The Song of the Seasons
In spring, Lila watches a tiny butterfly in the garden and plays ball with her friends. In summer she goes to the sea...
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 Kitten Cotton's Garden
Little kitten Cotton wakes in his soft basket and says good morning to the world. He chases a rolling red ball of yar...
12 pages · 1 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.
