While aimed at tertiary education for university and college, this is also an amazing resource to use for extensions or elective subjects for students in upper high school or homeschool or for high school students preparing for college.
The collection may also be a perfect resource for teachers setting courses, it’s a great idea to use quality open access resources to keep costs down for your students, and it also means they have access to the resources on any device rather than having to lug heavy books around.
The Open Textbooks Library resources contain many subject categories for college textbooks, some with many dozens of books available in each of the categories below, all easily accessible free, this is almost like the Free Kids Books of college textbooks!
Topics range from Japanese for business to python programming, and from veterinary sciences to microwaves and electromagnets, this is a huge range of resources, free to use and free to share. Enjoy!
Accounting and Finance Open Textbooks
Computer Science and Information Technology
And more resourcea for free College text books are available here:
Open Stax Connections- https://cnx.org/ (One of our favourites)
2012 Books – https://2012books.lardbucket.org/
BookBook – https://bookboon.com (books contain advertising)
The Florida Orange Grove – https://florida.theorangegrove.org/ (another of our favourites)
BC OER Collection – https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/
See more Non-fiction in our Non-Fiction Category.
My Body is Mine! – Providing awareness of abuse for young children - My Body is Mine is a short and powerful book for children to help them become aware of the nature of abuse and how important it is to speak to a parent or trusted adult. The book also provides some guidance pages for adults on how to identify signs and how to handle a child’s ...
Hygiene Helps – Hygiene tips for kids - Teach your children proper hygiene and why it's important in this short book for children about hygiene
Voices of Children – Child helpline stories and help - This poignant account of children and teen’s child helpline calls can help children put their problems in perspective or recognise that there are ways to get help. Over thirty stories of problems from too much schoolwork or friendship difficulties to suicide and physical and sexual abuse. The book also includes worldwide contacts for Child Helpline ...
Early Music Theory Book – Anyone can learn to read music! - This early music book teaches you everything you need to know about rhythm and tone to play simple tunes and scales on the piano. There is a section on rhythm which includes beats, key signatures, and rests, and provides exercises to clap to. There is a second section on tone that introduces the 7 whole ...
WikiJunior Big Book of Fun Science Experiments for Young Children – Book 1 - Herewith the Wikijunior big book of Science Experiments featuring the first five featured experiments from Wikijunior. Contents Slime recipes Yucky gooey slime! Isn’t it just great?! We love it! Oobleck – is it a liquid or a solid? Red cabbage indicator Red cabbage indicators are great for showing if something is an acid or base. ...
Lets Cook with Kids – Vamos a Cocinar con los Niños - Have fun cooking with your child with these simple yet delicious recipes. Find fun ways to make healthy food more delicious and appealing to kids. Find great snack ideas for lunches and parties or find healthy full meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and many fun yet healthy desserts, all packed full of fruit, vegetables, ...
Sneaky and Snoopy – All about codes - This book explores the world of secret messages, encryption and the battle of wits between coders and codebreakers. Through simple and fun examples that can double as games, the book illustrates the key concepts of cryptography, before summarising modern encryption techniques. The book also delves into the history of cryptography focusing on the often overlooked ...
Discover Your Changing World With NOAA Activity Book - How does the sun drive Earth’s climate system? How do the ocean, ice, clouds and atmospheric gases affect the impact of the Sun’s energy on the Earth? How have plants, animals, and humans affected Earth’s climate? How may Earth’s changing climate effecting plants, animals and humans? What tools do scientists use to monitor weather, and ...
The Cute and Cuddly Koalas - Koala bears are marsupials from Australia with fascinating characteristics. Unfortunately, these cute and cuddly creatures are also in grave danger from loss of habitat and disease, and they need our help. Can a new vaccine save the Koalas from a deadly disease that has infected almost all of them? Find out this and more about ...
Boom! Bang! Ka-Blamo – All about explosives - During many, many festivals, a lot of people burst firecrackers. Did you know that the core of a firecracker is a highly flammable material invented in China hundreds of years ago? It’s gunpowder. Strap on your seat belts for a dangerous journey through the history of weapons and explosives. This story was brought to us ...
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