Series: Nature Storybooks

Yucky Worms by Vivian French challenges the common perception of worms as yucky, revealing the fascinating and essential role they play in our environment. Worms are not just fun and fascinating but are crucial for soil health. The humble earthworm significantly contributes to the ecosystem by aerating the soil and composting dead matter into rich humus, essential for seed germination...

Far inland, the sun floats on the waves of a bake-earth day. Big Red and his mob of kangaroos wait for night-time when they can search for food. Young male kangaroos wait too — ready to challenge Red and take his place as leader. Discover the enchanting and adventurous world of the Australian outback through Big Red Kangaroo by Claire...

It's raining up north and soon everything will change for the desert lake. Desert Lake is now in paperback! The dry salt bed of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre shimmers in the desert heat. But far up north, the rains have come. Water is flooding into empty riverbeds and swirling down towards the lake. Soon everything will change. A wonderful new addition...

This Nature Storybook follow-up to the award-winning Desert Lake is a stunningly illustrated and extraordinary story of the yearly weather cycle and attendant changing wildlife of Kakadu National Park, from the Dry to the Wet to the Dry again. Now in paperback. In the tropical wetlands and escarpments of Kakadu National Park, the seasons move from dry to wet to...

In the open forest, Emu gathers granite-green eggs under soft feathers. Emu will care for the eggs and protect the stripy chicks once they hatch. There are many hazards in the forest for this unusual family.

A stunning addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Great White Shark tells the real story about one of the planet's most fascinating and misunderstood creatures. The great white shark swims on.Her tail sways side-to-side;her fins keep her balanced.She travels the fast lanewhere she can, cruisinginvisible seaways. In Great White Shark, we follow a female shark on her way to warmer...

A fabulous addition to the award-winning narrative nonfiction Nature Storybook series, featuring the iconic Australian marsupial – the koala. It is time for Little Koala to leave the protection of his mother. But many challenges and dangers lie ahead for him as he searches for his own home eucalypt and learns to be independent. During his search, he encounters other...

Discover the majestic unicorn of the sea with this suspenseful narrative from a BBC filmmaker and gorgeous art from an award-winning illustrator. With a crack and a creak, the frozen sea begins to melt—the ice splits apart and a new pathway forms. As winter comes to an end, a pod of narwhals begins a treacherous journey north. Along the way,...

Everyone recognises the puffin with its black-and-white feathers and brightly coloured bill. But how does the puffin live? What happens down in its burrow? And how on earth does it carry all those fish in its bill? Discover the amazing world of the puffin in an exciting collaboration between the award-winning pair of author Martin Jenkins and illustrator Jenni Desmond....

Follow the swifts on their incredible journey north, from the jungles of Africa to their nesting site in Europe. A little bird, small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. Swifts may be small and brown, but they are the champions of the bird world – flying faster, higher and for longer than any other bird! Super Swifts:...

Enter the secret world of sloths in this fascinating non-fiction picture book. It’s often said that sloths are lazy and slow. Well, they might be slow, but they certainly aren’t lazy! Today this sloth is taking her baby on a dangerous journey to the forest floor – for a very surprising reason! This vibrantly illustrated picture book is packed with...

A delightful addition to the Nature Storybooks series, The Echidna Near My Place tells the story of a child and their nana, and the echidna they love to follow around – now in paperback. Nana and I walk through the paddock most days. And you know what? An echidna lives here. We don’t always see it. But I’m always looking...

Follow a mother bear as she teaches her cubs how to survive in the wilderness in this beautiful and absorbing Nature Storybook. Spring has arrived in Alaska, and a brown bear is waking up. She was alone when she fell asleep at the start of winter; now she is climbing out of her den with two cubs. Follow them as...

An exciting addition to the narrative nonfiction Nature Storybooks series, about kookaburras. In the crinkled shadows night-dwellers yawn, day-creatures stretch and Kookaburra laughs. Kook-kook-kook. Kak-kak-kak. The team behind Dingo is back again with a new addition to the Nature Storybooks series. The kookaburra, perhaps Australia's best-loved bird, is shown in all her glory in a stunning and vivid landscape. Follow...

