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Frogs
Rhonda Lucas Donald and Kathleen W. Kranking

Frogs are sure to fascinate kids with their unique life cycle, interesting eating habits, special survival strategies, and impressive athletic abilities. Includes background information, cross-curricular activities, hands-on reproducibles, art projects, games, and more!

Grades 1–3
32 pp.
$8.95
Order Number: 0-439-05178-9

Ocean Life
Lisa J. Rudy

This book is filled with information about the sea and its creatures, plus lots of cross-curricular activities, science projects, and exciting hands-on reproducibles.

Grades 1–4
64 pp.
$10.95
Order Number: 0-590-49508-9

Splish-Splash Science
Rebecca Olien

Make a splash in your classroom with fresh activities that teach about water, such as Pick a Puddle, Disappearing Drops, and Cloud Makers. Includes poems and plays, games, art projects, book links, learning centers, reproducible activities, and a poster.

Grades 1–3
64 pp.
$10.95
Order Number: 0-590-11595-2

101 Science Poems and Songs for Young Learners
Meish Goldish

This big collection of irresistible poems and songs helps develop an understanding of basic science skills while strengthening literacy. Includes easy activities.

Grades 1–3
96 pp.
$12.95
Order Number: 0-590-96369-4

Scholastic Recommends These Books for Grades PreK–2

I Am Water
Jean Marzollo; Illustrated by Judith Moffatt

Easy-to-read text describes water in this Hello Reader! Science book.

Ages 3–6
32 pp.
Paperback: $3.99
Order Number: RZL26587
Big Book & Teaching Guide: $24.95
Order Number: RZL910959

Fish Is Fish
Leo Lionni

A modern fable of a minnow who wants to follow his tadpole friend — who becomes a frog — onto land.

Ages 4–7
32 pp.
$3.50
Order Number: RZL40006

A House for Hermit Crab
Eric Carle

Hermit Crab keeps moving from house to house in this fable based on the true habits of the hermit crab.

Ages 4–7
32 pp.
Paperback: $4.95
Order Number: RZL42567
Big Book & Teaching Guide: $24.95
Order Number: RZL65966

In the Small, Small Pond
Denise Fleming

This Caldecott Honor winner features lively text and art that details creatures' activities at the pond throughout the seasons of the year.

Ages 3–6
32 pp.
$3.95
Order Number: RZL48119

Jump, Frog, Jump!
Robert Kalin; Illustrated by Byron Barton

This is the turtle . . . that ate the snake . . . who swallowed the fish . . . and so on! Children will want to join in reading this rhythmic cumulative tale.

Ages 4–6
32 pp.
Paperback: $3.95
Order Number: RZL40063
Big Book & Teaching Guide: $24.95
Order Number: RZL64652

My River
Susan L. Roth

Learn from creatures like turtles, eels, dragonflies, ducks, and many others that live in and by a river why rivers are important and why we must care for them.

Ages 5–8
32 pp.
Paperback: $3.95
Order Number: RZL47237
Big Book & Teaching Guide: $24.95
Order Number: RZL96451

Elephants Swim
Linda Capus Riley; Illustrated by Steve Jenkins

In a simple yet clever introduction to animals and the way they respond to water, paper collages feature, among others, elephants, pelicans, a squid, and a polar bear.

Ages 4–8
40 pp.
$4.50
Order Number: RZL906571

Frogs
Laura Driscoll; Illustrated by Judith Moffatt

Fascinating frog facts about amazing amphibians leap from the page of this easy reader.

Ages 4–6
32 pp.
$3.50
Order Number: RZL908645

Going on a Whale Watch
Bruce McMillan

Striking photographs and accurate diagrams introduce young readers to many different kinds of whales, as viewed through the eyes of children on an exciting whale watch.

Ages 4–8
40 pp.
Paperback: $4.95
Order Number: RZL45679
Big Book and Teaching Guide: $24.95
Order Number: RZL57421

The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
Joanna Cole; Illustrated by Bruce Degen

Ms. Frizzle's class embarks on a marvelous undersea adventure, where they see the formation of an island coral reef, witness life in a tidal pool, and more.

Ages 6–9
48 pp.
Paperback: $5.99
Order Number: RZL41431
Big Book & Teaching Guide: $24.95
Order Number: RZL57570
Hardcover: $15.95
Order Number: RZL41430
El autobús mágico en el fondo del mar
Spanish paperback: $4.99
Order Number: RZL47506
Spanish Big Book: $26.95
Order Number: RZL57575

The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream
Nancy E. Krulik

A book about salmon migration.

Ages 6–9
32 pp.
$3.50
Order Number: RZL92232
El autobús mágico va contra la corriente
Spanish paperback: $3.50
Order Number: RZL29935

Along a Rocky Shore
Judith E. Rinard

Sea otters, sea lions, sea slugs, and sea squires. . . Kids take a look at the unusual homes and habits of these animals and others. From the National Geographic Society Kids Want to Know series.

Ages 5-7
32 pp.
$4.50
Order Number: RZL913968

Whales
Seymour Simon

Readers will learn that some whales are bigger than the biggest dinosaur that ever lived and that a whale can swim through water at dizzying speeds or dive as deep as a mile.

Ages 5–8
40 pp.
$4.95
Order Number: RZL906237

 
     

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