Browse our recommended books, perfect for children taking part in the Forest of Stories! Including lift-the-flap, colourful and tactile board books celebrating nature and wildlife.
Our engaging Las opowieści packs contain everything a family needs to begin their reading journey at home and to build reading into their daily routine. Families can pick up a free Forest of Stories pack from any of our 45 libraries in Suffolk.
Want more suggested books? Take a look at our recommendations.
Animals: First Words, Colours, Opposites & Numbers
Ingela P. Arrhenius
With bright, stylish artwork from Ingela P. Arrhenius, this board book is perfect for sharing with older babies and toddlers.
How many zebras can you count? What colour is the crocodile? What noise does a frog make? And finally, where are you?
Bizzy Bear: It’s Bedtime
Benji Davies
With sliders to push and pull, this is the perfect story to get little bears settled into a bedtime routine.
Little ones will love choosing Bizzy Bear’s pyjamas and helping him have a bath, to reading him a story and tucking Bizzy Bear into bed at the end of a busy day.
Guess Who? In the Forest
Davey Owen
Come on an exciting adventure into the heart of the forest with this lift-the-flap board book for small children!
Lift the flaps to reveal playful clues and then guess which animal is hiding behind them. Get ready for a journey filled with surprises and giggles! Can you guess who’s waiting to say hello?
Spot and Say Bugs
Alice Beecham
Little Bug is flying all over the world looking for her friend. Can you help her find him? With lots of flaps for curious hands to lift and over 50 amazing bugs to meet.
From bumblebees in a blooming garden to orb-weavers in the outback, visit all kinds of habitats and learn new words as you search.
Look! A Flower!: 20 Favourite Flowers to Touch & Trace
Anya Serota
Learn the names of 20 flowers in this book of wonders, perfect for inspiring a love of the natural world. From the daisy’s pointy petals to the lavender’s sweet scent, discover the characteristics that make these flowers unique.
With embossed patterns on every page, little nature lovers will enjoy touching and tracing every beautiful flower.
Errol’s Autumn
Gillian Hibbs
There’s so much to do and see in the garden! What shall we pick? What can we make with the harvest? How can we help the bugs?
Gardening encourages physical activity and healthy eating in children. It stimulates the senses and supports cognitive development, while teaching children to understand and nurture the living world around them.
Guess How Much I Love You: Counting
Sam McBratney
Join Little Nutbrown Hare as he learns all about numbers, with this cute and chunky board book. Count from one to five with Little Nutbrown Hare as he explores the world around him. Find dandelions, frogs, butterflies, leaves and bedtime stars.
This chunky board book story will captivate babies and toddlers, each spread encouraging the very young to count things in each illustration and learn first numbers in a clear and fun way.
Birdie Loves Colours
RSPB
Little ones will love following Birdie and spotting all sorts of amazing animals out in nature. Can they see a red squirrel with a bushy tail? Or a green bouncy frog? Or what about a splishy-splashy grey seal?
Find them all in this sweet rhyming board book filled with adorable illustrations by award-winning illustrator Maria Neradova.
Peter Rabbit: Forest Feast
Neil Faulkner and Beatrix Potter
The forest is full of tasty treats for Peter Rabbit and his friends to munch, crunch and nibble.
Little hands can feel smooth, shiny radishes; a crisp cool lettuce leaf; bumpy, round blackberries – and more!
A delightful sensory introduction to the World of Peter Rabbit for the very youngest explorers.
Maisy Loves Trees
Lucy Cousins
Maisy is learning all about different kinds of trees. What is a tree and how does it grow? How do leaves vary? How do trees change through the year and why don’t some trees change at all?
Little ones will discover the answers to these questions and many more in this colourful board book. Open out the final scene and wonder at amazing trees from around the world!
The Best Garden in the World
Alice Courtley
Steve is a city squirrel. He’s got style, he’s cultured, he knows what he likes. But for a while now he’s felt a call to the wild… So Steve packs up his things, says goodbye to city life and moves to the forest.
He’s got BIG plans: he’s going to build the best garden in the world. He’s got his vision in mind, his tools at hand, and his rules for visitors ready. So, why don’t the forest folk seem to enjoy his garden as much as he does?
Steve sets off to find out, and with each forest neighbour he meets, Steve discovers that perhaps what he thought was “best” might have been missing a thing or two…
Gozzle
Julia Donaldson
It’s springtime. Bear has woken up hungry and finds a lost egg outside his cave. Breakfast? No! Out hatches Gozzle, a very sweet little gosling who is convinced that Bear must be her daddy – and that she should be able to climb, dig and eat honey just like him.
Follow Bear on his journey from reluctant carer to parent in this heartwarming picture book about what home and family truly mean.
Squabble and Squeak
Raahat Kaduji
Join in the noisy fun in this warm and happy story about making friends Rana the red panda has a problem.
A noisy little parakeet has moved into her tree, and he won’t stop squawking! But while Rana and Parakeet squabble and squeak, a very quiet tiger is padding towards them.
Can these two noisy neighbours work together, and scare that tiger away?
Wild
Katya Balen
A little girl loves playing in the woods and rejoicing in the wildness all around her. She sees secrets in the stars and stories in the earth.
But one day she moves to the city. Surrounded by tall, grey buildings, she feels disconnected and alone. She has lost her wild. Or has she? Maybe she will find wildness where she least expects it.
Books Aren’t For Bears
Mark Barry
When Bear finds a book in the woods, his world is changed. His friend Owl teaches him to read, and Bear wants more!
Bear decides the city will offer him what he’s looking for, but when he reaches the busy streets, he’s sad to discover that some people think that ‘Books aren’t for bears!’
Can Bear find a place where books are for everybody?
The Usborne Woodland Book
Emily Bone
A beautifully illustrated guide to the wildlife, plants, history and magic of woodlands.
Children can discover their inner explorer, learning how to identify trees, track animals, build woodland shelters, draw maps and discover legends set in woods.
I See a Tree
Saskia Gwinn
I see a tree with thousands of leaves, on beautiful branches that are bursting with life. From a tiny acorn to a tall oak tree, join two children and their squirrel companion on a fantastic journey through the life of a tree.
As they burst through the soil, float on falling leaves and spot birds pecking at acorns, young readers will discover how a tree grows in an incredible, ever-changing cycle.
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