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How-To

The following list contains sources of How-To books for kids. The books range in age from Preschool level (age 1-3) to grade 3 (age 8). Links to sources for purchase may be found by clicking on each title or may readily be acquired through your local library. Additionally, several of the titles may be found in read-aloud form on YouTube or other video sharing platforms.

Fiction Nonfiction
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Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

Title
Author
Category
Link
All Science You Need Know Before Age 7
By: Katie Daynes
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Boxitects
By: Kim Smith
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Caring for Your Lion
By: Tammi Sauer
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
By: Chris Raschka
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Apologize
By: David LaRochelle
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Bake a Cake
By: Suen
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers
By: Mordicai Gerstein
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Brush Your Teeth with Snappy Crocodile
By: Jane Clarke
Fiction
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How to Catch a Dinosaur
By: Adam Wallace
Fiction
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How to Catch a Yeti
By: Adam Wallace
Fiction
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How to Clean Your Room in 10 Easy Steps
By: Jennifer Larue Huget
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Code a Sandcastle
By: Josh Funk
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Feed Your Parents
By: Ryan Miller
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
The How to Draw Book for Kids
By: Jacy Corral
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Find a Fox
By: Nilah Magruder
Fiction
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How to Give Your Cat a Bath
By: Nicola Winstanley
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Make a Pancake
By: Dave Max
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Make Friends with a Ghost
By: Rebecca Green
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Make Slime
By: Lori Shores
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Read a Book
By: Kwame Alexander
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Share with a Bear
By: Eric Pinder
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Survive as a Shark
By: Kristen Foote
Fiction
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How to Swallow a Pig
By: Steve Jenkins
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
How to Teach a Slug to Read
By: Susan Pearson
Fiction
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How to Train a Train
By: Jason Carter Eaton
Fiction
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How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth
By: Michelle Robinson
Fiction
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How to Write a Story
By: Kate Messner
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed
By: Denise Vega
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
If You Want to Knit Some Mittens
By: Laura Purdie Salas
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Jabari Tries
By: Gaia Cornwall
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
100 Easy STEAM Activities: Awesome Hands-On Projects for Aspiring Artists and Engineers
By: Andrea Scalzo Yi
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Pizza at Sally's
By: Monica Wellington
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Recycle and Play: Awesome DIY Zero-Waste Projects to Make for Kids
By: Agnes Hsu
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers
By: Andrea Beaty
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
The Easter Bunny's Assistant
By: Jan Thomas
Fiction
Purchase on Amazon
The Most Magnificent Maker's A to Z
By: Ashley Spires
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon
Worrying Too Much: Learning How to Manage Stress
By: Alyssa Krekelberg
Non-fiction
Purchase on Amazon