Media Collection: Juvenile Literature Correlated to SC Science Standards

Kindergarten

	Characteristics of Organisms	Lexile Score
Animal World (Flip Chart)	A.S. Van der Sluis	Lexile:	QL46 .A55 2006
Desert Babies	Kathy Darling	Lexile: IG880	QL116 .D3 1997
Do Frogs Have Fur? : A Book About Animal Coats and Coverings	Michael Dahl	Lexile: NC710	QL942 .D24 2004
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?	Steve Jenkins	Lexile: 620	QL945 .J46 2003
	My Body	Lexile Score
Animal Talk: How Animals Communicat Through Sight, Sound, and Smell	Etta Kaner	Lexile:	QL776 .K35 2002
Hearing	Rebecca Olien	Lexile:	QP462.2 .O43 2006
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses	Joanna Cole	Lexile: AD490	QP434 .C565 1999
See, Hear, Touch,Taste, Smell (Big Book)	Melvin Berger	Lexile:	QP434 .B474 2007
Stick Out Your Tongue	Joan Bonsignore	Lexile:	QL946 .B66 2001
Wash Your Hands! (Big Book)	Jason Powe	Lexile:	RA777 .P69 2007
The Way We Work : Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body	David Macaulay	Lexile:	QP37 .M28 2008
You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear : All About Your 5 Senses	Joanna Cole	Lexile: 390	QP434 .C567 1994
	Seasonal Changes	Lexile Score
A Windy Day	Robin Nelson	Lexile:	QC931.4 .N45 2002
Hello, Squirrels! : Scampering Through the Seasons	Linda Glaser	Lexile:	QL737 .R68 G68 2006
In for Winter, Out for Spring	Arnold Adoff	Lexile: NP	PS3551 .D66 I6 1990
The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane	Joanna Cole	Lexile: AD 500	QC944.2 .C65 1995
Old Bear	Kevin Henkes	Lexile:	PZ7 .H389 Okh 2008
Our Seasons	Grace Lin	Lexile:	QB637.4 .L46 2006
A Sunny Day	Robin Nelson	Lexile: 150	QC911.2 .N45 2002
Welcome to the Ice House	Jane Yolen	Lexile: AD870	QL105 .Y65 1998
What Will the Weather Be?	Lynda DeWitt	Lexile: 500	QC995.43 .D48 1991
	Exploring Matter	Lexile Score
Everything is Matter!	David Bauer	Lexile:	QC173.36 .B38 2004
I Fall Down	Vicki Cobb	Lexile: 570	QC178 .C49 2004
The Mystery of Magnets (Big Book)	Melvin Berger	Lexile:	QC757.5 .B47 2007
What Makes a Magnet	Franklyn M. Branley	Lexile: 640	QC757.5 .B7 1996
What Magnets Can Do	Allan Fowler	Lexile: 580	QQC753.7 .F69 1995
What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?	Robert E. Wells	Lexile:	QC793.3.N83 W45 1995

First Grade

	Plants	Lexile Score
Dot & Jabber's Great Acorn Mystery	Ellen Stoll Walsh	Lexile:	PZ7 .W1675 Do 2002
Life in a Pond (Big Book)	Lisa Trumbauer	Lexile:	QH541.5.P63 T78 2007
Pick, Pull, Snap! : Where Once a Flower Bloomed	Lola M. Schaefer	Lexile: AD1040	QK825 .S34 2003
Sam Plants a Sunflower	Kate Petty	Lexile:	SB299 .S9 S34 1997
	Sun and Moon	Lexile Score
Children of the Sun (Big Book)	Arthur John L'Hommedieu	Lexile:	QB602 .L48
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Space	Marin Redfern	Lexile:	QB500.22 .R4 1998
The Moon	Symour Simon	Lexile:	QB581 .C37 2007
Watching the Night Sky (Big Book)	Natalie Luis	Lexile:	QB46 .L86 2007
Stars (Big Book)	Christine Economos	Lexile:	QB801 .E36 2007
The Sun	Robin Kerrod	Lexile:	QB521.5 .K47 2000
What is a Cycle? (Big Book)	Lisa Trumbauer	Lexile:	Q176 .T867 2007
	Earth Materials	Lexile Score
Earthsteps : A Rock's Journey Through Time	Diane Nelson Spickert	Lexile:	QE570 .S65 2000
A Handful of Dirt	Raymond Bial	Lexile: 1190	S591.3 .B53 2000
Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop	Stuart J. Murphy	Lexile: 400	QA248 .M78 2000
Fossils	Becky Olien	Lexile:	QE714.5 .W345 2007
Recycle It! (Big Book)	Brenda Parkes	Lexile:	TD794.5 .P37 2007
Remarkable Rocks (Big Book)	Ron Cole	Lexile: 930	QE432.2 .C646 1996
Soil	Sally M. Walker	Lexile:	S591.3 .W35 2007
	Exploring Motion	Lexile Score
Higher! Higher!	Leslie Patricelli	Lexile:	PZ7 .P2744 Hig 2009
Push and Pull (Big Book)	Marcia Freeman	Lexile:	QC73.4 .F74 1997
Push and Pull	Hollie J. Endres	Lexile:	QC73.4 .E53 2004
What is a Cycle? (Big Book)	Lisa Trumbauer	Lexile:	Q176 .T867 2007
What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?	Robert E. Wells	Lexile:	QC137.52 .W45 1997

