Kids science stories

Teaching science through stories - primary

Children’s stories provide a great context for learning science. Explore our resource packages based around popular children’s books and discover the science hidden in a book. Resources include book summaries, hints and tips for teaching the science and further stories on a similar theme.

They are organised into three age groups:

1. Ages 5-7

2. Ages 7-9

3. Ages 9-11

Handa's Surprise

Handa's Surprise would make a great starting point about the needs of living things linked to diet and the specific needs of humans.

Jack and the Beanstalk

The story of Jack and the Beanstalk makes a great starting point for teaching the topic of plants to younger primary aged children.

Little Red Riding Hood

As Little Red Riding Hood is set in a wood, it makes a lovely starting point for finding out about habitats.

Once There were Giants

Support children to understand that all animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults.

One Year with Kipper

One Year with Kipper provides a nice link into work on Seasonal Change as children work to observe changes across the four seasons.

RSPB

My First Book of Garden Birds helps to meet the objective to ​identify and name a variety of common birds.

Tadpole's Promise

Tadpole's Promise is a great story to use when exploring life cycles and helping children to describe the difference in the life cycle of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo can support children to learn more about habitats and to identify and name a variety of plants and animals in different habitats, including micro-habitats.

The Three Little Pigs

Help children to think about identifying different materials and considering what properties they have and how this suits them for different purposes.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl provides a good context to learn about states of matter.

Horrid Henry Rocks

Horrid Henry Rocks is a great book to start teaching about sound and exploring how sounds are made.

The Firework-Maker's Daughter

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman is a good starting point for teaching about light.

The Iron Man

The Iron Man is the perfect story to explain how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some material and not others.

The Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business

This funny tale creates a great setting through which children can explore simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans.

The Pebble In My Pocket

The Pebble In My Pocket tells the dynamic story of rock formation; showing the reader the processes that the pebble goes through from its beginnings in a fiery volcano 480 million years ago.

The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone

The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone provides a good setting for investigating plants and their benefits to our environment.

The Vanishing Rainforest

The Vanishing Rainforest by Richard Platt is a good book for looking at the human impact on the environment, in particular deforestation.

Wolves

Wolves is a brilliant setting for constructing and interpreting a variety of food chains, as well as identifying producers, predators and prey.

Beetle Boy

Beetle Boy provides a nice way to link to work on classification of invertebrates.

Charlotte's Web

This is the perfect story to compare the lifecycles of different animals and plants.

Pig-Heart Boy

Pig-Heart Boy provides a good setting for learning about the heart and circulation.

George's Secret Key To The Universe

George's Secret Key to the Universe is a fun read and contains lots of factual sections for help with teaching about the solar system.

Goodnight Mister Tom

This wartime story is ideal for exploring the uses of electricity and how circuits work.

Itch

Itch is an action-backed story in which is great for finding out more about changes of state.

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke’s Kingdom is full of opportunities to explore properties of materials, you can even use the context of survival scenarios linked to the book.

One Smart Fish

One Smart Fish by Christopher Wormell provides a meaningful context for learning about adaptations and evolution.

The Tin Snail

The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister provides a context for learning about forces and mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears.

Best science books for kids in 2022

Our team have chosen the best science books for kids to read this year. Head outside for some family foraging with the help of Alys Fowler and Heidi Griffiths' new book or get gruesome facts to fascinate your gore-obsessed teens from Erika Engelhaupt's weird science adventures.

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The best science books for kids to read in 2023

Tell Me About… Plants

Emily Dodd

If your child is just starting to read, then they'll love this colourful book by CBeebies writer Emily Dodd, which introduces them to the world of plants. Along with a basic introduction to plant biology, they'll also learn dozens of bite-sized facts, like that some plants are taller than skyscrapers, and some smell like poo!

Tell Me About… Human Body

Emily Dodd

Also by Emily Dodd, this science book shines a light on the intricacies of the human body. Young readers will learn how their heart pumps blood, how the nerves work, what the immune system does, and much more. The last few pages cover feelings, emotions and how you can keep your body happy – a really nice touch.

