3pipPT A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ANDEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
DREUX J. WATERMOLENDivision of Natural SciencesSt. Norbert College
SMITHSONIANHERPETOLOGICAL INFORMATIONSERVICENO. 93
1992
SMITHSONIANHERPETOLOGICALINFORMATIONSERVICE
The SHIS series publishes and distributes translations,bibliographies, indices, and similar items judged usefulto individuals interested in the biology of amphibiansand reptiles, but unlikely to be published in the normaltechnical journals. Single copies are distributed freeto interested individuals. Libraries, herpetologicalassociations, and research laboratories are invited toexchange their publications with the Division ofAmphibians and Reptiles.We wish to encourage individuals to share theirbibliographies, translations, etc. with otherherpetologists through the SHIS series. If you havesuch items please contact George Zug for instructions onpreparation and submission. Contributors receive 50free copies.Please address all requests for copies and inquiries toGeorge Zug, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles,National Museum of Natural History, SmithsonianInstitution, Washington DC 20560 USA. Please includea self-addressed mailing label with requests.
INTRODUCTION
This bibliography of children's literature and educationalresources is for both educators and scientists. Often in anattempt to stimulate and facilitate learning, we encouragestudents to read. This bibliography offers young readers, theirparents, and teachers a selections of excellent books from whichto choose. For the scientists called into schools or naturecenters to share her/his knowledge, this compilation provides alist of resources to help bridge the gap between the presentationand the classroom program.Section I is a list of 135 children's books (primarilynonfiction) . Entries are alphabetical by author and numberedsequentially. Those entries followed by an asterisk* are judgedparticularly useful and accurate. The indices following thebibliography provide cross-reference by grade level and taxonomicgroup and direct the user to specific books by their numericcode. Section II provides an additional list of resources toassist teachers in their classroom activities.
This bibliography is not all inclusive. I offer it as astarting place to assist educators and scientists in theirinteractions with young readers and novice naturalists. I hopethat it will stimulate further interest in the study andconservation of amphibians and reptiles.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Marianne O'Callaghan ( Interlibrary Loan Librarian, St.Norbert College) and Laura Hemming (Associate Academic Librarian,University of Wisconsin-Green Bay) worked diligently to obtaincopies of many of the works included in the bibliography. Dr.Mary Alyce Lach, S.S.N.D. (St. Norbert College) taught me thevalue of children's literature and provided the initialinspiration for this compilation.
2Section I: Children's Literature
1. Ancona, G. 1987. Turtle Watch. MacMillan Publishing, NewYork.2. Anonymous. 1982. One Green Frog. Putnam Publishing Group,New York.
3. Ballard, L. 1982. Reptiles. Children's Press, Chicago.4. Barger and Johnson. 1987. Anacondas. Rourke Corporation,Vero Beach, FL. *1987. Coral Snakes. Rourke Corporation, VeroFL. *1987. King Snakes. Rourke Corporation, VeroFL. *1987. Pythons. Rourke Corporation, Vero Beach,
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FL. 1987. Rat Snakes. Rourke Corporation, Vero BEach,1987. Tree Vipers. Rourke Corporation, VeroBeach, FL. *10. Barrett, J. 1983. A Snake is Totally Tail. MacMillan, NewYork.11. Bender, L. 1988. Lizards and Dragons. Gloucester, NewYork.12. . 1988. Pythons and Boas. Franklin Watts, New York.13. Berkowitz, H. 1985. Amphibians and Reptiles. BanyanBooks, Miami.14. Billings, C.W. 1978. Spring Peepers are Calling. Dodd,Mead & Co. , New York.15. Blassingame, W. 1973. Wonders of Alligators andCrocodiles. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York.16. Braithwaite, A. 1988. Frogs (Life Cycle Books). LongmanGroup, Chicago.17. Brenner, B. 1970. A Snake-Lover's Diary. Young ScottBooks, Reading. *18. Bush, D. (n.d.). Magic Smith the Chameleon. Rolling HillsPress, San Rafael, CA.19. Carle, E. 1984. The Mixed Dp Chameleon. Harper & Row, NewYork.20. Chace, E.G. 1984. Rattlesnakes. Putnam Publishing Group,New York.21. Coldrey, J. 1987. The World of Frogs. Gareth Stevens,Milwaukee.22. Cole, J. 1980. A Frog's Body. William Morrow & Co., NewYork.23. . 1981. A Snake's Body. William Morrow & Co., NewYork.24. Cook, D. 1981. Small World of Reptiles. Franklin Watts,New York.
