Books that Fit -- Geography
Listed below are several books that can be and are often used in
teaching reading. These books are grouped by topic under the strand. Beside each
entry is an estimation of the grade level in which the book would be
appropriate. Some books cover all areas because of the graphics that they offer.
| P = Primary grades K-3 |
| I = Intermediate grades 4-5 |
| M = Middle School grades 6-8 |
| H = High School grades 9-12 |
Introduction to Maps
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins (P)
Roosters Takes a Walk by Eric Carle (P)
As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps by Gail Hartman (P)
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney (P)
Scrambled States of America by Henry Holt (P/I)
Perspective
Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by Bruce McMillan (P)
Location
The Puffins Are Back by Gail Gibbons (P/I)
Bigmama's by Donald Crews (P/I)
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (I)
How Did This City Grow by Lola Schaefer (P)
More Places to Visit by Nick Bruce (P)
Roxaboxxen by Barbara McLerran (P/I)
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss (P/I)
Chester the Worldly Pig by Bill Peet (P/I)
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Relent (P/I)
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse by Graham Percy (P)
Country Mouse in the Town House by Henrietta (P)
Town Mouse by Jan Brett (P)
Place
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord (P/I)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett (P/I)
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochinzuki (P/I)
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (P/I)
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman (P)
The Bicycle Man by Allen Say (P/I)
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida (P/I)
Region
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
(P/I)
Where the Red Fern Grows by Rawls (I)
Riptide by Weller (P/I)
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner (I)
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow (P)
When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (P/I)
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry (P/I)
The Hungry Giant of the Tundra by Robert Sloat (P/I)
Human Environment Interaction/Diversity
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco (P/I)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (P/I)
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting (P/I)
New Shoes for Silvia by Johanna Hurwitz (P/I)
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (I)
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (I)
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (P/I)
Ashanti to Zulu-African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove (P/I)
Hello! Good-bye! By Aliki (P/I)
Boundless Grace by Caroline Binch (P/I)
Amazing Grace by Caroline Binch (P/I)
The Real McCoy by Wendy Towle (P/I)
Aunt Flossie's Hats by Elizabeth Howard (P/I)
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (P/I)
Movement
One Hole in the Road by W. Nicola-Lisa (P/I)
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty (P/I)
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (P)
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold (P/I)
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown (P)
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting (P/I)
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes (P/I)
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