Children's books about science

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in the Cubberley Education Library about science and scientists.

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Journey : based on the true story of OR7, the most famous wolf in the West / Emma Bland Smith ; illustrated by Robin James.
Cover image of Journey : based on the true story of OR7, the most famous wolf in the West
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .M5842 J68 2016
Gr.1-3
Grand Canyon / Jason Chin.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F788 .C485 2017 F
Lexile Measure 1000L; Ages 7-12; Gr.3-5
Endangered sea turtles / Bobbie Kalman.
New York, N.Y. : Crabtree Pub. Co., ©2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL666 .C536 K34 2004
Ages 8-10; Gr.3-6
Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions / Chris Barton ; illustrated by Don Tate.
Cover image of Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » T40 .J585 B37 2016
Lexile measure 820; Ages 7-10; Gr.2-5
Green city : how one community survived a tornado and rebuilt for a sustainable future / Allan Drummond.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GE195.5 .D78 2016
Lexile measure 770; Ages 5-8; K-Gr.3
Because of an acorn / by Lola M. Schaefer and Adam Schaefer ; illustrations by Frann Preston-Gannon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH104.5 .C66 S33 2016
Ages 3-6; PrK-K; Outstanding Science Tradebooks, 2017
Platypus / Sue Whiting ; illustrated by Mark Jackson.
Cover image of Platypus
First U.S. edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .M72 W45 2016
Ages 5-9; K-Gr.4; Outstanding Science Tradebooks, 2017
Animals by the numbers : a book of infographics / Steve Jenkins.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL49 .J4453 2016
Lexile measure 840; Ages 8-12; Gr.2-6; Outstanding science trade books, 2017
Our food : a healthy serving of science and poems / Grace Lin, Ranida T. McKneally ; illustrated by Grace Zong.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TX355 .L47 2016
Lexile measure AD860L; Ages 5-8; K-Gr.3; Outstanding science trade books, 2017
About marine mammals : a guide for children / Cathryn Sill ; illustrated by John Sill.
Cover image of About marine mammals : a guide for children
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL713.2 .S547 2016
Lexile measure AD550L; Ages 3-7; PrK-Gr.2; Outstanding science trade books, 2017
Octopuses one to ten / written by Ellen Jackson ; illustrated by Robin Page.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA113 .J32 2016
Lexile measure AD860L; Ages 5-7; Gr.1-3; Outstanding science trade books, 2017
Grow! Raise! Catch! : how we get our food / by Shelley Rotner.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TX355 .R672 2016
Lexile measure AD670L; Ages 5-7; PrK-Gr.2; Outstanding science trade books, 2017
Fearless flyer : Ruth Law and her flying machine / Heather Lang ; illustrated by Raúl Colón.
Cover image of Fearless flyer : Ruth Law and her flying machine
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL540 .L273 L36 2016
Lexile measure AD700L; Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2017
The marvelous thing that came from a spring : the accidental invention of the toy that swept the nation / written and illustrated by Gilbert Ford ; photography by Greg Endries.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1218.5 .F67 2016
Gr. K-Gr.2
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! : descubriendo el bosque nublado = Olinguito, from A to Z! : unveiling the cloud forest / by Lulu Delacre.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .C26 D45 2016
Gr.1-4; NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, 2017
Out of school and into nature : the Anna Comstock story / written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Jessica Lanan.
Cover image of Out of school and into nature : the Anna Comstock story
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH31 .C72 S53 2017
Lexile measure 670; Ages 6-9; Gr.1-4
Rivers of sunlight : how the sun moves water around the earth / by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm ; illustrated by Molly Bang.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GB848 .B36 2016
Lexile measure AD820L; Ages 5-7; PrK-Gr.3
Wild ocean : sharks, whales, rays, and other endangered sea creatures / edited by Matt Dembicki.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL122.2 .W54 2014
Ages 12 and up; Gr.7 and up
Hopping ahead of climate change : snowshoe hares, science, and survival / Sneed B. Collard III.
Cover image of Hopping ahead of climate change : snowshoe hares, science, and survival
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .L32 C655 2016
Ages 7-12; Gr.2-5
The story of biology : from the science of the ancients to modern genetics / Anne Rooney.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH305 .R566 2016
Middle school
Ada Twist, scientist / by Andrea Beaty ; illustrated by David Roberts.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .E26316 A64 2016
Lexile measure AD550L; Ages 5-7; K-Gr.2
A global warming primer : answering your questions about the science, the consequences, and the solutions / Jeffrey Bennett.
