This is a story that has facts woven into it- good stories where the reader can learn many interesting facts.

Try reading some of these:
Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies 
Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad’s Tale by April Pulley Sayre 
The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins 
Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary by Jean Craighead George.

Or read some of these:
A Caribou Journey     Miller, Debbie S. 
A Dozen Ducklings Lost and Found   Zierfert, Harriet 
A Placed Called Home    Panogopulos, Janie Lynn 
A River Ran Wild     Cherry, Lynne 
A Symphony of Whales    Schuch, Steve 
Apple Pie 4th of July     Wong, Janet 

Bat Loves the Night     Davies, Nicola 
Baby Lemur      Hellard, Susan 
Baby Whale’s Journey    London, Jonathan 
Ballerina Flying     Bradenberg, Alexa 
Behold the Trees     Alexander, Sue 
Big Jimmy’s Kum Kau Chinese Take Out  Lewin, Fred 
Blue Aliens! An Adventure in Color   Porto, Tony 
Bur Bur’s Fishing Adventure    Pastel, JoAnne 
Bur Bur Throws Out the First Pitch   Pastel, JoAnne 
Butterflies for Kiri     Falwell, Cathryn 

Chinatown      Lou, William 
Cod’s Tale, The     Kurlasky, Mark 
Crawdad Creek     Sanders, Scott Russell 
Crossing      Booth, Phillip 

Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad’s Tale  Sayre, April Pulley 
Dim Sum for Everyone    Lin, Grace 
Dirt on Their Skirts     Rappaport, Doreen & Lyndall Callan 

The Emperor’s Egg     Jenkins, Martin 
Everglades      George, Jean Craighead 

Farm Life      Spurr, Elizabeth 
Fireboat      Kalman, Maira 
Fire Storm      George, Jean Craighead 
First Painter      Lasky, Kathryn 
Future Story      French, Fiona 

Get Red! An Adventure in Color   Porto, Tony 
Ghost Wings      Joose, Barbara M. 
Gretchen the Bicycle Dog    Heyman, Anita 
Growing Frogs     French, Vivian 

Home Run      Burleigh, Robert 
How Many Dogs to America? A Thanksgiving Story Bunting, Eve 

I Have Heard of Land     Thomas, Joyce Carol 
Iced Palace      Blumenthal, Deborah 

Koko’s Kitten      Patterson, Francine, Dr. 

Letting Swift River Go    Yolen, Jane 

Martian Rock      Shields, Carol Diggory 
Max Goes to the Moon    Bennett, Jeffrey 
Moon Ball      Yolen, Jane 
Moon Glowing     Partridge, Elizabeth 
Morphia: A Rain Forest Story   Tennyson, Michael 

Nettie’s Trip South     Turner, Ann 
Next Stop Grand Central Station   Kalman, Maira 
Nick Plays Baseball     Isadora, Rachel 
Night Golf      Miller, William 

One Day At Wood Green Animal Shelter  Casey, Patricia 
One Tiny Turtle     Davies, Nicola 

Pink Paper Swans     Kroll, Virginia 
Players in Pigtails     Corey, Shana 
Prairie Town      Geiserc, Bonnie and Arthur 

Radio Rescue      Barasch, Lynn 
Rain       Stojic, Manya 
Raven’s Gift, The     Durpe, Kelly 

Sophie’s Skates     Isadora, Rachel 
Story of Kites, The      Compestine, Ying Chang 
Sunflower House     Bunting, Eve 
Swallow Journey     French, Vivian 

Thank You Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Anderson, Laurie Halse 
This Next New Year     Wrong, Janet S. 
Turtle in the Sea     Arnosky, Jim 
Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!    Sayre, April Pulley 

Way of the Willow Branch, The   Bernhard, Emery and Durga 
Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary  George, Jean Craighead 
Why Does the Cat Do That?    Bonner, Susan