The Kites' Song
Can takes his rainbow kite to his favorite hill and meets his friends Ada and Efe. While the three kites dance in the...
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.
The Whispering Tree
In a quiet corner of the park, Leo meets the Wise Old Tree, a huge tree that can whisper. It tells him that trash lef...
10 pages · 2 min
The Colorful Bridge in the Sky
After a rain shower, Atlas spots a rainbow and pulls on his yellow boots to find the colorful bridge. A ladybug shows...
10 pages · 2 min
Flowers are Blooming
Little Lina steps into the garden to say hello to spring. She discovers a red poppy poking out of the soil, a spotted...
12 pages · 1 min
The Little Bee Gathers Flowers
On honey-making day, Buzzy the little bee lands on a bright red poppy, a sunny yellow daisy, and a sky-blue hyacinth....
12 pages · 2 min
The Raindrop's Journey
Plip, a curious raindrop, lives in a fluffy white cloud until his mother cloud tells him it is time to explore. He la...
12 pages · 2 min
Skye the Sky-Blue Ladybug
Skye's shell is as blue as the summer sky, and the red ladybugs never invite her to play. She sets off to learn why s...
15 pages · 4 min
The Time Tree
Curious Aras discovers glowing rings inside a hollow of the ancient Wise Tree, and touching one shows the tree as a t...
15 pages · 4 min
The Boy Who Climbed to the Sky
Atlas dreams of touching the clouds, so when he finds a rainbow-shimmering seed, he plants it and wakes to a giant be...
15 pages · 3 min
Birds are Flying
Every page brings a new bird: a sparrow saying 'chirp, chirp,' a pigeon cooing on the ground, a seagull gliding over ...
12 pages · 2 min
Goodnight, Sky
As the sun sets and paints the sky orange and pink, a child says, 'Goodnight, dear Sun. See you again tomorrow.' One ...
12 pages · 1 min
Little Friends of Nature
Aras and Ada run hand in hand through the garden, where Aras hugs a big tree and Ada smells a red flower. Gray clouds...
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.