25. Creighton, S. 1988. The Giant Lizard. Crestwood House,Glendale, CA.26. Curtis, N. 1985. Discovering Snakes and Lizards. FranklinWatts, New York.27. Cutts, D. 1973. I Can Read About Reptiles. TrollAssociates, Mahwah, NJ.28. Dallinger, J. and S.A. Johnson. 1982. Progs and Toads.Lerner Publications, Minneapolis. *29. Darling, L. and L. Darling. 1962. Turtles. William Morrow& Co. , New York.30. Dauer, R. 1988. Bullfrog Grows Up. Greenwillow, New York.31. Davis, B. 1989. King Snake. Scholastic, New York.32. Elting, M. 1987. Snakes and Other Reptiles. Simon &Schuster, New York.33. Fichter, G. 1982. Poisonous Snakes. Franklin Watts, NewYork.34. . 1982. Reptiles and Amphibians of North America.Random House, New York.35. Fine, E.H. 1988. The Python and Anaconda. CrestwoodHouse, Mankato, MN.36. Florian, D. 1986. Discovering Frogs. MacMillan, New York.37. Freedman, R. 1982. Killer Snakes. Holiday House, NewYork.38. . 1984. Rattlesnakes. Holiday House, New York.39. George, J.C. 1967. The Moon of the Salamanders. Thomas Y.Crowell Co. , New York.40. Green, C.R. and W.R. Sanford. 1984. The Rattlesnake.Crestwood House, Mankato, MN.41. and . 1986. The Cobra. Crestwood House,Mankato, MN.42. Gross, R.B. 1973. Snakes. Scholastic, New York.43. . 1976. Alligators and other Crocodilians. FourWinds Press, New York.44. Hale, B. 1989. The Legend of the Laughing Gecko: aHawaiian Fantasy. Geckostufs, Inc., Honolulu.45. Harrison, V. 1988. The World of Lizards. Gareth Stevens,Milwaukee.46. Hawes, J. 1972. What I Like about Toads. Harper & Row,New York.47. . 1975. Why Progs are Wet. Harper & Row, New York.48. . 1987. Spring Peepers. Harper & Row, New York.49. Heller, R. 1986. How to Hide a Crocodile. PutnamPublishing Group, New York.50. . 1986. How to Hide a Gray Tree Frog. PutnamPublishing Group, New York.51. Hess, L. 1968. The Remarkable Chameleon. Scribner's Sons,New York. *
452. . 1987. The Snake in the Grass. MacMillan, NewYork.53. Himmelman, J. 1982. Talestar the Lizard. Dial Books, NewYork.54. Hoffman, M. 1988. Snake: Animals in the Wild. Scholastic,New York. *55. Hogan, P.Z. 1979. The Crocodile. Raintree Publishers,Milwaukee.56. . 1984. The Prog. Raintree Publishers, Milwaukee.57. Hogner, D. 1956. Frogs and Polliwogs. Harper & Row, NewYork. *58. . 1966. Book of Snakes. Harper & Row, New York.59. Holling, H.C. 1951. Minn of the Mississippi. HoughtonMifflin, Boston. *60. Hopf, A.L. 1981. Biography of a Komodo Dragon. PutnamPublishing Group, New York.61. Hornblow, L. & A. Hornblow. 1970. Reptiles do theStrangest Things. Random House, New York.62. Johnson, S.A. 1986. Snakes. Lerner Publications,Minneapolis. *63. . 1986. Treefrogs. Lerner Publications,Minneapolis. *64. and J. Dallinger. 1986. Frogs and Toads. LernerPublications, Minneapolis. *65. Johnston, G. and J. Cutchins. Scaly Babies: ReptilesGrowing Up. William Morrow & Co., New York. *66. Kalan, R. 1981. Jump, Frog, Jump! Greenwillow Books, NewYork.67. Kellogg, S. 1979. The Mysterious Tadpole. Dial Books, NewYork.68. Khemvichanuvet, C. 1979. The Poor Lizard. Cellar BookShop, Detroit. *69. Kuchalla, S. 1982. What is a Reptile? Troll Associates,Mahwah, MN. *70. Lacey, E.A. 1989. The Complete Frog: a Guide for the VeryYoung Naturalist. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York.71. Lambert, D. 1983. Reptiles. Gloucester Press, New York.72. . 1986. Snakes. Franklin Watts, New York.73. Lane, M. 1982. The Frog. Dial Books, New York.74. Lauber, P. 1974. Who Needs Alligators? GarrardPublishing, Champaign, IL.75. . 1988. Snakes are Hunters. Harper & Row, New York.76. LeBlanc, L. 1967. Little Frog Learns to Sing. OddoPublishing, Fayetteville, GA.77. Linley, M. (n.d.) Discovering Frogs and Toads. FranklinWatts, New York. *78. . 1988. The Lizard in the Jungle. Gareth Stevens,Milwaukee.