Second Grade

	Animals	Lexile Score
Animal World (Flip Chart) (Big Book)	A.S. Van der Sluis	Lexile:	QL46 .A55 2006
Bats! : Strange and Wonderful	Laurence Pringle	Lexile: 820	QL737 .C5 P76 2000
Bug Safari	Bob Barner	Lexile:	QL467.2 .B364 2004
The Coral Reef (Big Book)	Christine Economos	Lexile:	QH541.5 .C7 E36 2007
Desert Babies	Kathy Darling	Lexile: IG880	QL116 .D3 1997
Dolphins!	Sharon Bokoske and Margaret Davidson	Lexile: 320	QL737 .C432 B66 2003
Frogs	Nic Bishop	Lexile:	QL668 .E2 B47 2008
Insects	Robin Bernard	Lexile:	QL467.2 .B478 2001
Life in a Pond (Big Book)	Lisa Trumbauer	Lexile:	QH541.5.P63 T78 2007
Lizards: Weird and Wonderful	Margery Facklam	Lexile: IG1040	QL666 .L2 F23 2003
Monarch and Milkweed	Helen Frost and Leonid Gore	Lexile: AD970	QL561 .D3 F75 2008
On the Way to the Beach	Henry Cole	Lexile:	PZ7 .C67345 On 2003
Sea Horse : The Shyest Fish in the Sea	Chris Butterworth	Lexile: AD930	QL638 .S9 B88 2006
Spinning Spiders	Melvin Berger	Lexile: 680	QL458.4 .B473 2003
Surprising Sharks	Nicola Davies	Lexile: 710	QL638.9 .D426 2003
Turtles	Jodi Huelin	Lexile:	QL666 .C5 H84 2003
Welcome to the River of Grass	Jane Yolen	Lexile: AD1030	QH105.F6 Y65 2001
Wild and Swampy	Jim Arnosky	Lexile: 850	QL114.5 .A75 2000
What is an Amphibian?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC940	QL644.2 .K34 2000
What is a Marine Mammal?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC950	QL713.2 .K35 2000
	Weather	Lexile Score
Kid's Book of Cloud & Sky	Frank Staub	Lexile: IG1000	QC921.35 .S73 2003
The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane	Joanna Cole	Lexile: AD500	QC944.2 .C65 1995
A Sunny Day	Robin Nelson	Lexile: 150	QC911.2 .N45 2002
Tornadoes	P.M. Boekhoff and Stuart A. Kallen	Lexile:	QC955.2 .B64 2003
A Windy Day	Robin Nelson	Lexile:	QC931.4 .N45 2002
Weather Words and What They Mean	Gail Gibbons	Lexile: 450	QC981.3 .G53 1990
Where Does the Water Go? (Big Book)	William Anton	Lexile:	GB662.3 .A58 2007
Wild Weather: Blizzards!	Lorraine Jean Hopping	Lexile: 610	QC926.43 .U6 H66 1998
Wild Weather: Lightning!	Lorraine Jean Hopping	Lexile: 600	QC966.5 .H66 1999
Wonderful Weather	Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone	Lexile:	QC863.5 .L49 2005
	Properties and Changes in Matter	Lexile Score
Everything is Matter!	David Bauer	Lexile:	QC173.36 .B38 2004
Freezing and Melting	Robin Nelson	Lexile:	QD545 .N45 2003
What is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases	Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld	Lexile: 560	QC173.16 .Z64 1998
Where Does the Water Go? (Big Book)	William Anton	Lexile:	GB662.3 .A58 2007
	Magnetism	Lexile Score
The Mystery of Magnets (Big Book)	Melvin Berger	Lexile:	QC757.5 .B47 2007
What Makes a Magnet	Franklyn M. Branley	Lexile:	QC757.5 .B7 1996
What Magnets Can Do	Allan Fowler	Lexile: 580	QQC753.7 .F69 1995

