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Children's Books by Theme

Looking for books on community helpers, multiculturalism, alphabet, or another special "theme"? Find help here. Stanly Community College LRC has all these books!

Science Books

Find books about science topics here. Click on the BLUE title to find the book in our catalog.

One Watermelon Seed

One Watermelon Seed by Celia Barker Lottridge; Karen Patkau (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0195407350
Publication Date: 1990-10-04
Counting--Juvenile literature.
Botany - Juvenile literature.

Sunshine Makes the Seasons

Sunshine Makes the Seasons by Franklyn M. Branley; Michael Rex (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060592059
Publication Date: 2005-05-03
Describes how sunshine and the tilt of the earth's axis are responsible for the changing seasons.

Germs Make Me Sick!

Germs Make Me Sick! by Melvin Berger; Marylin Hafner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062381873
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Summary: Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.

Day Light, Moon Light: where light comes from

What Makes Day and Night by Franklyn M. Branley; Arthur Dorros (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062381972
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Discusses the properties of light, particularly its source in heat.

An Extraordinary Life

An Extraordinary Life by Laurence Pringle; Bob Marstall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780531300022
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Introduces the life cycle, feeding habits, migration, predators, and mating of the monarch butterfly through the observation of one particular monarch named Danaus.

My First Book of How Things Are Made

My First Book of How Things Are Made by George Jones
ISBN: 9780590480048
Publication Date: 1995-11-01
The manufacturing processes of Crayons, jeans, peanut butter, guitars, and more are discovered.

Stargazers

Stargazers by Gail Gibbons (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823415076
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Tells what stars are, why they twinkle, how constellations were named, how telescopes are used to study stars, and more.

Me and My Place in Space

Me and My Place in Space by Joan Sweeney
ISBN: 9780517885901
Publication Date: 1999-07-20
A child describes how the earth, sun, and planets are part of our solar system, which is just one small part of the universe.

Planet Earth, Inside Out

Planet Earth/Inside Out by Gail Gibbons (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780688158491
Publication Date: 1998-05-27
Simple geology

Me and My Shadow

Dinosaurs! by Gail Gibbons (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823421978
Publication Date: 2009-03-05
Introduces in simple text and illustrations the characteristics and habits of a variety of dinosaurs.

Light

Light by Gallimard Jeunesse; Jean-Pierre Verdet; Gilbert Houbre
ISBN: 9781171602927
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
Light--Juvenile literature. Subject term: Meteorological optics--Juvenile literature. Astrophysics--Juvenile literature.

An Island Scrapbook

An Island Scrapbook by Virginia Wright-Frierson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689850561
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
An artist and her daughter explore a North Carolina barrier island and tell of all they observe during the course of a September day.

Bugs Are Insects

Bugs Are Insects by Anne F. Rockwell; Steve Jenkins (Illustrator); Rockwell
ISBN: 0064452034
Publication Date: 2001-05-08
Introduces common backyard insects and explains the basic characteristics of these creatures.

Our Solar System

Our Solar System by Seymour Simon
ISBN: 9780688099923
Publication Date: 1992-09-21
Describes the origins, characteristics, and future of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

The Moon Book

The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823413645
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Identifies the moon as our only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how we have observed and explored it over the years.

The Reason for Seasons

The Reasons for Seasons by Gail Gibbons (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823412389
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Seasons--Juvenile literature.

Protecting Trees and Forests

Plants and Animals of the Chesapeake Bay by Kathleen Connors
ISBN: 9781433997808
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
Natural history.

What Happens to a Hamburger

What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers; Edward Miller (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780064451833
Publication Date: 2001-05-08
Explains the processes by which a hamburger and other foods are used to make energy, strong bones, and solid muscles as they pass through the digestive system.

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