Unlocking The Universe

Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking

If your child is looking to learn about a wide range of scientific topics, this book will be a great introduction. Unlocking the universe is a range of essays, facts and interesting images on ideas ranging from the moon, to vaccines and even travel through space and time.

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Despite its heavy topics, the book deals with these ideas in a way that children can easily understand.

A Really Short History Of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

A lot has happened in history, but if you have a child that wants to learn about... well, everything, this will be the book for them.

It covers the dawn of dinosaurs, modern-day mysteries and everything in-between. Despite its aim at children, it is a book that adults will get pleasure from too.

On The Origin Of Species

Sabina Radeva

On the origin of species was Charles Darwin's famous novel depicting his theories on evolution. His original text is maybe slightly too heavy for a child to get into, which is why graphic designer and molecular biologist Sabina Radeva have recast the story, using illustrations and a simplified text.

I Am A Book. I Am A Portal To The Universe

Miriam Quick and Stefanie Posavec

The winner of the 2021 Royal Society Young People’s Books Prize has been selected by children and has been announced as I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe by Miriam Quick and Stefanie Posavec.

Big numbers, great graphics, mind-blowing facts and a healthy dose of interactivity, this book is a lot of fun. You’ll find answers to questions you never knew you needed, including, How long is an anteater's tongue? How tiny is the DNA in your cells? How fast is gold mined? How loud is the sun? And how many stars have been born and exploded in the time you've taken to read this sentence?

On winning the competition, scientist and lecturer Dr Andrew Jupp said: "I was looking for books that were particularly engaging or presented science in a new way. This book encouraged the reader to touch certain parts of the page to transfer bacteria, balance it on their head, and drop the book from a height – the interactivity of this book is what science is all about!"

Robin Stevenson and Allison Steinfeld

Every parent thinks their kid is going to change the world, but what can we learn from the formative years of those who really did?

From Florence Nightingale and the Wright brothers to Bill Gates and Elon Musk, this imaginative, inspiring book tells the childhood stories of innovators of all kinds. Each mini biography comes with colourful illustrations and interesting factoids about game-changers in science, entertainment, business and technology. Worried your child is a daydreamer? Don’t be. Alan Turing was exactly the same.

• Read more about science history

Alys Fowler and Heidi Griffiths

Lockdown gave us all a new appreciation of the outdoors and, for many parents, forced us to come up with inventive ways to keep young people engaged and entertained. This new fieldbook from Kew Gardens is packed with fun ideas for small green fingers.

From foraging edible flowers and roots to growing neon beetroots in the dark, there’s an emphasis on discovery and mud-splattered practicality with lots of things to make, grow and find – indoors and outdoors.

Catherine Barr and Jenni Desmond

This is an evocative story about rewilding, designed to capture imaginations young and old, as well as give us all a refreshed appreciation of nature. The book tells the story of the wolves of Yellowstone Park. They disappeared in the 1930s and their absence had far-reaching consequences for the local ecosystem, with the fortunes of many species tied up with that of the pack.

It took until 1995 for wolves to be reintroduced to Yellowstone, and this wonderfully illustrated book tells the amazing story of what happened next.

• Listen to our podcast about rewilding with Dr Andrea Perino

Dara McAnulty

One of the most warmly received books in any genre from recent years gets a paperback release this month. Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the life of author Dara McAnulty, a nature-obsessed environmental campaigner who finds peace in observing, recording and understanding the wildlife and landscapes he encounters.

McAnulty is autistic and his book, often described as a blend of nature book and coming-of-age memoir, charts a tumultuous period of his life. His relationship with the environment is one of solace, and a reminder to us all of the healing power of the natural world.

David Hamilton

Part how-to guide, part love letter to the ecosystems on our doorsteps, this book reveals the food hidden in plain sight that most of us have the chance to forage. From wild mushrooms and berries to the weeds that grow in our gardens, David Hamilton draws on his own extensive experience to explain what’s out there and where to find it. Along the way, he also illuminates the science and history of wild foods and explains how to use them in recipes.

