Big questions, explained in pictures

Short visual lessons that explain children's questions with clear pictures, simple choices, and a gentle recap.

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Little Storybook visual lessons help parents explain science, safety, feelings, math, words, nature, space, health, and everyday habits in a child-friendly visual format.

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  • ¿Cómo se forma un volcán?

    La historia real del Paricutín, el volcán que nació en una milpa de Michoacán, explica a niños de 8 a 10 años cómo sube el magma y se forma un volcán.

    Ages 8-10 - 4 minute lesson - ES

  • ¿Por qué nos lavamos las manos?

    Una lección ilustrada para niños de 2 y 3 años: Sofi juega en el huerto y descubre por qué nos lavamos las manos con agua y jabón antes de comer.

    Ages 2-3 - 1 minute lesson - ES

  • ¿De dónde viene el chocolate?

    De la huerta de cacao de la abuela a la taza: una lección ilustrada que muestra a niños de 6 y 7 años cómo se hace el chocolate, paso a paso.

    Ages 6-7 - 3 minute lesson - ES

  • How Does an Elevator Know Where to Stop?

    The wall turns see-through: a picture lesson for 4-5 year olds on the button messenger, the strong ropes, and the heavy seesaw-helper that carries them up to Grandma's floor.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • ¿Cómo nacen las tortugas marinas?

    ¿Cómo nacen las tortugas marinas? Lección con dibujos para niños de 6 y 7 años: del nido de arena en una playa de Oaxaca hasta la luz del mar.

    Ages 6-7 - 3 minute lesson - ES

  • ¿Por qué migran las mariposas monarca?

    ¿Por qué migran las mariposas monarca? Lección con dibujos para niños de 4 y 5 años: del norte helado a los bosques de oyameles de México.

    Ages 4-5 - 3 minute lesson - ES

  • ¿Por qué las plantas crecen hacia la luz?

    ¿Tu planta crece torcida hacia la ventana? Con dibujos y un experimento casero, los niños descubren por qué las plantas crecen hacia la luz.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - ES

  • Where Does My Shadow Go?

    Follow Niko's courtyard shadow to see how light, bodies, and changing directions make shadows appear and move.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • 온돌은 어떻게 방을 데울까?

    난로도 없는데 할아버지 댁 방바닥은 왜 따끈따끈할까요? 아궁이 불의 뜨거운 연기가 방바닥 밑 ‘고래’를 지나며 두꺼운 구들장을 데우고, 데워진 돌은 아침까지 열을 품어요. 오늘날 아파트 바닥 난방까지 이어지는 온돌의 원리를 알아보는 8~10세 그림 과학 수업이에요.

    Ages 8-10 - 2 minute lesson - KO

  • 콩나물은 어떻게 자랄까?

    콩나물은 어떻게 자랄까요? 아빠와 함께 콩을 물에 불리고, 구멍이 송송 난 콩나물시루에 날마다 물을 부어 지켜봐요. 흙 없이도 콩에서 하얀 꼬리가 쏙! 노란 머리의 비밀까지 알아보는 2~3세 그림 수업이에요.

    Ages 2-3 - 1 minute lesson - KO

  • 大雁为什么排成“人”字飞？

    秋天的天上，大雁为什么排成“人”字飞？跟着小满和外公看一看：每只大雁都飞在前一只的斜后方，借伙伴翅膀尖外边往上托的风，飞那么远的路就没那么累。一节适合六七岁孩子的中文图画小课。

    Ages 6-7 - 1 minute lesson - ZH

  • How Deep Is the Ocean?

    Ride a glass submarine down through the Sunlight, Twilight, and Midnight Zones to a city of living lights — and watch Mount Everest vanish into the Mariana Trench. A scale-and-wonder lesson for 8-10 year olds.

    Ages 8-10 - 3 minute lesson - EN

  • 大熊猫为什么爱吃竹子？

    大熊猫为什么爱吃竹子，还一天吃个不停？跟着乐乐去熊猫基地，再到大熊猫的山里老家看一看：竹子一年四季都有，可是不太顶饱。一节适合四五岁孩子的中文图画小课。

    Ages 4-5 - 1 minute lesson - ZH

  • 은행나무 열매는 왜 냄새가 날까?

    가을 은행나무 길에서 나는 고약한 냄새는 어디서 올까요? 냄새의 비밀은 은행 열매의 말랑한 겉껍질에 있고, 열매는 열매를 맺는 나무에서만 떨어져요. 맨손으로 만지지 않고 피해 가는 법까지 배우는 4~5세 그림 수업이에요.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - KO

  • 김치는 왜 시어질까?

    김치는 왜 점점 시어질까요? 눈에 보이지 않는 유산균이 배추와 무의 단맛을 먹고 시큼한 젖산을 만들기 때문이에요. 같은 김치 두 병으로 따뜻한 곳과 차가운 곳을 비교해 보는 6~7세 그림 과학 수업이에요.