Cover image of A global warming primer
Earth Sciences Library (Branner) » Stacks » QC981.8 .G56 B466 2016
Gr. 9 and up; NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2017
Creekfinding : a true story / Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrated by Claudia McGehee.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH541.14 .M35 2017
Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3
The polar bear / Jenni Desmond.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .C27 D475 2016
Gr.1-4
Giant squid / Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann, [illustrations].
Cover image of Giant squid
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL430.3 .A73 F54 2016 F
Ages 6-10; Gr.1-5; Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award
Finding wonders : three girls who changed science / Jeannine Atkins.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .T4885 F55 2016
Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-8
Solving the puzzle under the sea : Marie Tharp maps the ocean floor / Robert Burleigh ; iIllustrated by Raúl Colon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GA407 .T43 B87 2016 F
Lexile measure 750; Ages 5-8; Gr.2-4
The fruits we eat / by Gail Gibbons.
Cover image of The fruits we eat
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QK660 .G53 2015
Lexile measure AD670L; Ages 5-7; K-Gr.3
This strange wilderness : the life and art of John James Audubon / Nancy Plain.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL31 .A9 P65 2015
Ages 9-14; Gr.7-10
Next time you see a spiderweb / by Emily Morgan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL458.4 .M635 2015
Lexile measure 1080; Ages 5-11
I hear a pickle : (and smell, see, touch, and taste it, too!) / Rachel Isadora.
Cover image of I hear a pickle
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3559 .S2 I2 2016
Ages 3-5; PrK-Gr.1
Our moon : new discoveries about Earth's closest companion / Elaine Scott.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL799 .M6 S26 2015
Lexile measure NC1280L; Ages 9-12
Wild ideas / Elin Kelsey ; artwork by Soyeon Kim.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BF449 .K44 2015
Ages 4-7; PrK-Gr.2
When the earth shakes : earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis / Simon Winchester.
Cover image of When the earth shakes : earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QE534.3 .W56 2015
Lexile measure NC1290L; Ages 10 and up; Gr.5 and up
The octopus scientists : exploring the mind of a mollusk / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Keith Ellenbogen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL430.3 .O2 M65 2015
Lexile measure 1020; Ages 9-12; Gr.5-8
Mesmerized : how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France / written by Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q175.2 .R63 2015
Lexile measure 690; Gr.2-4
My tata's remedies = Los remedios de mi tata / by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford ; illustrated by Antonio Castro L.
Cover image of My tata's remedies
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .I854 M9 2015
Ages 4-9; Gr.1-3; Pura Belpre Illustrator honor, 2016
Terrible typhoid Mary : a true story of the deadliest cook in America / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA644 .T8 B37 2015
Lexile measure 980; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-8
Nature ranger / by Richard Walker ; Consultant, Dr. Don E. Wilson, Curator Emeritus, Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Revised edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH48 .W25 2015
Ages 8-12; Gr.2-7
Radio active / by Nate Ball ; illustrated by Macky Pamintuan.
Cover image of Radio active
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .A5964 R33 2014
Lexile measure 660; Ages 5-8; Gr.1-5
Ghost in the water.
First print edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q163 .G59 2014
Ages 9-12
If ... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q163 .S567 2014
Lexile measure 1250L; Ages 7-12,  Gr.2-6
Traveling butterflies / Susumu Shingu.
Cover image of Traveling butterfies
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL561 .D3 S5513 2015
Lexile measure AD550L; Ages 4-8
Slither, snake! / Shelby Alinsky.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL666 .O6 A45 2015
Lexile measure 170; Gr.K-2
Welcome, Bao Bao / by Gina Shaw.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .C27 S4753 2015
Lexile measure 770; Ages8-10; Gr.3-4
Creaturepedia : welcome to the greatest show on earth / Adrienne Barman.
Cover image of Creaturepedia
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL49 .B255513 2013
ages 5-8
Batman science : the real-world science behind Batman's gear / by Agnieszka Biskup and Tammy Enz ; Batman created by Bob Kane.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » T48 .E545 2014
Lexile measure 930; Ages 8-12
50 body questions : a book that spills its guts / Tanya Lloyd Kyi ; illustrated by Ross Kinnaird.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP37 .K93 2014
ages 9-11; Gr.3-6
Outside your window : a first book of nature / Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Mark Hearld.
Cover image of Outside your window
1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6104 .A873 2012 F
Ages 3-6; Prk-Gr.2
Fall leaves / Loretta Holland ; illustrated by Elly MacKay.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3608 .O48439 F35 2014
Ages 3-6; Prk-Gr.2
Weeds find a way / words by Cindy Jenson-Elliott ; pictures by Carolyn Fisher.
