https://readtoyourchild.com/themes/nature/Recent content in Nature on Read To Your ChildHugoen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-emperors-thrush/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-emperors-thrush/An emperor forgets the plain little bird whose song once healed his heart, until he needs it most.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-sun-and-the-wind/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-sun-and-the-wind/The Sun and the Wind argue over who is stronger, and settle it with a contest to make a traveller remove his cloak.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/how-people-learned-to-boil-water/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/how-people-learned-to-boil-water/When sickness strikes a village's water supply, Rabbit and Owl discover that fire can make water safe to drink.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-stag-at-the-mirror-pool/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-stag-at-the-mirror-pool/A stag admires his magnificent antlers in a still pool and is ashamed of his thin spindly legs, until a panther comes through the bushes.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-oarfish-of-the-deep-blue-sea/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-oarfish-of-the-deep-blue-sea/When a giant oarfish washes up in their bay, the fishermen believe it is a bad omen, but one young man decides to help it back to the sea.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-the-bees-and-the-big-splash/Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-the-bees-and-the-big-splash/A hungry bear finds a hollow log full of honey, gets one small sting on the nose, and loses his temper very badly indeed.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-2-the-moon-in-the-sea/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-2-the-moon-in-the-sea/Free from its string at last, the kite drifts over the city and out to sea, chasing the moon in its own gentle way.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-1-the-kites-wish/Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-1-the-kites-wish/A boy named Daniel builds a simple red kite, never guessing that once he's asleep, the kite will start dreaming of the moon.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-new-moon-and-the-old-moon/Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-new-moon-and-the-old-moon/A gentle explanation of why the moon changes shape each month, told as the story of a nightly chase between the Moon and the Sun.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hagfish-who-wanted-to-explore-shallow-waters/Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hagfish-who-wanted-to-explore-shallow-waters/A hagfish tired of the deep sea's monotony hitches a ride with a sea turtle to explore the shallows above.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/where-spiders-go/Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/where-spiders-go/A reassuring bedtime poem about where spiders hide, and why it's best to simply let them be.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-stag-beetles-and-the-big-bad-rhino-beetle/Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-stag-beetles-and-the-big-bad-rhino-beetle/A retelling of the Three Little Pigs in miniature, as three stag beetle brothers build homes of leaves, twigs and bark, and a big bad rhino beetle comes to knock them down.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-the-river-and-the-unhelpful-passerby/Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-the-river-and-the-unhelpful-passerby/A boy swims out of his depth and calls for help, and the important-looking man on the bank decides that what he needs most is a good telling-off.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/a-snowdrop-and-a-girl/Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/a-snowdrop-and-a-girl/A tiny snowdrop pushes bravely through the winter snow too soon, and is rescued by a shy girl who learns courage from it.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/clione-and-the-kingdom-of-ice/Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/clione-and-the-kingdom-of-ice/A plain little sea creature under the Hokkaido drift ice transforms into Clione, the graceful sea angel.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-tale-of-the-brave-butterflies/Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-tale-of-the-brave-butterflies/When curious Emerald flies too close to a boy with a net, it takes all of careful Azure's cleverness to get her friend safely back into the sky.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-lion-the-horse-and-the-monkey/Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-lion-the-horse-and-the-monkey/When drought dries up every stream in the forest, a lion, a horse and a monkey set out together to find water and save their home.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-eagle-and-the-arrow/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-eagle-and-the-arrow/The proud king of the sky believes nothing can reach him on his cliff, until an arrow finds him and he sees what its flights are made of.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-quarrel-of-the-colours/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-quarrel-of-the-colours/The colours of the world bicker over who is best, until the Rain and Wind teach them to drift together and become the first rainbow.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/tale-of-the-smelly-boy-who-friended-the-north-wind/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/tale-of-the-smelly-boy-who-friended-the-north-wind/A boy who hates baths befriends the North Wind, who shares his own secret about smelling strange and learning to clean up.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-horse-and-the-revengeful-wish/Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-horse-and-the-revengeful-wish/A horse is so angry at the stag who ruined his meadow that he asks a hunter for help, and agrees to wear a bridle and saddle to get his revenge.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea/Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea/A giant, rule-breaking crab makes the tides run wild, until a magician teaches him a lesson about staying humble.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-butterflies-go-to-school/Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-butterflies-go-to-school/Two butterflies enrol at Bug Academy and find the lessons harder than they expected, until a rainy morning shows them what learning is really for.