Trade
The Bird’s Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story, Erik Kimmel, Holiday House
Lilies, Rabbits, and Painted Eggs, Edna Barth, Houghton Mifflin
The Best Easter Hunt Ever, John Spiers, Cartwheel Books
The Dead Bird, Margaret Wise Brown, Harper Trophy
This Way Home, Nan Parson Rossiter, Dutton Books
The Flight of the Snow Geese, Deborah King, Orchard Books
City Birds, Heather McLeod, Children’s Press
Birds Every Child Should Know, Neltje Blanchan, University of Iowa Press
Bird Talk, Ann Jonas, Greenwillow
North American Cranes, Leslie Du Temple, Carolrhoda Books
Audubon’s Birds of North America, J. J. Audubon, Dover Publications
Rainforest Birds, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Birds: From Forest to Family Room, John Zeaman, Franklin Watts
Booby Hatch, Betsy Lewin, Houghton Mifflin
Desert Birds (New True Books), Dennis Brindell Fradin, Children’s Press
Birds, Birds, Birds!, (Ranger Rick’s NatureScope), National Wildlife Federation
It Could Still Be a Bird, Allen Fowler, Children’s Press
Ostriches (Early Bird Nature Books), Caroline Arnold, Lerner Publications
Ostriches and Other Flightless Birds, Caroline Arnold, Carolrhoda Books
Birds That Don’t Fly, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Big Birds, Lucille Penner, Random House
Edward the Emu, Sheena Knowles, Harper Trophy
Bird Tales from Near and Far, Susan Milford, Williamson Pub.
Peacocks (Early Bird Nature Books), Ruth Berman, Lerner Publications
The Emperor’s Egg, Martin Jenkins, Candlewick Press
Seabirds, Alice Flanagan, Children’s Press
Seeing Seabirds, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Marine Birds, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Puffins, (Nature Watch), Susan E. Quinlan, Carolrhoda Books

April - Week 3 Book List
World Atlas for Young Explorers, National Geographic Society
Beginner’s World Atlas, National Geographic Society
My First Atlas, Bill Boyle, DK Publishing
A is for Asia, Cynthia Chin-Lee, Orchard Books
Children Just Like Me, Barnabus & Anabel Kindersley, DK Publishing
Count Your Way Through China, Jim Haskins, Carolrhoda Books
Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly Up to the Sky, Demi, Crown Publishing
Chopsticks for My Noodle Soup: Eliza’s Life in Malaysia, Susan E. Goodman, Millbrook
China (Picture a Country), Henry Pluckrose, Franklin Watts
China (True Book), Ann Heinrichs, Children’s Press
China: The People (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures), Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Look What Came from China, Miles Harvey, Franklin Watts
The Story of Paper: What is Paper Made of?, Odile Limousin, Young Discovery Library
Mei-Mei Loves the Morning, Margaret Holloway Tsubakiyama, Albert Whitman & Co
The Animal Atlas, Barbara Taylor & Kenneth Lilly, Alfred Knopf
The Yangtze (Great Rivers), Michael Pollard, Benchmark Books
Habitats, Tony Hare, MacMillan
Chasing the Moon to China, Virginia Overton McLean, Redbird Press
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe, Maya Ajmera & Anna Rhesa Versola, Charlesbridge
The Greatest Treasure, Demi, Scholastic Trade
The Panda: Wild About Bamboo, Valerie Tracqui, Charlesbridge
Giant Pandas: Gifts from China, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
The Far East Designs for Coloring, Ruth Heller, Grosset & Dunlap
At the Beach and/or In the Snow and/or In the Park, Huy Voun Lee, Henry Holt
The Dancing Dragon, Marcia K. Vaughn, Mondo Publishing
Lion Dancer: Earnie Wan’s Chinese New Year, Kate Waters, Scholastic Trade
Sam and the Lucky Money, Karen Chin, Lee & Low Books
Hong Kong (Cultures of the World), Falaq Kagda, Benchmark Books
Hong Kong (World in View), Nance Lui Fryson, Steck-Vaughn Library Division
A Family from Vietnam (Families Around the World), Simon Scoones, Raintree/Steck
Long Is a Dragon: Chinese Writing for Children, Peggy Goldstein, Pacific View Press
The Chinese Character, Barbara Aria, Chronicle Books
Count Your Way Through Israel, James Haskins, Carolrhoda Books
Listen to the Wind, Greg Mortenson, Dial
Colors of Israel, Laurie Grossman, Carolrhoda Books
