Recommended Read Aloud Nonfiction
for 5 – 8 yr old listeners
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These are nonfiction books that work well as "read alouds" because they are engaging to read aloud, and listen to, from beginning to end, like a story. (unlike many nonfiction books which are in more of a "browsing" or "textbook" type of format.)
Many of these books will also work well for young readers to read independently.
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A Good Mix of Good Books
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| Bloomers | Blumberg |
| The Big Tree | Hiscock |
| Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Kerley |
| Elephants Can Paint, Too | Arnold |
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The Emperor Lays an Egg | Guiberson |
| Extreme Animals | Davies |
| Fireboat | Kalman |
| The Glorious Flight | Provenson |
| George Washington's Teeth | Chandra
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Knights in Shining Armor | Gibbons |
| The Making of a Knight | O'Brien |
| Mr. Williams | Barbour |
| My Light | Bang |
| Oh, Say can you Seed | Worth |
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Oh, Say can you Say Di-No-Saur | Worth |
| Open Wide: Tooth School Inside | Keller |
| Owen & Mzee | Hatkoff |
| A Polar Bear Journey | Miller |
| Sea Horse: the shyest fish in the sea | Butterworth |
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| The Shortest Day | Pfeffer |
| The Tooth Fairy Tells All | Copeland |
| Turtle Crossing | Chrustowswki |
| Vote | Christelow |
What Would you do with a Tail Like This
| Jenkins
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Picture Book Biographies
EXPLORE THEM ALL IN OUR JP BIOS SECTION. SOME FAVORITES ARE LISTED.
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| Different Like Coco | Matthews |
| Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburg Pirates | Winter |
| How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning | Schanzer |
| Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor | McCully |
| Abe Lincoln: The Boy who Loved Books | Winters | |
Leonardo's Horse
| Fritz
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Let's Read and Find Out series
TITLES IN OUR COLLECTION LISTED.
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| Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals |
| Dinosaur Tracks |
| A Drop of Blood |
| Earthquakes |
| Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll |
| From Caterpillar to Butterfly |
| Germs Make me Sick |
| How Animal Babies Stay Safe |
| Icebergs |
| Look Out for Turtles |
| Penguin Chick |
| The Sun, our Nearest Star |
| Sunshine Makes the Seasons |
| What Happens to a Hamburger |
| What Makes Day and Night |
| What is the World Made of |
| What's it Like to be a Fish |
| Why are the Ice Caps Melting |
Why do Leaves Change Color
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Magic School Bus series
WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT AND WHERE TO FIND THEM IN OUR LIBRARY.
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Bats | J 599.3 K |
| Colors | J 523.6 M |
| Decomposition | J 589.2 M |
| Earth | J 551 C |
| Germs | J 616.07 M |
| Habitats | J 591.7 M |
| Human Body | J 612 C |
| Hurricanes | J 551.55 C |
| Oceans | J 574.6 Oceans |
| Plants | J 581.467 M |
| Solar System | J 523.2 C |
| Water Cycle | J 553.7 R |
| Waterworks | J 628.1 C |
Volcanoes
| J 551.2 H
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Pallotta Alphabet Books
TITLES BY JERRY PALLOTTA. (also good "browsing" books)
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| The Airplane Alphabet Book |
| The Beetle Alphabet Book |
| The Construction Alphabet Book |
| The Frog Alphabet Book |
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