Little Frog Hop and the Colorful Umbrellas
On a rainy morning, Hop finds a giant umbrella with red, yellow and blue stripes at his door. His friend Croaky arriv...
10 pages · 2 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 Elly and the Secret Lake
Elly the elephant finds a calm lake in the forest and, bending down to drink, sees another little elephant looking ba...
12 pages · 2 min
Zippy the Little Zebra and the Lost Hat
Zippy the zebra notices that his favorite red and blue striped hat is gone. He checks under the shady tree where he r...
10 pages · 2 min
Pip the Little Penguin and the Ice Painting
Pip the penguin finds smooth, colorful stones in the snow and arranges them on a flat piece of ice into a smiling fis...
12 pages · 3 min
Rosie the Little Rabbit and the Sunflower Field
In a vast sunflower field, Rosie the rabbit notices that every flower faces the sun. The next day she sees the shadow...
12 pages · 3 min
Peanut the Little Mouse and the Noisy Box
Peanut finds a blue box covered in yellow stars that click-clacks when he shakes it, but the lid won't budge no matte...
12 pages · 3 min
Little Pip and the Leaf Hat
Pip the little bird finds a giant yellow leaf and wears it as a hat. Flick, Truffle and Skye want hats too, so they c...
12 pages · 3 min
Barnaby the Little Bear and the Lost Balloon
Barnaby is playing with his cherry-red balloon when a strong wind pulls the string from his paw, and it gets stuck hi...
12 pages · 3 min
Pippin the Little Frog and the Magical Sound
Pippin the frog shouts "Croak!" across the pond, and another croak answers from the far shore. With Zizz the dragonfl...
12 pages · 2 min
Whiskers and the Friend in the Mirror
Whiskers finds a giant mirror with a golden frame and sees a cat that looks just like him. When he turns his head, ju...
12 pages · 2 min
Nutty and the Hidden Acorn
Nutty hides his biggest, shiniest acorn under a golden leaf and runs off to play tag with Squeak. When he comes back,...
12 pages · 3 min
Puffy the Bunny and the Sleeping Tree
Puffy finds the Great Tree with drooping branches and curled leaves, and tiptoes around it thinking it is asleep. Wit...
12 pages · 4 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.
