Bibliography

SELECTED BOOKS FOR TEACHING EXPOSITORY TEXT STRUCTURES
Compiled by Barbara Campbell –June, 2014
Description
551.2/Rus
551.5/Sim
574.5/Gib
595.44/Mar
595.7/Dor
595.79/Hub
597.3/Sha
597.9/Par
599.4/Gib
796.72/Pim
Sequence
595.7/Bis
636.43/Nel
636.7/Col
665.4/Nel
910.4/Gib
917.8/Sch
932/Per
973.3/Bro
973/Pro
B/Ear
E/Bea
E/Say
Compare/Contrast
304.6/Smi
573.35/Mar
591.39/Jen
591.47/Arn
Rusch, Elizabeth. VOLCANO RISING. Ill. Susan Swan. Charlesbridge, 2013
Simon, Seymour. STORMS. Morrow Junior, 1989.
Gibbons, Gail. NATURE'S GREEN UMBRELLA. Morrow Junior, 1994.
Markel, Sandra. WOLF SPIDERS: MOTHERS ON GUARD. Lerner, 2011.
Dorros, Arthur.ANT CITIES/CUIDADES DE HORMIGAS. Trans. Daniel Santacruz. Harper Arco Iris,
1995.
Huber, Raymond. FLIGHT OF THE HONEY BEE. Ill. Brian Lovelock. Candlewick, 2013
SHARKS! (TFK-Time For Kids Series) HarperCollins, 2005.
Parsons, Alexandra. AMAZING SNAKES. Ill. Jerry Young. Knopf, 1990.
Gibson, Gail. BATS. Holiday House, 1999.
Pimm, Nancy Roe. THE DAYTONA 500.Milbrook Press, 2011.
Bishop, Nic. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. Scholastic, 2011.
Nelson, Robin. FROM COTTON TO T-SHIRT. Lerner, 2013. (series –EVERYDAY PRODUCTS:START
TO FINISH.)
Cole, Joanna. MY PUPPY IS BORN. Ill. Margaret Miller. Morrow, 1991.
Nelson, Robin. FROM WAX TO CRAYON. Lerner, 2013.(series –EVERYDAY PRODUCTS:START TO
FINISH)
Gibbons, Gale. PIRATE. Little, Brown, 1993.
Schanzer, Rosalyn. HOW WE CROSSED THE WEST: THE ADVENTURES OF LEWIS & CLARK.
National Geographic, 1997.
Perl, Lila. MUMMIES, TOMBS, AND TREASURES. Ill. Erika Weihs. Clarion, 1987.
Brown, Don. LET IT BEGIN HERE; April 19, 1775 : THE DAY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGAN.
Roaring Brook, 2008.
Provenson, Alice. THE BUCK STOPS HERE: THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Harper and
Row, 1990.
Burleigh, Robert. NIGHT FLIGHT: AMELIA EARHART CROSSES THE ATLANTIC. Ill. Wendell Minor.
Simon and Schuster, 2011.
Bean, Jonathan. BUILDING OUR HOUSE. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2013. Fiction – Based on fact
Pulleye-Sayre, April. EAT LIKE A BEAR. Ill. Steve Jenkins. Henry Holt, 2013.
Smith, David J.IF THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE, 2nd Ed. Ill. Shelagh Armstrong. Kids Can, 2011.
Markel, Sandra. WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL TEETH!? Ill. Howard McWilliam. Scholastic, 2013
Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page. MY FIRST DAY. WHAT ANIMALS DO ON DAY ONE. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2013
Arndt, Ingo. BEST FOOT FORWARD: EXPLORING FEET, FLIPPERS AND CLAWS. Trans. J. Alison
James. Holiday House, 2013
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591.56/Sch
594.1/Col
597.5/Mar
608/Lee
612/Mar
628.9/Gib
9599.057/Rau
975/Mak
E/Bak
Cause/Effect
363.73/Arn
551.5/Bra
574.5/Pri
577.1/Bat
577.6/Yez
582/Mae
590/Dav
591.6/Jen
595.79/Mar
612.3/Sho
633.74/Ste
639.9/Smi
Problem/Solution
331.89/Mar
597.92/Swi
599.53/Col
599.55/Lou
599.7/Pat
Schaefer, Lola M. LIFETIME: AMAZING NUMBERS IN ANIMAL LIVES. Ill. Christopher Silas Neal.
Chronicle, 2013
Collard, Sneed. TEETH. Ill. Phyllis V. Saroff. Charlesbridge, 2008.
Markle, Sandra. SNAKES: BIGGEST! LITTLEST! Ill. Joe McDonald. Boyds Mills, 2005.
Lee, Dora. BIOMIMICRY: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY NATURE. Ill. Margot Thompson. Kids Can
Press, 2011.
Markie, Sandra. OUTSIDE AND INSIDE YOU. Bradbury, 1991.
Gibbons, Gale .FIRE, FIRE. Crowell, 1984.
Rauzon, Mark. HORNS, ANTLERS, FANGS AND TUSKS. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1993.
McKissack, Pat. CHRISTMAS IN THE BIG HOUSE, CHRISTMAS IN THE QUARTERS. Ill. John
Thompson. Scholastic, 1994.
