2022 Nature Study Books To Supplement No Sweat Nature Study LIVE Lessons

This large list of nature study books includes the perfect go-alongs to the 2022 season of No Sweat Nature Study LIVE lessons! If you haven’t joined us yet, it’s never too late and we would love to have you. You’ll enjoy two new LIVE classes each month and will find a video library of more than 70 previously recorded classes waiting for you!

No Sweat Nature Study Booklist

Why No Sweat Nature Study LIVE?

Children in 1st-8th grades can enjoy LIVE, interactive, online, nature-based science classes with Mrs. Cindy West twice a month. Each 30-60 minute class includes deep science teaching with an emphasis on scientific vocabulary while the students create a unique nature journal page.

Members certainly don’t have to attend the LIVE classes, though. You’ll get access to a growing library of previously recorded lessons that you can view at your convenience 24/7 for the duration of your membership. Class topics cover the gamut of plant, animal, earth, and space science!

Each lesson comes with a downloadable packet full of information, specimen images, vocabulary, and bonus lesson ideas for students and parents to use. Parents receive a free nature study curriculum download each month, too!

Please enjoy a free sample lesson to see if No Sweat Nature Study LIVE will be a wonderful addition to your homeschool!

Geography Landforms Nature Journal Page

2022 Supplementary Nature Study Books

For each No Sweat Nature Study LIVE lesson, at least one helpful book is suggested to help parents add layers to the learning. These living books and nature guides are not at all necessary to get the most from the classes with Mrs. Cindy. They are simply fun and informative suggestions.

If you’re looking for the 2019-20 booklist, click here.

If you’re looking for the 2021 booklist, click here.

If you aren’t a member yet, these books will be great reads in your homeschool or classroom. However, your students will get SO MUCH more benefit by using them alongside the LIVE lessons.

The Tundra

A Walk in the Tundra, 2nd Edition (Biomes of North America Second Editions)Is There Life in the Arctic Tundra? Science Book Age for Kids 9-12 | Children's Nature BooksLife in a Tundra (Blastoff! Readers: Biomes Alive!)North: The Amazing Story of Arctic MigrationThe Frozen Tundra: A Web of Life (World of Biomes)

 

Polar Bears

Face to Face with Polar Bears (Face to Face with Animals)Polar BearsPolar BearsPolar Bears Past Bedtime (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Magic Tree House)The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit TaleWaiting for Ice

 

Shadows

Moonbear's ShadowMy ShadowThe Black RabbitThe Lonely ShadowWhat Are Shadows and Reflections? (Light & Sound Waves Close-Up)What Makes a Shadow? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

 

Tree Bark

Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for KidsThe Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-UpsTrees, Leaves & Bark (Take Along Guides)Winter Tree Finder: A Manual for Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter (Eastern US) (Nature Study Guides)

 

Numbers in Nature

Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in NatureNumbers in Nature (Nature Is All Around Me (LOOK! Books ™))What in the World?: Numbers in Nature

 

Wetlands

A Wetland Habitat (Introducing Habitats)All About Wetlands (Habitats)America's Wetlands: Guide to Plants and Animals (America's Ecosystems)Here Is the Wetland (Web of Life, 6)Wetlands: Biomes and Ecosystems (Science Readers)

 

Worms

An Earthworm's Life (Nature Upclose)Curious About Worms (Smithsonian)Earthworms: Discover Pictures and Facts About Earthworms For Kids!Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

 

Soil

Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the EarthDirt: The Scoop on Soil (Amazing Science)Jump Into Science: DirtUp in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book) (Over and Under)

 

Camouflage

Animals in CamouflageCamouflage and Mimicry: Animal Weapons and DefensesHow to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures (Reading Railroad Books)Look Again: Secrets of Animal CamouflageMasters of Disguise: Camouflaging Creatures & Magnificent Mimics

 