Erika Engelhaupt

Based on a blog from National Geographic, this collection of scientific snapshots explores the weird, the gross and the funny. In other words, it’s great for young minds who want to impress their friends with something outrageous (but informative).

The book covers everything from bee stings to blood spatter at crime scenes – so it’s probably one for teens rather than tots – and never skimps on the juicy, biological or anatomical details. Often illuminating unreported areas of science, there’s plenty for parents here, too.

• Hear (detailed) stories from the world of forensic science in our podcast with Prof Dame Sue Black

More great science books for children and teens

None of the above suit your kids' interests?

Try these brilliant books for science lovers and nature enthusiasts. There's something here for all ages!

What To Look For In Spring

Elizabeth Jenner

We might be in the chilliest months of the year right now, but soon the natural world will start waking up from its winter slumber to burst into life once more. This beautifully illustrated, pocket-sized book guides young readers through the wonders of nature that can be witnessed during spring, including meteor showers, boxing hares and bleating lambs.

Ladybird’s original series of What To Look For books was published in the 1960s, and this modern, child-friendly update is sure to appeal to the new generation of readers.

Marie Curie And Her Daughters

Imogen and Isabel Greenberg

Many of us are familiar with Marie Curie, the brilliant scientist who made game-changing discoveries in the field of chemistry. Yet perhaps less well known are her two daughters, Irène and Ève, who grew up to be just as passionate and independent as their mum. Irène became a great scientist, while Eve was a journalist, war correspondent and humanitarian, who later worked for UNICEF.

This gorgeously illustrated book tells the remarkable story of Marie, Irène and Ève, as they travel the world, save lives during WWI and WWII and win Nobel Prizes.

Made For Each Other

Joanna McInerney and Georgina Taylor

Sometimes it pays to have a trusted friend close by. In nature, teamwork can make the difference between surviving another day or becoming someone else’s lunch.

This stunning book, illustrated by debut artist Georgina Taylor, takes us on a tour through some of the most intriguing partnerships in the wild world. Whether they help each other to ward off predators, remove parasites, reproduce or feed, the organisms featured in this book have learnt how to work together to successfully co-exist.

What’s The Weather?

Fraser and Judith Ralston

At a time when extreme weather is becoming more common, it makes sense to get clued up on the science behind it. This colourful book tells us about clouds, the climate and global warming, reveals how the weather has changed over Earth’s entire history, what it could be like in the future, and teaches us how we can predict the weather.

What’s The Weather? is jam-packed with bite-sized facts and cute illustrations that reveal intriguing titbits of information, such as the different names for snowflake structures and how lightning storms form. A great one for learning at home.

The Awesome Power Of Sleep

Nicola Morgan

Teenagers today have to struggle with excessive amounts of screentime, pressure from social media, school stress, late nights, and worries about friendships. It’s no wonder they aren’t getting enough sleep! Nicola Morgan, an expert on the adolescent brain, explores the importance of sleep for teenage health, wellbeing and development, and reveals why a good night’s rest is so crucial.

With plenty of scientific evidence conveyed in an accessible and authoritative way, this helpful guide is a fascinating read for both teenagers and adults alike.

30-Second series

A great series of books for revision, there are books on GCSE topics such as biology, chemistry and physics, but also specific titles including the study of genetics, the writings of Shakespeare and the science of Earth's weather. Condensing each topic into 50 fundamental facts, these short books make learning straightforward and (dare we say it) interesting!

Also in the series are books aimed at adults, so if you fancy getting a better understanding of topics like opera, politics or fashion, check them out.

How Science Works

Although this book is primarily aimed at adults, it is full to brimming with easy to understand diagrams, illustrations and infographics that will spark the imagination of anyone that picks it up, young or old.

