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Educators: Book Suggestions to Integrate Galaxy
Educators: Book Suggestions to Integrate Galaxy

Browse these book suggestions to tie in with each of the exploratory planets within Kuder Galaxy introducing the world of work.

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The Planetary Missions on Level PK & K:

Planet R, The Realistic Planet

Read: The picture books listed below are excellent for you to read aloud to your child. Remember to stop and ask your child questions as you read the text. Some questions to ask are: What do you notice in the picture? What is this worker doing? How did the worker learn how to work? What tool is this worker using?

  • Curious George Takes a Job by H.A. Rey

  • Richard Scarry’s What do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry

  • The Berenstain Bears’ Jobs Around Town by Stan and Jan Berestain

  • Career Day by Anne Rockwell

  • Bear at Work by Stella Blackstone

  • Whose Tools are These by Sharon Katz Cooper


Planet I, The Investigative Planet

Read: The picture books listed below are excellent for you to read aloud to your child. Remember to stop and ask your child questions as you read the text. Some questions to ask are: What do you notice in the picture? What is this worker doing? How did the worker learn how to work? How did this worker learn how to do that job?

  • I Want to Be a Doctor by Dan Liebman

  • What is a Scientist by Barbara Lehn

  • I Want to Be a Veterinarian by Stephanie Maze

  • Let’s Meet a Doctor by Bridget Heos

  • How to Be an Engineer by Carol Vorderman

  • If I Were an Astronaut by Eric Braun

  • I Am a Kid Trepreneur: The Recipe of a Successful Kid Business by Delphine Nephtalie Dauphin


Planet A, The Artistic Planet

Read: The picture books listed below are excellent for you to read aloud to your child. Remember to stop and ask your child questions as you read the text. Some questions to ask are: What do you notice in the picture? What is this worker doing? How did the worker learn how to work? How did this worker learn how to do that job?

  • I Want to be a Musician by Dan Liebman

  • So You Want to Be a Chef by JM Bedell

  • What Do Illustrators Do? by Eileen Christelow

  • When I Grow Up by Tad Carpenter


Planet S, The Social Planet

Read: The picture books listed below are excellent for you to read aloud to your child. Remember to stop and ask your child questions as you read the text. Some questions to ask are: What do you notice in the picture? What is this worker doing? How did the worker learn how to work? How did this worker learn how to do that job?

  • Helpers in My Community by Bobbie Kolman

  • Goods and Services Around Town by Heather Schwartz

  • I Want to Be a Police Officer by Laura Driscoll

  • Delivering Your Mail by Ann Owen

  • Career Day by Ann Rockwell

  • Careers for Kids by Baby Professor


Planet E, The Enterprising Planet

Read: The picture books listed below are excellent for you to read aloud to your child. Remember to stop and ask your child questions as you read the text. Some questions to ask are: What do you notice in the picture? What is this worker doing? How did the worker learn how to work? How did this worker learn how to do that job?

  • When I Grow Up by Brian Rogers

  • Principal for the Day by A.J. Stern

  • Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio

  • Mom, What Do Lawyers Do? by Roxanne Richards-LeCorps

  • You’re a Leader Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz

  • Caps for Sale retold by Esphyr Slobodkina

  • I Can Do It by Trish Holland


Planet C, The Conventional Planet

Read: The picture books listed below are excellent for you to read aloud to your child. Remember to stop and ask your child questions as you read the text. Some questions to ask are: What do you notice in the picture? What is this worker doing? How did the worker learn how to work? How did this worker learn how to do that job?

  • M is for Money: An Economics Alphabet by Debbie and Michael Shoulders

  • Lemons and Lemonade: A Book about Supply and Demand by Nancy Loewen

  • Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money by Emily Jenkins

  • Pizza Counting by Christina Dobson


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