Nature Stories for Children
This story explains the origins of soil through the relationship of rock named Rocky and his new friend Lincoln Lichen. It is also a tale that many young ones can relate to as Rocky finds change challenging.
Poor poor Daisy gets sucked into the Earth in this adventure...
This story recounts how the song Auld Lang Syne came about. It is a lovely story about friendships and gratitude and perfect for the end of the year and the beginning of a new year.
This story is about Daisy's adventures in a cemetery. Daisy helps her boy find slate, carve a headstone in the style of the 1700's and meets up with a skeleton.
This is a story about brothers Jack and Warnie and the worlds they "created" for each other as children. Jack (C.S. Lewis) created worlds for us in his series of books called The Chronicles of Narnia.
This story tells about the adventures of the last wild grizzly bear in California. She died in 1908. This story is based on real life events. She was called a several names by locals. For my version of this story I used one of those names, Little Black Bear. Her hide resides at the Smithsonian.
This story is about a California Gray Fox's adventures as she hunts, protects her territory and finds a mate. This story was recorded during the morning birdsong. See if you can hear some of the birds chirping, cawing and hooting.
This is the first in a series of stories about navigating. In this story, after getting lost one day, Lucy and Leon develop a way to find one another leaving patterans at trail crossings.
A miner, Jed, befriends Daisy, the beagle, in this adventurous story that takes place during the California Gold Rush. Miner's Lettuce is the medicine that cures Jed's scurvy.