The story about a spider’s battle to save his collection of leaves and trees from the weather introduces many features and processes of the natural world.

This is a bright and colourful book with ten easy things every child (and adult) can do in your setting or at home to ensure we have a more sustainable future. Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps. Below, you’ll find a list of storybooks we think are suitable for supporting children in early years to learn about STEM topics. Good and useful to read with younger children when teaching Science or the topic of materials and using plastic and the effects it has especially on animals under the sea.This beautifully illustrated book has peek through pages which let you see the phases of the moon across a lunar month. Balloons are interesting items and fun to explore – as Kipper and the little boy in The Blue Balloon discover. Along the way he helps rescue a trumpetfish from a plastic fishing net that is damaging the coral reef.

This story makes a good introduction to the different types of plastic litter than can be found in the local environment and why people shouldn’t drop litter.

Environmental issues have always been close to heart for me, not only because it's related to my job, but also because of personal concern about what kind of world we will inherit to our children. The beautiful illustrations provide the chance to explain how the moon reflects the light from the sun.