PreK Math & Science Books
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We can be sure of this: It’s a circle without end. It’s pumpkin seeds to pumpkins To pumpkin seeds again! This treat of a picture book comes cloaked in the colors of fall. Bouncy verse and glowing photographs show a backyard pumpkin patch move through its natural cycle — a bug’s eye and a bird’s high view of seeds sprouting, flowers blooming, bees buzzing, pumpkins growing . . .and then going back to earth. An author’s note explains how to grow your own pumpkin. Educators, please visit our Resources section, above, for teaching guides and curricula. Awards 1999 Parent’s Guide Award Reviews “If you weren’t a pumpkin lover before, you will be after checking this neat book out.” -Fast Forward magazine “Eye-catching full-color photography and rhyming text. . . . An excellent choice for fall pumpkin studies.”-Public Schools of North Carolina’s Infotech”Your books will help us put an emphasis on early reading and help improve the stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding farmers and agriculture.”-American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden
Bored and dissatisfied with his life, a triangle visits a local shapeshifter to add another angle to his shape. Poof! He becomes a quadrilateral. But then he gets greedy and keeps adding angles until he’s completely transformed. Kids will enjoy this boldly colorful introduction to shapes and basic math concepts.
The Greedy Triangle (Scholastic Bookshelf)
Geometric figures stand in for human beings in this enchanting story about cooperation and tolerance.
Amigos / Friends (Libros Para Contar (Little Books)) (Spanish Edition)
A box is just a box…unless it’s not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.
Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real—when the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.
The simple text makes the book appropriate for toddlers, but the message and retro feel of the book also lead to it being an original and compelling gift to mark an occasion such as a graduation.
Tana Hoban introduces the youngest viewer to the idea of size relativity. “Hoban demonstrates once again her mastery of elements of composition, such as color, texture, and balance.”–Horn Book.
Once a child is old enough to recognize the difference between a peacock and a frog, the idea of a peacock frog is funny and intriguing. Does it look like a peacock or a frog? Does it have a tail or a beak? And what about a skunk tiger beetle? Does it have stripes like a tiger? Or worse, stink like a skunk?
Every page of COOL ANIMAL NAMES invites laughter and discovery with 256 of the most bizarre animals on the planet. Discover weird animals such as the wolf spider, panther chameleon, and ant lion, which stalk prey the way their large mammal namesakes do, or animals such as the elephant shrew and elephant fish, which were named for their trunk-like appendages.
Eric Carle’s classic story of the life cycle of a flower is told through the adventures of a tiny seed. This mini-book includes a piece of detachable seed-embedded paper housed on the inside front cover. Readers can plant the entire piece of paper and watch as their very own tiny seeds grow into beautiful wildflowers.
The Tiny Seed: With seeded paper to grow your own flowers! (The World of Eric Carle)
Start with an ordinary brown box. Get out the red paint. Add a chair and a mug. Then, watch as Meeow works his magic, transforming everyday objects into an amazing fire truck. What a clever kitty!
What happens when you plant just one little bean? A fundamental childhood experiment charmingly unfolds in this first science book about planting and observation. A perfect balance of simple narration and cheerful, thoughtful three-dimensional paper sculptures just right for the very young, One Bean carefully and joyfully takes the young observer step-by-step through a plant’s growth cycle, from planting the bean in a paper cup to the tasty results.
Created with respect to the developmental needs of the youngest learner, here’s a concept book that tips its hat to children’s never-ending curiosity about the world around them.
‘Children and adults of various ages, races, and physical abilities tour a public aquarium to look at many of the world’s marine creatures. The language is almost lyrical…[and] the story is alive with color and action.’—SLJ. ‘A versatile author at her best.… In the large, cheerful illustrations, action-filled spreads are varied with portrait vignettes, and underwater scenes with the visitors’ enthusiastic responses.’—K.
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1994 (NSTA/CBC)
1993 “Pick of the Lists” (ABA)
1996 Garden State (NJ) Children’s Nonfiction Award
My Visit to the Aquarium (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can’t find one another. When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green. But where did little blue and little yellow go? Are they lost?
Little Blue and Little Yellow: A Story for Pippo and Other Children
