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There are many wonderful books for you to use to help with your research located right here in our library. Some of the books are listed below. If you would like to locate more books use KidzViz site and search using the **keywords and phrases** that are listed here. We also have some magazines that are available for you to use.

Here is the link for the KidZViZ card catalog: [|http://atriuum.unit5.org/opac/cedarres/index.html#menuHome]

**Keywords and phrases**
 * plants
 * animals
 * Illinois
 * Illinois plants
 * Illinois animals
 * Midwest
 * Names of specific plants or animals such as White Oak Tree or Monarch butterfly

You can browse the library shelves and locate information about your plant and animal. Look for these numbers: 580's Plants and Trees 590's Animals 970's State books (Illinois)
 * Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse **

*Annotation information retrieved from: Atriuum Book Systems KidZViZ OPAC card catalog for Cedar Ridge Elementary, Bloomington, IL on October 30, 2011.

**Nonfiction Books** **977.3 BRO** Brown, Vanessa**. Illinois.** This book describes the geography, history, and state facts of Illinois. **977.3 ILL Illinois**. Gives an overview of the state of Illinois, including the history, geography, people, and living conditions. **977.3 BRU** Bruun, Erik. **Illinois.** Presents the history, important people, and famous places of Illinois, as well as miscelleaneous facts about the state today. **977.3 LUS** Lusted, Marcia Amidon. **Illinois: the prairie state**. Provides an introduction to the history, economy, geography, and sights of Illinois. **566.4 JOH** Johnson, Rebecca L. **A walk in the prairie** Describes the climate, soil, seasons, plants, and animals of the North American prairie and the ways in which the plants and animals depend on each other and their environment to survive. **580 ARM** Armentrout, David **50 words about plants** This books provides simple definitions for fifty words related to plants along with sample sentences using each word. A photo essay introduces the world of plants, including the germination of seeds, plant defenses, and uses of plants. This book explains how to draw some of Illinois's sights and symbols, including the state seal, the official flower, and Fort de Chartres.
 * 581 BUR ** Burnie, David **Plants**
 * 743 DEI ** Deinard, Jenny. **How to draw Illinois's sights and symbols**

**Fiction Books** A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.
 * E EHL Ehlert, Lois. Planting a rainbow. **

A wonderful cycles of giving begins when a single seed is planted and the sprouts are passed along from one person to the next.
 * E PAL Palazeti, Toulla. A seed was planted. **

A michievous boy slips away from his teacher during a field trip to a natural history museum and, after the museum closes, sees all of the people he knows transformed into animals. Includes an audio CD with narration by the author, actor John Lithgow.
 * E LIT Lithgow, John. Carnival of the animals. **

Young Zoe searches for a way to make her mother happy after the family moves to its new home in the Nebraska Territory.
 * FIC BUN Bunting, Eve. Dandelions. **

**Magazines** **Ranger Rick** **Outdoor Illinois** **Zoobooks** **National Geographic for Kids** **ASK**