Gastropods

A Slugs Life (Nature Upclose) by John Himmelman (1998-03-01)Are You a Snail? (Backyard Books)Let's Look at Snails (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Animal Close-Ups)Snail Trail

 

Herbs

Herbs Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)A Kid's Herb Book: For Children of All AgesThe Yummy Alphabet Book: Herbs, Spices, and Other Natural Flavors (Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Book)

 

Crepuscular Animals

National Geographic Kids Everything Big Cats: Pictures to Purr About and Info to Make You Roar!How to Survive as a FireflyOwling: Enter the World of the Mysterious Birds of the Night

 

Shells

A House for Hermit Crab   [HOUSE FOR HERMIT CRAB-MINI] [Hardcover]Seashell Patterns Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)Seashells, Crabs and Sea Stars: Take-Along Guide (Take Along Guides)Seashells: More Than a HomeWhat Lives in a Shell? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

 

Turtles

All About TurtlesLook Out for Turtles! (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)One Tiny Turtle: Read and WonderSea TurtlesFoolish Tortoise (The World of Eric Carle)

 

Berries

Berries, Nuts, And Seeds (Take Along Guides)Blueberries for SalBlueberries for the QueenFrom Seed to Strawberry (Start to Finish, Second Series)JamberryThe Grey Lady and the Strawberry SnatcherThe Very Berry Counting Book (Jerry Pallotta's Counting Books)

 

Whales & Dolphins

Big Blue Whale: Read and WonderDolphin Baby! (Read and Wonder)Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House Book 9)Explorers: Whales and DolphinsEye Wonder: Whales and DolphinsHumphrey the Lost Whale: A True StoryNational Geographic Readers: DolphinsNational Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Whales

 

Shapes in Nature

Shape Me a Rhyme: Nature's Forms in PoetryShapes and Patterns in Nature (Nature's Wonderful Colors)Shaping Up Summer (Math in Nature)Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in NatureWhat Is Symmetry in Nature? (Looking at Nature)

 

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew PeasThe One and Only Me: A Book About GenesThe Secret Code Inside You: All About Your DNA

 

The Harvest Moon

Harvest Time (Celebrate Fall)Hello, Harvest MoonThe Moon Book (New & Updated Edition)The Moon Seems to Change (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season

 

Really Weird Plants

Amazing Plant Bodies: Tiny to Gigantic (Plant-Ology)Crazy Plants (A True Book: Incredible Plants!) (Library Edition)Hungry Plants (Step-into-Reading, Step 4)Scary Plants! (Smithsonian)

 

Mice

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (Step Into Reading, Step 3)Ben And Me (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)FrederickLibrary MouseMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHRedwallNational Geographic Readers: Squeak! (L3): 100 Fun Facts About Hamsters, Mice, Guinea Pigs, and MoreStuart LittleThe Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, 1)The Story of Jumping MouseThe Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of ThreadThe Tale of Two Bad Mice (Peter Rabbit)Town Mouse, Country Mouse

 

Root Vegetables

Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to ZGrowing Vegetable Soup (Voyager Books)Mrs. Peanuckle's Vegetable Alphabet (Mrs. Peanuckle's Alphabet)The Carrot Seed: 75th Anniversary (Rise and Shine)The Enormous PotatoThe Enormous Turnip / El rabano gigantesco: Babl Children's Books in Spanish and EnglishThe Giant CarrotBarefoot Books The Gigantic TurnipThe Vegetables We EatTops & Bottoms (Caldecott Honor Book)

 

Snowflakes

BlizzardCurious About Snow (Smithsonian)Snowflake BentleyThe Big SnowThe Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at the Art and Science of SnowflakesThe Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder (Weather Books for Kids, Winter Children's Books, Science Kids Books)

 

Christmas Spices

The Biography of Spices (How Did That Get Here?)Richard Scarry's The Gingerbread Man (Little Golden Book)The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices (6) (Greetings from Somewhere)The Yummy Alphabet Book: Herbs, Spices, and Other Natural Flavors (Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Book)

 

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