1st ed. New York : Beach Lane Books, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .L44 W44 2014
Lexile measure AD910L; Ages 4-8; Prk-Gr.2
The planets / [consultant, Maggie Aderin-Pocock].
Cover image of The planets
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QB601 .P545 2014 F
Gr.4-8
Some bugs / words by Angela DiTerlizzi ; bugs by Brendan Wenzel.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .I87 S66 2014
Lexile measure AD200L; Ages 4-8; Gr.PrK-K; Guided reading K
Shapes in Math, Science and Nature : Squares, Triangles and Circles / written by Catherine Sheldrick Ross ; illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QA445.5 .R66 2014
Lexile measure 970; Ages 9-13; Gr.4-8
Star stuff : Carl Sagan and the mysteries of the cosmos / Stephanie Roth Sisson.
Cover image of Star stuff
First edition 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QB36 .S15 S57 2014
Lexile measure AD760L; Ages 5-9; Gr.1-3
Ultimate body-pedia : an amazing inside-out tour of the human body / Christina Wilsdon, Patricia Daniels, and Jen Agresta ; select medical illustrations by Cynthia Turner.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QM27 .W553 2014
Lexile measure 1000; Ages 8-12
Animalium / illustrated [and curated] by Katie Scott ; written by Jenny Broom.
First U.S. edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL49 .B7464 2014 F
Lexile measure NC1260L; Ages 8-12
Creature features : 25 animals explain why they look the way they do / Steve Jenkins & Robin Page ; illustrated by Steve Jenkins.
Cover image of Creature features
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL799.3 .J46 2014
Lexile measure AD580L; Ages 4-8; Gr.2-4
Light is all around us / by Wendy Pfeffer ; illustrated by Paul Meisel.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC360 .P44 2014
Ages 5-8; PrK-Gr.2
Handle with care : an unusual butterfly journey / Loree Griffin Burns ; Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL544.2 .B79 2014
Ages 6-10
Tiny creatures : the world of microbes / written by Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Emily Sutton.
Cover image of Tiny creatures
First U.S. edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QR57 .D38 2014 F
Lexile measure AD1020L; Ages 5-9; Gr.1-3
Mama built a little nest / Jennifer Ward ; illustrated by Steve Jenkins.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL676.2 .W382 2014
Ages 5-8; PrK-Gr.2
Feathers : not just for flying / Melissa Stewart ; illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL697.4 .S74 2014
Ages 4-7; Gr.1-3
The confounding case of the climate crisis / by Owen R. Liu ; illustrated by Chin Yu Yu.
Cover image of The confounding case of the climate crisis
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .I932 C66 2014
Lexile measure 850; Ages 9-13
The desperate case of the diamond chip / by Pendred Noyce ; art by Pedro Bessat.
Weston, MA : Tumblehome Learning, Inc., c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 D47 2012
Lexile measure 750; Ages 9-13
The perilous case of the zombie potion / by Pendred Noyce ; illustrated by Yu-Yu Chin, Cheng-Yung Sun.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 P47 2014
Lexile measure 740; Ages 9-13
The vicious case of the viral vaccine / by Pendred Noyce and Roberta Baxter ; illustrated by Sun Cheng Yung.
Cover image of the vicious case of the viral vaccine
Weston, MA : Tumblehome Learning, Inc., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 V53 2013
Lexile measure 750; Ages 9-13
The baffling case of the battered brain / by Pendred Noyce ; illustrated by Cheng-Yung Sun.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 B34 2014
Lexile measure 710; Ages 9-13
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold / Joyce Sidman ; [illustrated by] Rick Allen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .I295 A6 2014
Ages 8-12; gr.5-8
Eye to eye : how animals see the world / Steve Jenkins.
Cover image of Eye to eye
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL949 .J46 2014
Lexile measure 1040; ages 6-12;  Gr.3-6
Neighborhood sharks : hunting with the great whites of California's Farallon Islands / Katherine Roy.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL638.9 .R685 2014
Lexile measure NC1330L; Ages 7-11, Gr.3-6
Born in the wild : baby mammals and their parents / Lita Judge.
Cover image of Born in the wild
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL763 .J83 2014
Lexile measure AD900L; Ages 5-8; Gr.k-3
What's the difference? : an endangered animal subtraction story / by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Joan Waites.
Mount Pleasant, S.C. : Sylvan Dell Publishing, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL83 .S52 2010
Lexile Measure 960; Book level 5; Ages 4-8; Gr.Prk-3
How to make a universe with 92 ingredients / Adrian Dingle.
Cover image of How to make a universe with 92 ingredients
First North American edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QD466 .D55 2013
Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-9
Where on earth? [cartographic material] / [senior editor: Rob Houston ; editors: Helen Abramson, Steve Setford, Rona Skene].
