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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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