NONFICTION – all books are rated 1, 2, 3 or 4 as determined by The Horn Book Guide
From Cane to Sugar by Jill Braithwaite
Lerner © 2003
This book is designed to give beginning readers information as to how ordinary products are produced. Each text is enhanced by color photographs that children will find helpful.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-8225-0940-7
From Chick to Chicken 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: 0-7398-4427-X
From Grass to Milk by Stacy Taus-Bolstad
Lerner © 2003
This book is designed to give beginning readers information as to how ordinary products are produced. Each text is enhanced by color photographs that children will find helpful.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-8225-4664-7
From Lamb to Sheep 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: 0-7398-4425-3
From Milk to Cheese by Shannon Zemlicka
Lerner © 2003
This book is designed to give beginning readers information as to how ordinary products are produced. Each text is enhanced by color photographs that children will find helpful.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-8225-1387-0
From Milk to Ice Cream by Kristin Thoennes Keller
Capstone © 2004
Easy-to-read text briefly traces the commercial process of making ice cream from milking cows to purchasing the finished product in a store. Relevant color potos are well placed.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-7368-2635-1
From Peanut to Peanut Butter by Robin Nelson
Lerner © 2003
This book is designed to give beginning readers information as to how ordinary products are produced. Each text is enhanced by color photographs that children will find helpful.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-8225-0944-X
From Piglet to Pig 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: 0-7398-4428-8
From Plant to Blue Jeans by Arthur John L’Hommedieu
Children’s Press © 1998
Describes the process of making blue jeans from the harvesting of cotton through the weaving of cloth and sewing the finished product.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0516203665
From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer
HarperCollins © 2004
Clearly, simply, and accurately, this book explains how pumpkins grow from seeds.
Recommended Age Range: Grades K-3
ISBN: 0-06-028038-7
From Wheat to Pasta (Changes) by Robert Egan (Not rated.)
Children's Press © 1997
Describes, in text and photographs, the steps in making various kinds of pasta from growing and harvesting the wheat through the grinding of the flour to making the dough and shaping the final product.
Recommended Age Range: K-3
ISBN: 0516260693
Global Warming by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn
Twenty-first Century © 2003
This is a good discussion of some of the factors controlling global warming. The authors describe, in considerable detail, various biological and geological cycles that are known to affect our climate and make clear some of the difficulties in considering these quantitatively.
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 0-7613-2256-6
Global Warming: The Threat of Earth’s Changing Climate by Laurence Pringle
North-South/SeaStar © 2001
The author covers the science of global warming rigorously, from detailed discussion of atmospheric phenomena to concerns about human production of emissions. Clear captions help clarify the intent of the graphs, charts, and color photos. There are thorough explanations of the growing evidence for global warming and the need for urgent measures to reduce its effects.
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 1-58717-009-4
Green Power: Leaf and Flower Vegetables by Meredith Sayles Hughes
Lerner © 2001
This book clearly describes the history, cultivation, harvest, and preparation of seven plants. Shaded boxes contain recipes, additional facts, and anecdotal information. Botanical drawings and full-color photos help identify the more unusual foods, and occasional bits of humor keep the tone light.
Recommended Age Range: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 0-8225-2839-8
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