Baby Thangwang and Bhalluka the Bear are best friends. They like to talk and growl together,  This cute short story has lots of sound words for early readers to practice sounding out or to have fun sounding out when reading to a toddler / kindergartener. Sample Page – Thangwang and Bhalluka Baby Thangwang likes to …

Inhabitants of the sea is a marine life early non-fiction book, suitable for kindergarten and early grades. This short book describes popular sea creatures such as sea horses, octopus, clown fish, dolphins, manta ray, star fish, and sea turtles. This is another great creative commons book from the Pratham Storyweaver community     Sample text …

Woof-Woof is a delightful story of a young girl overcoming her fear of pets. The little girl is terrified of her family dog, and runs crying to her Daddy. Her Daddy shows her the woof-woof only wants to play. Slowly the little girl overcomes her fear and gains trust. This cute short picture book was …

The Red Panda Naps is an early reader about this adorable creature. This is a book for new readers or very young children, and involves around the words “The red panda naps…”. The repetition is perfect for building confidence and word recognition in struggling readers. If you enjoy books about the Red Panda, see also: …

A kitten is tricked by a bad fairy and falls into a well. Fortunately, some good fairies hear her calls for help and rescue her. The kitten cannot remember where she came from so the good fairies take her back to their home at the North Pole where she helps Santa and Mrs. Claus. The …

The All About Me domain introduces pre-schoolers to the human body and senses. These activity pages support the development of gross motor movement and phonological awareness. This forms part of the Pre-Kindergarten syllabus of the Core Knowledge Foundation. See more at their website, here: https://www.coreknowledge.org/free-resource/ckla-domain-01-all-about-me/  Sample Page from All About Me Pre-K Activity Book  

Maddy Monna’d Menagerie – Animal rhymes is a fun story full of animal mayhem in the style of Rod Campbell’s Dear Zoo. Maddy wants a pet for her 5th birthday, but can she find the right pet? Read all about her decision making in this fun animal rhyme from BookDash. Download or read the flipbook …

Houses – This book is about the different types and shapes of houses. This book is from the African Storybook Initiative, suited for children who are starting out to learn how to read. The book uses simple words with illustrations. Children will find it easy to learn and use the words. Written by Zanele Buthelezi, …

Beware the nervous, watch out for the Splookies! These delightfully spooky creatures get up to mischief in this children’s story with lovely colourful images. Sample page from Splookies   Written by Gabriel Rosenstock, Illustrated by Rucha Dhayarkar Download or read online the full book by selecting one of the buttons below the post. Adapted from …

What is it? Is a short and very sweet story of discovery. The animals discover a new creature, but it’s not like them, what can it be? Perfect for reading to very young children, and with simple words, recognition, and lots of repetition it also makes a perfect early reader. This is another amazing book …