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Plants, flowers and trees
Websites to visit
See flowers bloom and buds open on trees and plants
These clips were taken in Kew Gardens, in London, England.
Why are bees attracted to flowers?
Follow a horse chestnut tree though each of the four seasons
This is a speeded-up video.
Birds, mammals and other animals
Websites to visit
See some baby birds, listen to bird calls and find fun facts
To see baby birds, scroll down and click on the video play button, or to listen to birds, click on the audio button. To see more birds, click on a bird in the menu on the left.
Watch some different animals eating
Find out how a frog becomes a frog
Spot some woodland wildlife during the day - and at night
Can you match the babies to their parents?
Join a family as they find animals in pools when the sea goes out
Listen to the laughing kookaburra, a bird from Australia
See pictures of birds, mammals, reptiles and other kinds of animals
Click on a type of animal then click on a photo to see a bigger picture.
Nature things to make and do
Websites to visit
Plants and flowers to look out for in different seasons
Click on spotter sheets to print out and take with you.
More spotter sheets and activities for each season
Print out nature games, activities and spotter sheets
Choose activities by age, activity type and season.
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About this book
My first book about
My first book about nature
What is a tadpole? Why do flowers need bees? Who lives under the sea? This charming introduction to nature includes over 100 stickers for young children to add to the pages as they learn about the seasons and different kinds of animals and food chains and match animals to their tracks, make a simple nature table and find treasures on a beach. Includes internet links to age-appropriate websites. Also available as a hardback library edition with no stickers and with a contents page and index.
Felicity Brooks
Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s. She has written and edited hundreds of children’s titles, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts. Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.
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