March Book List
for A Guide for the Montessori Classroom

March themes: Our State - Its history & time line, geography, cities, landmarks, people, indigenous animals and biomes

Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles

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March - Week 1 Book List
The following series books include books about every state. Missouri is used only as an example.
M is for Missouri (Alpha Flight Books Series), Carol Greene, Ghb Publishing
Missouri (America the Beautiful Series), Martin Hintz, Children’s Press
Missouri (Checkerboard Geography Library Series, the United States), Anne Weisbacher, Abdo & Daughters
Missouri (Portrait of America Series), Kathleen Thompson, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Missouri (One Nation Series), Patricia K. Kummer, Capstone Press
Missouri (Hello U.S.A. Series), Rita C. Ladoux, Lerner Publications
Missouri (From Sea to Shining Sea Series), Dennis Brindell Fradin, Children’s Press
Missouri: Facts and Symbols (States and Their Symbols Series), Emily McAuliffe, Capstone Press
Heartland, Diane Siebert, HarperCollins
“M” is for Missouri’s Rocks and Minerals, Judy Oetting, GHB Publishers
Climbing Kansas Mountains, George Shannon, Aladdin
This Land is Your Land: The Midwest and the Heartland, Jill C. Wheeler, Abdo
On the Way Home, Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins
Meet the Drakes on the Kentucky Frontier, John Leoper, Marshall Cavendish
Meet the Wards on the Oregon Trail, John Leoper, Marshall Cavendish
Little Farm in the Ozarks, Roger Lea McBride, Harper Trophy
Wagon Train, Deborah Kogan Ray, Grosset & Dunlap
The Wagon Train, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
The American Family Farm: A Photo Essay, Joan Anderson, Harcourt Brace
Farming, Gail Gibbons, Holiday House
Farm Animals (A First Discovery Book), Galllimard Jeunesse, Scholastic Trade
Farm Animals (Beginning Nature Books), Martin Andrews, Platt & Munk Pub
Little Farm in the Ozarks, Roger Lea McBride, Harper Trophy
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White, HarperCollins
Milk Makers, Gail Gibbons, Antheneum
Hooray for Dairy Farming, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Dorling Kindersley Readers: Day at Greenhill Farm, Sue Nicholson, DK Publishing
Farm Animals (A First Discovery Book), Wendy Barish, Scholastic
Horses (A First Discovery Book), Henri Galeron, Scholastic
It’s My City, April Pulley Sayre, Greenwillow
In the City, Ann Cooper, Roberts Rinehart
Kansas City (Downtown America Series), Susan Sturman (or your city)
The Kansas City Story for Kids, Monroe Dodd & Daniel Serda, Kansas City Star Books
A Kid’s Guide to Kansas City, Meyer & Dusenbery, Walsworth Publishing
Nuts to You, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace
The Gateway Arch, Craig & Katherine Doherty, Blackbirch Marketing
St. Louis, Barbara Ford (out-of-print)
Walt Disney: His Life in Pictures, Russell Schroeder, Disney Press
Mark Twain: Author of Tom Sawyer, Carol Greene, Children’s Press
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver, Aliki, Aladdin
Harry S. Truman, Paul Joseph, Abdo & Daughters
Rabbits & Raindrops, Jim Arnosky, Putmam Pub.
Learning About Wildflowers, Dot Barlowe, Dover Publications
Queen Anne’s Lace, Jerome Wexler, Albert Whitman & Co.
Counting Wildflowers, Bruce McMillan, Mulberry Books
March - Week 2
Where Do the Animals Live? (Big Book), Melvin Berger, Newbridge Educational
Building Beavers, Kathleen Martin-James, Lerner
The Beaver, Sabrina Crewe, Raintree/Steck Vaughn
Mole’s Hill: A Woodland Tale, Lois Ehlert, Voyager Picture Book
Animal Homes, Tammy Everts and Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree
Animals in Their Homes, Anita Ganeri, Wishing Well Books
Cave (One Small Square Series), Donald M. Silver, McGraw-Hill
Cave, Diane Siebert, HarperCollins
Caves: Hidden World (A First Discovery Book), Claude Delafosse, Scholastic Trade
Bats! (Big Book), Ron Cole, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Bats(A New True Book), Susan Heinrichs, Compass Point Books
The World Beneath Your Feet, Judith Rinard, National Geographic Society
Towns Down Underground, Gene S. Stuart, National Geographic Society
Under the Ground (A First Discovery Book), Claude Delafosse, Scholastic Trade
Deep Down Underground: Pop-up Book of Amazing Facts and Feats, Robert Crowther, Candlewick
Woods (One Small Square Series), Donald M. Silver, McGraw-Hill
Temperate Deciduous Forest (Exploring Earth’s Biomes), April Pulley Sayre, Twenty First Century
Woodland Walk: A Magic Window Walk, R. C. Johnson, A Joshua Morris Book, Reader’s Digest
In the Forest, Ann Cooper, Roberta Rinehart Publishing
In the Woods: Who’s Been Here?, Lindsay B. George, Greenwillow
Woods and Meadows (Discovering Nature), Sally Hewitt, Copper Beech Books
Life in a Tree, Melvin Berger, Newbridge Educational Publishing
The Deer in the Wood, Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins
All About Deer, Jim Arnosky, Scholastic Trade
Deer at the Brook, Jim Arnosky, William Morrow & Co.