Cover image of Where on earth?
1st American ed. New York : DK Pub., 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G133 .W436 2013 F
Gr.6-8
Seymour Simon's extreme oceans / Seymour Simon.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GC21.5 .S59 2013
Lexile measure 1170L; Ages 10-13; Gr.3-5
Ultimate bug-opedia : the most complete bug reference ever : more than 400 amazing color photos throughout the book! / by Darlyne Murawski & Nancy Honovich.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL462.3 .M87 2013
Gr. 2-6
Gravity / Jason Chin.
Cover image of Gravity
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC178 .C277 2014
Ages 5-8; gr.k-3
Scaly spotted feathered frilled : how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like? / by the Sibert medalist Catherine Thimmesh.
Cover image of Scaly spotted feathered frilled
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QE861.5 .T475 2013
Lexile measure 1130; Ages 8-14; Gr.4-7
On a beam of light : a story of Albert Einstein / by Jennifer Berne ; pictures by Vladimir Radunsky.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC16 .E5 B437 2013
Lexile Measure AD680L, Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3
Max goes to the Moon : a science adventure with Max the dog / Jeffrey Bennett ; illustrated by Alan Okamoto.
Cover image of Maz goes to the moon
Planetarium show ed. Boulder, Colo. : Big Kid Science, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .E664483 M39 2013
Ages 5-14; gr.k-8
The animal book : a collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest--and most surprising--animals on earth / Steve Jenkins.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL49 .J436 2013
Science; Biology; Lexile measure IG1030L; Ages 8-10; gr.3-6
Barnum's bones : how Barnum Brown discovered the most famous dinosaur in the world / Tracey Fern ; pictures by Boris Kulikov.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QE707 .B77 F47 2012
Lexile measure 1010; Ages 5-9, gr. 1-4
Optical supercomputing [electronic resource] : 4th International Workshop, OSC 2012, in memory of H. John Caulfield, Bertinoro, Italy, July 19-21, 2012. Revised selected papers / Shlomi Dolev, Mihai Oltean (eds.).
Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Stanford Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Ages 12-15; book level 8.3, gr. 4-7
Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95 / Phillip Hoose.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL696 .C48 H66 2012
Awards: Robert F. Sibert Informational Award Honor Book (2013); YALSA Award for Excelleing in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist (2013); Lexile measure 1150; Ages 10 and up, gr. 7-12

Elementary level

The amazing circulatory system : how does my heart work? / John Burstein.
Cover image of The amazing circulatory system
New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP103 .B88 2009
Lexile measure 800; Ages 8-11; Book level 5; General nonfiction, gr. 2-5
The astounding nervous system : how does my brain work? / [John Burstein].
St. Catherines, Ontario ; New York : Crabtree Pub., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP361.5 .B87 2009
Lexile measure 770; Ages 8-11; Book level 5.3; General nonfiction, gr. 2-5
The beetle book / by Steve Jenkins.
Cover image of The beetle book
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL576.2 .J46 2012
Lexile measure AD980; Ages 5-12, gr. 2-5
Biomimicry : inventions inspired by nature / written by Dora Lee ; illustrated by Margot Thompson.
Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » T173.8 .L44 2011 F
Ages 8-11; Informational science and technology, gr. 3-6
Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past / by James M. Deem.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN293 .D43 2008
Lexile measure 1180; ages 10-18; book level 8.3; nonfiction, gr. 4-7
Cactus hotel / Brenda Z. Guiberson ; illustrated by Megan Lloyd.
New York : H. Holt, 1993.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QK495 .C11 G85 1993
Lexile measure 790; Grade level 4.8; Nonfiction; Library has 6 copies, gr. 3-5
The chiru of high Tibet : a true story / written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrated by Linda Wingerter.
Boston, [MA] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .U53 M2274 2010
Lexile measure 900; Book level 4.9; Ages 5-9, gr. 3-5
The circulatory system / Kristin Petrie.
Cover image of The circulatory system
Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub., c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP103 .P375 2007
book level 5.2; general nonfiction, gr. 2-5
Coral reefs / Jason Chin.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GB461 .C45 2011
Ages 5-9, gr. K-3
The digestive system / Christine Taylor-Butler.
New York : Children's Press, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP145 .T37 2008
Lexile measure 720; ages 8-11; general nonfiction, gr. 2-5
The digestive system / by Rebecca L. Johnson.
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c2005
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP145 .J64 2006
Lexile measure 600; ages 7-12; book level 4.4; general nonfiction, gr. 1-5
A drop of water : a book of science and wonder / written and photographed by Walter Wick.
