ABC’s of Biodiversity is a truly amazing alphabet. With 260 images – 10 for each letter, each with a high quality photograph, but the amazing thing is what is featured for each letter. Older children learning to read will have fun both learning to sound out words that are unlikely to be familiar to most children, and 
learning more about some of the very diverse creatures we have in nature. With familiar animals and plants to very obscure ones, you’ll have lots of fun with this ABC book.
Each page has one word, each letter has 10 images, that is 260 full colour photographs on 286 pages. Some really amazing names, who knew one could even find 10 beautiful images for X….
The author also provides this explanation on how to use the book:
Curated by Ryan Somma https://www.Ideonexus.com
This book is another tool in the myriad strategies we parents use to teach our children. The ebook format allows something print books don’t: an alphabet book with 10 examples of each letter. This means there are 260 images in this book. That can be quite overwhelming, but that’s nothing compared to the Earth’s actual biodiversity.
There are a lot of ways you can read this book with your children. You can pick a letter to more deeply immerse in for a sitting. You can read through the pages and slides quickly, enjoying the occasional alliterations and novel syllable sounds. You can pick an animal as a launching point for further exploration. Or you could even download the source files and add/remove organisms to your liking. Teaching should be about parents having fun as much as children. Have fun with it.
This book was curated entirely out of my gut-feelings. Organisms were added and removed based on their novelty, sounds in their names, and availability. You’ll notice that some letters get a little erudite, resorting to taxonomy names and overly-exotic name to reach 10 example. I apologize for that, but it’s also an opportunity for readers to quest for more organisms themselves.
The “by Ryan Somma” in this book is quite the overstatement. All I have done is to compile the photographs of generous flickr users who have licensed their work Creative Commons, allowing me to use them in this book under the conditions that I provide credit and not ask for payment. This book is free for you to use, the Power Point File is available at my website for you to take and modify, and links to all original photos are provided in the back of the book. Please respect the licenses as they are listed on their source-pages.
Most of all: Enjoy!
More books by Ryan Soma:
If you enjoyed this book, check out Welcome to Life, another creative commons children’s book by Ryan Soma.
Welcome to Life – Early Science Book
Welcome to Life, an early science book explains in a narrator style to you the reader all about where we are and where we come from. Welcome to life, a creative commons children’s book beautifully tackles complex subjects in very easy to understand and informative way. Ryan aptly subtitles the book, A Guide for New Members of the Human Race.
See more Science books below
There’s a Hole in my Galaxy - In the year 2563 Maya and her friend Ava borrow the family space ship for a trip to Pluto. Halfway there they have a battle with a black hole where they are almost sucked in. Along the way, we learn lots of facts about black holes. Sample text from There’s a Hole in my Galaxy ...
Why Do Sunflowers Love the Sun? - Viveka wants to paint the sunflowers near her house, but they keep moving. Follow this story to find out the mystery of how the sunflowers change throughout the day. Sample Text from Why Do Sunflowers Love the Sun? Viveka wants to paint the sunflower field near her house. She looks at the sunflowers carefully one ...
Eye Can See – From magnifying glases to telescopes - Eye Can See details a group of children’s visit to their parent’s laboratory and all the magnifying equipment they find. From magnifying glass to microscope, binoculars to a telescope, this book teaches children about all things magnifying. Sample Text From Eye Can See School is closed for summer. Every day Chanda, Tinku and Motu have ...
Lost in the Internet - Kunal’s Mum warned him against watching too much on the internet lest he gets sucked in, but he doesn’t listen. Kunal gets suddenly sucked into the internet and goes on a journey of discovery. Sample Text From Lost in the Internet Kunal loved the Internet. He was always asking Mummy for her phone so he ...
Ma, Is That You? – Security made simple - Four friends have a secret meeting place, but someone keeps trying to get in. Is it Ma like the person says, or is it a scary monster? The group has 3 forms of security to protect their secret meeting place. This book provides a nice simple explanation of security and why it’s important in a ...
How to Catch the Wind – STEM fun - In How to Catch the Wind – STEM fun we learn how the wind is used to make electricity. A Simple book with an easy to understand explanation of wind power. Sample Text from How to Catch the Wind – STEM fun Air is always around us. Moving air is called wind. When wind blows, ...
The Mighty Tethys Sea – Archaeology - The Mighty Tethys Sea explains how the continents split apart, from the mighty Gondwana and the mighty tethys sea, to what they are now, and how the Himalayas were formed. Discover how once there were seas where there now are mountains, and how it all changed into the shape of the earth today. Author: Juvena ...
