Little Elephant and the Yellow Watering Can
Elfi the little elephant loves his bright yellow watering can. Pafi the rabbit offers to help, and Elfi waters tiny g...
12 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 and the Wind Chime
Little Goat Mela finds a wooden wind chime hanging from a tree on a flowery hill. Each friend who arrives does a smal...
12 pages · 3 min
The Song of the Little Windmill
Mili the little windmill starts turning her arms in the morning breeze on a flowery hill. Curly the lamb rests in her...
10 pages · 2 min
The Little Swing on the Willow Tree
A wooden swing hangs from an old willow by a quiet lake. Hopi the rabbit steps aside so Hazel the squirrel can go fir...
10 pages · 2 min
The Stream Under the Little Stone Bridge
As the sun wakes up, the stream under the little stone bridge sings. Suzi the otter swims, dives and finds a shiny st...
10 pages · 2 min
The Morning Scent in the Little Chestnut House
Milo wakes up, opens his tiny window and smells sweet flowers outside. Sinci arrives with an empty basket, and Pırpır...
10 pages · 1 min
The Little Wheelbarrow on the Gravel Path
For Clatter the little wooden wheelbarrow, today is a day for helping friends. He carries flower seeds for Chirpy the...
10 pages · 2 min
Little Acorn Toprak’s First Spring
Little Toprak the acorn drops from a tall tree onto soft green moss and says good morning to the sun. Pofuduk the cur...
10 pages · 1 min
Little Raindrop in the Small Barrel
A tiny raindrop named Drip falls into a small wooden barrel in an old garden. First patient Spiral the snail arrives,...
10 pages · 2 min
The Tiny Lantern in the Mossy House
Sparkle the tiny firefly wakes up in her mossy house by the lake. She admires a dewdrop with Spot the butterfly and s...
10 pages · 2 min
Little Chime’s Forest Morning
Chime, a silver bell hanging on a tree, rings good morning to the forest. Fluffy the rabbit, Pip the sparrow, Snip th...
10 pages · 2 min
The Little Sparrow of the Sleeping Mill
Mini the little sparrow wakes up on the mossy roof of an old stone mill and flutters down to the grass. She munches n...
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.
