Great Brands - Acorn

Acorn  Acorn books engage early readers in content area literacy!

Heinemann-Raintree's most popular brand of leveled nonfiction introduces science and social studies curriculum concepts to your PreK-1 students.  The text is developed with the advice of a literacy expert, enabling beginning readers success while reading independently or with moderate support.  Curriculum consultants are also consulted to provide interesting, accurate, and developmentally appropriate content.

Acorn books offer:

  • Carefully matched pictures and text, helping readers identify and understand key vocabulary.
  • Predictable page design and positioning of text, so readers will always know what to expect.
  • An introduction to key nonfiction features such as contents pages, labels, glossaries, and indexes.
  • Also available in Spanish with our Bellota brand!
New Titles for Spring 2012:  

A WORLD OF FIELD TRIPS:  Going to a Beach, Going to a Concert, Going to a Farm, Going to a Library, Going to a Museum, Going to a Park, Going to a Stadium, Going to a Zoo

HEALTHY EATING WITH MYPLATE:  Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Protein, Using MyPlate, Vegetables

WHY LIVING THINGS NEED:  Air, Food, Homes, Light, Water

Complete list of titles:  Birds, Snakes


ANIMALS ACORN SET:  Animals, Ears, Eyes, Feet, Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Legs, Mouths, Plants, Stems, Tails

BEING A GOOD CITIZEN ACORN SET:  Being A Good Citizen, Being a Leader, Being Fair, Being Helpful, Being Honest, Being Responsible, Following Rules, Making Friends

CHANGING SEASONS ACORN SET:  Changing Seasons, Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

COMPARING BODIES OF WATER ACORN SET:  Canals, Comparing Bodies of Water, Lakes and Ponds, Oceans and Seas, Rivers and Streams

COMPARING BODY COVERINGS ACORN SET:  Comparing Body Coverings, Feathers, Fur, Scales, Skin

COMPARING CREATURES ACORN SET:  Birds, Comparing Creatures, Snakes

COMPARING MATERIALS ACORN SET:  Comparing Materials, Glass, Metal, Plastic, Rock, Rubber, Soil, Water, Wood

COMPARING PROPERTIES ACORN SET:  Comparing Properties, Floating or Sinking, Hard or Soft, Heavy or Light, Hot or Cold, Shiny or Dull, Smooth or Rough, Stiff or Bendable

COMPARING SHAPES ACORN SET:  Comparing Shapes, Shapes in Art, Shapes in Buildings, Shapes in Music, Shapes in Sports, Shapes in the Garden

EXPLORING SPACE ACORN SET:  Astronauts, Earth, Exploring Space, Planets, Stars, The Moon, The Sun

HOW DOES MY BODY WORK? ACORN SET:  How Does My Body Work?, Our Blood, Our Bones, Our Brains, Our Hearts, Our Lungs, Our Muscles, Our Skin, Our Stomachs

IS IT LIVING OR NONLIVING? ACORN SET:  Desert, Is It Living or Nonliving?, Ocean, Polar Region, Prairie, Rain Forest

PEOPLE WHO HELP US ACORN SET:  Dentists, Doctors, Firefighters, People Who Help Us, Police Officers, Teachers, Vets

SOUND AND HEARING ACORN SET:  Different Sounds, How Do We Hear?, Making Sounds, Sound and Hearing, What Is Sound?

USING MONEY ACORN SET:  Earning Money, Saving Money, Spending Money, Using Money, What Is Money?

USING YOUR SENSES ACORN SET:  Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching, Using Your Senses

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT ACORN SET:  We All Communicate, We All Learn, We All Move, We All Play, We All Read, We Are All Different

WE CAN HELP THE ENVIRONMENT ACORN SET:  Caring for Nature, Cleaning up Litter, Reusing and Recycling, Saving Energy, Saving Water, We Can Help the Environment

WE CAN STAY SAFE ACORN SET:  Bicycle Safety, Fire Safety, Home Safety, Road Safety, Water Safety, We Can Stay Safe, Your Own Safety

WEATHER ACORN SET:  Clouds, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Weather, Wind

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY? ACORN SET:  Clothing, Families, Farming, Games, Homes, Markets, Music, Schools, What Is a Community?

WHAT IS A LANDFORM? ACORN SET:  Caves, Islands, Mountains, Valleys, Volcanoes, What Is a Landform?

WHAT IS TIME? ACORN SET:  Clocks and Calendars, Days of the Week, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, Months of the Year, Seasons of the Year, Times of the Day, What is Time?

WHAT WERE DINOSAURS? ACORN SET:  Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, What Were Dinosaurs?