Teens cramming for an exam will love the fact that every page is dedicated to a specific part of science (think the quantum world, machines, special relativity or the carbon cycle), while for the rest of us this is probably the best science book if you need a quick refresher.

I Want to be... Series

Becky Davies, illustrated by Richard Merritt

• Buy I Want to be an Astronaut from Bookshop.org and Waterstones
• Buy I Want to be a Doctor from Amazon UK and Bookshop.org
• Buy I Want to be a Firefighter from Bookshop.org and Waterstones

These books for babies and toddlers make the perfect introduction to people's jobs and what their daily life is like. Share stories of what an astronaut might do out in space, or explain what your role as a doctor involves. Where is that firetruck going? I Want to be a Firefighter can help answer your little one's questions.

Turn and Learn: Our World

Isabel Otter, illustrated by Hannah Tolson

If you've been watching Sir David Attenborough's new series as a family, why not explore more of the Earth with this interactive book for young readers? You'll meet the people who live in the Arctic, the creatures that live in the desert, and see the world from a new perspective through Hannah Tolson's detailed illustrations.

By the same author and illustrator is Turn and Learn: Weather, to help you explain how rain and the Sun, thunder and snow, come to be outside our windows.

Stop that Virus!

Illustrated by Susanna Rumiz

The coronavirus pandemic has brought up conversations that many of us didn't expect, and children may have asked questions that you might not know how to answer. Stop that Virus! explains how a team of cells within your body helps attack an intruder. What is the human body's immune system, and what do antibodies do to stop the enemy?

The book doesn't go into the role of personal hygiene in immunology, so it's important to also talk about hand-washing and how that can Stop that Virus!

The Weird Maths series

David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee

• Buy Weird Maths: At the Edge of Infinity and Beyond from Amazon UK, Waterstones or Bookshop. org
• Buy Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible from Amazon UK, WHSmith or Bookshop.org
• Buy Weirdest Maths: At the Frontiers of Reason from Amazon UK, Waterstones or Bookshop.org

Mathematics is weird.

Teenage maths whizz Agnijo Banerjee, and his tutor and science writer David Darling, fill the pages of three books with exotic and unusual facts about maths, including God's Number (the smallest number of moves it takes to solve a Rubik's cube) and the reigning role of Pi in just about everything.

• Learn these unusual maths facts

Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race

Dr Pragya Agarwal

From a data and behavioural scientist, this book gives parents the confidence to answer their children’s questions about race and racism. It includes questions, resources and suggestions for scenarios that could start these tricky conversations, written with delicacy and authority.

This isn’t just for parents, though – it’s aimed at anyone who has young people in their life and wants to support the education of the next generation.

• Read our interview with Dr Pragya Agarwal

Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave

Alice Gregory

Offering parents an insight into their children's, and their own, sleep patterns, sleep psychologist Professor Alice Gregory brings science and self-help together in this guide to getting a good night's rest. Thoroughly researched with interviews and statistics, this book is essential reading for all – whether you get 4 or 40 winks a night.

• Listen to Alice Gregory talking about sleep on the Science Focus Podcast

Ocean

Hélène Druvert and Emmanuelle Grundmann

This fantastic title from Hélène Druvert for children aged 7-11 explains the most fascinating facets of the sea, including waves, coral reefs and the food chain. With captivating fold-out infographics and stunning laser-cut illustrations, it’s a beautiful, interactive tome that’ll help both kids and adults appreciate our oceans.

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Is There Anybody Out There?

Dara Ó Briain

The hilarious Dara Ó Briain offers scientific answers to questions such as: how did life begin? How was the Earth created? Do aliens exist? in this illustrated book for 9+ years.

• Listen to our podcast with Dara Ó Briain

Encyclopedia Prehistorica of Sharks and Other Sea Monsters: The Definitive Pop-Up

Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda

These often-forgotten prehistoric monsters once ruled the seas, and they are no less menacing in their pop-up paper form. A fight between two sea lizards unfolds between the pages, and the tentacles of ancient squid reach out from the depths of the ocean.

