5-Minute Nature Stories

by Gabby Dawnay, Mona K (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Exploring the interconnectedness of nature, each story introduces a key scientific topic ranging from the lifecycle of a mushroom to photosynthesis, and stars a sweet woodland character.

Inspired by the hugely bestselling 5-Minutes Stories collections, these ten read-aloud stories invite young nature loves to celebrate the everyday miracles in a woodland

Down by the meadow that blows wild and free,
There’s a world full of wonders I want you to see . . .

Written in engaging rhyming text, each real-life tale in this ten-story collection introduces one of nature’s wonders. And at the end of each story, children are invited to explore an informative “All About” page to discover more facts about the topic. Stories include:

• The Mystery of a Mushroom
• The Woodwide Web
• The Song of the Deer
• The Flight of the Blackbirds
• The Magical Metamorphosis of Frogs
• The Hidden Great Horned Owl
• The Stag Beetle’s Seven-Year Feast
• The Dance of the Honeybee
• The Little Rabbit and the Green Machine
• The Moth and the Moon

These make perfect bedtime stories for kids with curious minds!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798887070117
Publisher:	Abrams
Publication date:	10/03/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	56 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Gabby Dawnay is a children's author and poet, whose books include the bestselling If I Had a . . . series. She is also a regular contributor to OKIDO art and science magazine and a scriptwriter for children's television.
​Native to Bulgaria, Mona K is passionate about drawing quirky faces and exploring the woods. Based in the Netherlands, she spends her time dabbling in arts and design, creating crafts with a purpose, and occasionally baking cake-like goods.

Editorial Reviews

"This British import features 10 informational stories in metered verse sparking delight and curiosity on the everyday miracles of nature, such as those found in mushrooms, a forest, honeybees, and moths."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

11/03/2023

PreS-Gr 3—This British import features 10 informational stories in metered verse sparking delight and curiosity on the everyday miracles of nature, such as those found in mushrooms, a forest, honeybees, and moths. Dawnay, a science writer and poet, weaves together the symbiotic existence of the inhabitants of the stories through rhyming quatrains. Going a step beyond, she introduces poetic and scientific vocabulary like "crepuscular" and "murmurations" in a concluding page at the close of each informational poem-story. The visual design and the transitions between stories are handled with great grace and the book brims with charming illustrations. Playful art posits the anthropomorphized fungi and plants as sentient creatures and enjoins engagement. Text and art are well-matched. Where this volume trips is a split personality about audience: the stories are five minutes long and perfect for reading aloud by younger children but hand the book over to an older person for help with the informational pages that follow each section. Additionally, the choice to represent all external dialogue in the semi-cursive Bakerie font further may confuse the younger end of the audience of emerging readers. VERDICT This has read-aloud potential but may require hand-selling to circulate.—Jessica Fenster-Sparber

School Library Journal