Liam and the Secret Star Base
Liam dreams of studying the stars and spots an old storage shed behind the gym. With Ms. Stella's permission and help...
10 pages · 4 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.
Leo and the Song of the Wind
On his way home, Leo always listens to a rustling sound in the big plane tree, and one day he finds its source: a clu...
12 pages · 4 min
Lily and the Garden that Lost Its Colors
One Monday, Lily finds the garden behind her school drooping and gray. With Oliver and Willow, she discovers the soil...
12 pages · 5 min
Leo and the Cat that Counts the Stars
Leo loves watching the night sky, and one evening a silent white cat joins him on the garden bench. He names her Star...
12 pages · 2 min
Lily and the Forgotten Seeds
Visiting Grandpa Silas in the countryside, Lily finds a carved wooden box of seed packets in the garden shed, one lab...
10 pages · 4 min
Maya and the Mysterious Note in the Clock Tower
Maya finds a note tucked in the clock tower wall: "If you want to find time, look at the past first." With her friend...
10 pages · 4 min
Little Explorer Lily and the Glacier's Message
Lily loves nature documentaries, so she picks glaciers for her class project. While researching with her friend Leo, ...
12 pages · 4 min
Leo and the Secret of the Lost Lighthouse
On a seaside vacation, Leo hears that an old, closed lighthouse sometimes shines at night. With his friend Jack, he f...
12 pages · 4 min
Alice and the Whispering Forest
Behind her grandfather's house, Alice hears the forest sighing and sets off with her friend Leo to find out why. They...
10 pages · 4 min
Leo the Little Inventor and the Solar Car
After Mr. Ray's lesson on solar power, Leo builds a cardboard car with a small solar panel, but it tips over on the f...
12 pages · 4 min
The Secret Map in the Mysterious Library
Sheltering from the rain in the town's oldest library, Daisy finds a hand-drawn map with a star by the clock tower. W...
12 pages · 5 min
Little Panda Penny and the Sweet Dream
At bedtime, Penny pulls up her starry blanket and thinks about the fun parts of her day. Soon she is in a magical gar...
11 pages · 3 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.