Stunningly crafted and meticulously researched, the Encyclopedia Prehistorica is a book that will be used and admired again and again.

Outdoor Maker Lab

Professor Robert Winston

Kids love making things, especially when it involves mess, explosions, and anything that makes you go “wow” (fun fact: so do we). Professor Robert Winston (the scientist with a very fetching moustache that presented the seminal BBC TV show The Human Body) introduces this 160-page book filled with wonderful experiments that are easily made using household items, but show off some seriously fun science.

Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body

Adam Kay

From the junior doctor who wrote the best-selling comedic memoir This is Going to Hurt comes a thorough tour through the human body. Answering questions like: What’s in a bogey? Do hideous creatures really live on our eyelashes? How does food become poo?

Kay’s Anatomy is like Horrible Histories but for the human body.

Probably best to have your Christmas dinner before opening presents, if you intend on gifting this…

This Book is Not Rubbish

Isabel Thomas

We all know that the grown-ups have messed up and now our planet is struggling. But you can help save it. This book contains 50 everyday ideas, like how to use less water when you do the washing-up, to how to make your next birthday party eco-friendly.

The Lost Words

Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

Worried by the way in which natural words (acorn, dandelion, kingfisher, etc) were disappearing from children’s vocabulary, Robert Macfarlane teamed up with illustrator Jackie Morris to produce this exquisite ‘spell book’, combining acrostic poems with hand-painted artwork.

What if?

Randall Munroe

XKCD webcomic creator and former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe addresses questions such as ‘If we all disappeared, how long before the last light went out?’ and ‘Can you warm up a cup of tea just by stirring it?’. It’s like BBC Science Focus’s Q&A section fell down the rabbit hole… but the author’s inquisitive mind is the star.

• Listen to Randall Munroe talking about his newest book, How To, on our podcast

Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It

Dean Burnett

Why are teens so emotional? Why won’t they listen when adults depart their worldly knowledge? Why won’t they tidy their rooms?

Well, there are plenty of parenting books out there that attempt to answer these questions, but neuroscientist Dean Burnett’s book offers teens an insight into their parents’ minds. By giving teenagers the psychology behind why their parents do the things they do, Burnett answers common complaints such as; why is my Dad always dragging me out of bed? Why are my family always so obsessed with asking ‘How was school?’ and more.

• Listen to Dean Burnett talking about the teenage brain on the Science Focus Podcast

The best books of all time

For more great book recommendations, check out these lists:

• The best science books to read right now
• The best maths books
• The best quiz collections and puzzle books
• The best wildlife books and nature writing
• 5 best physics books, according to Jim Al-Khalili
• AI: 5 of the best must-read artificial intelligence books
• 5 race science books you must read

Science stories for children | Material (junior, middle, senior, preparatory group) on the topic:

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Collection of children's stories "Scientific stories from the life of animals"

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How animals received strawberry tablets

The hedgehog ran up to the fox and said: "Let's be friends!"

The little fox answered the hedgehog with laughter: “Why should I be friends with you? Your friendship will prick me!”

The hedgehog thought to himself: “How can I make friends with him?”

But suddenly he remembered how much the little fox loves fragrant strawberries and how much he misses them in winter! You can, of course, cook jam from berries, but there was no sugar for this!

And then, the hedgehog decided on an experiment: on the hottest day, the hedgehog, together with the squirrel, dried berries at the ends of thin tree branches. And now, they were already going to take them off.

Ah! Dried berries crumble, turning into powder! What to do?

And the hedgehog came up with! He and his friends carefully collected all the raspberry powder from the berries and evenly crushed the remaining berries into the same fine powder! They spread the strawberry powder in equal small portions between the fragrant mint leaves, and then, into a rounded depression, which the grinder bugs drilled in the stump especially for this occasion, and asked the strongest bear in the forest to stomp on the leaf from above!

Wow! And it turned out delicious strawberry tablets!

The wise owl watching all this explained that this is how the tablets were obtained as a result of the direct compression method! It turns out that all you need to do is apply pressure!