Third Grade

	Habitats and Adaptations	Lexile Score
About Crustaceans : A Guide for Children	Cathryn Sill	Lexile:	QL437.2 .S56 2004
Almost Gone : The World's Rarest Animal	Steve Jenkins	Lexile: AD1020	QL83 .J474 2006
Animal World (Flip Chart)	A.S. Van der Sluis	Lexile:	QL46 .A55 2006
Bats! : Strange and Wonderful	Laurence Pringle	Lexile: 820	QL737 .C5 P76 2000
Claws, Coats, and Camouflage: The Ways Animals Fit Into Their World	Susan E. Goodman	Lexile:	QH546 .G66 2001
The Coral Reef (Big Book)	Christine Economos	Lexile:	QH541.5 .C7 E36 2007
Frogs	Nic Bishop	Lexile:	QL668 .E2 B47 2008
Garden of the Spirit Bear: Life in the Great Northern Rainforest	Dorothy Hinshaw Patent	Lexile:	QL737 .C27 P3615 2004
Growing Frogs	Vivian French	Lexile:	QL668 .E2 F75 2000
How Do Animals Adapt?	Bobbie Kalman	Lexile: NC940	QL49 .K294 2000
Life in a Pond (Big Book)	Lisa Trumbauer	Lexile:	QH541.5.P63 T78 2007
Life in a River	Valerie Rapp	Lexile:	QH104.5 .C64 R36 2003
Lizards: Weird and Wonderful	Margery Facklam	Lexile: IG1040	QL666 .L2 F23 2003
Marine Habitats : Life in Saltwater	Salvatore Tocci	Lexile:	QH541.5 .S3 T63 2004
Monarch and Milkweed	Helen Frost and Leonid Gore	Lexile: AD970	QL561 .D3 F75 2008
Sea Horse : The Shyest Fish in the Sea	Chris Butterworth	Lexile: AD930	QL638 .S9 B88 2006
Spinning Spiders	Melvin Berger	Lexile: 680	QL458.4 .B473 2003
Surprising Sharks	Nicola Davies	Lexile: 710	QL638.9 .D426 2003
Turtles	Jodi Huelin	Lexile:	QL666 .C5 H84 2003
Welcome to the River of Grass	Jane Yolen	Lexile: AD1030	QH105.F6 Y65 2001
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?	Steve Jenkins	Lexile: 620	QL945 .J46 2003
What is an Amphibian?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC940	QL644.2 .K34 2000
What is a Marine Mammal?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC950	QL713.2 .K35 2000
Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs	Patricia Lauber	Lexile: 620	QH541.14 .L38 1995
Wild and Swampy	Jim Arnosky	Lexile: 850	QL114.5 .A75 2000
	Earth's Materials and Changes	Lexile Score
Erosion	Becky Olien	Lexile:	QE571 .O46 2002
Eyewitness Rocks & Minerals	R.F. Symes	Lexile:	QE432.2 .R62 2004
Fossils	Becky Olien	Lexile:	QE714.5 .W345 2007
Minerals	Sally M. Walker	Lexile:	QE365.2 .W35 2007
Probing Volcanoes	Laurie Lindop	Lexile:	QE521.3 .L56 2003
Remarkable Rocks (Big Book)	Ron Cole	Lexile: 930	QE432.2 .C646 1996
Rocks	Sally M. Walker	Lexile:	QE432.2 .W345 2007
Tsuanmi!	Kimiko Kajikawa	Lexile:	PZ8.1 .K1274 Ts 2009
	Heat and Changes in Matter	Lexile Score
Freezing and Melting	Robin Nelson	Lexile:	QD545 .N45 2003
What is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases	Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld	Lexile: 560	QC173.16 .Z64 1998
Where Does the Water Go? (Big Book)	William Anton	Lexile:	GB662.3 .A58 2007
	Motion and Sound	Lexile Score
Energy	Jack Challoner	Lexile: 1030	TJ163.23 .C43 2000
Force and Motion	Peter Lafferty	Lexile: 1110	TJ163.23 .L34 F67 2000
Hearing	Rebecca Olien	Lexile:	QP462.2 .O43 2006
I Fall Down	Vicki Cobb	Lexile: 570	QC178 .C49 2004
Secrets of Sound	April Pulley Sayre	Lexile: 1060	QH510.5 .S28 2002
A World of Sound (Big Book)	Nancy Leber and Robin Bromley	Lexile:	QC225.5 .L43 W67 1997
The Way Things Work	David Macaulay	Lexile:	T47 .M18 1988
Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Up? And Other Not Such Dumb Questions about Motion	Vicki Cobb	Lexile: 770	QC127.4 .C63 1988