Crinkleroot’s 25 Mammals Every Child Should Know, Jim Arnosky, Simon & Schuster
Big Tracks, Little Tracks, Millicent Selsam, HarperTrophy
Grassland (Exploring Earth’s Biomes), April Pulley Sayre, Twenty First Century Books
Cottontails: Little Rabbits of Field and Forest, Ron Fisher, National Geographic Society
Rabbits & Raindrops, Jim Arnosky, Putmam Pub.
Under a Stone (Small Worlds), Jen Green, Crabtree
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Animal Habitats, Jim Arnosky, Simon & Schuster
Rabbits, Squirrels, and Chipmunks, Mel Boring, Northword Press
Woods and Meadows (Discovering Nature), Sally Hewitt, Copper Beech Books
Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick’s Day Symbols, Edna Barth
St. Patrick’s Day, Gail Gibbons, Holiday House
St. Patrick’s Day (Best Holiday Books), Dorothy Rhodes Freeman, Enslow Publishers
Flower Fairies of the Garden, Cicely Mary Barker, Warne Frederick & Company
Lucky O’Leprechaun, Jana Dillon, Pelican Publishing
A Fairy Went A-Marketing, Rose Fyleman, Dutton Children’s Books
My Sheep, Heather Miller, Children’s Press
Woolly Sheep and Hungry Goats, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Red Berry Wool, Tim Coffey, Albert Whitman
March - Week 3
Spring Across America, Semour Simon, Hyperion
In the Park, Huy Voun Lee, Henry Holt
Spring Thaw, Steven Schuett, Viking Children’s Books
My Spring Robin, Anne Rockwell, Aladdin
Spring, Ron Hirschi, Puffin
When Spring Comes, Robert Maass, Henry Holt
The Earth is Painted Green: A Garden of Poems About Our Planet, Barbara Brenner, Scholastic
The Bee Tree, Patricia Polacco, Philomel Books
Cloud Eyes, Kathryn Lasky, Harcourt Brace
Busy, Buzzy Bees (Rookie Read -About), Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
The Bee (Animal Close-ups), Paul Starosta, Charlesbridge
Beekeepers, Linda Oatman High, Boyds Mills Press
The Bee (Life Cycles), Sabrina Crewe, Raintree/Steck-Vaugn
River and Stream (Exploring Earth’s Biomes), April Pulley Sayre, Twenty First Century
Raven and River, Nancy White Carlstrom, Little Brown (spring thaw on a river in Alaska)
By Rivers and Lakes, Tessa Paul, Crabtree
Down a River, Carole Telford, Heinerman Library
Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi, Phillis Shalant, Dutton Books.
Minn of the Mississippi, Holling Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin
Sarn, the Story of an Otter in Spring, Kenneth Lilly, Raintree/Steck Vaughn
Huckleberry Finn, Samuel L. Clemens, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, Raymond Burns (Illustrator), Troll Assoc
The Mississippi River, Allan fowler, Children’s Press
The Mississippi Flood of 1993, Karin Luisa Badt, Children’s Press
The River (A First Discovery Book), Jean Marzollo, Scholastic
Pond (Webs of Life), Paul Fleisher, Marshall Cavendish
Around the Pond (Wild Wonders Series), Ann C. Cooper, Roberts Rinehart
Life in a Pond (Big Book), Lisa Trumbauer, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Lake and Pond (Exploring Earth’s Biomes), April Pulley Sayre, Twenty First Century
Pond (One Small Square Series), Donald M. Silver, McGraw-Hill
Beaver at Long Pond, William George, HarperCollins
Raccoons, K. M. Kostyal, National Geographic Society
In the Small, Small Pond, Denise Fleming, Henry Holt
Barker McGee, George Elliott, Little Thinker Books
Swimmy, Leo Lionni, Alfred Knopf
Canoe Days, Gary Paulsen, Doubleday
What’s it Like to be a Fish? Let’s Read and Find Out Science Books, Wendy Pfeffer, HarperCollins
Leaping Frogs (Big Book), Melvin Berger, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Those Fabulous Frogs (Big Book), Melvin Berger, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Tale of a Tadpole (Dorling Kindersley Reader), Karen Wallace, DK Publishing
It’s a Frog’s Life: My Story of Life in a Pond, Steve Parker, Reader’s Digest
Frogs and Toads and Tadpoles, Too!, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Frogs and Toads, Bobbie Kalaman, Crabtree
A Wood Frog’s Life (Nature Up close), John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Frogs Eggs, Paul Humphrey, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Lizards, Frogs and Polliwogs, Douglas Florian, Harcourt Brace
Stencils, Gallimard Jeunesse, Scholastic Trade
Around the Pond: Who’s Been Here?, Lindsay Barrett George, Greenwillow
The Frog Alphabet Book, Jerry Pallotta, Charlesbridge Pub.
