Literature
Children's Classics: A Booklist for Parents
Science
Habitats:
- Animal Homes (Lift-the-Flap Learners), by Debbie Martin and others
- Animal Homes (Pop-Up Action Book Series) by Alice Jablonsky
- Cactus Hotel (An Owlet Book), by Brenda Z. Guiberson
- Life in a Wetland (Living in a Biome), by Carol K. Lindeen
- Starfish (Let's-read-and-Find-Out Science) by Melvin Berger
- Storm on the Desert, by Carolyn Lesser
- Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs, by Patricia Lauber
Human Body:
- The Busy Body Book, by Lizzy Rockwell
- The Circulatory System (Human Body Systems), by Helen Frost
- The Digestive System (Human Body Systems), by Helen Frost
- Eat Healthy, Feel Great, by William Sears, M.D., Martha Sears, R.N., and Christie Watts Kelly
- Eating Well (Looking After Me), by Liz Gogerly and Mike Gordon
- First Encyclopedia of the Human Body (DK First Reference Series)
- Germs Make Me Sick!, by Melvin Berger
- Healthy Eating (Science Everywhere!), by Helen Orme
- Hear Your Heart (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science: Stage 1), by Paul Showers
- How Does Your Brain Work (Rookie Read-About Health), by Don L. Curry
- How to Stay Healthy (I Know That!), by Claire Llewellyn
- It’s Catching: Colds, by Angela Royston
- Louis Pasteur, by Kremena Spengler
- The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
- Me and My Amazing Body, written and illustrated by Joan Sweeney
- The Muscular System (Human Body Systems), by Helen Frost
- My Body (Science Books S), by Patty Carratello
- My First Visit to the Doctor, by Eve Marleau and Michael Garton
- My Healthy Body, by Bobbie Kalman
- The Nervous System (Human Body Systems), by Helen Frost
- Oh, the Things You Can Do That Are Good For You!, by Tish Rabe
- The Skeletal System (Human Body Systems), by Helen Frost
- Stay Fit (Snap Books: Healthy Me), by Sara R. Hunt
- Think, Think, Think: Learning About Your Brain (Amazing Body), by Hill Nettleton
- What Happens to a Hamburger? (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2), by Paul Showers
Math
- Each Orange Had 8 Slices, by Paul Giganti
- Math Fables: Lessons that Count, by Greg Tang
- Monster Math School Time (Hello Math Reader Level 1), by Grace Maccarone
- One Hundred Hungry Ants, by Elinor J. Pinczes
- One More Bunny, by Rick Walton
- Safari Park, by Stuart J. Murphy
- 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo, by Eric Carle
- 100th Day Worries, by Margery Cuyler
- Animal Numbers, by Bert Kitchen
- Anno's Counting Book, by Mitsumasa Anno
- Blast Off! A Space Counting Book, by Norma Cole
- City by Numbers, by Stephen T. Johnson
- Counting (Mighty Math), by Sara Pistoia
- Counting Rhymes, compiled by John Foster
- The Doorbell Rang, by Pat Hutchins
- Eating Fractions, by Bruce McMillan
- How Many How Many How Many, by Rick Walton
- Numbers: Counting It Up, by Lisa Campbell Ernst
- What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's?, by Suzanne Aker
- When Sheep Cannot Sleep: The Counting Book, by Satoshi Kitamura
- Is it Larger? Is it Smaller?, by Tana Hoban
- Just Enough Carrots, by Stuart J. Murphy
- Millie's Math House, by Edmark
- Pattern Bugs, by Trudy Harris
- The Secret Birthday Message, by Eric Carle
Geography
- As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps, by Gail Hartman
- Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary, by Jack Knowlton
- How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, by Marjorie Priceman
- MacMillan First Atlas, by Nicola Wright and others
- Mapping Penny's World, by Loreen Leedy
- Our World: A Child's First Picture Atlas (National Geographic Society, 2000)
Poetry
- A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Eloise Wilkin's Poems to Read to the Very Young, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
- Favorite Poems Old and New
- Flicker Flash, by Joan Bransfield Graham
- The Jesse Willcox Smith Mother Goose: A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes, illustrated by Jesse Willcox Smith
- Listen My Children: Poems for First Graders, Core Knowledge Foundation
- The Oxford Nursery Treasury, by Ian Beck
- When We Were Young, by A.A. Milne