Tig’s World – An important question - In Tig’s World Tig asks her mom who is a scientist and her dad who is a writer what happens to the people on the bottom side of the earth and why they don’t fall off. Whose answer is right? Author: Sam Wilson, Illustrator: Dorian Dutrieux Sample Text from Tig’s World Tig’s mom is a ...
Slip and Slide – A tale of friction - Slip and Slide – A tale of friction – Seven sisters play in the snow, slipping and sliding, but when they try to get back in the house they can’t get back up the slope. This book explains the concept of friction by way of a story that is easy to remember. Here are the ...
The One and Only Human Body – Facts about our bodies - The One and Only Human Body contains lots of facts about our bodies, from the smallest and largest organs to the length of our intestine, let’s explore our bodies! Sample Text from The One and Only Human Body Take a step into the human body. From head to toe, it is filled with organs, bones, ...See more books under Creative Commons below
Meera and Ameera – Imaginary Friends - Meera and Ameera are best of friends. Strangely Meera is the only one who can see Ameera. That’s probably because she is an imaginary porcupine. Join the two friends in their many adventures real and made up. Sample Text From Meera and Ameera Meera and I are a team. She’s my most favourite person in ...
Sani and Suri - Sani loves her cat Suri. One day Suri is missing. Sani searches high and low, far and wide, will she find Suri? This is a level 1 book for children just beginning on their reading journey. Sample Text from Sani and Suri Sani had a small cat. Its name was Suri. Sani loved Suri very ...
The Auto That Flew - A tuk tuk daily fights the traffic of Dehli, only to secretly dream of being able to fly. A magic water makes that possibility reailty, but is it all that he dreamed of? Sample Text from The Auto That Flew Arjun had three wheels, one headlight and a coat of green and yellow. He belonged ...
The Mystery of the Cyber Friend – Important lessons about keeping safe online - Shree loves using her computer for all sorts of things. One of the things she does is to chat with friends. When she has a tiff with a group of friends, she receives a new request out of the blue, and decides to accept. But after some time she senses this new friend is not ...
Malar’s Big House - Malar’s building a big house, but will she manage to keep her house standing? Find out in Malar’s Big House. Sample Text from Malar’s Big House Today, Malar is going to build a big house! “I can use these!” “My big house will be this high!” says Malar. “And this wide!” <End of sample from ...
I Can Dress Myself – Wordless Book - I Can Dress Myself is an amusing short wordless book about a child getting herself dressed while Mum is sleeping. This story was brought to us by BookDash, if you enjoyed this story, see more stories from BookDash below. Spread the love
Chiu’s Powers - Chiu sees exciting things that others cannot – flying rockets and fish swimming on the blackboard. Ajji takes Chiu to the eye doctor to find out about her magical powers. Sample Text from Chiu’s Powers Chiu is late for school. But she cannot find her red bottle. Is that her bottle? Or is it a ... There’s a Hole in my Galaxy - In the year 2563 Maya and her friend Ava borrow the family space ship for a trip to Pluto. Halfway there they have a battle with a black hole where they are almost sucked in. Along the way, we learn lots of facts about black holes. Sample text from There’s a Hole in my Galaxy ...
The Three Little Kittens - A chase with a dog ends up in a humorous adventure. The three little kittens are running from a dog, so fast they don’t stop for anything, until they are trapped, will the dog catch them? Or will there be a happy ending? Sample Text from Three Little Kittens One day three little kittens meet ...
The Bee and the Elephant - A little bee has lost his home and asks an elephant to help him find it. Sample Text from The Bee and the Elephant “I am lost,” said Little Bee. “I cannot find my home!” “Can you please help me, Mr. Elephant?” “Is this nest your home, Little Bee?” the elephant asked. “Oh no!” cried ...Sponsored Links:
Note – if you sign up through these links, it doesn’t cost you any extra, but FKB receives a small donation, which helps us with our project to buy more FREE Hardcopies for kids who need them
All our posts are checked by Grammarly, the FREE online grammar checker (We still receive a donation even if you only sign up for the free account :-):
yes, it was nice reading on the computer with my toddler. He enjoyed it.
yes i love my a b c’s. i am also 13 years old.
This book is awesome teaching tool for my 10 year old grandson. We are both learning so much about animals in the world we don’t know about. When we find one we aren’t aware or sure of we Google it and read the wiki to go along with the book. Such a great way to keep him interested and learning too 🙂 Thank you!!
I’d not thought about that – what you suggest could be a great project for older and younger sibling to try together, I might test it on my two on the holidays! Thanks so much for the comment.
remarkable site
it is really good i really liked it,it has animals that i never knew
I felt the same, so many great new names to practice phonics and to inspire some research online