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Life teaches us many valuable things. We only have to look at nature to realize the beautiful processes that exist, which teach us day by day to be better humans.

Nana the Happy Face Spider's Happy, Sad, Happy Day! is a fantastic story about emotions told through the eyes of species unique to Hawaii. This tale centers around Nana, who is celebrating her birthday. She is HAPPY about her big day, cake, and friends. She wakes up filled with excitement, but soon realizes no one is around and her joy turns to sadness. Fortunately, as the day progresses, this momentary lapse of joy turns to happiness once again.

A charming story about an unhappy little ladybug, narrated by top model Natalie Laughlin. Lucy Ladybug is tired of being short and round. She wants to have a waist like a wasp and goes on a doomed-to-fail series of wacky diets suggested to her by her other insect friends. In the end, Lucy learns that she is beautiful in her own special way.

This ageless story introduces us to a caterpillar named Fear. Fear is afraid of everything - the other critters who share the garden, lightning storms, being bullied, and making new friends. A chance encounter with a wise butterfly named Faith helps Fear find the courage within to experience the world in a bolder and more joy-filled way. Rosenblum’s message for children is simple yet profound: Fear is just faith turned inside out.

A celebration of a child's growing self awareness, and a prime example of how books can contribute to this. Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end, the young boy celebrates all different and apparently contradictory parts of himself.

In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game - and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a big spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items.

An enticing tale about Masha the Ant on his adventures to discover the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! Join Masha today, and learn some valued history! This book is designed to teach children of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; all wonders have been carefully designed with child-friendly themes. In this story, we can join Masha in his discovery of the following Seven Ancient Wonders: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Chirpy Cricket loves to fiddle. He thinks everyone he meets should. However, as Chirpy meets other critters near Farmer Green's house, he learns that not everyone who fiddles sounds the same as he does. Along the way, he meets some strange crickets like the Mole Cricket who never comes above ground. Or the Cricket Frog who chirps like cricket but is really from the frog family. (Did you know there are over 900 species of crickets?) We also learn about some of the predators of crickets and how they hunt. But mostly, this story is about Chirpy.

Forty years after its first publication this much-loved Child's Play classic is as popular as ever.

Hello, I'm Granny Mae. Years ago, I had popped a bowl of buttery popcorn to enjoy during a movie I anxiously anticipated watching that evening. Only, I did a no-no; that being I put the bowl right next to me in bed. As the movie came on, I promptly fell asleep. Long after the movie had gone off, I woke up. Carefully, I moved out of bed so as not to spill the contents of my bowl.

The ants are marching through the rain, but there is always something to distract Little Ant! Can you find him, even though the column of ants gets bigger? Can you figure out how many ants? This book introduces the concept of repeated addition.

Follow Oliver and Paris into the woods. Paris, afraid of mysterious noises and shadows, is reassured once a friendly chickadee joins their hike. She, Oliver, and the chickadee enjoy a picnic at a heron rookery. With twilight approaching, Paris spots a flying luna moth. Now, it's Paris who leads the hike to discover more secrets in the woods.

This comical companion to Ross Burach's The Very Impatient Caterpillar pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again!

Lucas and his dog, Jesse, live in the Great Smoky Mountains. One day, Lucas finds a Monarch butterfly and gets the whole community to plant milkweed and flowers. You can help, too.

Jimmy the beetle loves to sing to God while flying in the flower garden. Jimmy gets caught in a spider's web and has to get free. Listen to this story and discover how Jimmy gets free of the web. Go on the flower garden journey with Jimmy. This story is about persistence, courage, faith, and praise.

It is the time for July lights, and Elizabeth's beloved fireflies are returning to her yard. A warm breeze blows gently through the trees, and just as the darkness settles, lights, like tiny shooting stars, begin to flicker and dance across her yard. Elizabeth quickly notices that one of the fireflies is quite different from the rest. The tiny firefly is not happy about its difference and tries very hard to be like the others. Elizabeth creates a plan to help, but can she get the tiny firefly to trust her?

Tallulah the spider and her friend Buck the horse live in a meadow at the edge of the Old Forest. One day a dark and dense fog creeps into the Meadow, and Buck enters a deep and dreamless sleep. The very life of the Meadow is threatened. Tallulah doesn’t know how to help her friend until a tiny magical bird tells her the secret of how she can fly.

In Caterflies and Ice, an unexpected snow storm causes trouble for the magical creatures of the forest. When Zoey and Sassafras attempt to rescue trapped caterfly eggs, they make a mistake. Can they figure out a way to fix things before the baby caterflies hatch?

Using the colloquial language of the old Ozarks, this children’s story tells the tale of a lonely tarantula and the friendship she forms with a neighbor over a love of music.

The story is about a little girl and her caterpillar friend. As the butterfly grows and discovers its beauty, so does the little girl. This is a positive story about the beauty in nature, self-love, and a lesson about the life cycle of a caterpillar to a butterfly. A gentle story to teach a child about nature and metamorphosis.