RESOURCES

 

Books about Spiders

Bailey, Donna. Spiders: Animal World. Austin: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1991.

Bailey, Jill. The Life Cycle of a Spider. New York: Bookwright Press, 1989.

Berger, Melvin & Gilda. Do All Spiders Spin Webs? New York: Scholastic, 2000.

Berger, Melvin & Gilda. Do Tarantulas Have Teeth? New York: Scholastic, 1999. 

Berman, Ruth. Spinning Spiders. Lerner Publications Company, 1998. 

Biel, Timothy.  Spiders: Zoo Books. San Diego: Wildlife Education, Ltd., 1992.

Chinery, Michael. Life Story: Spider. New Jersey: Troll Associates, 1991. 

Cole, Joanna. Spider’s Lunch: All about Garden Spiders. All Aboard Reading: Level 1. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1995.

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Books about Butterflies

Arnosky, Jim. CRINKLEROOT'S GUIDE TO KNOWING BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS. Simon & Schuster, 1996.
 
*Carle, Eric. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR. Philomel Books, 1979.
THE CATERPILLAR WHO TURNED INTO A BUTTERFLY. Little Simon, 1980.
DeLuise, Dom. CHARLIE THE CATERPILLAR. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1990.
Facklam, Margery. CREEPY, CRAWLY CATERPILLARS. Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
George, Jean Craighead. THE MOON OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. Harper Collins Publishers, 1993.
Heligman, Deborah. FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY. HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
*Herberman, Ethan. THE GREAT BUTTERFLY HUNT: THE MYSTERY OF THE MIGRATING MONARCHS. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1990. 
Josephson, Judith Pinkerton. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. Crestwood House (Macmillan), 1988.
Lemmon, Robert Stell. ALL ABOUT MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. Random, 1956.

 

 Wordless Books

Anno's Counting Book (Crowell, 1977)
Illus. by Anno. ISBN 0-690-01287-X

Changes, Changes (Macmillan, 1971)
Illus. by Pat Hutchins. ISBN 0-02-745870-9

Dinosaur! (HarperCollins, 2000)
Illus. by Peter Sís. ISBN 0-688-17049-8

The Forty-Six Little Men (HarperCollins, 1991)
Illus. by Jan Mogensen. ISBN 0-688-09283-7

Four Hungry Kittens (Dial, 1996)
Illus. by Emily Arnold McCully. ISBN 0-8037-2505-1

Good Night, Garden Gnome (Dial, 2001)
Illus. by Jamichael Henterly. ISBN 0-8037-2531-0

Home (Greenwillow, 2004)
Illus. by Jeannie Baker ISBN 0-06-623935-4

Magpie Magic: A Tale of Colorful Mischief (Putnam, 1999)
Illus. by April Wilson. ISBN 0-8037-2354-7

Midnight Adventures of Kelly, Dot, and Esmeralda (McElderry, 1999)
Illus. by John S. Goodall. ISBN 0-689-82564-1

Mouse Letters: A Very First Alphabet Book (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
Illus. by Jim Arnosky. ISBN 0-395-55386-5

Mouse Numbers: A Very First Counting Book (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
Illus. by Jim Arnosky. ISBN 0-395-55006-8

An Ocean World (HarperCollins, 1992)
Illus. by Peter Sis. ISBN 0-688-09067-2

Oh! (Abrams, 2000)
Illus. by Josse Goffin. ISBN 0-810-93660-7

Pancakes for Breakfast (Harcourt Brace, 1990)
Illus. by Tomie de Paola. ISBN 0-15-259455-8

Peep! (Peachtree, 2003)
Illus. by Kevin Luthardt. ISBN 1-56145-046-4

Sidewalk Circus (Candlewick Press, 2004)
Presented by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes. ISBN 0-7636-1107-7

Tuesday (Clarion, 1991) 
Illus. by David Wiesner. ISBN 0-395-55113-7

Window (Greenwillow, 1991)
Illus. by by Jeannie Baker. ISBN 0-688-08918-6

Versions of Cinderella from Around the World

Cinder Edna, by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Kevin O'Malley. Lothrop, 1994.

Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper, a free translation from the French of Chales Perrault, illustrated by Marcia Brown. Scribner, 1954 (Caldecott medal winner)

Cinderella, retold by David Delamare. Simon & Schuster, 1993. (Illustrations are Venetian inspired. The prince is named Fidelio)

Cinderella, illustrated by Paul Galdone. McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Cinderella, retold from The Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. Greenwillow Books, 1981.

The Egyptian Cinderella, by Shirley Climo, illustrated by Ruth Heller. HarperCollins, 1989.

The Enchanted Anklet: A Cinderella Story from India, translated and adapted by Lila Mehta, illustrated by Neela Chhaniara. Toronto: Lilmur, 1985.

The Glass Slipper, by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, illustrated by Hugh Stevenson. Wingate, 1946. (A novel-length version)

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, by John Steptoe. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987. (Zimbabwe)

Nomi and the Magic Fish: a Story from Africa, by Phumla, illustrated by Carole Byard. Doubleday, 1972. (Zulu)

The Rough-Face Girl, by Rafe Martin, illustrated by David Shannon. Putnam, 1992. (Algonquin Native American)

Tam Cam: The Vietnamese Cinderella Story, by The Goi.

When the Nightingale Sings, by Joyce Carol Thomas. HarperCollins, 1992.

Yeh-Shen, a Cinderella Tale from China, by Ai-Ling Louie; illustrated by Ed Young. Philomel Books, 1982.

 Websites about Bats

Fast facts about bats
URL:http://seaworld.org/animal_bytes/batsab.html
Facts about bats
URL:http://cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/know.html
Comments: Younger children may need some assistance with reading from adult volunteers or older students.
Desert bats
URL: http://desertusa.com/jan97/du_bats.html
Comments: Younger children may need some assistance with reading from adult volunteers or older students.
Bat trivia
URL:http://batcon.org/discover/trivia.html
Comments: Younger children may need some assistance with reading from adult volunteers or older students.