Israel (Festivals of the world), Don Foy, Gareth Stevens
Israel (Countries of the World), Kristin Thoennes, Bridgestone
Let’s Celebrate Earth Day, Connie Roop, Millbrook Press
Earth Day, Linda Lowery, First Avenue Editions
Earth Day: Let’s Meet the Earth Kids, Barbara Derubertis
Every Kid’s Guide to Saving the Earth, Joy Berry, Forest House
The Earth is Painted Green: A Garden of Poems About Our Planet, Barbara Brenner, Scholastic

April - Week 4 Book List
The History of Printmaking, Scholastic
Japanese Woodblock Designs to Color, Ming Ju Sun, Stemmer House
Ukiyo-E: the Wonderful World of Woodblock Prints, Ukiyo-E Masters,Weatherhill
Japanese Prints Coloring Book, Ed Sibbett, Dover Pubns
A Family from Japan (Families Around the World), Simon Scoones, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
If I Lived in Japan, Rosanne Knorr, Longstreet Press
Chibi: A True Story from Japan, Barbara Brenner, Clarion Books
Children Just Like Me: Celebrations, Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley, DK Publishing
Japanese Girl and Boy Paper Dolls, Kathy Allert, Dover Publications
Children Just Like Me, Barnabus & Anabel Kindersley, DK Publishing
Best-Loved Children’s Songs from Japan, Yoko Imoto, Heian International Publishing
A Carp for Kimiko, Katherine Roundtree, Charlesbridge
The Magic Fan, Keith Baker, Voyager Picture Books
Japan (Picture a Country), Henry Pluckrose, Franklin Watts
Japan (Rookie Read-About Geography), David F. Marx, Children’s Press
Colors of Japan (Colors of the World), Holly Littlefield, Carolrhoda Books
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe, Maya Ajmera & Anna Rhesa Versola, Charlesbridge
Aiko’s Flowers, Rui Umezawa, Tundra Books
Coloring Book of Japan, Harry Knill, Bellerophon Books
Sing Through the Day: Eighty Songs for Children, Marlys Swinger, Plough Publishing House
Count Your Way Through Japan, Jim Haskins, Carolrhoda Books
The Paper Crane, Molly Garrett Bang, William Morrow & Co.
Kirigami: Fun with Paper Cutting and Folding-1, Joyce Hwang, Heian International Pub
India (Picture a Country), Henry Pluckrose, Franklin Watts
India: The People, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
India: The Culture, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
The Ganges (Great Rivers), Michael Pollard, Benchmark Books
Sacred River, Ted Lewin, Clarion Books
India: The Land, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Gandhi, Demi, Margaret McElderry
Mother Teresa, Candice Ransom, Carolrhoda Books
Look What Came from India, Miles Harvey, Franklin Watts
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale, Demi, Scholastic Trade
Little Brown Jay: A Tale from India, Elizabeth Claire, Mondo Pub.
Count Your Way Through India, Jim Haskins, First Avenue Editions
Colors of India, Holly Littlefield, Lerner Publishing Group
Aani and the Tree Huggers, Jeannine Atkins, Lee & Low Books
The Animal Atlas, Barbara Taylor & Kenneth Lilly, Alfred Knopf
Heart of a Tiger, Marsha Diane Arnold, Dial Books for Young Readers
Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree House), Mary Pope Osborne, Random Library
Beginner’s World Atlas, National Geographic Society
Everest (DK Discoveries), Richard Platt, DK Publishing
Top of the World: Climbing Mt. Everest, Steve Jenkins, Houghton Mifflin
Himalaya (Vanishing Cultures), Jan Reynolds, Harcourt
The Dalai Lama: A Biography of the Tibetan Spiritual and Political Leader, Demi, Holt
I Am Buddhist (Religions of the World), Daniel Quinn, Powerkids Press
Buddha, Demi, Henry Holt & Co.
The Three Silver Coins: A Story from Tibet, Veronica Leo, Snow Lion Publications
The Donkey and the Rock, Demi, Henry Holt & Co.
Tibet (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures), Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
Where is Tibet? A Story in Tibetan and English, Gina Halpern, Snow Lion Pub
Tibetan Mandalas, Tatjana Blau, Sterling Publications
Tibet (Cultures of the World), Patricia Levy, Benchmark Books
Tibet: Through the Red Box, Peter Sis, Farrar Straus & Giroux
Daughter of the Mountains, Louise Rankin, Puffin
Rebel: A Tibetan Odyssey, Cheryl Aylward Whitesel, Harpercollins