The Backyard Bestiary
Authors: DeJoode, T. and A. Stolk
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY: 1982

Bats, Bugs, and Biodiversity: Adventures in the Amazonian Rain Forest
Author: Goodman, S.E.
Publisher: Atheneum, NY: 1995

Collecting and Preserving Plants for Science and Pleasure
Author: MacFarlane, R.B.
Publisher: Arco Publishing, NY: 1985

Collecting for the City Naturalist
Authors: Hussey, L.J. and C. Pessino
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell, NY: 1975

The Curious Naturalist
Author: Mitchell, J. and the Massachusetts Audubon Society
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, NJ: 1980

A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert
Author: Wright-Frierson, V.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY: 1996

Discovering Endangered Species: A Nature Activity Book
Authors: Field, N. and S. Machlis
Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications, Middletown, WI: 1990

Earth Kids
Author: Wheeler, J.C.
Publisher: Abdo & Daughters, Minneapolis, MN: 1993

Enjoying Nature With Your Family
Author: Chinery, M.
Publisher: Crown Publishers, NY: 1977

The Evolution Book
Author: Stein, S.
Publisher: Workman Publishing, NY: 1986

Eyewitness Science series: Ecology
Author: Pollock, S.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, NY: 1993
(Recommended for grades 5-6)

Exploring the Natural World with Young Children
Author: Hill, K.E.
Publisher: Harcourt, NY: 1976

Habitats
Editor: Hare, T.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall/Macmillan, NY: 1994

Insects and Spiders
Author: Time Life: Understanding Science & Nature Series
Publisher: Time-Life, Alexandria, VA: 1992

The Insect World
Author: Lobsenz, N.M.
Publisher: Golden Press, NY: 1962

Looking at Insects
Authors: Suziki, D. and B. Hehner
Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Co., Toronto: 1986

Nature Notes
Authors: O’Brien, M. and U. Shepard
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO: 1990

Naturewatch: Exploring Nature with Your Children
Author: Katz, A.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA: 1986

175 Amazing Nature Experiments
Authors: Harlow, R. and G. Morgan
Publisher: Random House, NY: 1992

Order and Diversity in the Living World: Teaching Taxonomy and Systematics
Authors: Crisci, J.V., J.D. McInerney, and P.J. McWethy
Publisher: National Association of Biology Teachers, Reston, VA: 1993

Pets in a Jar
Author: Simon, S.
Publisher: Viking Press, NY: 1975

The Plant Observer's Guidebook: A Field Botany Manual for the Amateur Naturalist
Author: Roth, C.E.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: 1984

The Practical Botanist
Author: Imes, R.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY: 1990

The Practical Entomologist
Author: Imes, R.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY: 1992

A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist
Author: Durrell, G.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY: 1982

Saving Planet Earth
Author: Kerven, R.
Publisher: Franklin Watts, NY: 1992

Science Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach
Authors: Butzow, C.M. and J.W. Butzow
Publisher: Teacher Ideas Press, CO: 1989.

Sharing Nature with Children
Author: Cornell, J.B.
Publisher: Ananda, Nevada City, CA: 1979

What Is It? A Guide to Biological Identification
Author: Hancock, J.M.
Publisher: J. Weston Walch, Portland, ME: 1992

Where Do They Go? Insects in Winter
Author: Selsam, M.E.
Publisher: Four Winds Press, NY: 1982

The Wildlife Observer's Guidebook
Author: Roth, C.E.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, NJ: 1982

The World of Insects
Author: Zanetti, A.
Publisher: Abbeville Press, NY: 1978