New York : Scholastic, c1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GB662.3 .W53 1997 F
Lexile measure 870; Ages 4-11; Book level 5.8;Informational, gr. 3-6
The exciting endocrine system : how do my glands work? / John Burstein.
Cover image of The exciting endocrine system
New York : Crabtree Pub., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP187 .B87 2009
Lexile measure 900; ages 8-11; book level 6.2; general nonfiction, gr. 2-5
Far from shore : chronicles of an open ocean voyage / Sophie Webb.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .C432 W427 2011
Awards: A Junior Library Guild Selection; Ages 10 and up, gr. 4-6
Forest explorer : a life-size field guide / Nic Bishop.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL112 .B468 2004 F
Lexile measure 900; Ages 5-12; Grade level 3.6; General nonfiction, gr. 3-6
Frogs / Nic Bishop.
New York, NY : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL668 .E2 B47 2008
Lexile measure 890; ages 5-12; book level 4.8; informational, gr. 2-4
Fuel the body : eating well / by Amanda Doering Tourville ; illustrated by Ronnie Rooney.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Picture Window Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA784 .T683 2009
Lexile measure 670; ages 3-7; book level 2.6, gr. PreK-1
The genius of Islam : how Muslims made the modern world / written and illustrated by Bryn Barnard.
Cover image of Genius of Islam
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP163 .B2684 2011
Lexile measure 1210; Book level 8.8, Ages 8 and up; gr. 3-6
Get up and go! / by Nancy Carlson.
New York : Viking, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .A7326 G48 2006
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.; ages 3-6, gr. PreK-K
Go wash up : keeping clean / by Amanda Doering Tourville ; illustrated by Ronnie Rooney.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Picture Window Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA777 .T68 2009
Lexile Measure 630; ages 3-7; book level 2.5, gr. PreK-1
Good enough to eat : a kid's guide to food and nutrition / Lizzy Rockwell.
1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP141 .R536 1999
Lexile measure 570; Ages 5-9; Book level 4.2; General nonfiction, gr. K-2
The heart and circulation / Carol Ballard.
London : Franklin Watts, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP111.6 .B35 2005
Ages 8-12; book level 6.5; general nonfiction, gr. 2-6
How did that get in my lunchbox? : the story of food / Chris Butterworth ; illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti.
Cover image of How did that get in my lunchbox
1st U.S. ed., Reinforced trade ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TX355 .B97 2011
Lexile measure 870; Book level 4.6; Ages 5-9, gr. K-3
How many ways-- can you catch a fly? / Steve Jenkins & Robin Page.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL49 .J455 2008
Lexile measure 1060; ages 4-12; book level 6.3, gr. K-3
How we know, what we know, about our changing climate : scientists and kids explore global warming / by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch ; with a foreword by David Sobel.
1st ed. Nevada City, CA : Dawn Publications, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC981.8 .C5 C475 2008
Lexile measure 1170; ages 10-14; book level 8.4, gr. 4-7
I dreamed of flying like a bird : my adventures photographing wild animals from a helicopter / Robert B. Haas.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TR729 .W54 H33 2010
Book level 6.2; Ages 8-11, gr. 2-4
If you decide to go to the moon / by Faith McNulty ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL799 .M6 M34 2005
Lexile measure 690; Ages 4-10; Grade level 2.7; Nonfiction, gr. K-3
Island : a story of the Galápagos / Jason Chin.
Cover image of Island
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH198 .G3 C44 2012
Lexile measure 900; Ages 6-9, gr. 2-4
Leonardo, beautiful dreamer / Robert Byrd.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » N6923 .L33 B97 2003 F
Lexile measure 1120; Ages 10-14; Grade level 5.9; Nonfiction, gr. 4-8
The life cycle of an emperor penguin / Bobbie Kalman & Robin Johnson.
New York : Crabtree Pub., c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL696 .S473 K33 2007
Lexile measure 880; Ages 8-12; Book level 5.5; Nonfiction; Library has 6 copies, gr. 3-6
Marie Curie / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
New York : Viking Children's Book, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QD22 .C8 K75 2007
Ages 9-12; biography, gr. 3-5
Me-- Jane / Patrick McDonnell.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C35848 M4 2011
Awards: Caldecott Honor, 2012.; Awards: Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2012.; Lexile measure 740; Book level 3.2; Ages 3-6; Biography, gr. K-2
Micro monsters : [extreme encounters with invisible armies].
Cover image of Micro monsters
London : Kingfisher, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL467.2 .M52 2009
Gr. 3-6
The mighty muscular and skeletal systems : how do my bones and muscles work? / John Burstein.
