NONFICTION – all books are rated 1, 2, 3 or 4 as determined by The Horn Book Guide
Apples by Ken Robbins
Atheneum © 2002
This entertaining account describes how apples are grown, harvested, and used. It also discusses planting and maintenance of orchards.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-689-83024-6
Baa!: The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read about Genes and Cloning by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Kids Can © 2001
Facts about genes and cloning are loosely grouped into four chapters covering what effect genes have on heredity, the structure and analysis of DNA, genetic mutations, and cloning.
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 1-55074-856-4
Bees by Deborah Hodge
Kids Can © 2004
A combination of close-up photos and realistic art shows bees at work. The brief text described life cycle, habitat, colony organization, and the role of the queen, worker, and male. A double-page spread displays the insect body in detail.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 1-55337-656-0
Bees Up Close by Robin Birch
Raintree © 2004
Covers the anatomy, life cycle, and habits of bees in easy-to-read, straightforward, informational text.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 1-4109-1138-1
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat by George Levenson
Tricycle © 2004
White gloves grow, thresh, and grind the wheat, then mix, knead, and bake it into bread. Includes a recipe and explains more about wheat and the baking.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 1-58246-114-7
Century Farm: One Hundred Years on a Family Farm by Cris Peterson (Not rated.)
Boyds Mills Press © 1999
A look at a Wisconsin dairy farm owned by the same family for four generations. The current owner tells the story and weaves family history into the descriptions of early day operations. While the author details the many changes that have taken place in the past century, readers are also reminded that many things remain the same.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 1563977109
Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest by Robert Burleigh
Abrams © 2002
This book traces the history of chocolate from its first known use by Maya people in the South American rainforest to its worldwide popularity today. Information about the development of both the chocolate-making process and the variety of chocolate products we enjoy today appears in short segments that cohere well.
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 0-8109-5734-5
DNA by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn
Twenty-first Century © 2002
This book explains definitions, structure, function, reproduction, and disorders of the smallest units of life. Color photos, photomicrographs, diagrams, and sidebars add facts and visual interest. The book ends with a look at the future possibilities and controversies that current research promises.
Recommended Age Range: Young Adult
ISBN: 0-7613-2257-4
Earth-Friendly Crafts for Kids: Fifty Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff by Heather Smith and Joe Rhatigan
Sterling/Lark © 2002
Information about conservation and tips on recycling are included with these craft projects ideas, arranged by material (plastic, metal, paper, glass).
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 1-57990-340-1
Extra Cheese, Please!: Mozzarella's Journey from Cow to Pizza by Cris Peterson (Not rated.)
Boyds Mills Press © 2004
Set at the author's beautiful Wisconsin dairy farm, this explanation of how mozzarella cheese is made begins with the birth of Annabelle's calf and ends with a pizza recipe. Text and pictures take readers into the barn, onto the tank truck, and through the elaborate process of making cheese at the factory. Peterson includes ways of understanding amounts of things, e.g., Annabelle eats "seven tons of feed in a year, enough to fill your bedroom to the ceiling twice."
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 1590782461
Everyday Life by Clive Gifford
Kingfisher © 2001
A succinct text examines the current impact of modern inventions on daily life and what the future may hold as further developments are made in the areas of transportation, education, sports, and health.
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 0-7534-5268-5
Fish by Stephen Savage
Raintree © 2000
Attractive color photos of different kinds of fish illustrate this introductory biology book; the two to four sentences of basic information on each page are supplemented by captions and boxes facts. After distinguishing fish from other classes of animal, the text goes on to describe “Where Fish Live,” “Catching a Meal,” “Fish Young,” and “Fish Pets.” A scale at the end shows relative size.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-7398-1357-9
Four Seasons Make a Year by Anne Rockwell
Walker © 2004
In this book, a girl explains the changes on her farm throughout the year. A sunflower’s evolution from seed to bloom to seed again neatly captures the cycle of all living things.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-8027-8885-8
From Calf to Cow by Jillian Powell
Raintree © 2001
Using clear prose, the author discusses baby animals’ habits and needs. Mention of farm animals’ fates as meat and discussion of horn removal, ear tagging, and tail clipping are done in a straightforward manner.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-7398-4426-1
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