harbor and sprout homeschool curriculum and resources
harbor and sprout homeschool curriculum and resources

Booklists

Books by Theme

These books are intended to accompany our Patchwork Studies, Primary Level Unit Studies, and Secondary Level Unit Studies.

Preschool & Elementary Books:

A Moon of My Own by Jennifer Rustgi

The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell by Laura Alary

The Darkest Hour by Chris Hadfield

Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker

Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story by Mark Kelly

Star Stories: Constellation Tales from Around the World by Anita Ganeri

Goodnight, Astronaut by Scott Kelly

Rylee the Young Rocketeer by JoAnn M. Dickinson

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

Out of this World: Poems and Facts about Space by Amy Sklansky

There Was a Black Hole that Swallowed the Universe: A Funny Rhyming Space by Chris Ferrie

Once Upon a Starry Night: A Book of Constellations by Jacqueline Mitton

A Full Moon is Rising by Marilyn Singer

Caroline’s Comets: A True Story by Emily Arnold McCully

The Star People: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole

Rocket Girl: A Space Book about Shooting for the Stars & Landing on the Moon! by Didi Dragon

Moon's First Friends by Susanna Leonard Hill

Mae Jemison: A Kid’s Book About Reaching Your Dreams by Mary Nhin

The Spacesuit: How a Seamstress Helped Put Man on the Moon

Next Time you See the Moon by Emily Morgan

Solar System for Kids by Hilary Statum

Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt by Mary Kay Carson

What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky by Kelsey Oseid

Moon! Earth’s Best Friend by Stacy McAnulty

A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky by Meredith Hamilton

The Mysteries of the Universe: Discover the Best-Kept Secrets of Space (DK Children’s
Anthologies) by Will Gater

Constellations for Kids: An Easy Guide to Discovering the Stars by Kelsey Johnson

The Planets: The Definitive Visual Guide to Our Solar System by Robert Dinwiddie

Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen It Before by DK and the Smithsonian Institution

There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Tish Rabe

Family Read-Aloud Books:

Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly

Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins

Adventures in the Solar System: Planetron and Me by Geoffrey Williams

See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

The Planets by Dava Sobel

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel

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Preschool & Elementary Books:

The Amelia Six: An Amelia Earhart Mystery by Kristin L. Gray

Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen

The Little Airplane by Lois Lenski

Abuela by Arthur Dorros

Owly, Vol. 3: Flying Lessons by Andy Runton

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

Wings by Christopher Myers

Skywriting: Poems to Fly by J. Patrick Lewis

The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee by Julie Leung

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell

Amelia Earhart by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

The Story of Amelia Earhart: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers by Stacia Deutsch

The Story of the Wright Brothers: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers by Annette Whipple

How Airports Work by Lonely Planet Kids

DK Biography: Amelia Earhart: A Photographic Story of a Life by Tanya Lee Stone

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman

Cleared for Takeoff: The Ultimate Book of Flight by Rowland White

Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson

Flight: The Complete History of Aviation by R.G. Grant

A Dream of Flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont's Race Around the Eiffel Tower by Jef and Rob Polivka

Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family's Daring Escape from East Germany by Kristen Fulton

A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785 by Matthew Olshan

The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery by Peter Sis

The Skies Above My Eyes by Charlotte Guillain

Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Kirsten W. Larson

Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot by Matthew Clark Smith

Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History by DK Books

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909 by Alice Provensen

The Visual Dictionary of Flight by DK Publishing

Fly High!: The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden

Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman by Reeve Lindbergh

A is for Airplane: An Aviation Alphabet by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle

Flight School: How to Fly a Plane Step by Step by Nick Barnard

DK Eyewitness Books: Flying Machine by Andrew Nahum

The Big Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer

The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess

An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston

Jacob's Fantastic Flight by Philip Waechter

All the Birds in the World by David Opie

Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate

Circle by Jeannie Baker

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies

Family Read-Aloud Books:

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann

The Adventures of Vin Fiz by Clive Cussler

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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson

The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck by Beatrix Potter

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong

Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares

Telephone by Mac Barnett

Flight School by Lita Judge

Signed by Zelda by Kate Feiffer

South by Daniel Duncan

Dr. Coo and the Pigeon Protest by Sarah Hampson

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat

The Last Firehawk by Katrina Charman

Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch: What Will You Find? Edited by Storey Publishing

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Birds by Catherine Hughes

Birds: Explore Nature with Fun Facts and Activities by DK

The Big Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer

An Anthology of Exquisite Birds by Ben Hoare (DK)

Birds, Nests and Eggs by Mel Boring

The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry by Danna Smith

Thunder Birds: Nature’s Flying Predators by Jim Arnosky

Family Read-Aloud Books:

Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird

Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling

Duet by Elise Broach

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

TheCapture: Guardians of Ga’hoole by Kathryn Lasky

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla

Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Middle & High School Books:

The Birds of America by John James Audubon

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul

The Life of Birds by David Attenborough

A Year of Birds: Writings on Birds from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau by Barry Van Dusen, Peter Alden

The Seabird’s Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson

Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel

The Soaring Life of the Lark by John Lewis-Stempel

Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design & Evolution by Richard Dawkins

Save Our Birds by Matt Sewell

The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe

Printmaking: How to Print Anything on Everything by Christine Medley

Birds of South America: Passerines by Ber Van Perlo

Birds of North America by Norman Arlott

Collins Bird Guide by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström

The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden by Mark Golley, Stephen Moss, Dave Daly

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Books by Genre

These books are intended to accompany the Harbor + Sprout Language Arts curriculum.

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