A charming Nature Storybook all about looking after goldfish – inspired by the author's own pet fish. My Pet Goldfish is a delightful picture book with facts by the Greenaway Medal-winning author-illustrator Catherine Rayner. The child narrating this story has been given their first ever pet: a tiny fish with shimmering scales and bright beady eyes… Their very own goldfish!...

An exciting addition to the narrative non-fiction series Nature Storybooks, about an Eastern Quoll. The blue-black sky is painted with glistening stars. Quoll has woken. It's playtime here in the moonlit night. Join a female Eastern quoll and her playful pups as they venture through the forest and fields on their nightly hunt for food.

An engaging addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Tasmanian Devil showcases different elements of the habitat, behaviours, and day to day life of one of Australia’s most famous marsupials. Now in paperback.In Tasmanian Devil award-winning author Claire Saxby and talented artist Max Hamilton tell the story of two imps, or young devils. As the book progresses the brother and sister...

Award-winning author Claire Saxby's latest addition to the Nature Storybook series, following a female wedge-tailed eagle and her mate in a lyrical, fact-filled look at Australia’s largest raptor.Look up. Way up, into the clear blue. Those two tiny specks are a wedge-tailed eagle and her mate.Wedge-tailed Eagle explores the family life of these remarkable birds. The largest raptor in Australia,...

Learn all about the “bulldozer of the bush” in a fascinating introduction to the wombat -- an exciting addition to the award-winning Nature Storybook Series.Far underground, where dirt and tree roots mesh, are tunnels that lead to a burrow, and in this burrow Wombat’s day begins.Wombats may look soft and cuddly, but they are determined and tough, with sharp teeth...

Award-winning author Claire Saxby's latest addition to the Nature Storybook series, following a female wedge-tailed eagle and her mate in a lyrical, fact-filled look at Australia’s largest raptor.Look up. Way up, into the clear blue. Those two tiny specks are a wedge-tailed eagle and her mate.Wedge-tailed Eagle explores the family life of these remarkable birds. The largest raptor in Australia,...

The night is young and there is hunting to be done. An exciting new addition to the narrative nonfiction series Nature Storybooks, about dingoes. Can you see her? There - deep in the stretching shadows - a dingo. Her pointed ears twitch. Her tawny eyes flash in the low-slung sun. Dingo listens. Dusk is a busy time. Dusk is the...

An exciting addition to the narrative non-fiction series Nature Storybooks, about an Eastern Quoll.The blue-black sky is painted with glistening stars. Quoll has woken. It's playtime here in the moonlit night.Join a female Eastern quoll and her playful pups as they venture through the forest and fields on their nightly hunt for food.

This fantastic title in the Nature Storybooks series is about one of Australia's most puzzling and unique animals - the platypus. Now in paperback! Platypus leaves his burrow in the riverbank and dives into the cool green pool. It is dusk and he is hungry. Platypus is always busy, always moving, looking for his next meal. Follow platypus as he...

An amazing look into the native stingless bee, the heroes of pollination, from celebrated teacher librarian and author Megan Daley and CBCA Award-winning illustrator Maxine Hamilton. It's finally hive day! Willow has been waiting all year for groundskeeper Tom to split the school's native stingless beehive in two so she can take home her very own hive. Everything needs to...

A charming Nature Storybook all about looking after chickens, from master storyteller, Vivian French. Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken! introduces readers to the fascinating world of chickens. Chickens are not just any regular bird. They are smart, friendly, cuddly, and incredibly soft! If they like you, they might just follow you around. One sunny day while visiting Grandpa, Julie and...

Discover Gecko - the escape artist of the lizard world! Welcome to the world of Gecko. He warms up on the sunbaked rocks in the evening before hunting for food. A cockroach makes a yummy snack. Watch out! A hawk is hunting! This is an exciting introduction to one of the most varied species of lizard on the planet. Now...

Seed to Sky Nature Storybooks Every wonderful word is true! In the oldest rainforest on Earth, on the oldest continent, a seed falls to the ground. Over hundreds of years, the seed will grow into a sapling reaching for the sunlight, to become a tree towering above the rainforest canopy. Generations of insects, butterflies, birds, lizards, snakes, and an abundance...