What Lives in the Woodlands

What Lives in the Woodlands?

by Rachel Worden

A visually accessible children’s book designed for every learner

Step into the woodland and discover a calm, captivating world filled with rustling leaves, towering trees, and woodland animals waiting to be found.

What Lives in the Woodlands? invites children to explore nature through clear, high-contrast imagery and simple, rhythmic text that supports early learning, visual engagement, and accessibility for all learners—including children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI).

Unlike many high-contrast books that remove backgrounds entirely, this book features intentionally simplified backgrounds that still provide meaningful environmental context. This helps children not only see each animal more clearly, but also begin to understand where that animal exists in the world—supporting both visual processing and real-world connection.

Each page is thoughtfully designed to reduce visual clutter while preserving key contextual elements, helping children build recognition, comprehension, and confidence.

Why Families, Educators, and Therapists Love It

• Designed using CVI-informed principles
• Simplified, low-complexity backgrounds that provide environmental context
• Emphasis on salient features for easier identification
• Reduced visual clutter without removing meaning
• Simple, predictable text for early language development
• High-contrast imagery to support visual access for low vision users
• Supports visual attention, recognition, and concept development

Perfect For:

• Children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) and/or Low Vision
• Early learners and emerging readers
• Occupational therapy (OT), vision services, and special education settings
• Parents seeking accessible and meaningful learning tools
• Teaching animals + their habitats in a developmentally appropriate way

Printing & Shipping through LDP

Our books are printed to order and shipped standard to help keep costs low. Media Mail delivery typically takes 2–8 business days after shipping, depending on your location

• Paperback books: Please allow approximately 5-8 business days for processing and printing. Longer during holiday season. 
• Hardcover books: Please allow approximately 10-14 business days for processing and printing.. Longer during holiday season

Holiday reminder: printing partners cannot guarantee delivery schedules during peak season, so delays may occur.