Books by Dianna Aston
A Shell Is Cozy
by Dianna Aston & Sylvia Long (illustrator)
Want to start at the beginning? The first book in this series is An Egg Is Quiet.
Nature Books (book 7). Gorgeous scientific picture books about the natural world. Age 4+
This series features in our Children's Editor's picks of beautiful science books for 4-8 year olds.
“A Seed Is Sleepy is an award-winning picture book (32 pages) for children age 4-6 about botanical science. It is part of the beautiful Nature Books series by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long. Together, these books give children an idea of the complexity and beauty of the natural world, and a sense of how much there is still to discover. A Seed Is Sleepy celebrates the incredible variety of seeds, and introduces facts about plants such as how they make their food through photosynthesis. We encounter the Texas mountain laurel which might wait ten years to bloom; the redwood – the world’s tallest tree – which can grow from a seed the size of a freckle; and the dandelion whose fine hairs can take its seed 160 kilometres from the parent plant. The ink and watercolour illustrations are detailed and attractive, and the book is well tailored to 4-6 year olds by being both simple and very informative.” Read more...
Beautiful Science Books for 4-8 Year Olds
Our Children's Editor, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Dianna Aston were recommended
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A Seed Is Sleepy
by Dianna Aston & Sylvia Long (illustrator) -
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How Colour Works
by Catherine Barr & Yuliya Gwilym (illustrator) -
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Bright in the Night
by Lena Sjöberg -
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The Big Book of Bugs
by Yuval Zommer -
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Creatures of the Deep: The Pop-Up Book
by Ernst Haeckel & Maike Biederstädt (paper engineer)
Beautiful Science Books for 4-8 Year Olds, recommended by Our Children's Editor
Beautiful Science Books for 4-8 Year Olds, recommended by Our Children's Editor
Scientific picture books provide an enjoyable way for kids to explore different fields of science without realising how much they are learning. Our Children’s Editor picks science books for kids age 4-8 that are informative but also a pleasure to look at, both for children and for the adults that are reading with them.