Baker, Keith. NO TWO ALIKE. Beach Lane Books, 2011.
Arnold, Caroline. A WARMER WORLD: FROM POLAR BEARS TO BUTTERFLIES, HOW CLIMATE
CHANGE AFFECTS WILDLIFE. Ill. Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, 2013
Branley, Franklyn. FLASH, CRASH, RUMBLE AND ROLL. Ill. Barbara and Ed Emberley. Crowell,
1985.
Pringle, Laurence. FIRE IN THE FOREST: A CYCLE OF GROWTH AND RENEWAL. Ill. Bob Marstall.
Atheneum, 1995.
Battan, Mary. ALIENS FROM EARTH: WHEN ANIMALS AND PLANTS INVADE OTHER
ECOSYSTEMS .Ill. Beverly J. Doyle. Peachtree, 2003.
Yezerski, Thomas F. MEADOWLANDS: A WETLANDS SURVIVAL STORY. Farrar Straus Giroux,
2011.
Maestro, Betsy. HOW DO APPLES GROW? Ill. Guilio Maestro. HarperCollins, 1992.
Davies, Nicola. EXTREME ANIMALS. Ill. Neal Layton. Candlewick, 2006.
Jenkins, Martin.CAN WE SAVE THE TIGER? Ill. Vicky White. Candlewick, 2011.
Markel, Sandra. THE CASE OF THE VANISHING HONEYBEES: A SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY. Millbrook
Press, 2013
Showers, Paul. WHAT HAPPENS TO A HAMBURGER? Ill. Edward Miller. HarperCollins, 2001.
Stewart, Melissa and Allen Young. NO MONKEYS, NO CHOCOLATE. Ill. Nicole Wong.
Charlesbridge, 2013.
Smith, Roland.SEA OTTER RESCUE: THE AFTERMATH OF AN OIL SPILL. Ill. Roland Smith.
Cobblehill, 1990.
Markel, Michelle. BRAVE GIRL: CLARA AND THE SHIRTWAIST MAKER’S STRIKE OF 1909.Ill.
Melissa Sweet. Balzer & Bray- imprint of HarperCollins, 2013.
Swinburne, Stephen R. SEA TURTLE SCIENTIST (Scientists in the Field), Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2014
Coleman, Janet Wyman. EIGHT DOLPHINS OF KATRINA: A TRUE TALE OF SURVIVAL. Ill. Yan
Nascimbene. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013
Lourie, Peter. THE MANATEE SCIENTISTS: SAVING VULNERABLE SPECIES. Houghton
Mifflin/Harcourt, 2011
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. WHEN THE WOLVES RETURNED. Ill. Dan and Cassie Hartman.
Walker, 2008.
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609.2/Thi
629.2/Col
636.08/Bia
B/Kni
Combination
363.73/Bre
576.8/Sco
583/Ler
597.9/Cru
629.13/Har
796.32/Coy
Thimmesh, Catherine. GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING: STORIES OF INGENIOUS INVENTIONS BY
WOMEN. Ill. Melissa Sweet. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Cole, Joanna. CARS AND HOW THEY GO. Ill. Gail Gibbons. Crowell, 1983.
Bial, Raymond. RESCUING ROVER: SAVING AMERICA'S DOGS. Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt, 2011
Kulling, Monica.IN THE BAG: MARGARET KNiGHT WRAPS IT UP. Ill. David Parkins. Tundra, 2011.
Brennan, Linda Crotta. THE GULF OIL SPILL: History’s Disasters Series. ABDO. 2014 (Core
Library)
Scott, Elaine. MARS AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE. Clarion, 2008.
Lerner, Carol. PITCHER PLANTS: THE ELEGANT INSECT TRAPS. William Morrow, 1983.
932/Ada
Crump, Marty. MYSTERIES OF THE KOMODO DRAGON. Boyds Mills, 2010.
Hardesty, Von. FLIGHT. Simon and Schuster, 2011
Coy, John. HOOP GENIUS: HOW A DESPERATE TEACHER AND A ROWDY GYM CLASS INVENTED
BASKETBALL. Ill. Joe Morse. Carolrhoda, 2013.
Adams, Simon. ANCIENT EGYPT. (KINGFISHER VOYAGES SERIES)Kingfisher, 2006.
B/Bro/Hen
Hendrix, John. JOHN BROWN: HIS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. Abrams, 2009.
Just for fun!
E/Ahl
E/The
E/LaR
E/Gei
E/Gei
E/Wie
E/Gra
These fiction or wordless books exhibit some of the structures in fun ways!
Allberg, Allan. PREVIOUSLY. Ill. Bruce Ingman. Candlewick, 2007.
Khing, T. T.WHERE IS THE CAKE. Abrams, 2009
LaRochelle, David.THE END. Ill. Richard Egielski. Arthur A. Levine, 2007.
Geisert, Arthur. HOGWASH! Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Geisert, Arthur. OOPS! Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Wiesner, David. FLOTSAM. Clarion, 2006.
Gravett, Emily. WOLVES. Simon and Schuster, 2005.
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