Appreciating Nature in Picture Books

How to Find a Fox by Nilah Magruder

• Pub Date: 2016
• See also: POC on the Cover
• A little girl explores nature.

Mama, Look by Patricia J. Murphy

• Pub Date: 2017
• A boy and his mom observe nature. Includes suggestions for a nature walk!

All Ears, All Eyes by Richard Jackson

• Pub Date: 2017
• Use all your senses to observe nature. 

Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop

• Pub Date: 2012
• See also: Environment 
• This book about appreciating the night sky was inspired by Earth Hour. 

Finding Wild by Megan Wagner

• Pub Date: 2016 
• See also: City Life 
• I reviewed it here

Trees by Lemnicates

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Seasons
• Explores the value of trees in our world. 

Questions, Questions by Marcus Pfister

• Pub Date: 2011
• Translated from the German
• See also: Imported/Translated, Questions 
• Rhyming couplets pose questions about the natural world. 

Blue Sky by Audrey Wood

• Pub Date: 2012
• See also: Books with Minimal Text 
• I wrote about it: Looking at the Sky with Picture Books 
• A family observes the changing sky.

Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Playing Outside, Imagination
• A little girl who loves to climb trees is stuck inside when she is sick, so she uses her imagination. 

Thank You, Bees by Toni Yuly

• Pub Date: 2017
• A child expresses gratitude for various parts of nature. 

Wonderfall by Michael hall

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Unusual Perspectives
• An oak tree describes the signs of fall around it.

Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn

• Pub Date: 2017
• A boy's best friend, a tree named Bertolt, dies. 

Grandma is a Slowpoke by Janet Halfmann

• Pub Date: 2015
• See also: Grandparents, Taking a Walk
• A girl and her grandma slow down to notice all the animals in the forest on their walk. 

Say it! by Charlotte Zolotow

• Pub Date: 2015 reissue illustrated by Charlotte Voake
• See also: Taking a Walk  
• A girl and her mom take a walk on a fall day and appreciate what they see.

The Nesting Quilt by Cathryn Falwell

• Pub Date: 2015
• See also: New Baby 
• A little girl and her grandmother make a quilt inspired by birds' nests. 

Rhoda's Rock Hunt by Molly Beth Griffin

• Pub Date: 2014
• Rhoda hikes on the north shore and collects rocks. 

The Perfect Tree by Chloe Bonfield

• Pub Date: 2015
• A little boy wants to chop down a tree, but the animals in the forest show him how important trees are to them. 

Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming

• Pub Date: 2018
• See Also: Seasons 
• Follows the various weather and outdoor activities of the seasons.