Books of Common Thread Project by Jennifer Adams

Books of Common Thread Project
By Jennifer Adams

Common Thread: Insects

Sub-Category 1: Ladybugs

Book Cover	Title	Author/ Illustrator	Age/ Grade	Copyright/ Publisher	Abstract
	Are You a Ladybug?	Judy Allen/ Trudor Humphries	Ages 2-7	2003 Houghton Mills	Children will learn about the life and growth processes of ladybugs. The story goes through the differences between humans and ladybugs.
	Ladybug's Birthday	Steve Metzger/ James Williamson	Ages 4-7	1997 Scholastic Incorporated	Ladybug plans a party with only two friends in her small house, but as more and more insects show up, she is sure her birthday is ruined.
	Look Out Ladybug	David Crossley	Ages 2-6	2001 Baron's Educational Series Incorporated	Follow the trail of the colorful ladybug. Some trails are straight while others are curvy.
	Ten Little Ladybugs	Melanie Gerth/ Lauren Huliska-Beirth	Ages 4-8	2000 Intervisual Publications Incorporated	One by one ten ladybugs disappear. Help children count along as they count down the disappearing ladybugs. The pages are fun to touch and feel.
	The Grouchy Ladybug	Eric Carle	Ages 4-10	1999 Harper Collins Children's Books	A very grouchy ladybug does not want to share his aphids with another ladybug on the same leaf. He spends his day trying to fight different animals, insects and birds, before finally coming across a whale.

Sub-Category 2: Butterflies

Book Cover	Title	Author/ Illustrator	Age/ Grade	Copyright/ Publisher	Abstract
	The Butterfly Alphabet Book	Brian Cassie/ Mark Astrella	Ages 5-8	1995 Charlesbridge Publishing	Interesting butterflies help children spell their way through the alphabet.
	Angelina and the Butterfly	Katharine Holabird/ Hellen Craig	Ages 4-8	2002 Pleasant Company Publications	When Angelina the mouse finds a pink butterfly with a twisted leg, she's determined to look after it and keep it forever.
	I wish I Were a Butterfly	James Howe/ Ed Young	Ages 4-8	1994 Voyager Books	A wise dragonfly helps a cricket realize that he is special in his own way.
	The Butterfly	Patricia Polacco	Ages 6-10	2000 Philomel Boooks	During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
	The Journey of a Butterfly	Carolyn Scrace	Ages 5-7	2000 Franklin Watts Incorporated	This book describes the life cycles and annual migration of the monarch butterfly.

Sub-Category 3: Fireflies

Book Cover	Title	Author/ Illustrator	Age/ Grade	Copyright/ Publisher	Abstract
	Daddies are for Catching Fireflies	Harriet Ziefert/ Cynthia Jabar	Ages 4-10	1999 Puffin	Daddies do so many trerrific things for you. They will even help you catch fireflies.
	Fireflies	Judy Bricnkloe	Ages 4-8	1986 Simon and Schuster	A young boy is proud to have caught a jar full of fireflies. He realizes if he does not let the insects go, that they will die.
	Fireflies in the Night	Judy Hawes/ Ellen Alexander	Ages 5-6	1991 Harper Collins Childrens Books	This book describes how fireflies make their light, tells how to catch and handle them, and notes serveral interesting uses for firefly light.
	Ten Flashing Fireflies	Philemon Sturges/ Anna Vojtech	Ages 5-7	1997 North-South Books	Two children catch fireflies on a warm summer night, putting each into a jar until all then are caught. Then they let them out to watch all ten fly away.
	The Very Lonely Firefly	Eric Carle	Ages 2-10	1999 Philomel	A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies.

Sub-Category 4: Flies

Book Cover	Title	Author/ Illustrator	Age/ Grade	Copyright/ Publisher	Abstract
	A Fly Went By	Mike McClintock/ Marshall McClintock	Ages 5-7	1976 Random House Publishers	A fly goes by, followed by a frog, who's chased by a cat, who's chased by a dog and a host of other crazy characters.
	Flo the Lyin' Fly	Max Lucado/ Troy Schmidt	Ages 4-7	2004 Tommy Nelson	By reading this book children are encouraged to not fabricate lies or "cry wolf" in many situations.
	The Jazz Fly	Matthew Gollub/ Karen Hanke	Ages 5-6	2000 Tortuga Press	While seeking directions to town, a fly picks up the rhythm of the answers he gets from a frog, a hog, a donkey, and a dog, and then uses these sounds to jazz up his band's music.
	The Spider and the Fly	Mary Howitt/ Tony Diterlizzi	Ages 5-8	2002 Simon and Schuster Publications	An interesting version of the well-known poem about a spider who preys on the innocence of a little fly.
	There was and Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly	Simms Taback	Ages 4-8	1997 Viking	See what goes on inside this lady's stomach as she swallows a fly and then worse.

Sub-Category 5: Bees

Book Cover	Title	Author/ Illustrator	Age/ Grade	Copyright/ Publisher	Abstract
	The Bee Tree	Patricia Polacco	Ages 5-8	1999 Putnam Juvenile	To teach his daughter the value of books, father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
	Busy Buzzy Bee	Karen Wallace	Ages 5-8	1999 DK Publishing Incorporated	This book explains the behavior and lives of bees, discussing how they collect nectar from flowers, care for their eggs and queen bee, and communicate with each other.
	Buzz Said the Bee	Wendy Lewison/ Hans Welhelm	Ages 5-8	1992 Scholastic Incorporated	The farm animals are in a tizzy. A bee sits on the tail of a duck and then duck sitson a hen, who sits on a pig, who sits on a cow, who sits on a sleeping sheep! The piled up animals fall one by one.
	Honey Bee and the Robber	Eric Carle	Ages 2-10	2001 Philomel	After gathering nectar and making its way safely home, a lone honeybee save the day when a bear attacks the hive.
	The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive	Joanna Cole/ Bruce Degen	Ages 4-9	1997 Scholastic Incorporated	After Ms. Frizzle takes her class to visit a beekeeper, the Magic School Bus mysteriously vibrates, shrinks, and flies right into a beehive. And when Ms. Frizzle tells everyone to "be a bee," the adventure begins.