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!
Nature Story Books (Mammals) (Total: 94 Books)
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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 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 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.
The Fascinating Tarsiers
Step into the emerald-green jungle canopies of Sulawesi, Indonesia with The Fascinating Tarsiers, 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 tarsiers. Children will love discovering how these tiny primates—small enough to fit in the palm of a hand!—have giant owl-like eyes that cannot move, super-long legs for leaping like tiny frogs, and the amazing ability to rotate their heads a full 180 degrees to spot bugs in the dark. Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Fascinating Tarsiers offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Amazing Anteaters
Step into the lush tropical jungles and savannas of Central and South America with The Amazing Anteaters, 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 anteaters. Children will love discovering how these unique mammals have an incredibly long snout, no teeth at all, massive front claws for opening hard termite mounds, and a super-sticky tongue that can flick out thousands of times a day to catch delicious ants! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Amazing Anteaters offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Magnificent Musk Oxen
Step into the freezing arctic tundra with The Magnificent Musk Oxen, 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 musk oxen. Children will love discovering how these resilient ice-age mammals wear super-warm shaggy coats made of qiviut wool, use broad hooves like snowshoes to walk on deep snow, and form a clever defensive circle with their sharp horns to protect their baby calves! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Magnificent Musk Oxen offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.
The Charming Red Pandas
Step into the misty mountain forests of Asia with The Charming Red Pandas, 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 red pandas. Children will love discovering how these adorable tree-dwelling mammals have fiery rust-red fur, use a clever "false thumb" to grip bamboo stalks, wrap their big bushy tails around their faces like cozy blankets, and scamper nimbly through high tree branches! Designed to build early reading confidence, enrich vocabulary, and inspire a love for nature and wildlife science, The Charming Red Pandas offers the perfect mix of early literacy and animal discovery for storytime, beginner reading practice, or classroom libraries.