The cottonwool doctor, a children’s non-fiction book, provides the story of Magaret Ann Bulkly, who became Dr James Barry. This exciting and inspiring biography details the career of a woman who pretended to be a man so she could be a Doctor. Another great free children’s book from BookDash The Cottonwool Doctor: The story of …

In Spincy Spider, an early grade fiction book, spincy spider longed to be like his famous like his great, great, great, grandfather Incy. Will he find out how? Read more in this short fiction book suitable for early grade children, including a new nursery rhyme. Another great children’s storybook from Pratham books. By: Herminder Ohri …

More or Less? Need to Guess is a fun story about estimating. The lesson of how to estimate is brought across in a fun way using a story of two children counting gift bags for a wedding. The book also contains explanation and exercises at the end for clarity and additional mathematics work. Another great …

Arya in the cockpit – a fact based children’s story tells of a little girl’s dream to be a pilot. Along the way we meet many figures from women’s history in aviation and find out about their achievements. An inspiring Level two story brought to us by Pratham children’s books and Storyweaver. Author: Nandita Jayaraj …

Mango Lick wordless book, provides 6 colourful illustrations of the main character, a mango, on a journey with a not so nice surprise ending. The book also provides guidance on how to use wordless books with young children. This book would make a great prompt for creative writing exercises in early grades for school or …

In Where Does the Sun Go at Night, a sister and brother discuss where the sun might go at night. The younger brother keeps guessing lots of inventive ideas, but the older sister knows best what she’s been taught from books at school and explains to her brother where the sun goes at night. This …

In The Magic Powder, a delightful folktale from Myanmar with a very important lesson, a young man studying alchemy finds out how to turn earth into gold by following the advice of his wise father in law. Another great free story from Pratham and Storyweaver. Author: Greystroke Illustrator: P.G. Dinesh     Text and Images …

Jadav ‘Mulai’ Payeng Biography – Jadav and The Tree Place is a children’s non-fiction book covering the story of Jadav ‘Mulai’ Payeng,  a man who created a forest, by planting one tree at a time. This is an inspiring biography for children including lots of information about environmental friendly actions. Another great non-fiction children’s storybook …

Angry Akku is a delightful children’s story all about handling anger. Akku is angry, she had a really bad day at school. Her father suggests she draw about what happened. At the end of the book there’s a list of ideas for handling anger. This book makes a great example for children about how to …

The Knight with a Heart tells a story in verse about a knight who learns to handle his emotions and a happy ending. Throughout the book we learn about simple Emotional Freedom Techniques which children can use to handle negative emotions. Ognjen Livada and Margareta Persic   Sample Text from Knight with a Heart The …