Summer Reading Club 4: Natural Curiosities

The BC Summer Reading Club week 4 theme is "Natural Curiosities: plants & nature." Check out these suggestions for readers ages 0-12!

Updated July 3, 2024
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's nature walk [board book] a search-and-find book
DeGennaro, Gabriella 
Paper Book
A simple search-and-find in the great outdoors with The Very Hungry Caterpillar! In this engaging search-and-find board book, young readers will be challenged to find various animals on a nature walk with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Count the creatures hidden on each spread and...

Board book

Can you hear the plants speak?
Hummingbird, Nicholas 
Paper Book
Our people believe spirit lives in everything. Mountain, river, wind, tree.                                 ...

Picturebook

The little guys
Brosgol, Vera 
Paper Book
An adorable cautionary tale from Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol We are the Little Guys. Yes, we are small. But there are a lot of us. Together we are strong, and we can get all we need. The Little Guys might be small,...

Picturebook

Luna's green pet
Pendreigh, Kirsten 
Paper Book
Luna longs for a pet but the apartment building where she and her family live has a very strict NO PETS! policy. Not even goldfish are allowed. While her friends try to help with alternate pet suggestions, none interest Luna. Almost ready to give up, Luna spies in the trash something small,...

Picturebook

Little Witch Hazel a year in the forest
Wahl, Phoebe, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, from award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl. Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer,...

Picturebook

Sometimes I feel like a river
Daniel, Danielle 
Paper Book
Following the huge success of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, this companion book is a lyrical celebration of our relationship to the natural world. In each of twelve short poems, a child tells us how or why they feel like the sun, a river, a mountain, a cloud, the rain, a forest and more....

Picturebook

The tiny seed
Carle, Eric, author illustrator. 
Paper Book
The charming tale of The Tiny Seed, by beloved author and illustrator Eric Carle, is now available as a Level 2 Ready-to-Read! Eric Carle's classic story of the life cycle of a flower is told through the adventures of a tiny seed. Everyone will cheer for the seed's...

Reader

All about plants!
Beaty, Andrea 
Paper Book
All About Plants (Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files) is the second book in a nonfiction early reader series based on the Netflix show from New York Times bestselling creator of the Questioneers, Andrea Beaty, and author Theanne Griffith. What...

Reader

Coyote tales / Thomas King ; illustrations by Byron Eggenschwiler.
King, Thomas, 1943- author. 
Paper Book
Two tales, set in a time "when animals and human beings still talked to each other," display Thomas King's cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect for newly independent readers. In Coyote Sings to the...

Primary fiction

Attack of the plants
Anderson, AnnMarie 
Paper Book
Buckle your seatbelts! Hop aboard the Magic School Bus for a whole new adventure about invasive species that is out of this world.Next stop...The Magic School Bus heads to the Galapagos to learn about invasive species! Arnold is alarmed to discover that the beloved Ms. Frizzle has been promoted and...

Primary fiction

The nature club
Elliott, Rebecca, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
In the next installment of this New York Times bestselling early chapter book series, Eva wants to help the planet! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text,...

Primary fiction

The Secret Explorers and the plant poachers
King, SJ 
Paper Book
Grab your backpack and let's head into the wild with the Secret Explorers!  Embark on an unforgettable journey of discovering forest life and protecting an endangered plant! Learn all about the amazing Venus flytrap in this action-packed, conservation-themed installment of DK...

Primary fiction

Forever Birchwood
Daniel, Danielle, 1974- 
Paper Book
The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town and spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her three best friends Penny, Ann and Brandi. The girls' secret refuge is their...

Intermediate fiction

The girl from Earth's end
Dairman, Tara 
Paper Book
Gifted gardener Henna embarks from her island home to search for the plant that might save her papa's life in this vibrant story of love, grief, and growth. Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earth's End-...

Intermediate fiction

The wild robot
Brown, Peter, 1979- author. 
Paper Book
This #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from a Caldecott Honor winner tells an extraordinary story full of action and thought-provoking questions as a robot learns to survive--and live--in the wilderness.  Can a robot survive in...

Intermediate fiction

Bloom
Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- author. 
Paper Book
The first book in bestselling author Kenneth Oppel's explosive new trilogy It was just rain. But after the downpour, odd black plants begin to shoot up. Suddenly-- They. Are. Everywhere. They take over fields and twine around houses. They bloom and throw off...

Intermediate fiction

Wishtree
Applegate, Katherine 
Paper Book
An oak tree and a crow help their neighbors embrace their differences in this beautiful, nuanced, New York Times-bestselling middle-grade novel from Newbery Medalist author Katherine Applegate. Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .

Intermediate fiction

Garlic & the witch
Paulsen, Bree 
Paper Book
Bree Paulsen's brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated standalone companion to Garlic and the Vampire, serving up another tale of friendship, magic, and self-discovery. Give both books to readers who fell in love with Tidesong or Witch Boy! ...

Graphic novel

Can you hear the trees talking? discovering the hidden life of the forest
Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author. 
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE AAAS/SUBARU PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE BOOKS BASED ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES  This interactive and illustrated book for kids aged 8-10 introduces the wonderful science of the...

Non-fiction

Canada wild animals found nowhere else on Earth
Birmingham, Maria 
Paper Book
A full-colour illustrated guide to Canada's endemic species for young readers, from the award-winning author of Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways that Animals Sleep. Canada is home to over 308 endemic species of plants and animals -- meaning they're found nowhere else on Earth. In...

Non-fiction

The boreal forest a year in the world's largest land biome
Carmichael, L. E. (Lindsey E.) 
Paper Book
Combining lyrical storytelling with expertly researched informational text, this beautiful book provides a year-long tour of the planet's largest land biome -- one of our most important wildernesses. The vast boreal forest spans a dozen countries in the northern regions like "a scarf...

Non-fiction

Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things--from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen--provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults...

Non-fiction

Wings, waves & webs patterns in nature
Cranfield, Robin Mitchell 
Paper Book
A visually stunning introduction to patterns found in nature. Perfect for early STEM learning in preschool and kindergarten. From the dots on a ladybug to the spiral on a snail, patterns in nature can be found anywhere. This simple and playful concept book introduces the...

Non-fiction


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