List of Nature & Science Books for Children (and adults, too)

"Do you have a list of all of your books somewhere?", asked reader @dianalempel on Instagram.

Diana asked this question about the #shortstackofbooks feature I post almost weekly on Instagram. In February I published screenshots of #shortstackofbooks on the blog but I did not provide a list of books. I am glad Diana nudged me to prepare a proper list of the Short Stack of Books series which are included below in alphabetical order by title.

Image: Wild Ideas by Elin Kelsey with artwork by Soyeon Kim

• A Bald Eagle's World, Caroline Arnold
• A Drop of Water, Gordon Morrison
• A Hands-on Guide for Little Inventors, Rachel Doorley
• A Seed is Sleepy, Diana Hutts Aston
• A Tree is Growing, Arthur Dorros, illustrated by S. D. Schindler
• A Tree is Nice, Janice May Udry, with pictures by Marc Simont
• About Trees, Katie Holten
• Actual Size, Steve Jenkins*
• Alego, Ningeokuluk Teevee
• An Egg is Quiet, Dianna Aston, with art by Sylvia Long
• And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, with illustrations by Henry Cole
• And Then It's Spring, Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead*
• Beach, Elisha Cooper
• Beachcombing, Jim Arnosky
• Birding at the Bridge, Heather Wolf**
• Birds of New York, Stan Tekiela
• Botany for Gardeners, Harold William Rickett
• Bright Sky Starry City, Uma Krishaswami, with pictures by Aimee Sicuro
• Central Park in the Dark, Marie Winn
• Cherry Blossoms Say Spring, Jill Esbaum
• Children Around the World, Peter Guttman
• Coyote at the Kitchen Door, Stephen DeStefano
• Crows! Strange and Wonderful, Laurence Pringle, illustrated by Bob Marstall
• Daylight Starlight Wildlife, Wendell Minor
• Desert Days Desert Nights, Roxie Munro
• Eggs 1 2 3, Janet Halfman with art by Betsy Thompson
• Eliza's Cherry Trees - Japan's Gift to America, Andrea Zimmerman, illustrated by Ju Hong Chen
• Farm Anatomy, Julia Rothman
• Feral Cities, Tristan Donovan
• Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City; Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City: Leslie Day**
• Field Guide to Urban Wildlife, Julie Feinstein
• Flotsam, David Wiesner*
• Follow the Moon Home, Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Meilo So
• Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss*
• Gregory's Shadow, Don Freeman
• Harlem is Nowhere, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
• House Held Up by Trees, Ted Kooser, illustrated by Jon Klassen
• House Held Up by Trees, Ted Kooser, illustrated by Jon Klassen.
• How to Draw a Dragon, Douglas Florian
• I See a Kookaburra!, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
• I, Matthew Henson, Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Eric Velasquez
• Is This Panama?, Jan Thornhill, with illustrations by Soyeon Kim
• Just Ducks, Nicola Davies, illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino
• Lab Girl, Hope Jahren

• Lassoing the Sun, Mark Woods
• Lila and the Secret of Rain, David Conway & Jude Daly
• Little Tree, Loren Long
• Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
• Mapping Manhattan, Becky Cooper
• Maps, Aleksandra Mizuelinska and Daniel Mizielinski.
• Monkey Colors, Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
• Nature Anatomy, Julia Rothman
• Nightsong, Ari Berk***
• Nuts to You; Feathers for Lunch; Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf: Lois Ehlert
• Ocean Sunlight, Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm
• Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People, Albert Marrin
• Outside your Window, Nicola Davies, illustrated by Mark Hearld*
• Over in the Meadow, Ezra Jack Keats
• Pacific Coast Tree Finder, Tom Watts
• Pie in the Sky, Lois Ehlert
• Rabbits and Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
• Raindrops Roll, April Pulley Sayre

Image: Ron's Big Mission by Corinne J. Naden and Rose Blue, illustrated by Don Tate

• Ron's Big Mission, Corinne J. Naden and Rose Blue, illustrated by Don Tate
• Sophie Scott Goes South, Alison Lester
• Sticky Burr, John Lechner*
• The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Promise, Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin
• The Secret Pool, Kimberly Ridley, illustrated by Rebekah Raye
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats***
• The Tale of Pale Male, Jeanette Winter
• The Tiny Seed, Eric Carle
• The Urban Bestiary, Lynda Lynn Haupt
• The Watcher, Jeanette Winter
• The WPA Guide to New York City
• This is Washington, D.C., Miroslav Sasek
• This Tree Counts, Alison Formento, illustrated by Sarah Snow
• Tree Finder, May Theilgaard Watts
• Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out, April Pulley Sayre, with illustrations by Annie Patterson
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Kate Messner
• Water Boy, David McPhail
• Water Can Be, Laura Purdie Salas, illustrations by Violetta Dabija
• Water in the Park, Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin**
• We Planted a Tree, Diane Muldrow, with illustrations by Bob Staake
• What in the Wild?, David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy, with photos by Dwight Kuhn
• What's Your Favorite Animal, Eric Carle and Friends
• Wild Ideas, Elin Kelsey, with artwork by Soyeon Kim
• Winter Trees, Carole Gerber, illustrated by Leslie Evans

Image: A Drop of Water by Gordon Morrison

Are any of your favorites on the list? Let me know in the comments.

* For even more nature books, check out the Nature Advent Calendar book series.
** These titles are part of the WSP Eco Projects's portable library of nature books.