Six volumes from the First Book series in one, including: The First Book of Bees, The First Book of Birds, The First Book of Bugs, The First Book of Plants and The First Book of Trees.... View More

Oscar Lobster and his friends are tired of the humans stealing rocks and shells and decide turn-about is fair play.

Stories and poems about the natural world for older readers.

An anthology of stories and poems about the world we live in for younger children.

A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

When a giant peach grows in James' yard, it is just the start of wonderful adventures.

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Mr. Spindles is appalled when he finds spiders in his cupboards, but he learns to live and let live.

A collection of traditional African tales about the trickster spider.

Maribelle learns about the butterflies of her native Andorra when an American woman comes to hunt them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Oscar and his friends decide if the humans can collect shells, they can collect human artefacts.

When Billy donates his spider, Helen, to the zoo she soon has all the animals happy again.

This collection of chapters from the Doctor Dolittle series includes many illustrations by the author which were not used in the original publications. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Includes Doctor Dolittle’s Circus, Zoo, Caravan, Garden, In the Moon, Return.

Rhyming verse explains that everything has to sleep sometime.

The story of the making of silk.

What do you call a group of whales? . . . kittens? . . . pigs?

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Phoebe meets a flea who has dined on royalty.

The adventures of a city bred cat and mouse when they go to the country in Connecticut to visit their friend, Chester Cricket. A sequel to “The Cricket in Times Square.” Read online at archive.org. ... View More

More tales of the trickster spider of West Africa.

When Snail learns that her friend Caterpillar and her cabbage house have been taken to market she sets out to rescue them.

An illustrated natural history of the life cycle of the butterfly.

Mark and Alice explore nature.

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When a pile of garbage lands on Mushroom Center the inhabitants get to work to clean it up and put it to use. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

What can happen when a little bug sneezes?

Grasshopper plays against type and helps butterfly find a safe place to overwinter.

An illustrated look at the life cycle of the bee and its partnership with the cherry tree.

Fiona the cabbage moth and Jeremy the shamrock find friendship.

The story of a mouse and a grasshopper, told in the author’s inimitable style, with his charming subtly colored illustrations.

Five short fables or stories about the natural world.

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When his stump is destroyed by an overweight picnicker, Chester Cricket begins an odyssey to find a new one, with some help from his friends. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

When the mouldy invades the great garden of the world, the Princess Talitha sets out to defeat him, but the hedgehog wins him. Read online at archive.org.  ... View More

Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.

Anna explores the garden and plays in the pond with the frogs.

A worm, a bee, a wild boar and a little rabbit each receive a special birthday present. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Stories of the inhabitants of the green meadows, woods and streams.

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A collection of poems, chiefly about bugs.

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The familiar fable of the carefree grasshopper and the prudent ants.

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Fern adopts the runt of the litter and names him Wilbur, but it is Charlotte, A. Cavatica, who ensures he will always have a home on the Arable farm. For this new Collector’s Edition Rosemary Wells has colored the illustrations. Read online at ... View More

A poem about insects that the narrator likes.

A collection of short sayings from the saga of Freddy the pig with appropriate illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The story of a mouse and a grasshopper, told in the author’s inimitable style, with his charming subtly colored illustrations.

An ancient fable on the value of thrift.

Something about spiders.