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Beautiful Science Picture Books

Biology and earth science
to accompany classical coversations cycle 1

Week 1: Classifications of Living Things
  • Karl, Get Out of the Garden!:  Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything by Anita Sanchez and Catherine Stock
 
Week 2:  Kingdoms of Living Things
  • Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder
  • Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies
  • Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
 
Week 3:  Parts of an Animal Cell
  • Animal Cells by Mason Anders
 
Week 4:  Parts of a Plant Cell
  • Plant Cells by Mason Anders
 
Week 5:  Major Groups of Invertebrates
  • An Earthworm’s Life by John Himmelman
  • Wiggling Worms at Work by Wendy Pfeffer
  • Curious About Worms (Smithsonian) by Kate Winters
  • About Mollusks: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • About Insects: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • About Aracnids: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger
 
Week 6:  Major Groups of Vertebrates
  • About Fish: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • About Amphibians: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • About Reptiles: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • About Mammals: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
  • About Birds: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
 
Week 7:  Ways Animals Reproduce
  • Animals Born Alive and Well by Ruth Heller
  • Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
  • An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston
 
Week 8:  Types of Seed Plants
  • A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
  • From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
  • From Cone to Pine Tree by Emma Carlson Berne

Week 9:  Parts of a Plant
  • What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Week 10:  Leaf Shapes
  • We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger
  • Trees, Leaves, Bark (Take Along Guide) by Dianne Burns
  • Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons
  • The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups by Gina Ingoglia
 
Week 11:  Parts of a Flower
  • The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
  • Pick, Pull, Snap!  Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola M. Schaefer
  • How Flowers Grow (Usborne) by Emma Helbrough
  • Flowers by Gail Gibbons
  • From Seed to Sunflower (Lifecycles) by Gerald Legg
 
Week 12:  Plant Systems
  • Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life by Molly Bang
  • From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
 
Week 13:  Parts of the Geosphere
  • Planet Earth Inside Out by Gail Gibbons
 
Week 14:  Three Kinds of Rock
  • A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston
  • Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans
 
Week 15:  Mountains
  • About Habitats: Mountains by Cathryn Sill
 
Week 16:  Four Kinds of Volcanos
  • Pompeii -- Buried Alive! (Step into Reading) by Edith Kunhardt
  • Volcanoes (Let’s Read and Find Out) by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley
 
Week 17:  Parts of a Volcano
  • Volcanoes (Let’s Read and Find Out) by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley
 
Week 18:  Ocean Floor
  • How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller
 
Week 19:  Ocean Zones
  • About Habitats: Ocean by Cathryn Sill
  • Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivola
  • Ocean Seasons by Ron Hirschi
 
Week 20:  Atmosphere
 
Week 21:  Circles of Latitude
  • Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz
  • Captain Cook (Useborne) by Rebecca Levene
  • A Picture of Christopher Columbus by David Adler           

​Week 22:  Weather Fronts
  • Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons
 
Week 23:  Clouds
  • Shapes in the Sky: A Book About Clouds by Josepha Sherman
  • The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
  • Clouds by Anne Rockwell
 
Week 24:  The Globe
  • Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz
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  • About
  • Blog
  • Our Quiet Growing Time
    • Read, Play, Create: Learning Letters Through Picture Books >
      • Book List By Letter
      • A Closer Look at Each Day
      • Daily Plans by Letter
  • The 9 Practices
    • Praise
    • Celebration
    • Stories
    • Wonder
    • Rest
    • Atmosphere
    • Modeling
    • Memorization
    • Mastery
  • Here is How
    • Order of our Day
    • Morning Time
    • Nature Study
    • Learning Plan by Subject
  • Book Lists
    • Classics
    • Seasonal Stories
    • Treasured Authors
    • Beautiful History Picture Books
    • Beautiful Science Picture Books
    • Fantasy Stories