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Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1 Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1 books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1 series? Start with "How to Be a Nature Detective (By: Millicent E. Selsam)" (1958) and follow publication order through all 50 books.
The complete Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1 reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

How to Be a Nature Detective (By: Millicent E. Selsam)
1958

Big Tracks, Little Tracks (By: Millicent E. Selsam)
1958

A Tree Is a Plant (By: Clyde Robert Bulla)
1960

How a Seed Grows (By: Helene J. Jordan)
1960

What Makes a Shadow? (By: Clyde Robert Bulla)
1962

How Many Teeth? (By: Paul Galdone,Paul Showers)
1962

The Big Dipper (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1962

My Hands (By: Aliki)
1962

Starfish (By: Edith Thacher Hurd)
1962

My Five Senses (By: Aliki)
1962

Air Is All Around You (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1962

Fireflies in the Night (By: Judy Hawes)
1963

Animals in Winter (By: Henrietta Bancroft,Richard G. Van Gelder)
1963

Ducks Don't Get Wet (By: Helen K. Davie,Augusta R. Goldin)
1965

Sleep Is for Everyone (By: Paul Showers)
1974

Is There Life in Outer Space? (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1984

Shooting Stars (By: Holly Keller)
1989

Earthquakes (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1990

My Feet (By: Aliki)
1990

I'm Growing! (By: Aliki)
1992

From Tadpole to Frog (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
1994

What Lives in a Shell? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1994

Baby Whales Drink Milk (By: Barbara Juster Esbensen)
1994

A Nest Full of Eggs (By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins)
1995

What's Alive? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1995

On the Move (By: Lizzy Rockwell,Deborah Heiligman)
1996

What's It Like to Be a Fish? (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
1996

From Caterpillar to Butterfly (By: Deborah Heiligman)
1996

What Color Is Camouflage? (By: Carolyn B. Otto)
1996

A Safe Home for Manatees (By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins)
1997

Where Are the Night Animals? (By: Mary Ann Fraser)
1998

Our Puppies Are Growing (By: Carolyn B. Otto)
1998

Sounds All Around (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
1998

Snow Is Falling (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
2000

Pop!
2001

Bugs Are Insects (By: Anne Rockwell)
2001

How Animal Babies Stay Safe (By: Mary Ann Fraser)
2001

Dinosaurs Big and Small (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2002

My Pet Hamster (By: Anne Rockwell)
2002

From Seed to Pumpkin (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
2004

Where Do Chicks Come From? (By: Amy E. Sklansky)
2005

Clouds (By: Anne Rockwell)
2009

A Cavity Is a Hole in Your Tooth (By: Jodi Huelin)
2010

Everybody, Move Your Feet! (By: Jodi Huelin)
2010

Why Can't I Have Cake for Dinner? (By: Jodi Huelin)
2010

What's for Lunch? (By: Sarah L. Thomson)
2016

The Sun and the Moon (By: Carolyn Cinami Decristofano)
2016

The Arctic Fox’s Journey (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
2019

Super Marsupials (By: Katharine Kenah)
2019

Thump Goes the Rabbit (By: Fran Hodgkins)
2020
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