Frogs (A First Discovery Book), Wendy Barish, Scholastic
It’s Mine, Leo Lionni, Dragonfly
Frogs, Toads, Lizards, and Salamanders, Nancy Winslow Parker, Greenwillow
Snakes, Salamanders and Lizards, Diane L. Burns, NorthWord Press
A Salamander’s Life (Nature Up close), John Himmelman, Children’s Press
The Salamander Room, Ann Mazer, Alfred Knopf
Squish! A Wetland Walk, Nancy Luenn, Atheneum
A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Coloring Book, Roger Peterson, Houghton
March - Week 4
What is a Reptile?, Robert Snedden, Little, Brown, & Company
Reptiles are My Life, Megan McDonald, Orchard Books
About Reptiles: A Guide for Children, Cathryn P. Sill, Peachtree Publishers
Reading About Reptiles, Jen Green, Copper Beech Books
Reptiles (Wonderful World of Animals),Beatrice MacLeod, Gareth Stevens
Lizards, Frogs and Polliwogs, Douglas Florian, Harcourt Brace
Snakes, Salamanders and Lizards, Diane L. Burns, NorthWord Press
Old Turtle, Douglas Wood, Scholastic Press
A Million Visions of Peace: from the Friends of Old Turtle, Jennifer Garrison, Pfeifer
Lizard’s Home, George Shannon, Greenwillow
All About Turtles, Jim Arnosky, Scholastic Trade
Turtles: Perfect Pets, Susan Schafer, Marshall Cavendish
Box Turtle at Long Pond, William T. George, Greenwillow
Frogs, Toads, and Turtles, Diane L. Burns, NorthWord Press
A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Coloring Book, Roger Peterson, Houghton
Snakes, Seymour Simon, Harpercollins
Rattlesnake Dance, Jim Arnosky, Putnam Publishing Group
I Wonder Why Snakes Shed Their Skins, Amanda O’Neill, Kingfisher Books
Discovering What Garter Snakes Do, Seymour Seymon, Harpercollins
Poisonous Snakes, Seymour simon, Harpercollins
Buzzing Rattlesnakes, Ruth Berman, Lerner Publications
Copperheads, James Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
Outside and Inside Snakes, Saundra Markle, Antheneum
Pythons, James Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
Anacondas, James Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
Boa Constrictors, James Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
Poisonous Snakes, Seymour Simon, Harpercollins
Verdi, Janell Cannon, Harcourt Brace
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash, Trinka Hakes Noble, E P Dutton
Find the Snake, Cate Foley, Children’s Press
Amazing Snakes, Alexandra Parsons, Alfed A. Knopf
It’s Best to Leave a Snake Alone, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Ultimate Sticker Book: Reptiles, Deni Brown, DK Publishing
Komodo Dragon: On Location, Kathy Darling, Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Komodo, Peter Sis, Greenwillow
Crocodiles and Alligators, Seymour Simon, Harpercollins
There’s an Alligator Under My Bed, Mercer Mayer, Dial Books
Flap Your Wings, Phillip Eastman, Randon House (early reader)
The Galapagos Tortoise (Remarkable Animals Series), Susan Schafer, Dillon Press
Galapagos Means Tortoise, Ruth Heller, Sierra Club Juveniles
Amazing Lizards, Fay Zallinger, Crabtree (Level 2 reader)
Cambio Chameleon, Mauro Magellan, Humanics Publishing Group
The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book, Jerry Pallotta, Charlesbridge
Baby Animal Stories (Wildlife Treasuries), Story by Jennifer Boudart, Publications International