Pip the Little Panda and the Smiling Flower
Pip the panda finds a flower whose petals and leaves look like a happy face, and he smiles right back. When his frien...
12 pages · 3 min
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Nature and Discovery
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About this genre
Nature and discovery stories invite children to look closely at a flower, a seashell, the shape of the Moon or a windmill that will not turn. With more than 300 free books, this is the largest genre on the site; most titles are for ages 4-9, and every one can be read online or played with narration.
Little Gigi the Giraffe and the Colorful Ribbons
Gigi the giraffe finds three ribbons, red, blue and yellow, and lines them up from longest to shortest. Her friend El...
10 pages · 3 min
Pip the Little Bird and the Upside-Down World
Pip the little bird leans down from his branch and suddenly the trees look upside down. When he tilts sideways, oaks ...
12 pages · 2 min
Toby the Little Turtle and the Tiny Garden
Toby the turtle turns an empty patch at the edge of the forest into a garden. He digs the soil, plants seeds in neat ...
10 pages · 2 min
Phinney the Little Elephant and the Whisper Game
Phinney is so excited about his secret that he shouts it, nearly knocking Pip out of his tree. Bree and Pip giggle, a...
12 pages · 3 min
Whiskers the Kitten and Pip the Skateboarding Mouse
Whiskers spots a tiny mouse named Pip gliding through the park on a bright blue skateboard. When she asks to try, Pip...
12 pages · 2 min
Phinny’s Tiny Whisper
Phinny the tiny elephant has a secret, but he trumpets it so loudly that fruit drops and butterflies flee. When Zip a...
10 pages · 3 min
Nutty the Little Squirrel and the Leaf Rain
A gust of wind sends a leaf rain tumbling over Nutty the squirrel. Barney the rabbit and Pippin the bird join him to ...
12 pages · 3 min
Mittens and the Missing Ribbon
Mittens wakes up to find her favorite pink ribbon gone. She digs through her toy box and crawls under the dusty bed, ...
12 pages · 3 min
Finley the Little Seahorse and the Colorful Fish
Finley the seahorse meets a red fish, a yellow fish, a blue fish and a wiggly orange fish among the coral. He suggest...
12 pages · 3 min
Barnaby the Little Rabbit and the Colorful Footprints
After the rain, Barnaby finds blue, green and pink footprints across the meadow. The fan-shaped blue tracks lead to D...
10 pages · 3 min
Little Bear Barnaby and the Little Camp
Barnaby the bear sets out with Zippy the squirrel and Ash the deer to make a little camp in the forest. They choose a...
12 pages · 2 min
What topics do the nature books cover?
Flowers and seasons, sea creatures, forests, weather, the sky and the phases of the Moon come up most often. The books for ages 4-9 add small experiments, such as building a cardboard windmill or testing why soap bubbles grow.
What ages are these books for?
Roughly half are for ages 4-6 and about a third for ages 7-9, with a few dozen short books for under-threes. There are only a handful for ages 10-12, longer stories built around maps, lighthouses and expeditions.
Can we try the experiments at home?
Many use things you already have: blowing soap bubbles fast and slow, making a small paper windmill, or drawing the Moon every night for a month. Doing it after the story lets your child answer the book's question with their own eyes.
How do I choose from more than 300 books?
Start from what your child is curious about this week: the sea after a beach trip, weather books on a rainy day. You can also switch to an age page to see a shorter list of nature books for that age.
How can we take nature stories outdoors?
Read at home and then go looking for what the book showed: flower colors after Flowers are Blooming, or shells on the beach after Little Seal and the Orange Seashell. You can download the illustrations as a coloring PDF to take along.
How is this different from Science and Discovery?
This page is a broad collection about observing nature and the world nearby. Science and Discovery is a smaller set, mostly for older readers, where space, coding, energy or the water cycle are explored through a project or lab-style story.
