From: Lisa Von Drasek <lisav_at_bankstreet.edu>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:12 -0600

For me the model of early childhood science (STEM) books are Vicki Cobbs series that include, I See Myself and I Face the Wind. They are my go-to when working with pre-k teachers to demonstrate how science is part of our everyday lives and that everyone can be a scientist. These works are accessible, a pleasure to read with clean graphic illustrations.

Go-to picture books for prek and K Lois Ehlert's *Waiting for Wings* * * Cowly/ Bishop, *Chameleon Chamelion* * * Have you ever paired *Snowflake Bently *with Walter Wick's *Water?* * *

And of course poetry....some of my favorites are

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Florian, Douglas: *Mammalabilia*

George, Kristine O.: Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems

George: Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems

Gollub, Matthew: Cool Melons--turn to Frogs: The Life and Poems of Issa (haiku)

Hopkins, Lee Bennett: Spectacular Science

Hopkins: Hoofbeats, Claws and Rippled Fins: Creature Poems

Lewis, J. Patrick: Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science

Scieszka, Jon: Science Verse

Sidman, Joyce: Song of the Water Boatman; and all others

Singer, Marilyn: Footprints on the Roof (and other titles)

Yolen, Jane: Least Things: Poems about Small Natures
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