79. Lobel, A. 1986. The Prog and Toad Pop-up Book. Harper &Row, New York.80. Massie, D.R. 1979. Chameleon was a Spy. Harper & Row, NewYork.81. May, J. 1969. Alligator Hole. Follett Publishing,Chicago.82. Mayer, M. 1980. Prog, Where are You? Dial Books, NewYork.83. McCarthy, C. 1987. Poisonous Snakes. Franklin Watts, NewYork.84. McClung, R.M. 1954. Bufo: the Story of a Toad. WilliamMorrow & Co., New York.85. . 1977. Peeper, Pirst Voice of Spring. WilliamMorrow & Co. , New York.86. . 1979. Snakes: Their Place in the Sun. GarrardPublishing, Chicago.87. McConnell, K. 1984. The Reptalphabet Encyclopedia.Stemmer House Publishers, Owing Mills, MD.88. McGowen, T. 1987. Album of Snakes and Reptiles. MacMillanPublishing, New York.89. Moore, L. 1987. The Snake That Went to School. Scholas-tic, New York. *90. Morris, D. 1987. Frogs and Toads. Raintree Publishers,Milwaukee.91. . 1987. Snakes and Lizards. Raintree Publishers,Milwaukee.92. Oda, H. 1986. The Tadpole. Raintree Publishers,Milwaukee.93. . 1986. The Tree Frog. Raintree Publishers,Milwaukee.94. . 1986. The Turtle. Raintree Publishers, Milwaukee.95. Parsons, A. 1990. Amazing Snakes. Alfred A. Knopf, NewYork.96. Petty, K. 1985. Snakes. Franklin Watts, New York.97. . 1986. Crocodiles and Alligators. Franklin Watts,New York.98. . 1987. Frogs and Toads. Franklin Watts, New York.99. . 1987. Reptiles. Franklin Watts, New York.100. Pope, J. 1985. A Closer Look at Reptiles, Rev. ed.Franklin Watts, New York.101. Quinn, K. 1987. Reptiles. Price Stern Sloan, Los Angeles.102. Riedman, S.R. and R. Witham. 1974. Turtles: Extinction orSurvival? Harper & Row, New York.103. Roever, J.M. 1979. Snake Secrets. Walker & Co., New York.104. Sabin, L. 1985. Reptiles and Amphibians. TrollAssociates, Mahwah, NJ.
105. Sanford, W.R. and C.R. Green. 1987. The Boa Constrictor.Crestwood House, Mankato, MN.106. Schnieper, C. 1989. Chameleons. Carolrhoda Books,Minneapolis. *107. Schultz, E. 1979. I Can Read About Frogs and Toads. TrollAssociates, Mahwah, NJ.108. Scott, J.D. 1974. Loggerhead Turtle: Survivor of the Sea.Putnam's Sons, New York.109. . 1984. Alligator. Putnam's Sons, New York.110. Selsam, M. 1965. Let's Get Turtles. Harper & Row, NewYork. *111. and J. Hunt. 1975. A First Look at Snakes, Lizardsand Other Reptiles. Walker & Co. , New York. *112. and . 1976. A First look at Frogs, Toads andSalamanders. Walker & Co., New York. *113. and . 1987. A First Look at Poisonous Snakes.Walker & Co. , New York. *114. Serventy, V. 1986. Lizard. Raintree Publishers,Milwaukee.115. . 1987. Turtle and Tortoise. Scholastic, New York.116. Shannon, G. 1981. Lizard's Song. Greenwillow Books, NewYork.117. Shaw, E. 1972. Alligator. Harper & Row, New York.118. Simon, H. 1975. Frogs and Toads of the World. Harper &Row, New York.119. Simon, S. (n.d.) Meet the Giant Snakes. Walker & Co., NewYork.120. Spellerberg, I. and M. McKerchar. 1985. Mysteries andMarvels of the Reptile World. Usborne Publishing, London.121. Spizzirri Publishing Co. Staff. 1981. Reptiles: anEducational Coloring Book. Spizzirri Publishing Co.
