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Week One
Suggested Books
- Down Down Down by Steve Jenkins
- Beneath the Waves: Celebrating the Ocean through Pictures, Poems, and Stories by Stephanie Warren Drimmer
- What Eats What in an Ocean Food Chain? by Suzanne Slade
- The Great Wave, Inspired by Hokusaiby Veronique Massonet
- Hokusai’s Daughter: A Young Artist in Old Japan by Sunny Seki
- Oceans: Shine a Lightby Carron Brown
- Secrets of the Seashore: Shine a Light by Carron Brown
- Drop into the Ocean: A Tour of the World’s Oceans and Seas by Karen Wasson
- Over and Under the Wavesby Kate Messner
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Week Two
Suggested Books
- To Be Like the Sunby Susan Marie Swanson
- Surprise in the Meadow by Anna Vojtech
- Miguel’s Community Garden by Ja-Nay Brown Wood
- Plants Can’t Sit Still by Rebecca Hirsch
- Sunflower Houseby Eve Bunting
- Before the Seed: How Pollen Moves by Susannah Burman-Deever
- Katie and the Sunflowers by James Mayhew
- The Sunflowersby Zahra Marwan
- Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D’Agnese
- Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell
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Week Three
Suggested Books
- Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe
- Luminous: Living Things that Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo
- Glow: The Wild Wonders of Bioluminescence by Jennifer N.R. Smith
- Fireflies in the Night by Judy Hawes
- Next Time You See a Fireflyby Emily Morgan
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Week Four
Suggested Books
- And the Bullfrogs Sing by David L. Harrison
- We are the Wibbly by Sarah Tagholm
- In the Pond by Anna Milbourne
- Over and Under the Wetland by Kate Messner
- At the Marsh in the Meadow by Jeanie Mebane
- Otters, Snails, and Tadpole Tails: Poems from the Wetlands by Eric Ode
- Frog vs. Toad by Ben Mantle
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Week Five
Suggested Books
- Star Stories: Constellation Tales from Around the World by Anita Ganeri
- Vincent Can’t Sleep by Barb Rosenstock
- Zoo in the Sky by Jacqueline Mitton
- Find the Constellations by H.A. Rey
- An Anthology of Stargazing by DK
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Week Six
Suggested Books
- William the Curious, Knight of the Water Lilies by Charles Santore
- Katie and the Waterlily Pond by James Mayhew
- Ponds (Usborne Beginners) by Emily Bone
- Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
- Monet Water Lilies: The Complete Series by Jean-Domnique Rey
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Week Seven
Suggested Books
- Are You a Dragonfly? by Judy Allen
- Oh My! It’s a Dragonfly! by Carla S. Burke
- Eliza and the Dragonfly by Susie Caldwell Rinehart
- Dragonflies: Catching-Identifying-How and Where They Live by Chris Earley
- Dazzling Dragonflies by Linda Glaser
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Week Eight
Suggested Books
- Berry Song by Michaela Goade
- The Thing about Bees by Shabazz Larkin
- Mason Goes Mushrooming by Melany Kahn
- It’s Time for Berries! by Ceporah Mearns
- Let’s Eat Weeds! by Annie Raser-Rowland