Best Nature Study Picture Books

Best Nature Study Picture Books

We've collected 48 beautiful nature stories for our new Nature Book Flood resource and we are excited for you to enjoy these stories and the corresponding nature study activities with your children!

 

Get the Nature Book Flood here!

 

Fall

Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie by Robbin Gourley

Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak

Why Do Leaves Change Colors by Betsy Maestro

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

Oxcart Man by Donald Hall

If You Find a Leaf by Aimee Sicuro

Gracias, Thanks by Pat Mora

From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer

Thanksgiving in the Woods by Phyllis Alsdurf

Fall Walk by Virginia Brimhall Snow

In November by Cynthia Rylant

Hello, Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher

 

Winter

Bright Winter Night by Alli Brydon

When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft

Where Would I Be In An Evergreen Tree by Jennifer Blomgren

The Mitten by Jan Brett 

Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Winter Trees by Carole Gerber

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

 

Spring 

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner

Tell Me, Tree by Gail Gibbons

The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Miss Maple's Seeds by Eliza Wheeler

A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Bird Builds a Nest by Martin Jenkins

Raindrops to Rainbows by John Micklos Jr.

Flower Garden by Eve Bunting

A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Aston

Worm Weather by Jean Taft

A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Aston

 

Summer

The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac

The Beeman by Laurie Krebs

Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey

The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan

Summer Sun Risin by William Nikola

The Sun; Our Nearest Star by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley

Water is Water by Miranda Paul

Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi

Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe

In One Tidepool by Anthony Fredericks

Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine

 

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