Best Nature Books for 1st Graders

Explore Nature decodable readers for 1st graders (ages 5-6). These phonics-based stories feature nature exploration and environmental awareness. Practice VC, CVC, CVCC, CCVC, silent e, and consonant digraphs with engaging picture books. Available as free PDF downloads, printables, and audiobooks. Perfect for building reading confidence through themed adventures.
A Spot to Nap
Animals Humor Nature <ch>
Pup Hears a Noise
Animals Nature <ch>
My Comb
Animals Nature Silent-e
The Butterfly Garden
Friendship Nature SEL <nk>
Where Is My Shoe?
Humor Animals Nature <sh>
The Quiet Hut
Friendship Animals Nature Minecraft <sh>
Farmer Ned Starts Off
Nature STEM Adventure Minecraft Silent-e
Forester Can Protect!
Nature Animals Adventure Silent-e
Kites
STEM Nature Adventure Silent-e
Let's Bee Friends
Friendship Humor Nature <ng>
Make it Rain
Dinosaur Music Nature V CV CCV
Ned, King of the Bees
Animals Nature Adventure Minecraft <sh>
A Big Pot
Family Nature Silent-e
A Goat Home
Animals Nature Silent-e
Animal Friends
Animals Nature Science Silent-e
Axolotl
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft <th>
Birds
Animals Nature Science CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Caterpillars!
Animals Nature Science <th>
Clip and Trim!
Family Nature <ch>
Cod
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft VC CVC
Curly or Not
Science Nature <th>
Dan and the Big Fish
Adventure Animals Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Drip, Drop!
Family Nature Science CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Ella Can Trek!
Adventure Nature Animals Silent-e
Fill It Up!
Nature Adventure <wh>
Fly!
Nature Science V CV CCV
Foxes!
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Got it!
Family Nature juyv
Hens
Animals Nature Humor Nonfiction V CV CCV
I am a Crow
Animals Nature Family CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
In the Deep
Adventure Animals Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Is This the Sea?
Science Nature STEM <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Javan Leopard
Animals Nature Science <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Orangutan
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sumatran Elephant
Animals Nature Science <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sun Bear
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <th>
Lost!
Adventure Animals Nature <nk>
Ned Makes Fuel
STEM Nature Minecraft <th>
Ned Reels One In
Adventure Humor Nature Minecraft <th>
Ned's Fashion Show
STEM Nature Humor Minecraft <th>
No Pals
Animals Nature Humor <th>
Not the Same
Animals Nature Science Silent-e
Otter and Her Pups
Animals Family Nature <ck>
Ride, Ned, Ride!
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft <wh>
Smog
Adventure STEM Nature <th>
Spring
Nature Family Animals <th>
The Cuckoo's Call
Animals Nature Adventure <ck>
The Good Lamp
Family Nature Silent-e
The Nest
Animals Nature Family VCC CVCC
The Ocean World
Fantasy Adventure Nature <wh>
There Are Ants!
Animals Nature Humor <th>
Flower Hunt
Nature Animals Family <th>
Mud
Animals Nature Science juyv
Sun?
Nature Animals juyv
Tame the Wolf
Animals Adventure Nature Minecraft <wh>
The Dragonfly Net
Nature Science Friendship Silent-e
In My Garden
Nature Animals Science VCC CVCC
Bird in a Cage
Animals Family Nature <th>
Off to Fish
Family Nature Animals V CV CCV
A Green Thumb for Ned
Nature STEM Adventure Minecraft Silent-e
Busy Hen
Animals Family Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Count and Say
Maths Animals Nature <th>
Save the Lake!
Animals Nature Friendship Silent-e
The Cap
Fantasy Family Nature VCC CVCC
Girl of the Forest
Adventure Animals Nature V CV CCV
I Can Spot …
Animals Nature V CV CCV
If You Lived...
Science Animals Nature <th>
Insects!
Science Nature Animals Silent-e
Dig!
Adventure Humor Nature Minecraft <sh>
Let Go!
Animals Nature Humor <wh>
Little Book of Big Facts: Irrawaddy Dolphin
Animals Science Nature Nonfiction <sh>
Little Book of Big Facts: Komodo Dragon
Animals Science Nature <wh>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sumatran Tiger
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <wh>
May and the Sea
Adventure Friendship Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Yum!
Family Nature juyv
Be a Tree
Adventure Family Nature VCC CVCC
Cats and Crabs
Animals Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
In the Sky
Nature Music Fantasy V CV CCV
Save Our Sea
Nature SEL Family Silent-e
The Stars
Adventure Nature Animals CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC

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