School Curricula Bibliography

• Allen, Nancy Nelly. On the Banks of the Amazon / En las Orillas del Amazonas (bilingual). Raven Tree Press, Illinois: 2004. (Ages 4-8)
• Barner, Bob. Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Chronicle Books, LLC, San Francisco: 1999. (Ages 2-6)
• Bash, Barbara. Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City. Little, Brown and Company, New York: 1990. (Ages 7-12)
• Behler, John L., & Deborah A. Behler. Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York: 2005.
• Beltz, Ellin. Frogs: Inside Their Remarkable World. Firefly Books Ltd, USA: 2005.
• Bergen, Lara. The Rainforest Race. Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr., New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Berkes, Marianne. Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme. Dawn Publications, California: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Bishop, Nic. Forest Explorer: A Life-Size Field Guide. Scholastic Press, New York: 2004. (Ages 7-12)
• Brett, Jan. The Umbrella. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York: 2004. (Ages 4-8)
• Brown, Peter. The Curious Garden. Little, Brown and Company, New York: 2009. (Ages 4-8)
• Burleigh, Robert. Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest. Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York: 2002. (Ages 6-10)
• Cannon, Janel. Verdi. Harcourt Children’s Books, Massachusetts: 1997. (Ages 6-9)
• Carle, Eric. “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth. Puffin Books, New York: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Cherry, Lynne. Flute’s Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush. Harcourt Inc., San Diego: 1997. (Ages 5-9)
• Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Voyager Books, San Diego: 1990. (Ages 7-12)
• Cherry, Lynne & Gary Braasch. How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming. Dawn Publications, Nevada City: 2008. (Ages 9-12)
• Cherry, Lynne. The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tangle. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York: 2004. (Ages 7-12)
• Chinery, Michael. Secrets of the Rainforest: Plants and Planteaters. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2000. (Ages 7-12)
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks. Scholastic Inc., New York: 1986. (Ages 4-8)
• Cowley, Joy. Red-eyed Tree Frog. Scholastic Paperbacks, New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• David, Laurie & Cambria Gordon. The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming. Orchard Books, New York: 2007. (Ages 9-12)
• Dell, Pamela. Rain Forest Plants. Capstone Press, Minnesota: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Dr. Seuss. The Lorax. Random House, New York: 1971. (Ages 4-10)
• Dunphy, Madeleine. Here Is the Tropical Rain Forest. Web of Life Children’s Books, USA: 2006. (Ages 5-7)
• Eagan, Rachel. The Biography of Bananas. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 9-12)
• Ehlert, Lois. Leaf Man. Harcourt, Inc., New York: 2005. (Ages 4-8)
• Fabiny, Sarah, Chantal Kees & Chris Shields. A Magic Skeleton Book: Rainforest Animal Adventure. Sterling Publishing Co., New York: 2003. (Ages 2-6)
• Farmer, Jacqueline. Bananas! Charlesbridge Publishing, Massachusetts: 1999. (Ages 7-12)
• Florian, Douglas. Insectlopedia. Voyager Books, San Diego: 1998. (Ages 7-12)
• Florian, Douglas. On the Wing. Voyager Books and Harcourt Inc., Florida: 1996. (Ages 7-12)
• Fredericks, Anthony. Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs and Other Ughs. Dawn Publications, California: 2001. (Ages 4-8)
• Friend, Robyn C. & Cohen, Judith Love. A Clean City: The Green Construction Story. Cascade Pass, California: 2008. (Ages 7-12)
• Friend, Robyn C. & Cohen, Judith Love. A Clean Sky: The Global Warming Story. Cascade Pass, California: 2007. (Ages 7-12)
• Gans, Roma. How Do Birds Find Their Way? Harper Collins Publishers, New York: 1996. (Ages 5-9)
• Gibbons, Gail. Nature’s Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. Harper Collins Publishers, USA: 1994. (Ages 7-10)
• Haley, Gail E. A Story A Story. Aladdin Paperbacks, New York: 1970. (Ages 4-8)
• Hamilton, Jean. The Secrets of the Tropical Rainforest: Hot and Humid and Teeming With Life. London Town Press, California: 2005. (Ages 7-12)
• Hand Shetterly, Susan. Shelterwood. Tilbury House Publishers, Maine: 2003. (Ages 9-12)
• Hess, Paul. Rainforest Animals. Zero to Ten, London: 2009. (Ages 4-8)
• Hinshaw Patent, Dorothy. Flashy Fantastic Rain Forest Frogs. Walker and Company, New York: 1997. (Ages 4-8)
• Jukofsky, Diane. Encyclopedia of Rainforests. Oryx Press, Connecticut: 2002.
