Independent Reading Suggested Books for Understanding the Animal Kingdom
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Fiction Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Desert Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations series) by Julie Ann Murphy (600L)
- How and Why do Animals Adapt? (All About Animals Close-Up series) by Bobbie Kalman (650L)
- Let’s Classify Animals! by Kelli Hicks (550L)
- Ocean Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations series) by Julie Ann Murphy (580L)
- Polar Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations series) by Lisa J. Amstutz (600L)
- Rain Forest Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations series) by Lisa J. Amstutz (680L)
- What are Camouflage and Mimicry? by Bobbie Kalman (930L) **
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- Follow the Moon Home by Philippe Cousteau (520L)
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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