    Ages 6-7 - 2 minute lesson - KO

  • Why Do Leaves Change Color in Autumn?

    For 4-5s on an autumn walk: why leaves turn gold - the tree stops making green so hidden yellows and oranges finally show. The cold did not paint them.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • 纸巾为什么能吸水？

    纸巾为什么能吸水？跟着安安在早餐桌上做个小实验，用图画告诉6到7岁的孩子：水会顺着纸巾纤维间的小缝隙钻进去，甚至能往上爬。

    Ages 6-7 - 1 minute lesson - ZH

  • Mengapa kelip-kelip bercahaya?

    Kanak-kanak memahami bahawa bahan khas dan oksigen menghasilkan cahaya yang hampir tiada haba, lalu digunakan kelip-kelip untuk mencari pasangan.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - MS

  • Why Do Stars Twinkle?

    Are stars really blinking? A bedtime picture lesson for 6-7 year olds on the wiggly ocean of air that makes steady starlight dance — with a coin-in-the-bath experiment to prove it.

    Ages 6-7 - 3 minute lesson - EN

  • 狗怎么成了朋友？

    用温柔故事讲狗和古老的狼有关，经过许多代慢慢变化，并学会人和狗怎样互相帮助、照顾。

    Ages 4-5 - 1 minute lesson - ZH

  • Mengapa Itik Tidak Mudah Basah?

    Ikuti Dena di kolam untuk melihat bagaimana bulu bertindih, kait halus, udara terperangkap dan penjagaan dengan paruh membantu kulit itik tidak mudah basah.

    Ages 6-7 - 2 minute lesson - MS

  • Mila and the Golden Grass

    A gentle story showing that rice is a seed that grows on tall grass in a watery field and turns golden when ready.

    Ages 4-5 - 3 minute lesson - EN

  • The Wiggly Tooth Handover

    Sam bit into his apple at breakfast, and something moved.

    Ages 3-4 - 3 minute lesson - EN

  • Why Do I Get Goosebumps?

    Those little bumps after the pool have a secret: tiny muscles! A picture lesson for 6-7 year olds on the fur-fluffing trick your skin still remembers, with an ice-cube test to try.

    Ages 6-7 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • Sunny the Goldfish's Secret

    A gentle picture lesson about how fish breathe with gills and find oxygen hidden in water.

    Ages 6-7 - 3 minute lesson - EN

  • How Do We Travel to Mars?

    The child will understand that traveling to Mars requires an ordered sequence: launching from Earth, gaining speed, coasting for months with careful planetary timing, and slowing down to land.

    Ages 8-10 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • Where Did Dinosaurs Go?

    A gentle picture lesson about real dinosaurs, what they ate, how they hatched, and why birds may be their distant cousins.

    Ages 6-7 - 4 minute lesson - EN

  • Why is the sky blue?

    For curious 4-5 year olds: white sunlight hides every color, and tiny air bits bounce the blue to your eyes from every direction. With a torch-beam demo and an astronaut surprise.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • How Do Ants Find the Way?

    See how one ant's invisible scent trail can guide nestmates to food—and why the trail fades when the trip is over.

    Ages 6-7 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • How Do Octopuses Change Color?

    Zoom beneath octopus skin to see pigment sacs expand and shrink under muscular control.

    Ages 8-10 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • Mengapa hutan malam begitu bising?

    Kanak-kanak memahami bahawa hutan malam kedengaran bising kerana banyak haiwan nokturnal aktif serentak dan bunyi boleh bergerak lebih jauh dalam udara malam yang sejuk dan tenang.

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - MS

  • Ke mana laut pergi ketika surut?

    Kanak-kanak memahami bahawa tarikan Bulan menyebabkan air laut bergerak dalam kitaran pasang surut, bukannya menghilang.

    Ages 6-7 - 2 minute lesson - MS

  • Macam mana durian tahu bila jatuh?

    Kanak-kanak memahami bahawa durian gugur apabila bijinya matang, lapisan pada tangkai melemah, dan graviti menarik buah ke bawah—sering selepas proses itu selesai pada malam hari.

    Ages 6-7 - 1 minute lesson - MS

  • How people reached distant lands

    Story lesson

    Ages 4-5 - 2 minute lesson - EN

  • Mengapa hujan lebat pada petang?

    Kanak-kanak memahami bahawa panas siang mengangkat udara basah, yang menyejuk menjadi awan sebelum titisan berat turun sebagai hujan petang.

    Ages 4-5 - 1 minute lesson - MS

  • Moon ஏன் car-ஐ follow செய்கிறது?

    அருகிலுள்ள பொருட்கள் வேகமாகவும் மிகத் தூர Moon மெதுவாகவும் நகர்வது போலத் தெரிவதால், Moon car-ஐப் பின்தொடருவது போலத் தோன்றுகிறது என்பதை குழந்தை புரிந்துகொள்ளும்.

    Ages 6-7 - 3 minute lesson - TA-EN

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