Fostering Environmental Awareness in Early Childhood
Explore hundreds of printable PDF books that teach kids about animals, plants, and the planet. Help your children understand nature so they learn to love it!
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The Sapphire of the Rainforest: The Story of the Morpho Butterfly
Step into the shimmering emerald and sapphire canopies of the Amazon with The Sapphire of the Rainforest: The Story of the Morpho Butterfly, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of morpho butterflies. Children will love discovering how these brilliant insects flash dazzling metallic blue wings that are actually an optical illusion of light, why they love to sip juice from rotting jungle fruits instead of visiting flowers, and how their caterpillars use clever camouflage to stay safe! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and insect science, The Sapphire of the Rainforest offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Remarkable Babirusa: The Secret Wild Pig of Sulawesi
Step into the lush tropical rainforests of Indonesia with The Remarkable Babirusa: The Secret Wild Pig of Sulawesi, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of babirusas. Children will love discovering how these unique wild pigs have astonishing, upward-curving tusks that grow right through their snouts toward their foreheads, how they love to wallow in cool mud, and why they need our help to protect their island home! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Remarkable Babirusa offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Fascinating Tapirs
Step into the lush, emerald-green riverbanks and rainforests of the Amazon with The Fascinating Tapirs, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of tapirs. Children will love discovering how these gentle, prehistoric-looking mammals have a flexible, trunk-like snout used for grabbing leaves and even as a snorkel when swimming, why baby tapirs wear cute stripes and spots, and how adults act as important "gardeners of the forest" by spreading tree seeds! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Fascinating Tapirs offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Magnificent Macaws
Step into the vibrant rainforest canopies of Central and South America with The Magnificent Macaws, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of macaws. Children will love discovering how these brilliant rainbow-colored parrots have super strong beaks to crack open hard nuts, mate for life in noisy flocks, and visit mysterious riverbank clay licks to keep their tummies healthy! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Magnificent Macaws offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Remarkable Fishers
Step into the snowy evergreen forests of North America with The Remarkable Fishers, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of fishers. Children will love discovering how these agile woodland carnivores have flexible ankle joints to climb down trees headfirst, thick dark fur for surviving freezing winters, and legendary skills as one of the few animals that can safely hunt porcupines! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Remarkable Fishers offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Amazing Flying Dragons
Step into the emerald-green rainforest canopies of Indonesia with The Amazing Flying Dragons, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of flying dragons (gliding lizards). Children will love discovering how these amazing reptiles use special extended ribs and colorful skin membranes like built-in parachutes to glide gracefully from tree to tree, camouflage against tree bark, and snap up tiny ants high in the jungle! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Amazing Flying Dragons offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
Australia’s Unique Ant-Eating Lizards
Step into the sunny outback of Australia with Australia’s Unique Ant-Eating Lizards, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of thorny devils. Children will love discovering how these spiky armored lizards look like tiny walking cacti to trick predators, eat thousands of tiny ants with sticky tongues, and possess the amazing superpower to drink water right through their skin using microscopic channels between their scales! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, Australia’s Unique Ant-Eating Lizards offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Fascinating Ermines
Step into the freezing snowy wilderness of the far north with The Fascinating Ermines, an engaging non-fiction storybook created specifically for Level 1 readers and kindergarteners. Featuring simple, easy-to-read text and captivating wildlife facts, this book introduces young readers to the wonderful world of ermines (also known as short-tailed weasels). Children will love discovering how these agile little mammals undergo an amazing seasonal transformation—switching from brown summer coats to pure snow-white fur with a clever black-tipped tail in the winter to hide safely in the ice! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Fascinating Ermines offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.