The Book Catalog
Science
Life Science

A Weed Is a Flower: The life of
George Washington Carver

A beginning science biography which presents the life of George Washington Carver, a former slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.

Fun With My 5 Senses: Activities to build
learning readiness

Sarah Williamson
Williamson Pub. Co.; Paperback; 144 pp.

Kids squint, sniff, pat, cup their ears, and use their taste buds in activities and experiences that encourage them to explore their five senses. We chose this book because it uses active learning to enhance early learning skills such as color and shape identification, and fine and gross motor skills.

The Tiny Seed

Eric Carle’s eloquent text and brilliant collages turn the simple life cycle of a plant into an exciting story, a nature lesson, and an inspiring message on the importance of perseverance.

A House Is a House for Me

Best Books for Children, 6th edition. This picture book explores the idea that many different things can be a “house”. It is a pleasure to read aloud. My daughter loved the rhyme and illustrations.

The Reason for a Flower

A wonderful book! It makes an ordinary subject like plant reproduction into an absorbing and
interesting subject.

What’s Alive?

Best Children’s Science Book List, 1995. This book explores how to tell the difference between living and nonliving things—an essential first skill in scientific inquiry. Sorting and classifying are also discussed with hands-on activities and colorful diagrams.

Wild Places:
Mountains, jungles & deserts

This colorful book explores the world of mountains, jungles and deserts — their dramatic landscapes, the animals and plants that inhabit them and the people who live in the most beautiful and remote areas of the earth. Packed with fascinating facts, this book provides an ideal introduction to the world’s wild places.

Birds, Nests and Eggs

From the Robins' blue-shelled eggs to the Killdeer's rocky nest, your child will enjoy reading about 15 different kinds of well-known birds. A lovely guide to bird watching for beginners There are also instructions for building a "blind", a suet feeder, a room for observations and more.

Dem Bones

Best Books for Children, 6th edition. The human skeleton and the names of the major bones of the body are introduced by using the words of the old song “Dem Dry Bones”. Colorful torn-paper collages bring to life this classic African American spiritual.

Eat Your Vegetables! Drink Your Milk!

This is a beginner’s guide to nutrition and the part played by foods in maintaining a healthy body.

How Leaves Change

Best Books for Children, 6th edition. A lovely and accurate explanation of how leaves change color in the fall. There is a sense of excitement as the author takes us into the life processes of trees from fall to winter to spring. The book also contains simple experiments to demonstrate changes.

Red Knot: A shorebird's incredible journey

Nancy Carol Willis
Birdsong Books; Paperback; 32 pp.

This is the remarkable story of one bird's migration between South America's most southern tip, and the twenty-thousand miles she must travel north to prepare a nest and raise her young. Deftly illustrated to provide readers with a guide through a beautiful bird's long and perilous journey, Red Knot maps the Red Knot's annual migration, and includes a collection of intriguing information and facts.

The Extinct Alphabet Book

Learn about the five-eyed Opabinia and the Four-toed Horse. Speculate about the life of the Jamaican Long-tongued Bat. Discover the fate of the beautiful Quagga. But don’t look for any dinosaurs in this book. There aren’t any! Millions of creatures besides dinosaurs are now extinct.

Galen and the Gateway to Medicine

We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician born in 129 A.D. at the height of the Roman Empire. Galen’s accurate diagnoses of patients, botanical wisdom, and studies of physiology were recorded in numerous books, handed down through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Not least, Galen passed on the medical tradition of respect for life.  This book correlates with both Science and World History in Grade Three.

Pocket Nature

A pocket-sized collection of seven of Usborne’s most popular nature books, this book explores the natural world, from the flower to deep-sea creatures. Also contains descriptions of Usborne-recommended Web sites that you can visit to find out more.

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek:
First to see microscopic Life

Lisa Yount
Enslow; Hardcover; 128 pp.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first human being to see single-celled life. The author details the life and work of this cloth merchant who used a microscope he made for himself to peer into a world no one had known existed. His greatest finds are the little animals he discovered that he called “animalcules.”

A World in a Drop of Water:
Exploring with a microscope

Alvin Silverstein and Virginia B. Silverstein
Dover; Paperback; 64 pp.

Describes the structure and characteristics of the amoeba, paramecium, and other members of the "circus" that Leeuwenhoek discovered in a drop of water. A great introduction to the world of single-celled organisms, showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; the hydra and its crown of grasping tentacles; and many others.

Carl Linnaeus: Father of classification

Margaret J. Anderson
Enslow; Hardcover; 128 pp.

Carl Linnaeus developed the binomial (two-part) system of nomenclature in order to classify all living things--a system which is still in use today. Margaret Anderson tells the story of one of the most important botanists who ever lived.

Come Learn with Me:
The kingdoms of life: classification

Bridget Anderson
Lickle; Hardcover; 48 pp.

More than two million different species of organisms live on Earth -in all kinds of climates and places, ranging from the freezing North Pole to hot and steamy jungles, and from the highest mountains to the nethermost depths of the oceans.

Protozoa Hatchery Kit

Home Science Tools; Kit

Start your own living culture of mixed protozoans and algae in 3 days. Just add water to the special dry culture. Complete kit includes dry culture, hatching container, food, protist identification key and instructions. We recommend concavity microscope slides and cover slips to observe these organisms with your 400X microscope.

Biology Experiments for Children  

Ethel Hanauer
Dover; Paperback; 96 pp.

Cells, using a microscope, plant life, animals; 77 experiments involve growing protozoa, bacteria, building a terrarium, growing seeds in a sponge, studying spider web formation.. About half the experiments require a microscope.

Exploring the World of Chemistry

John Hudson Tiner
Master Books/ New Leaf; Paperback; 160 pp.

This well-written book examines major discoveries in chemistry over the past 400 years. It covers topics such as metals, gases, nuclear structure, the periodic table, organic chemistry, and chemistry in today's world in an interesting, enjoyable-to-read format. Written with a Christian perspective and includes chapter tests.

Louis Pasteur:
Founder of modern medicine  

John Hudson Tiner
Mott Media; Paperback; 176 pp.

Learn about his early life as the son of a tanner. Experience his years of struggle as an unknown scientist and enjoy his triumph as one of the world's most celebrated heroes.

Robert Boyle: Trailblazer of science  

John Hudson Tiner
Mott Media; Paperback; 186 pp.

He became the best known and most respected scientist of his day. He lived a devout Christian life, using his science to glorify God.

The Story Book of Science

John Henri Fabre
Yesterday's Classics; Paperback; 432 pp.

The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children. The stories include the ants' subterranean city, the spider's suspension bridge, and the caterpillars' processing. He unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds and rain, the year and its seasons, and volcanoes and earthquakes. A truly wonderful book.