• Kalman, Bobbie & Molly Aloian. A Rainforest Habitat. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie & John Crossingham. What are Camouflage and Mimicry? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 6-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie & John Crossingham. What Is Migration? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 6-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie & Jacqueline Langille. What are Food Chains and Webs? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 7-10)
• Kalman, Bobbie & Rebecca Sjonger. Plants in Different Habitats. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie, Kathryn Smithyman & Barbara Bedell. Life Cycle of a Tree. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. How Do Animals Adapt? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 6-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie. How Does It Feel? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. What Color Is It? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Is It the Same or Different? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. How Does It Look? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. What Shape Is It? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. The Animal’s Life Cycle: Growing and Changing. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Food Chains and You. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Forest Food Chains. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2005. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. How Do Animals Find Food? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. What Are Earth’s Biomes? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2005. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Frogs and Other Amphibians. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Kindersley, Dorling. 24 Hours Rainforest. Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, New York: 2006. (Ages 7-12)
• Landau, Elaine. Bananas (A True Book). Children’s Press, New York: 1999. (Ages 9-12)
• Larson, Lyn. Ghana (Country Explorers). Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis: 2011. (Ages 9-12)
• Levenson, George. Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden. Tricycle Press, California: 1999. (Ages 4-8)
• Lumry, Amanda, & Laura Hurwitz. Adventures of Riley: Amazon River Rescue. Eaglemont Press, Bellevue: 2004. (Ages 7-10)
• Mazer, Anne. The Salamander Room. Dragonfly Books, New York: 1991. (Ages 4-8)
• McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider (A Tale from the Ashanti). Henry Holt and Company, New York: 1972. (Ages 4-9)
• Menzel, Peter. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. Material World Books and Ten Speed Press, California: 2007.
• Menzel, Peter. Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Sierra Club Books, California: 1994.
• Mitchell, Susan. The Rainforest Grew All Around. Sylvan Dell Publishing, South Carolina: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Morganelli, Adrianna. The Biography of Chocolate. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 9-12)
• Morganelli, Adrianna. The Biography of Coffee. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 9-12)
• Morrison, Gordon. Nature in the Neighborhood. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston: 2004. (Ages 9-12)
• Murray, Andrew. The Very Sleepy Sloth. Scholastic, New York: 2004.
• Musgrove, Margaret. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. Puffin Books: 1976. (Ages 4-8)
• Pfeffer, Wendy and Robin Brickman. A Log’s Life. Aladdin Paperbacks, New York: 1997. (Ages 4-8)
• Polin, C.J. The Story of Chocolate. DK Publishing, Inc., New York: 2005. (Ages 5-9)
• Pope Osborne, Mary. Afternoon on the Amazon. Random House, New York: 1995. (Ages 5-9)
• Pratt, Kristin Joy. A Walk in the Rainforest. Dawn Publications, Nevada: 1992. (Ages 4-8)
• Quinlan, Susan. The Case of the Monkeys that Fell From the Trees and Other Mysteries of Tropical Nature. Boyds Mills Press, Pennsylvania: 2003. (Ages 9-12)
• Scott Jenkins, Virginia. Bananas: An American History. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington: 2000.
• Showers, Paul & Aliki Brandenberg. The Listening Walk. HarperCollins Publishers, New York: 1991. (Ages 3-7)
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Backyard. Learning Triangle Press, New York: 1993. (Ages 9-12)
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Tropical Rain Forest. Learning Triangle Press, New York: 1999. (Ages 9-12)
• Silver, Donald. One Small Square: Woods. Learning Triangle Press, New York: 1995. (Ages 9-12)
• Sneed B. Collard III. The Forest in the Clouds. Charlesbridge Publishing, Massachusetts: 2000. (Ages 7-12)
• Steinberg, Laya & Cris Arbo. All Around Me I See. Dawn Publications, Nevada City: 2005. (Ages 3-8)
• Stiles, David & Jeanie. Tree Houses You Can Actually Build. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York: 1998.
• Stiles, David. How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts. The Lyons Press, Guilford: 2003.
• Sturges, Philomen & Shari Halpern. I Love Bugs! HarperCollins Publishers, China: 2005 (Ages 3-6)
• Walker Leslie, Clare & Charles E. Roth. Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World around You. Storey Publishing, Massachusetts: 2000.