And what about the friendship between a fox and a hedgehog?

Now, wherever the fox cub goes, there are always delicious strawberry tablets in the pockets of his clothes . .. hedgehog's friend!!!

Like a little fox made raspberry syrup

Winter has come in the forest. Everything was covered in white fluffy snow. Beautiful mysterious snowdrifts rose here and there. The hedgehog and the bear cub fell into a deep winter sleep. The fox, of course, did not sleep. He was bored alone in the mink without his hedgehog friend. He often took raspberry pills out of his pocket and recalled his hedgehog friend at the same time. There were very few raspberry pills left, - the little fox understood sadly. But he had water and sugar!

- What if we make raspberry syrup then! - an idea came to the head of the little fox - It only takes a few raspberry pills!

And so, rattling pots, the little fox began to diligently prepare sugar syrup first. He dissolved half a kilogram of sugar in one liter of boiling water, because in real sugar syrup the sugar content should be almost at least half of the volume! I filtered the finished syrup through a cloth, cooled the syrup a little and added raspberry tablets to the hot sugar syrup, stirred until completely dissolved. Oh, what a fragrant raspberry syrup!

- If only the hedgehog was around now, and I would treat him to my syrup - thought the little fox, finishing his second mug of syrup. - I will definitely leave a few tablets until my friend the hedgehog wakes up ...

How the hedgehog got kefir

The long-awaited spring has come in the forest. The hedgehog woke up after hibernation. The squirrel changed her winter coat for a spring outfit.

Of course, the hedgehog tasted delicious fragrant raspberry syrup, he liked it very much. But after the spring awakening, the hedgehog really wanted kefir. Yes, where can I get it in the forest now, because even before he only managed to drink it from summer residents, and even then when they came to their dachas. And then he remembered the wise owl. Can she help him?

- Yes, I have such a wonderful mushroom. It is called - kefir mushroom! - the owl proudly answered the hedgehog. - From a liter of milk with one tablespoon of kefir mushrooms, you can get a little less than a liter of kefir! You drop kefir fungi directly into a jar of milk and put it in a warm place for a day, and the next day you get kefir! This process is called fermentation of milk to kefir! Take kefir fungi, but just don't forget to treat the animals in the forest!

The hedgehog thanked the owl and merrily went home with kefir fungi. -Now I'll drink plenty of kefir!

A week passed, then another, and another. There were so many kefir mushrooms in the hedgehog: after all, when fermenting, they multiply - increase in number - that he simply did not know what to do with so much kefir! After all, he had already treated everyone he could to kefir in the forest.

What if the kefir grains are removed from the milk and gently dried, and then put away until the next use, when they are needed again?

Hedgehog tried it, and sure enough, it turns out!

- And I'll try to freeze them in the winter, it should work too! - suggested the squirrel.

- Friends, this process is called - "Anabiosis"! - the owl explained to the animals. - Anabiosis is a temporary slowdown or cessation of life processes under the influence of external factors (conditions), in these cases - drying or freezing.

Thus, the animals learned not only how to get kefir using kefir fungi, but also how to save them until the next use (when kefir is not needed), without harming kefir fungi.

How the animals got "tea kvass"

Summer has come. It was so hot in the forest that from time to time all the animals crowded around to bathe in a small forest river. How cool and fun it was!

- Oh, refreshing kvass now - the little fox sighed sadly.

- And we will make our own healthy kvass! said the hedgehog solemnly. - with the help of a miracle mushroom called Kombucha. It turns tea into invigorating carbonated kvass, but it’s also useful at the same time! So, my forest friends, bring me a jar of your favorite sweet tea today and in 1.5-2 weeks you will get a wonderful “tea kvass”.

- Hooray! - the animals shouted in one voice and rushed to their houses.

The hedgehog put kombucha in each of the jars with sweet tea.

And now, after a week and a half, the first tasting of "tea kvass" takes place at the hedgehog's house.