New York : Crabtree Pub., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP301 .B93 2009
Lexile measure 710; Ages 8-11; Book level 4.9; General nonfiction, gr. 2-5
Mis cinco sentidos / por Aliki ; traducido por Daniel Santacruz.
New York : Harper Arco Iris, c1995.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP434 .A4318 1995
Gr. K-2
Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11 / Brian Floca.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL789.8 .U6 F56 2009 F
Lexile measure 990; ages 4-9; book level 4.8; informational, gr. K-3
Mosquito bite / Alexandra Siy & Dennis Kunkel.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL536 .S54 2005
Lexile measure 920; Ages 6-11; Grade level 5.9; General nonfiction, gr. 3-5
My light / by Molly Bang.
New York : Blue Sky Press, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TJ810.3 .B36 2004
Lexile measure 690; Ages 5-10; Grade level 2.7; Informational, Nonfiction, gr. 1-3
Wild animal atlas : Earth's astonishing animals and where they live.
Cover image of Nat Geo wild animal atlas
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH541.14 .W55 2010 F
Ages 8-12, gr. K-5
Neo Leo : the ageless ideas of Leonardo da Vinci / Gene Barretta.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » T40 .L46 B37 2009
Lexile: 930; Ages 5-10; Science, gr. 1-3
The nervous system / by Joelle Riley.
Minneapolis : Lerner Pub. Co., 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP361.5 .R53 2005
Lexile measure 670; Ages 7-12; Grade level 3.5; General nonfiction, gr. 3-5
Ocean sunlight : how tiny plants feed the seas / by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm ; illustrated by Molly Bang.
1st ed. New York : Blue Sky Press, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH515 .B26 2012
Lexile measure 770; Ages 5-8, gr. K-3
Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship / told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; photographs by Peter Greste.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .U57 H38 2006
Lexile measure 920; Book level 5.4; Ages 5-10, gr. K-5
The penguin : a funny bird / Béatrice Fontanel ; photos by André Fatras ; [translated by Elizabeth Uhlig].
Cover image of The penguin
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL696 .S473 F65813 2004
Lexile measure 820; Ages 5-10; Grade level 4.5; General nonfiction; Library has 6 copies, gr. 3-5
Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai / Claire A. Nivola.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c2008 +
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » SB63 .M22 N58 2008
Lexile measure 1030; ages 5-12; book level 5.9, gr. K-3
The remarkable respiratory system : how do my lungs work? / John Burstein.
New York, NY : Crabtree Pub., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP121 .B94 2009
Lexile measure 740; ages 8-11; book level 4.8; general nonfiction, gr. 2-5
The respiratory system / Susan Glass.
Logan, Iowa : Perfection Learning, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP121 .G57 2004
Gr. 2-5
The respiratory system / Kristin Petrie.
Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub., c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP121 .P45 2007
Ages 9-12; book level 5; general nonfiction, gr. 2-5
Saving the Baghdad Zoo : a true story of hope and heroes / by Kelly Milner Halls with William Sumner.
Cover image of Saving the Baghdad Zoo
1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL76.5 .I722 B342 2010
Ages 8-12; Book level 7.1, gr. 4-7
This is my planet : the kids' guide to global warming / Jan Thornhill.
Toronto : Maple Tree Press, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC981.8 .G56 T46 2007
Ages 9-14; book level 7.6; nonfiction, gr. 3-7
365 penguins / Jean-Luc Fromental and Joëlle Jolivet.
English-language ed. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ2666 .R584 A61513 2006 F
Book level 3.1; Ages 5-10, gr. K-4
Tiny life on your body / by Christine Taylor-Butler.
New York : Children's Press, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QR46 .T38 2005
Gr. 2-5
Under your skin : your amazing body / Mick Manning and Brita Granström.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2007, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP37 .M347 2007
Gr. 1-3
The Usborne big book of science things to make and do / Rebecca Gilpin and Leonie Pratt ; designed and illustrated by Josephine Thompson ; additional design and illustrations by Samantha Meredith ... [et al.] ; steps illustrated by Molly Sage ; stickers by Stella Baggott ; photographs by Howard Allman ; edited by Fiona Watt ; Americanization, Carrie Armstrong.
Cover image of The Usborne big book of science
AE [i.e., American ed.] Tulsa, Okla. : EDC Pub., 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q164 .G55 2008 F
Usborne first encyclopedia of the human body / Fiona Chandler ; designed by Susie McCaffrey ; illustrated by David Hancock and John Woodcock.
