On this page are two short representative lists of children's books that can assist teachers in using children's literature to teach in the classroom. These books cover such topics as math, science, social studies and technology.
Below is a brief list of juvenile literature used for teaching located in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) at the Long Island Library, Old Westbury.
| TITLE | AUTHOR(S) | CALL NUMBER |
| The Coin Counting Book | Rozanne Lanczak Williams | CMC QA113 .W58 |
| The Desert Is Theirs | Byrd Baylor & Peter Parnall | CMC QH541.5 .D4 |
| Digging Up Dinosaurs | Aliki | CMC QE862 .D5 A34 |
| Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On | Lois Ehlert | CMC PZ8.3 .E29 |
| The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds | Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen | CMC QK661 .R45 |
| Math For All Seasons | Greg Tang & Hary Briggs | CMC QA135.5 .T33 |
| Mousetracks: A Kid's Computer Idea Book |
Peggy Steinhauser | CMC QA76.23 .S74 |
| My First Book of Time | Claire Llewellyn | CMC QB209.5 .L54 |
| A Tree Is Nice | Janice May Udry | CMC QK475.8 .U36 |
Though not owned by the NYIT Library, these children's books are recommended as representative of titles useful in supporting student learning in the classroom. NOTE: Links to Google Books are provided for purposes of information ONLY.
| TITLE | AUTHOR(S) |
| A Big Cheese for the White House | Candace Fleming |
| An Ellis Island Christmas | Maxinne Rhea Leighton |
| The Magic School Bus Lost in The Solar System | Bruce Degen |
| Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin |
Pam Calvert & Wayne Geehan |
| Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry | Cindy Neuschwander & Bryan Langdo |
| Nobody Owns The Sky: the Story of Brave Bessie Coleman | Reeve Lindbergh |
| The Prince of Butterflies | Bruce Coville/Giverny Award |
| The Snail and The Whale | Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler |
| A Swim Through the Sea | Kristin Joy Pratt Serafini |
