Little Bee Barnaby and the Tiny Flower
Flying among sunflowers and roses, Barnaby the bee spots a tiny flower hiding deep in the grass. In the water drop at...
12 pages · 3 min
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Nature
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About this category
Nature is one of the biggest shelves on the site: 314 books about children and animals noticing something in a forest, pond, savanna or their own garden. Most are for ages 4-6 and 7-9, with more than 50 short books for ages 0-3. All are free to read, listen to and download.
Pip the Mouse and the Big Picnic
Pip the mouse declares it a day for sharing and fills his woven basket with a red apple and sweet blackberries. Bounc...
12 pages · 2 min
Daisy the Little Duck and the Rain Song
Daisy wakes to the tip-tap of rain on the roof and decides to make a song out of it. Freddy the Frog keeps the beat w...
12 pages · 2 min
Little Bear Barnaby and the Starry Night
Before bed, Barnaby steps out of his cave and tries to count the thousands of stars, but he keeps losing track. As he...
10 pages · 3 min
Whiskers and the Quiet Game
Whiskers, Pip and Barnaby are playing in the living room when Whiskers spots baby Luna asleep by the doorway. Instead...
10 pages · 2 min
Pip the Mouse and the Cheese Maze
Pip the mouse wants the big yellow cheese at the center of a colorful cardboard maze. He rushes down one path and the...
12 pages · 2 min
Gigi the Little Giraffe and the High Leaves
Gigi the little giraffe stretches as high as she can for the fresh leaves at the top of the tallest tree, but they st...
12 pages · 2 min
Pip the Little Penguin and the Magic Snowflakes
Pip the little penguin waddles out to watch snowflakes drift down, and one lands right on his wing. His friend Puff s...
10 pages · 3 min
Toby the Little Turtle and the Slow Race
Toby the turtle wishes he could join a race, so he shyly asks Fluffy the rabbit to run against him. Fluffy zooms ahea...
12 pages · 3 min
Nutty the Little Squirrel and the Small Bridge
Nutty spots a giant red acorn on the far side of a stream, but the water is too wide to jump. The branches he finds a...
12 pages · 3 min
Little Rabbit Lily and the Glowing Soap Bubbles
Lily notices that some of her soap bubbles stay tiny while others grow huge, and she wonders why. When Pip the Squirr...
10 pages · 3 min
Little Bear Barnaby and the Scent of Flowers
On a morning walk, Barnaby smells something sweet and follows it to a sunny clearing covered in yellow flowers. A tin...
12 pages · 2 min
What topics do the nature books cover?
Butterfly migration, changing seasons, shadows, echoes, raindrops, rain gardens and even noise pollution. The heroes are sometimes tiny animals and sometimes children keeping an observation notebook.
What ages is this shelf for?
About half the books are for ages 4-6 and about a third for ages 7-9, with 57 for ages 0-3. Longer nature-themed stories for ages 10-12 mostly sit on the adventure and science shelves.
How is this different from the Nature and Discovery genre page?
This page is the broad shelf of every book set in nature, good for browsing. The Nature and Discovery genre page is curated around curiosity, observation and discovery as a story type.
How can I turn a nature story into an outdoor activity?
After Lily and the Little Landscape Notebook, draw a tree outside your window each season. After Lily and the Secret Map of Sounds, list every sound you hear on a walk in the park.
Which books focus on caring for the environment?
Lily and the Butterflies' Migration Path is about planting native flowers, Gigi the giraffe waters a thirsty sapling, and the map of sounds shows how traffic noise affects birds. They handle the subject with small, doable actions rather than fear.
Can I print books for class?
Yes. Download PDF saves the whole book or chosen pages, and some books can also be downloaded as coloring pages.
