Benjamin ventures outdoors for the first time and realizes how happy he feels to be outside. As he explores nature, he meets other nice critters in the forest and learns about the five senses. With its rhyming verse and heartwarming illustrations, Benjamin Green is the perfect story to read to young children and for new readers to practice their reading skills. The end of the book poses questions that guide children to begin creating their own stories and includes a five W's lesson for children beginning to write.