Curiosity Box

This volume focuses on animals and introduces the five groups of vertebrates: fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds. Readers explore the different habitats where these creatures make their homes, and discover how teeth, bones, feathers, skulls, scales and eggs work, along with tadpoles and many other natural science topics.

The book opens with a familiar idea: a curiosity box full of objects. Children are asked what they notice when they look at and touch each item, and whether any of them are already familiar or completely new. This playful start links the wonder of collecting with the science behind the natural world.

Full-colour photographs and detailed illustrations invite young readers to look more carefully at the living things around them and to wonder why nature shapes things the way it does. Part of a six-book series for children aged 6 and up, it is designed for Key Stage 1 pupils and builds thinking and reasoning skills alongside core science.