London : Usborne ; Tulsa, Okla. : EDC Pub., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QM27 .C48 2004
Ages 10 and up, gr. 4-8
What happens to a hamburger? / by Paul Showers ; illustrated by Edward Miller.
[Newly illustrated ed.]. New York : HarperCollins, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP145 .S49 2001
Lexile measure 520; ages 5-8; book level 3.7; general nonfiction, gr. 1-3
What the world eats / photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio.
Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TX353 .M438 2008
Lexile measure 1150; ages 10-up, gr. 4-8
When the wolves returned : restoring nature's balance in Yellowstone / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photographs by Dan Hartman and Cassie Hartman.
Cover image of When the wolves returned
New York : Walker : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .C22 P385 2008
Lexile measure 1040; age 6-13; nonfiction, gr. 3-5
Wild tracks! : a guide to nature's footprints / Jim Arnosky.
New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL768 .A77 2008
Lexile measure 1040; ages 7-9; book level 5.5; informational, gr. 1-3
Wolfsnail : a backyard predator / Sarah C. Campbell ; photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL430.5 .S65 C36 2008
Ages 6-10; book level 4.4; nonfiction, gr. PreK-2
You are stardust / Elin Kelsey ; artwork by Soyeon Kim.
Toronto, Ont. : Owlkids Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GF48 .K453 2012
Ages 5-11, gr. K-2
Young Thomas Edison / Michael Dooling.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TK140 .E3 D77 2005
Lexile measure 830; Ages 7-11; Grade level 4.6; Biography, gr. 1-3

Middle school level

Albert Einstein / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
Cover image o Albert Einstein
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC16 .E5 K75 2009
Lexile measure 1050; Ages 11-14, gr. 6-9
An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy.
New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA644 .Y4 M875 2003
Lexile measure 1130; ages 10-14; book level 9; informational, gr. 7-10
Animal tracks and signs : [track over 400 animals from big cats to garden birds] / Jinny Johnson ; editorial consultant, [forward by] John Burton.
London : Marshall Editions, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL768 .J636 2008
ages 10-18; general nonfiction, gr. 6-10
Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past / by James M. Deem.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN293 .D43 2008
Lexile measure 1180; ages 10-18; book level 8.3; nonfiction, gr. 4-7
Bone detective : the story of forensic anthropologist Diane France / by Lorraine Jean Hopping.
New York, N.Y. : Franklin Watts ; Washington, D.C. : J. Henry Press, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN50.6 .F8 H66 2005
Lexile measure 950; ages 10-14; biography, gr. 7-10
Cool stuff exploded : get inside modern technology / written by Chris Woodford.
Cover image of Cool stuff exploded
New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » T48 .W86 2008 F
Gr. 5-12
Dinosaurs : the most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lovers of all ages / by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. ; illustrated by Luis V. Rey.
1st ed. New York : Random House, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QE861.5 .H645 2007
Dr. Frankenstein's human body book : the monstrous truth about how your body works / [author, Richard Walker ; artist, Nick Abadzis].
New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP37 .W36 2008
Every bone tells a story : hominin discoveries, deductions, and debates / Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN282.5 .R83 2010
Lexile measure 1010; Ages: 12 up; Grade level: 8.6; Informational: Archaeology & Anthropology, gr. 8-12
Genetics : from DNA to designer dogs / by Kathleen Simpson ; Sarah Tishkoff, consultant.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH437.5 .S567 2008
Ages 8-14; nonfiction, middle & high school
How we know, what we know, about our changing climate : scientists and kids explore global warming / by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch ; with a foreword by David Sobel.
Cover image of How we know, what we know, about our changing climate
1st ed. Nevada City, CA : Dawn Publications, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC981.8 .C5 C475 2008
Lexile measure 1170; ages 10-14; book level 8.4, gr. 4-7
The Klutz guide to the galaxy / by Pat Murphy and the scientists of Klutz Labs.
Palo Alto, CA : Klutz, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QB46 .M87 2011
Ages 8 and up
Leonardo, beautiful dreamer / Robert Byrd.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » N6923 .L33 B97 2003 F
Lexile measure 1120; Ages 10-14; Grade level 5.9; Nonfiction, gr. 4-8
Leonardo da Vinci / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
New York : Viking, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q143 .L5 K78 2005
Lexile measure 1010; Ages 9-14; Grade level 6.2; Biography, gr. 5-8
A life in the wild : George Schaller's struggle to save the last great beasts / Pamela S. Turner.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL31 .S277 T87 2008
Lexile measure 1020; ages 11-18; book level 7.2; biography, gr. 5-8
Life on earth-- and beyond : an astrobiologist's quest / Pamela S. Turner.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH327 .T87 2008
Gr. 7-12
Saving the Baghdad Zoo : a true story of hope and heroes / by Kelly Milner Halls with William Sumner.
