Books with Excellent Graphics
Captioned graphics:
Cross-sectional diagrams:
Flowcharts:
Insets:
Maps:
Surface diagrams:
Tables:
Timelines/chronology:
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- Life Science: Ecosystems by Nancy Finton
- The Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Margaret McNamara
Cross-sectional diagrams:
- Oil Spill! by Melvin Berger
- Recycling Adds Up by Pam Zollman
Flowcharts:
- Frogs by Norman Yu
- Weather Watching by Denise Ryan
Insets:
- How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
- Walking Up Walls by Isabella Jose
Maps:
- Find People and Places: Mongolia by National Geographic
- Tornado Alert by Franklyn Branley
Surface diagrams:
- Bicycle Book by Gail Gibbons
- Scary Creatures: Octopuses and Squids by Gerald Legg
Tables:
- Baseball Math by Erin Sullivan
- Money by Natalie Lunis (Benchmark Education, 2002)
Timelines/chronology:
- Daring Women of the Civil War by Carin Ford
- Timeline of the Revolution by PBS: www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html
From: http://www.awsa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=591