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Medinah, IL.122. . 1984. Poisonous Snakes: an Educational ColoringBook. Spizzirri Publishing Co. , Medinah, IL.123. Tarrant, G. 1983. Frogs. Putnam Publishing Group, NewYork.124. Taylor, P. 1979. Pythons, Giant Snakes. Scholastic, NewYork.125. Thompson, P. 1988. Thank You for the Tadpole. DellPublishing, New York.126. Waber, B. 1978. The Snake: a Very Long Story. HoughtonMifflin, Boston.127. Waters, J. (n.d.) The Hatchlings: a Book about BabyTurtles. Walker & Co., New York. *128. Webster, D. 1986. Frog and Toad Watching. Julian Messner,New York.129. White, W., Jr. 1977. The American Chameleon. SterlingPublishing, New York.130. Williams, J. 1988. The Life Cycle of a Frog. FranklinWatts, New York.
131. Zappler, G. and L. Zappler. 1973. Amphibians as Pets.Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY.132. Zim, H. 1949. Snakes. William Morrow & Co., New York. *133. . 1950. Progs and Toads. William Morrow & Co., NewYork. *134. . 1978. Alligators and Crocodiles (Newly RevisedEdition). William Morrow & Co., New York. *135. and H. Smith. 1953. Reptiles and Amphibians (GoldenGuide Series) . Western Publishing, New York. *
8Grade Level IndexAll books listed in the bibliography were reviewed by the author.Books were assigned to grade levels based on content and readinglevel. Some books assigned to each grade level will likely bebeyond the capabilities of some young readers. However, they areappropriate selections for teachers to read to/with theirclasses.Grade 1
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Grade 2:
Grade 3:
Grade 4:
Grade 5:
Grade 6:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 21, 24, 30, 36, 46, 47,48, 49, 50, 53, 66, 67, 69, 75, 76, 79, 82, 84, 98,110, 116, 117, 121
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,30, 36, 46, 47, 4882, 84, 96, 97, 98122, 123, 125, 126
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 845, 46, 47, 48, 5285, 86, 87, 88, 90110, 111, 112, 113126, 127, 130, 133
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 834, 42, 45, 52, 5485, 86, 87, 88, 89104, 105, 111, 112127, 128, 130, 132
1, 11, 12, 14, 16,35, 37, 38, 39, 4058, 59, 61, 62, 6888, 89, 92, 93, 94113, 119, 121, 12211, 12, 14, 15, 1734, 35, 37, 38, 3959, 60, 62, 63, 64
122, 123, 125, 126, 127.
7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27,49, 50, 53, 66, 67, 69, 75, 76, 79,110, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 121,127, 130.
, 9, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 27, 36, 42,55, 56, 58, 61, 68, 75, 79, 81, 84,91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99,114, 115, 117, 119, 121, 122, 124,134.
, 9, 11, 12, 18, 20, 27, 29, 31, 32,55, 56, 58, 61, 68, 73, 74, 80, 81,90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99,113, 114, 119, 121, 122, 124, 126,133, 134, 135.20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 34,41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 52, 54, 56, 57,71, 73, 74, 77, 80, 81, 85, 86, 87,99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 111, 112,124, 126, 128, 132, 133, 134, 135.22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33,40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 52, 54, 57,68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 80, 81, 83,87, 88, 89, 100, 102, 104, 105, 108, 109, 113, 118,119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134,135.Grade 7: 7, 11, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34,35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 51, 54, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63,64, 65, 68, 70, 71, 74, 77, 78, 80, 83, 88, 100, 102,104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 126,129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135.Grade 8: 14, 15, 17, 22, 23, 26, 28, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 44,51, 54, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 77, 78, 83,88, 100, 102, 103, 106, 108, 109, 118, 119, 120, 121,122, 126, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135.