The squirrel, the hedgehog and the owl really liked the pleasant, moderately sweet "tea kvass" from the Ivan-tea drink.

Little Fox - refreshing hibiscus.

A teddy bear made from black tea.

- But I don't understand where the gas bubbles come from in this "tea kvass"? asked the little bear.

An owl answered him:

- Kombucha is the friendship of small living organisms: yeast and bacteria (living organisms are you and me, only large ones). But their friendship is so strong that they cannot live separately without each other at all. Such a strong friendship is scientifically called "Symbiosis" (Cohabitation of two organisms of different species, bringing them mutual benefit)! Sweet tea for kombucha is food. As a result of the life (life activity) of kombucha in sweet tea, gas bubbles are released.

- Got it! - answered the teddy bear.

- In other countries, our "tea kvass" is called "kombucha"! the owl continued.

- Kom-bu-cha - the animals repeated after her at length - how beautiful it sounds!

During this evening the animals became stronger friends, each found new friends, because in the company they discussed the tastes of drinks for so long and amicably and got to know each other better.

How the animals survived a difficult winter with fodder yeast

Autumn came on more and more insistently. It got colder and colder. You can't hibernate on an empty stomach! What to do? thought the hedgehog.

Maybe the squirrel's girlfriend took care of food better than he did and will help him?!

The hedgehog stumbling quickly ran towards the squirrel at the edge of the forest.

- Squirrel, how many mushrooms did you stock up for the winter? Can you borrow a couple? the hedgehog asked.

- Oh, hedgehog friend, you probably remember how rarely it rained in our forest, so I didn’t stock mushrooms at all, - the squirrel answered sadly.

- Oh hey, what should I do? After all, winter will come soon, and there is no food left in the forest! - said the hedgehog - Can we ask the advice of a wise owl?

- Of course! - the squirrel responded with joy.

Evening. And now the three of us, visiting the owl appetizingly smacking their lips, the forest dwellers drank a drink of willow-tea in birch bark mugs with blueberry jam.

- There are other mushrooms in the world! Microscopic! Unpretentious! And which you can grow right at home, at any time of the year! - said the owl. You almost already know them.

- What are they called? the hedgehog and the squirrel asked in unison.

- Yeast! They are of different types: for making bread - bakery, beer - beer, but to get fodder protein - food for us, fodder yeast is used. A familiar owl sent them to me that year. - answered the owl.

- Why are we growing fodder yeast? the hedgehog asked.

- But, for example, for baking yeast bread, in addition to baker's yeast, you also need at least flour, sugar and salt. Do we have them now? the owl replied.

- Yes, indeed, no. - the hedgehog answered sadly.

- What do these fodder yeast eat then? What do you need to grow them? - the squirrel quickly responded.

- We will grow them right in the glass jars that the animals found when they were cleaning the forest from debris. And their food will be a solution of specially processed wood chips, which is full in the forest! the owl answered proudly.

- Hooray! now we will be full! The animals called loudly.

- Yes, but you also need to somehow separate (filter) the yeast from the solution in which they will grow, haven't you thought about it? the owl continued.

- Oh! Exactly ... - the squirrel said drawled.

- And I will ask the spider to weave such a web that it will retain the yeast and let the solution through! - said the hedgehog.

- Wow! But the idea! the owl replied cheerfully.

A few days later, the animals have mastered this environmentally friendly and very economical (budget) option for getting food at home at any time of the year. The fodder yeast grew "by leaps and bounds", they were very satisfying, and now both hibernation for the hedgehog and cold winter for the squirrel were not at all scary! And they also treated everyone in the forest with fodder yeast, and at the same time they found new friends and buddies!

Audio stories for children 7-8-9-10 years old.

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Continuously plays the selected audio and all subsequent audio on the page. When you press the "Play" button, all the works are added to the player's queue, starting from the selected one. When autoplay is disabled, only one audio is played

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Don't lie

Zoshchenko M.M. Zoshchenko M.M.

# for 7-8-9-10 years old

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