Fourth Grade

	Organisms and Their Environments	Lexile Score
Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems	Mary Batten	Lexile: 1070	QH353 .B29 2003
Bat Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B33 B38 2000
Butterfly Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B33 B88 2000
Claws, Coats, and Camouflage: The Ways Animals Fit Into Their World	Susan E. Goodman	Lexile:	QH546 .G66 2001
Cells to Systems (Big Book)	Melissa Stewart	Lexile: 950	QH581.2 .S74 2003
Deer Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B33 D44 2000
Eagle Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B35 E34 2000
Garden of the Spirit Bear: Life in the Great Northern Rainforest	Dorothy Hinshaw Patent	Lexile:	QL737 .C27 P3615 2004
How Do Animals Adapt?	Bobbie Kalman	Lexile: NC940	QL49 .K294 2000
Life in a River	Valerie Rapp	Lexile:	QH104.5 .C64 R36 2003
Marine Habitats : Life in Saltwater	Salvatore Tocci	Lexile:	QH541.5 .S3 T63 2004
Monarch and Milkweed	Helen Frost and Leonid Gore	Lexile: AD970	QL561 .D3 F75 2008
Sea Turtle Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B35 S43 2000
Spinning Spiders	Melvin Berger	Lexile: 680	QL458.4 .B473 2003
Tidal Pool Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B33 T53 2000
Whale Watching	Diane Bair and Pamela Wright	Lexile:	QL60 .B33 W43 2000
What is an Amphibian?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC940	QL644.2 .K34 2000
What is a Marine Mammal?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC950	QL713.2 .K35 2000
	Astronomy	Lexile Score
11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System	David A. Aguilar	Lexile:	QB501.3 .A38 2008
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Space	Marin Redfern	Lexile:	QB500.22 .R4 1998
The Moon	Symour Simon	Lexile:	QB581 .C37 2007
The Moon Book	Gail Gibbons	Lexile: 740	QB582 .G53 1997
The Planets	Gail Gibbons	Lexile: AD660	QB602 .G53 2008
The Sun	Robin Kerrod	Lexile:	QB521.5 .K47 2000
Watching the Night Sky (Big Book)	Natalie Luis	Lexile:	QB46 .L86 2007
When is a Planet Not a Planet?: The Story of Pluto	Elaine Scott	Lexile: 980	QB701 .S36 2007
	Weather	Lexile Score
A Windy Day	Robin Nelson	Lexile:	QC931.4 .N45 2002
Forces of Nature	Catherine O'Neill Grace	Lexile: 1080	QE521.3 .G7 2004
Hurricane Hunters	Chris L. Demarest	Lexile:	QC944.2 .D46 2006
Lightning	Seymour Simon	Lexile: 1050	QC966.5 .S56 1997
Tornadoes	P.M. Boekhoff and Stuart A. Kallen	Lexile:	QC955.2 .B64 2003
Water Dance	Thomas Locker	Lexile: 310	PZ7 .L7945 Wat 1997
Weather Forecasting	Gail Gibbons	Lexile: 540	QC995.43 .G53 1993
Wonderful Weather	Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone	Lexile:	QC863.5 .L49 2005
	Properties of Light and Electricity	Lexile Score
Electricity and Magnetism	Peter Adamczyk and Paul-Francis Law	Lexile:	QC501 .A33 U73 1993

Fifth Grade

	Ecosystems: Terrestrial and Aquatic	Lexile Score
Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems	Mary Batten	Lexile: 1070	QH353 .B29 2003
Claws, Coats, and Camouflage: The Ways Animals Fit Into Their World	Susan E. Goodman	Lexile:	QH546 .G66 2001
Garden of the Spirit Bear: Life in the Great Northern Rainforest	Dorothy Hinshaw Patent	Lexile:	QL737 .C27 P3615 2004
Life in a River	Valerie Rapp	Lexile:	QH104.5 .C64 R36 2003
Marine Habitats : Life in Saltwater	Salvatore Tocci	Lexile:	QH541.5 .S3 T63 2004
What is an Amphibian?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC940	QL644.2 .K34 2000
What is a Marine Mammal?	Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille	Lexile: NC950	QL713.2 .K35 2000
	Landforms and Oceans	Lexile Score
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blue Ocean	Bill Nye	Lexile: IG870	QH91.15 .N94 B55 2003
Come to the Ocean's Edge : A Nature Cycle Book	Laurence Pringle	Lexile:	QH541.5 .C65 P75 2003
Probing Volcanoes	Laurie Lindop	Lexile:	QE521.3 .L56 2003
Tracking Trash : Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion	Loree Griffin Burns	Lexile: 1200	GC232 .B87 2007
Tsuanmi!	Kimiko Kajikawa	Lexile: NC620	PZ8.1 .K1274 Ts 2009
What Makes an Ocean Wave? Questions and Answers About Oceans and Ocean Life	Melvin and Gilda Berger	Lexile: IG870	GC21.5 .B48 2000
	Properties of Matter	Lexile Score
What's smaller than a pygmy shrew?	Robert E. Wells	Lexile:	QC793.3 .N83 W45 1995
	Forces and Motions	Lexile Score
Force and Motion	Peter Lafferty	Lexile: 1110	TJ163.23 .L34 F67 2000