9Taxonomic IndexSalamanders: 11, 13, 34, 39, 104, 112, 131, 135Frogs and Toads: 2, 11, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 28, 30, 34, 36,44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 56, 57, 63, 64, 66, 67,70, 73, 76, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 90, 92, 93,98, 104, 107, 112, 118, 123, 125, 128, 130,131, 133, 135.Crocodilians: 11, 13, 15, 24, 27, 32, 34, 43, 49, 55, 61, 65,69, 71, 74, 81, 87, 97, 99, 100, 101, 104, 109,111, 117, 120, 121, 134, 135.Turtles: 1, 3, 11, 13, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 59, 61, 65, 69, 71,87, 88, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 108, 110, 111, 115,120, 121, 127, 135.Lizards: 3, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 44, 45,51, 53, 60, 61, 65, 68, 69, 71, 78, 80, 87, 88, 91, 99,100, 101, 104, 106, 111, 114, 116, 120, 121, 129, 135.Snakes: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23,26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 52, 54,58, 61, 62, 69, 71, 72, 75, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 96,99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 111, 113, 119, 120, 121,122, 124, 126, 132, 135.
10Section II: Educational ResourcesThis section includes a listing of curriculum resources,journal articles and other items the author has found valuablewhen working with educators interested in amphibians andreptiles. All items have been annotated.These materials can be obtained at many academic librariesor through interlibrary loan services.Anonymous. 19837(1) :l-6. Snakes! Snakes! Snakes! Nature NaturallyNotes: Instructional unit for grades 4-6. Teacher andstudent pages provide illustrations and information aboutsnakes in a variety of formats. References and answer keyprovided.
. 1987. Hands on Herps. Science Activities 24(4):27-30,Notes: Hands-on activity for grades 1-8. Compares generalcharacteristics of reptiles and amphibians. Outlinesprocedures for using teaching stations in classroom.Chattin, S.S. 198350(4) :20-23. Snaking through science. Science TeacherNotes: Article encourages activities with live animals,especially snakes. Offers some suggestions for care andfeeding.Kramer, D.C. 1984. The classroom animal: garter snakes.Science & Children 22(2): 34-35.
. 1985. The classroom animal: painted turtles. Science &Children 22(8)42-43.
_. 1985. The classroom animal:Children 23(2):30-31.
_. 1986. The classroom animal:Children 23(5): 55-57.
_. 1987. The classroom animal:& Children 24(5): 22-24.
_. 1987. The classroom animal:25(3) :42-43.
tree frogs. Science &box turtles. Science &
snapping turtles. Science
newts, Science & Children
Notes: These articles will be useful to classroom teachers.Life history information. Tips on feeding, housing and careneeds. Safety concerns addressed where appropriate. Somesuggest classroom activities.
11National Wildlife Federation. 1987. Hurray for Herps!Naturescope 3(4) : 1-69
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Notes: Grades K-8. Many teaching activities. Includesreproducible handouts and background information forstudents and teachers. Relatively inexpensive.Nethery, L.B. 1984. Children and humane behavior: are snakesincluded? Children's Environments Quarterly l(3):27-29.Notes: "Food for thought" for all educators teaching aboutanimals.Ohanian, S. 1988. Leaps in learning. Learning 16(5):48-52.Notes: Uses frog lore as the basis for enrichment inlanguage arts, science, social studies and the arts. Usefullist of reference books included.Shaw, J.M. 1985. Ideas. Arithmetic Teacher 32(7):27-32.Notes: Four work sheets for practicing math skills.Smith, R.W. 1987. The class menagerie: using small animals toenrich your science curriculum. Learning 15(5):64-66.Notes: Art, writing and science activities with live snails,lizards, frogs and toads. Nice approach to integratingsubjects.Yingling, P.S. 1983. Where the wildlife is. Perspectives forTeachers of the Hearing Impaired l(3):2-3.Notes: Describes techniques using live animals to stimulateunderstanding of life cycle concepts for hearing impairedindividuals. The suggestions here are valuable to allteachers, not just specialists!