Grade+K

 Orlando, Florida: Red Wagon Books/Harcourt, 2008.
 * Topic || Book ||
 * Myself and Others || Bunting, Eve. **__Flower Garden__.**

Capucilli, Alyssa. **__Biscuit’s Birthday__.**  New York: HarperFestival, 2005.

de Paola, Tomie. **__Strega Nona__.** New York: Aladdin Paperback, 1975.

Gordon, Sol. **__All Families are Different__.** New York: Prometheus books, 2000.

Henkes, Kevin. **__Chrysanthemum__.** New York: Scholastic, 1991.

Henkes, Kevin. **__Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse__.** New York: Scholastic Inc., 1996.

Lewison, Wendy Cheyette. **__F is for Flag__.** New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. || *Green, Jen. **__Why Should I Protect Nature?__** Barrons, 2005. *Green, Jen. **__Why Should I Recycle?__** Barron's, 2005. *Green, Jen. **__Why Should I Save Energy?__** Barron's, 2005. *Green, Jen. **__Why Should I Save Water?__** Barron's, 2005. *Inches, Alison. **__The Adventures of an Aluminum Can__.** Little Simon, 2009. *Inches, Alison. **__The Adventures of A Plastic Bottle.__** Little Simon, 2009. *Inches, Alison.*Inches, Alison. **__I Can Save the Earth.__** Little Simon, 2008.
 * Understanding Needs and Wants || *Child, Lauren. **__We Are Extremely Good Recyclers__**. Dial Books, 2009.
 * Miller, Jake. **__Community Needs: Meeting Needs and Wants in Communities__**.New York: PowerKids Press, 2005. (If you type Jake Miller in library catalog search box then hit author there are other books by him)

*Roca, Nuria. **__The Three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle__**. Barron's, 2007. || __Kindergarten Social Studies Additional Book List__

Below are books that can be incorporated into the Social Studies lessons. Please search the online Lake Shore Library catalog for additional books. Our goal was to replace some of the outdated books that the online site listed. If you have any questions, please ask your librarian.

Some of the books are available in the Lake Shore libraries. The books with the * are books that are not available through Lake Shore but your librarian may be able to find it for you through InterLibrary Loan.

Unit 1 and Unit 2 seem to be up to date.