Student Resources
Alexander, Heather. Look inside your Brain (Poke and Look). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1991.
Appropriate for first through third grades, this spiral-bound board book introduces the form and function of the brain, covering physiology, voluntary and involuntary actions, senses, memory, learning, and creativity.
Carle, Eric. The Mixed-Up Chameleon. New York: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1998.
Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: Penguin Group USA, 1986.
Cobb, Vicki, and Vicki Cobb. Follow Your Nose. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2003.
Curry, Don L.. How Does Your Brain Work (Rookie Read-About Health). New York: Children's Press (CT), 2004.
Simple text and colorful photos are great for encouraging children to read on their own to learn that each part of their brain has a different function.
Funston, Sylvia, and Jay Ingram. It's All in Your Head: A Guide to Your Brilliant Brain. Toronto, Ontario: Maple Tree Press, 2005.
This colorful book explains how the brain controls our senses, emotions, memory, and thinking. Each chapter includes experiments, with easy-to-find items such as buttons and jelly beans, brain teasers (the answers are in the back of the book), historical information, and current theories on brain function.
Lennard, Kate. Young Genius: Brains. Hauppauge NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2007.
Martin, Jr., Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. New York: Macmillan Young Listeners, 2009.
Martin, Bill. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (Henry Holt Big Books). New York: Henry Holt And Co. (Byr), 1992.
Newquist, Hp. The Great Brain Book: An Inside Look At The Inside Of Your Head. Mexico: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2005.
This detailed and informative book has in-depth descriptions of brain processes through engaging content, interesting illustrations and diagrams, and clear, full-color photos.
Pfeffer, Wendy. Sounds All Around (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1). New York: HarperTrophy, 1999.
Rowan, Peter. Big Head: A Book About Your Brain and Your Head. New York: Knopf Books For Young Readers, 1998.
With many full-color illustrations that are clear and understandable, and life-size images of veins, glands, parts of the brain and spinal cord, muscles, and nerves, this book provides a great overview of the anatomy and physiology of the head and neck.
Simon, Seymour. The Brain: Our Nervous System. London: Collins, 2006.
This book contains large, colorful photographs and illustrations that show the areas of the human brain. These pictures are great examples to show children how doctors can see inside the body and brain using scanners and computers.
Wells, Rosemary. Noisy Nora. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1973.
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