Hans Christian Andersen is a Danish writer best remembered as one of the greatest storytellers of children’s fairy tales. “The Brave Tin Soldier” was written between 1835 and 1872 and tells of the love and adventures of a one-legged tin soldier and a paper doll dancer he wants to make his wife. This version of …

In Red Moon, White Moon, Connell Maxwell realized early on in life that school had a strict hierarchy: the bullies and the bullied. Unfortunately, he was doomed to be a member of the latter group. He always wondered if it was his friends who put him there, but, deep down he had another suspicion, his …

The Best House Of All – A picture book for young architects – Does your little one love building forts, or drawing houses? Or perhaps you want to introduce them to what your job is, as an architect? This book is a perfect picture book for introducing young children to the concept of architecture and …

Dorothy is a dancing doughnut, but she keeps hurting people when she dances. What should she do? This is the second free story in the episodes by popular author Jo Kemp. The book also has some fun activities at the end.   To watch Dorothy The Dancing Doughnut and read along see the video link. …

A beautifully illustrated picture book about chasing away bad dreams at bedtime. The Dream Pillow is a fun read for bedtime, or anytime. The suggestion provides a great idea to get children interested in writing stories too. This book is suitable for young children and is around 5 minutes reading tim.e with space for questions. …

Basic Book Design is a textbook suitable for high school students (and adults) all about basic book design. The book is provided by Wikibooks, in the creative commons under a GNU open document license. As a project for English, art or computer studies, creating a book should be a compulsory activity in schools. This book …

What will today bring is a picture book about a young child’s experience coping with disaster. This book is a great way for children to learn empathy for those facing civil disasters, to get inside the shoes of children displaced by natural disasters. This would be a very suitable story for classroom study when fundraising …

In “Yes, That’s My Mother!” we learn some important subtle maths lessons while at the supermarket with a young girl and her mother. First she’s embarrassed by her mother’s behaviour, but then, in the end, she is proud. A wonderful story about how to recognise that standing out and being different is not a bad …

The Race is a short picture book, perfect for pre-schoolers and kindergarteners. The simple language and repetition makes it a nice book for beginner readers. The book is 5 pages and 55 words, less than a minute, or around 5 to 10 minutes for a beginner reader. Author: Kanchan Bannerjee, Illustrators: Kavya Singh, Natasha Mehra …

In this book you’ll meet king penguins, chinstrap penguins, and one lonely macaroni. As seen through the eyes of the oakum boys, which are what king penguin babies are before they grow up. A short book for young children and beginner readers. All of these penguin species (and a few more) are found in Antarctica, …