When Lolly discovers a tiny orphaned lamb lost on the moor, she convinces her grandfather to let her take responsibility for raising it. As Lolly grows into this new challenge, her experience with the lamb helps her to be brave following the death of her own mother. The Mountain Lamb is one in a series of Country Tales, written by award-winning children's author Nicola Davies and illustrated by Cathy Fisher.

A young girl is convinced by her snake loving family that snakes are very interesting creatures.

Some farms are up in the hills... or down long, winding lanes... but Silver Street Farm is different – it's right in the middle of a town! After a baby-filled spring, Silver Street Farm is bursting at the seams! The lambs refuse to stay in their pen, the pigs are restless and the chickens have set up home in the office. There's not enough space for all the new animals, but Meera, Karl and Gemma can't bear to say goodbye to even a single guinea-pig....

Some farms are up in the hills ... or down long, winding lanes ... but Silver Street Farm is different — it's right in the middle of a town! Meera, Gemma and Karl have always dreamed of owning a farm, and when Meera discovers an abandoned railway station, it seems like their dream might come true. Soon Silver Street Farm is up and running- but news of the city farm spreads like wildfire, and the council try to shut it down. Can the people of Lonchester...

Some farms are up in the hills ... or down long, winding lanes ... but Silver Street Farm is different — it's right in the middle of a town! It's summer at Silver Street and all the animals are getting very hot and thirsty. The three children who run the farm — Meera, Gemma and Karl — decide to hold a competition to see who can come up with the best scheme for getting water to the farm. The solution surprises everybody!

A young girl shares her observations about the mallard ducks that live down on the river.

Looks at all the different microbes that inhabit the Earth and examines the varied jobs they do.

Explores ways in which animals communicate with each other using colors, patterns, smells, movements, vibrations, sounds, and electricity for a variety of messages.

Describes the physical characteristics and biological processes that enable particular animals to survive in extremely hot and cold climates.

Introduces many different species of sharks, pointing out such characteristics as the small size of the dwarf lantern shark and the physical characteristics and behavior that makes sharks killing machines.