Cover image of Saving the Baghdad Zoo
1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL76.5 .I722 B342 2010
Ages 8-12; Book level 7.1, gr. 4-7
The sciencebook : everything you need to know about the world and how it works / [authors, Matthias Delbrück ... et al.].
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q162 .S416 2008
Sneeze! / Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP123.8 .S59 2007
Lexile measure 1070; ages 4-12; book level 6.8, gr. 6-9
This is my planet : the kids' guide to global warming / Jan Thornhill.
Toronto : Maple Tree Press, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC981.8 .G56 T46 2007
Ages 9-14; book level 7.6; nonfiction, gr. 3-7
Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion / Loree Griffin Burns.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GC232 .B87 2007
Lexile measure 1200; ages 10-16; book level 8.5; informational, middle & high school
Usborne first encyclopedia of the human body / Fiona Chandler ; designed by Susie McCaffrey ; illustrated by David Hancock and John Woodcock.
Cover image of Usborne first encyclopedia of the human body
London : Usborne ; Tulsa, Okla. : EDC Pub., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QM27 .C48 2004
Ages 10 and up, gr. 4-8
The way we work : getting to know the amazing human body / David Macaulay, with Richard Walker.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP37 .M28 2008
Ages 11-up; informational, middle and high school
What the world eats / photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio.
Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TX353 .M438 2008
Lexile measure 1150; ages 10-up, gr. 4-8
Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN69.8 .W35 2009
Gr. 6-12

Young adult literature

An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy.
Cover image of An American plague
New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA644 .Y4 M875 2003
Lexile measure 1130; ages 10-14; book level 9; informational, gr. 7-10
Animal tracks and signs : [track over 400 animals from big cats to garden birds] / Jinny Johnson ; editorial consultant, [forward by] John Burton.
London : Marshall Editions, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL768 .J636 2008
Ages 10-18; general nonfiction, gr. 6-10
Bone detective : the story of forensic anthropologist Diane France / by Lorraine Jean Hopping.
New York, N.Y. : Franklin Watts ; Washington, D.C. : J. Henry Press, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN50.6 .F8 H66 2005
Lexile measure 950; ages 10-14; biography, gr. 7-10
Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith / Deborah Heiligman.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH31 .D2 H42 2009
Lexile measure 1020; ages 8-18; book level 7.6; autobiography and biography, gr. 8-12
Cool stuff exploded : get inside modern technology / written by Chris Woodford.
New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » T48 .W86 2008 F
Gr. 5-12
Dr. Frankenstein's human body book : the monstrous truth about how your body works / [author, Richard Walker ; artist, Nick Abadzis].
Cover image of Dr. Frankenstein's human body
New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP37 .W36 2008
Ages 10-18; nonfiction, gr. 5-12
Every bone tells a story : hominin discoveries, deductions, and debates / Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN282.5 .R83 2010
Lexile measure 1010; Ages: 12 up; Grade level: 8.6; Informational: Archaeology & Anthropology, gr. 8-12
Infectious diseases and global public health / developed by Dinah Lewis, Jennifer Payne, Anh Tan, and Annie Wattles ; with contributions by Devin Briski, Chenxing Han, and Jessica Zhang.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA643 .L49 2011
Gr. 9-12
The Klutz guide to the galaxy / by Pat Murphy and the scientists of Klutz Labs.
Palo Alto, CA : Klutz, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QB46 .M87 2011
Ages 8 and up
Life on earth-- and beyond : an astrobiologist's quest / Pamela S. Turner.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QH327 .T87 2008
Gr. 7-12
One kingdom : our lives with animals : the human-animal bond in myth, history, science, and story / by Deborah Noyes.
Cover image of One kingdom
Boston, [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL85 .N69 2006
The sciencebook : everything you need to know about the world and how it works / [authors, Matthias Delbrück ... et al.].
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q162 .S416 2008
Tracking trash : flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion / Loree Griffin Burns.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GC232 .B87 2007
Lexile measure 1200; ages 10-16; book level 8.5; informational, middle & high school
The way we work : getting to know the amazing human body / David Macaulay, with Richard Walker.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QP37 .M28 2008
Ages 11-up; informational, middle and high school
Weird weather : everything you didn't want to know about climate change but probably should find out / Kate Evans ; with an introduction by George Monbiot.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QC903.15 .E93 2007
ages 12-up, gr. 8-12
Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
Cover image of Written in Bone
Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN69.8 .W35 2009
Gr. 6-12