• Willow, Diane. At Home in the Rainforest. Charlesbridge Publishing, Watertown: 1991. (Ages 4-8)
• Willson, Sarah. Diego Saves the Tree Frogs. Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr., New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Witte, Anna. The Parrot Tico Tango. Barefoot Books, Cambridge (MA): 2005. (Ages 4-8)
• Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the Greenhouse. The Putnam & Grosset Group, New York: 1993. (Ages 4-8)
• Young, Allen. A Golden Field Guide from St. Martin’s Press: Tropical Rainforests. St. Martin’s Press, New York: 2001.

Spanish-language books

• Allen, Nancy Nelly. On the Banks of the Amazon/En las Orillas del Amazonas (bilingual). Raven Tree Press, Illinois: 2004. (Ages 4-8)
• Brett, Jan. La Sombrilla. Scholastic Inc., New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Cannon, Janel. Verdi (Spanish Edition). Lectorum Publications, New York: 2001. (Ages 6-9)
• Cherry, Lynn. El Gran Capoquero: Un Cuento de la Selva Amazónica. Voyager Books, San Diego: 1990. (Ages 7-12)
• Cherry, Lynne. El Mar, la Tormenta y el Manglar. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York: 2008. (Ages 7-12)
• Cole, Joanna. El Autobús Mágico: Viaja por el Agua. Scholastic Inc., New York: 1993. (Ages 4-8)
• Dr. Seuss. El Lórax. Lectorum Publications, New York: 1993. (Ages 4-10)
• East, Helen & Eric Maddern. Espíritu del Bosque: Cuentos Sobre Árboles de Todo el Mundo. Blume, Barcelona: 2003. (Ages 4-8)
• Friend, Robyn C. & Cohen, Judith Love. Un Cielo Limpio: La Historia del Calentamiento Global. Cascade Pass, California: 2007. (Ages 9-12)
• Ghersa, Claudio. Biodiversidad y Ecosistemas. Eudeba, Buenos Aires: 2006. (Ages 10-15)
• Kalman, Bobbie & Molly Aloian. Cadenas Alimentarias Del Bosque Tropical. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie & Molly Aloian. Un Hábitat de Bosque Tropical: Introducción a los Hábitats. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie & John Crossingham. ¿Que Es la Migración? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 6-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie & Jacqueline Langille. ¿Que Son Las Redes Y Cadenas Alimentarias? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 7-10)
• Kalman, Bobbie & Rebecca Sjonger. Las Plantas de Distintos Hábitats. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie, Kathryn Smithyman & Barbara Bedell. El Ciclo de la Vida del Árbol. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Como Se Adaptan Los Animales? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 6-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Como Se Siente Tocarlo? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿De Que Color Es? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Es Igual o Diferente? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Que Aspecto Tiene? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Que forma tiene? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2008. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Ciclos de Vida de los Animales: Crecimiento y Cambios. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Las Cadenas Alimentarias y Tú. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2006. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Como Encuentran Alimento Los Animales? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Kalman, Bobbie. ¿Qué Son los Biomas? Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2005. (Ages 7-12)
• Kalman, Bobbie. Ranas y Otros Anfibios. Crabtree Publishing Company, New York: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Levenson, George. El Círculo de las Calabazas: Historia de un Huerto. Tricycle Press, California: 2004. (Ages 4-8)
• Mayer, Cassie. Bosque Tropical (Viviente y No Viviente). Heinemann Library, Illinois: 2008. (Ages 9-12)
• Mound, Laurance. Insectos. DK Publishing, Inc., New York: 2005. (Ages 5-9)
• Pope Osborne, Mary. Una Tarde en el Amazonas. Lectorum Publications, New York: 2004. (Ages 5-9)
• Pratt, Kristin Joy. Un Paseo por el Bosque Lluvioso. Dawn Publications, Nevada: 1992. (Ages 4-8)
• Sigmar. ¿Por Que los Tigres Tienen Rayas? Editorial Signar, Buenos Aires: 2001. (Ages 9-12)
• Trumbauer, Lisa. Descubre la Selva Tropical. Capstone Press, Minnesota: 2007. (Ages 9-12)
• Vilalta, Berta. Los Sonidos del Bosque. Combel Editorial, Barcelona: 2007. (Ages 4-8)
• Willow, Diane. Dentro de la Selva Tropical. Charlesbridge Publishing, Watertown: 1993. (Ages 4-8)