Student Bibliography

Erosion by Joshua Rutten is an excellent nonfiction read-aloud for the classroom with a balance of visual images and text. ISBN 1-56766-508-X

Erosion by Cherie Winner is an excellent nonfiction reference book for student information gathering. ISBN 1-57505-223-7

Soil Erosion and Pollution by Darlene R. Stille is an excellent nonfiction read-aloud or reference book for the elementary classroom. ISBN 0-516-01188-X

An Inside Look: The Environment by Michael Allaby is an excellent nonfiction reference book with wonderful images and clear text. The "Environmental Damage" section (pp. 45-48) makes a nice introductory read-aloud for What Are the Different Kinds of Erosion. ISBN 0-8368-2725-2

Icebergs and Glaciers by Seymour Simon is an excellent nonfiction read-aloud or reference book. ISBN 0-688-06186-9 or 0-688-06187-7

Ice Caps and Glaciers by Clint Twist contains multiple simple activities to illustrate the characteristics of ice caps and glaciers. This is an excellent nonfiction reference book for student information gathering. ISBN 0-531-17396-8

Environmental Experiments About Land by Thomas R. Rybolt and Robert C. Mebane contains multiple land-related activities for home or classroom. Twenty pages of erosion-specific activities are included. ISBN 0-89490-411-6

How We Use and Abuse Our Planet: Land by Arthur Haswell uses photos and text to illustrate human impact on land. An excellent resource for student or teacher reference. ISBN 1-929298-59-5

Mountains by Seymour Simon is an excellent nonfiction read-aloud or reference book. ISBN 0-688-11041-X

Caves and Caverns by Gail Gibbons tells the story of cave formation through erosion, cave creatures, and the human-cave connection. An excellent elementary read-aloud or reference book. ISBN 0-15-226820-0

Landslides, Slumps, and Creep by Peter Goodwin is an excellent nonfiction reference book for student information gathering. ISBN 0-531-20332-8

Canyons by Don P. Rothaus is an excellent nonfiction read-aloud or student information gathering book. ISBN 1-56766-322-2

One Small Square: Cave by Donald M. Silver is an excellent nonfiction reference book for student information gathering. ISBN 0-7167-6514-4

The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth by Meredith Hooper uses a pebble to tell the story of the past 480 million years of the Earth's history. A wonderful read-aloud with a nice combination of pictures and factual information. ISBN 0-670-86259-2

The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock tells the story of a big rock and how over time it came to rest in a wooded section of the Adirondack Mountains in New York. An excellent read-aloud for all ages. ISBN 0-689-31402-7

How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld uses colorful illustrations to tell the story of mountain formation. ISBN 0-06-024510-7

Cracking Up: A Story About Erosion by Jacqui Bailey. Illustrations by Matthew Lilly. (2006) Describes the process of erosion and how water, ice, wind, and sun wear away at Earth's surface. ISBN-13: 978-0713673593

Weathering and Erosion: Wearing Down Rocks by Steven Hoffman. (2005) A description of how weathering and erosion works. ISBN-13: 978-1448827114

Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface by Robin Koontz. Illustrations by Matthew Harrad. (2007) Describes how rain, waves, wind, snow, and ice can change the shape of the Earth's surface. ISBN-13: 978-1404822016

Soil Erosion and How to Prevent It by Natalie Hyde. (2010) A guide to preventing soil erosion. ISBN-13: 978-0778754169

Shaping The Earth: Erosion by Sandra Downs. (2000) Downs describes how the Earth's remarkable landscape has been sculpted by erosion and deposition, two forces that work continuously creating and destroying landforms, causing mountains, canyons, caves, and glaciers. The book addresses the effects of wind, waves, floods, rain, and acid rain as well as natural processes that cause mechanical weathering such as freezing and thawing and the drilling action of plant roots. Interesting scenarios examine the delicate balance of nature such as one blade of deep-rooted grass initiating a large sand dune. Human interventions, both helpful and harmful, are also included. ISBN-13: 978-0761314141

Sand on the Move: The Story of Dunes by Roy Gallant. (1998) Sharp, detailed, and well-formatted photographs and illustrations effectively introduce readers to dune formation and habitats. The power of sand, wind, and space is shown by describing the disappearing oak forest on the Channel Islands of California. The rest of the text explains all kinds of formations, including why sands are different colors and why dunes come in many shapes. ISBN-13: 978-0531203347

Grand Canyon: A Trail Through Time by Linda Viera. Illustrations by Christopher Canyon. (2000) This picture-book exploration of the Grand Canyon begins with a pre-dawn storm, then follows a mule trail as it wends its way down the canyon, showing different sights along the way as the day progresses. ISBN-13: 978-0802786258

Erosion by Joelle Riley. (2007) This book has great photographs for illustrating the effects of erosion. ISBN-13: 978-0822559498

The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion and Weathering by Louise Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury. Illustrated by Darren Lingard. (2005) The Earth's surface is changing all the time. In the past, people made up stories to explain these mysteries. Your mission is to find out the facts. ISBN-13: 978-1410919557

The Mystery of the Round Rocks by Mark Meierhenry and David Volk. Illustrated by Jason Folkerts. (2007) An educational children's picturebook about the mysterious and powerful forces of nature that have affected our planet for millions of years. When a boy and a girl discover a stacked mound of smooth, round stones, their grandfather tells them the amazing true story of how the stones came to be. The force of a glacier once crept across the land, shaping the earth and smoothing rocks; when the glacier retreated, the humans who came much later to farm the land stacked the rocks in a pile so they could plow the earth. ISBN-13: 978-0977795536