Nature's Yucky children's books

02/11/2026

Here's a fun fact that even Lee Ann didn't know after researching for the Yucky 2 Desert book.

09/24/2025

Karen and Lee Ann announce our new Birthday Greetings - Yucky style offering. Make your next Yucky! gift special with a new monthly poem. Check out our website: https://www.naturesyuckybooks.com/ to see October's poem and even a personalized option.

Nature’s Yucky! children’s books Nature’s Yucky Birthday GreetingsWe hope you will find it fun to give one of Nature’s Yucky! books as a birthday gift to a young person in your life. You can make it even more unique by writing our poems in the card or book. Here’s a poem for October:“On ...

09/24/2025

More praise for the Yucky series. "Lee Ann and Karen have definitely found a way to capture kids' curiosity and help them take a second look at the living world!"

09/24/2025

More praise for the Yucky series. "Lee Ann and Karen have definitely found a way to capture kids' curiosity and help them take a second look at the living world".

07/16/2025

Lee Ann has a friend who was driving her two granddaughters somewhere. She writes, "we saw a vulture eating a dead rabbit. Both girls immediately said, 'Eeew. That's yucky. But that's ok..'. You're a star!"
We love hearing about our young readers reactions and learning about nature.

03/14/2025

Nature's Yucky!2 as seen at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada.
A fine place to buy a copy and learn about the desert.

02/09/2025

A fine review from someone who knows books: "I love your humor, and I learned about creatures I never even knew existed much less their unique characteristics. Wish I had a gobie to clean me and my house (I realize it's not alive). I wonder if some people don't communicate by farting even without realizing what their message is. I'm impressed with the lightning whelk's ability to turn its prey into liquid. If I could do this, I'm sure I'd spit out most guts.
As to your writing: it's clear, lively, and full of fun alliterations. It goes without saying that you and you co-writer have done a great job researching your choice of remarkable creatures".
-Dorothy K, retired high school and adult English teacher.

11/08/2024

In our 4th book Nature's Yucky! in the Sea has a section on plastics in the environment. We talk about balloons and how very harmful they can be for wildlife. On July 1, 2024, a Florida law went into effect to prohibit the intentional release of balloons. This is a BIG help to all marine life, particularly sea turtles, sea birds, and manatees who swallow the plastic or get entangled in the strings. Let's hope that Floridians know about and follow the new law.

11/02/2024

This day brought a bike ride to flowing 9 mile Creek and shooting hoops at our local basketball court perhaps the last day of the year when the weather will cooperate.

08/07/2024

Just discovered that people are using our book all around the country. How exciting