K: What Makes Day and Night? by Franklyn M. Branley (nonfiction); AND either Kitten’s First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes, OR Good Night, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas
1st: Some Sleep Standing Up, by Susan Stockdale (nonfiction); AND Charley’s First Night, by Amy Hest. Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.
2nd: The Top Job, by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; Empire State Building website, especially information on lighting the building; consider alongside several nonfiction books about architecture, construction, and famous buildings
3rd: My Light, by Molly Bang (nonfiction); BrainPOP on “Daylight Saving Time”
4th: Gralnik, How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, by Rosalyn Schanzer (nonfiction); Rumble and Hart, Aesop in California, by Doug Hansen (nonfiction, because fables are folklore)
5th: America Under Attack, by Don Brown (nonfiction)