PART TWO | Massive Change in the City

Recommended Reading :: Chicago Public Library Book Recommendations for Children

Urbanization

Flower Garden by Eve Bunting, Harcourt, 1994, ages 3-6

Houses and Homes by Ann Morris, illustrated by Ken Heyman, HarperTrophy, 1995, ages 3-6

If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People by David J. Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong, Kids Can Press, 2002, ages 9-12

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, HarperTrophy, 1999, ages 10-13

Movement

Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ages 4-8

The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman by Darcy Pattison, illustrated by Joe Cepeda, Harcourt, 2003, ages 4-8

Subway: The Story of Tunnels, Tubes, and Tracks by Larry Dane Brimner, Boyds Mills, 2004,

ages 9-12

Information

Future by Michael Tambini, DK, 2006, ages 8-13

Welcome to the Library by Alyse Sweeney, Children’s Press, 2006, ages 8-10

The Image

The Giver by Lois Lowry, Walter Lorraine, 1993, ages 11-14

The Head Bone’s Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful X-ray by Carla Killough McClafferty, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001, ages 11-14

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements, Puffin, 2006, ages 12-15

Markets

The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: Eight Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of by David Gardner, Fireside, 2002, ages 14 and up

Saving Money by Philip Heckman, Lerner, 2006, ages 8-12

Energy

Alternative Energy by Christine Petersen, Children’s Press, 2004, ages 8-12

Energy Alternatives by Gabriel Cruden, Lucent, 2005, ages 12 and up

Energy Projects for Young Scientists by Richard Adams, Franklin Watts, 2002, ages 9-12

Materials

From Gecko Feet to Sticky Tape by Toney Allman, KidHaven, 2006, ages 8-12

Materials Science: Making Use of the Secrets of Matter by Brian Knapp, Grolier, 2003, ages 11-14

Micro Machines: Ultra-Small World of Nanotechnology, by David Jefferis, Crabtree, 2006, ages 8-12

Manufacturing

Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey by Melissa Eskridge Slaymaker, illustrated by Julie Paschkis, Holt, 2004, ages 7-10

The Future of the Earth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development for Young Readers by Philippe DuBois and Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, HNA, 2004, ages 9-13

Living

Feed by M. T. Anderson, Candlewick, 2002, ages 12 and up

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, Atheneum, 2002, ages 12-15

The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau, Random House, 2004, ages 10-15

Wealth & Politics

The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian, Holt, 2001, ages 14 and up

It’s Your World – If You Don’t Like It, Change, It: Activism for Teenagers by Mikki Halpin, Simon Pulse, 2004, ages 14 and up

Material Home: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel, Sierra Club Books, 1995, ages 12 and up