Pip the Little Panda and the Magic Paints
Pip the panda finds a box of sparkling magic paints and starts a painting with a big red flower, a smiling sun and ta...
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 Goat Toby and the Bouncing Ball
Toby the goat finds a bright yellow ball in the meadow, and when it bounces off a stone he chases it without luck. As...
10 pages · 2 min
Little Koala Pip and the Soft Blanket
Pip the koala finds a cloud-soft blanket at the foot of his tree, but when he wraps it around himself a corner trips ...
12 pages · 3 min
Cinnamon the Little Fox and the Funny Shoes
Cinnamon finds giant blue shoes with yellow stars in the closet and clomps around the room like a giant. His friend P...
12 pages · 3 min
Pip the Little Bird and the Morning Sun
Pip wakes early and sees the sun hiding behind the big oak tree. From his favorite branch he watches the sky turn cot...
12 pages · 2 min
Bouncy the Little Frog and the Lily Pad Train
Bouncy the frog thinks the lily pads lined up across the pond look like train cars, so he invents the Lily Pad Train ...
10 pages · 3 min
Benny the Elephant and the Magic Water Fountain
On a scorching day, Benny the Elephant sprays river water from his trunk to cool off Skip the Rabbit, Pip the Bird an...
12 pages · 4 min
Ziggy and the Little Bird
On the savanna, Ziggy the giraffe spots a tiny bird named Pip trying to fly, and hides behind an acacia tree so he wo...
12 pages · 3 min
Monty the Monkey and the Banana Tower
Monty finds a basket of ripe bananas and decides to build a tower that reaches the sky. His first banana slides off, ...
12 pages · 3 min
Little Seal Bubbles and the Starfish
Bubbles the seal finds a sparkling orange starfish on the ocean floor and counts its five arms. With his friend Pearl...
12 pages · 3 min
Fluffy the Little Bunny and the Carrot Clock
Hungry Fluffy waits for breakfast and studies the colorful wall clock with a carrot in its middle, spotting the numbe...
12 pages · 3 min
Mittens and the Missing Ball
Mittens bats his favorite red ball and it bounces away and disappears. He searches under the armchair, behind the boo...
10 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.
