McGrath, B. (2002). The m&m's color pattern book.Watertwon, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing.
With the use of M&M candies, students begin to explore colors, patterns, and mathematics. Staring with basic counting, this book offers students the chance to practice: following directions, color naming and recognition, color sorting, recognizing patters, creating easy to complex patterns, addition, multiplication, rows and columns, and creating non-linear patterns. Students will enjoy learning about these concepts with the hands-on element of M&M's. The best part is eating them when you're done!
The Day-Glo Brothers
Barton, C. (2009). The day-glo brothers: The true story of bob and joe switzer's bright ideas and brand-new colors. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing.
Bob and Joe both started off with big ideas and where they wanted their life to go. But, like what happens to all of us, life happened. Though they did not get to fulfill their life's dreams, they did change the world and helped win World War II! These two brothers invented Day-Glo colors... or florescent colors. This exciting book lets people know that every one has a great purpose in life and great feats can be done with a sharp mind and hard work. Learn how these two brother created their very own color and how we use it today!
What's Cooking? A Cookbook For Kids
Disney Enterprises/Pixas. (2007). Ratatouille what's cooking? NY: Disney Press.
This cookbook, designed for kids, focuses on French cuisine. Each recipe is on its own page with a corresponding large color photo of the finished product. Each recipe includes easy to read ingredients list and a "cooking level" that lets the child know how difficult the recipe is.
Math Strategies That Multiply: The Best of Times
Tang, G. (2002). Math strategies that multiply: The best of times. NY. Scholastic Press.
Learning multiplication facts is not the easiest of feats. This book offers fun and easy rhymes to help children learn and remember multiplication rules from zero to ten. If you or your students are tired of monotonous memorization of multiplication facts, pick this one up! You will forget you are learning mathematics when you're reading these entertaining riddles and rhymes.
Uncover The Human Body
Colombo, L. (2009). Uncover the human body. CA: Silver Dolphin Books.
This book offers pictures, diagrams, and facts about the human body. It even offers the reader at-home experiments that you can do yourself! The neat thing about this book is that it includes a 3D look inside the human body showing the ribs, muscles, skeleton, nervous system and other body parts layer by layer.
Lions on the Hunt
Polydoros, L. (2009). Lions on the hunt. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.
Have you ever wanted to learn how lions attack their prey? Then this is the book for you! Real and graphic photographs, along with "killer" facts and diagrams, tell the story of how lions hunt, attack, and eat their prey. No reader will be disappointed with this book, so get ready to dig your teeth into this one.
The Journey Stories of Migration
Rylant, C. (2006). The journey stories of migration. NY: The Blue Sky Press.
Just like people move in large groups to populate other parts of the world, animals do to. How do these animals travel? Where do they find their food when traveling? This book tells the story of different animals and how they migrate from one area to another, whether it is only a few miles away or hundreds miles away.
Holidays: Veterans Day
Sorensen, L. (1994). Holidays: Veteran's day. FL: The Rourke Press, Inc.
What is Veterans Day? How did it come about? How did it get its name? This book answers all your questions. Get to know the history and significance of this holiday as well as view artwork and photographs of various monuments.
The Drop Goes Plop
Godwin, S. (2005). The drop goes pop. MN: Picture Window Books.
Young readers will appreciate the ease of format and text in this book. Learn all about the water cycle as this texts takes you from clouds forming high in the sky to water evaporation. Also included in this book is a fun fact list as well as interesting internet sites.
A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women.
Cheney, L. & Preiss, R. (2003). A is for abigail: An almanac of amazing american women. Simon & Schuster Children.
Included in this book is a list of some of the most important women in our nation's history. Some women featured in this text had roles in the revolutionary war while others made great inventions and others were famous actresses and signers. Learn all about these amzing women and their bravery, hard work, and caring nature towards others.
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