A WORLD OF FIELD TRIPS:  Going to a Beach, Going to a Concert, Going to a Farm, Going to a Library, Going to a Museum, Going to a Park, Going to a Stadium, Going to a Zoo

ANIMAL SPIKES AND SPINES:  Antlers, Beaks, Claws, Horns, Spines, Teeth

BODIES OF WATER:  Canals, Lakes and Ponds, Oceans and Seas, Rivers and Streams

BODY COVERINGS:  Feathers, Fur, Scales, Skin

CITIZENSHIP:  Being a Leader, Being Fair, Being Helpful, Being Honest, Being Responsible, Following Rules, Making Friends

COLORS:  Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Violet, White, Yellow

COMPARING BUGS:  Bug Babies, Bug Food, Bug Homes, Bug Parts, Bug Senses, Bugs on the Move

DINOSAURS:  Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor

DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENCES:  We All Communicate, We All Learn, We All Move, We All Play, We All Read

FAMILIES:  Aunts and Uncles, Brothers and Sisters, Cousins, Foster Parents, Grandparents, Parents, Role Models

FIRST BIOGRAPHIES:  Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Tecumseh, Thomas Jefferson

HEALTHY EATING WITH MYPLATE:  Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Protein, Using MyPlate, Vegetables

HELP THE ENVIRONMENT:  Caring for Nature, Cleaning up Litter, Reusing and Recycling, Saving Energy, Saving Water

HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS:  Arbor Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Diwali, Earth Day, Easter, Election Day, Hanukkah, Independence Day, Kwanzaa, Labor Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Presidents' Day, Ramadan and Id-ul-Fitr, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day

HOW THINGS MOVE:  Changing Direction, Fast, Pulls, Pushes, Slow

INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC:  Brass, Keyboards, Percussion, Strings, Voices, Woodwind

LANDFORMS:  Caves, Islands, Mountains, Valleys, Volcanoes

LIVING AND NONLIVING:  Desert, Ocean, Polar Region, Prairie, Rain Forest

MATERIALS:  Glass, Metal, Plastic, Rock, Rubber, Soil, Water, Wood

MATH AROUND US:  Counting in the City, Measuring in the Garden, Patterns at the Museum, Shapes in the Kitchen, Sorting at the Market, Using Addition at Home, Using Subtraction at the Park

MEASURING TIME:  Clocks and Calendars, Days of the Week, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, Months of the Year, Seasons of the Year, Times of the Day

MONEY AROUND THE WORLD:  Earning Money, Saving Money, Spending Money, What Is Money?

OUR BODIES:  Our Blood, Our Bones, Our Brains, Our Hearts, Our Lungs, Our Muscles, Our Skin, Our Stomachs

OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY:  Clothing, Families, Farming, Games, Homes, Markets, Music, Schools

PATRIOTIC SYMBOLS:  Mount Rushmore, The American Flag, The Bald Eagle, The Capitol Building, The Liberty Bell, The Lincoln Memorial, The National Anthem, The Statue of Liberty, The Washington Monument, The White House

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY:  Dentists, Doctors, Firefighters, Police Officers, Teachers, Vets

PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS:  Floating or Sinking, Hard or Soft, Heavy or Light, Hot or Cold, Shiny or Dull, Smooth or Rough, Stiff or Bendable

SEASONS:  Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

SOUNDS ALL AROUND US:  Different Sounds, How Do We Hear?, Making Sounds, What Is Sound?

SPACE:  Astronauts, Earth, Planets, Stars, The Moon, The Sun

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:  Ears, Eyes, Feet, Legs, Mouths, Tails

SPOT THE SHAPE!:  Shapes in Art, Shapes in Buildings, Shapes in Music, Shapes in Sports, Shapes in the Garden

STAY SAFE:  Bicycle Safety, Fire Safety, Home Safety, Road Safety, Water Safety, Your Own Safety

THE FIVE SENSES:  Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching

THEN AND NOW:  Buildings, Communication, Having Fun, Life at Home, Life at School, Life at Work, Travel

WATCH IT GROW:  A Bean's Life, A Bee's Life, A Butterfly's Life, A Chicken's Life, A Dog's Life, A Frog's Life, A Penguin's Life, A Sunflower's Life, A Turtle's Life, An Apple's Life, An Oak Tree's Life

WEATHER WATCHERS:  Clouds, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Wind

WHY LIVING THINGS NEED:  Air, Food, Homes, Light, Water

WORLD OF FARMING:  Farm Animals, Farm Machines, Food From Farms, Jobs on a Farm, Plants on a Farm, Seasons on a Farm

PATRIOTIC SYMBOLS:  Mount Rushmore, The Capitol Building, The Lincoln Memorial, The National Anthem, The Washington Monument

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:  Feet, Legs, Tails

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: PLANTS ACORN SET:  Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Plants, Stems