A Helping Hand – A series of letters tell a heartwarming and inspiring tale of friendship and dealing with disabilities. The writer is asked to show the new girl around. To begin with it’s awkward, and the other kids don’t understand, but differences are what make us stronger! This story is about a young girl …

A father convinces his children to help him decorate their Christmas tree in the hope that they will remember the true joys of Christmas Time. This beautiful Christmas rhyme is perfect to share with the entire family during this festive time. By: Carmen Saptouw  

Bears – A non-fiction book about bears, suitable for reading and projects in early grades, guided reading level F, word count 147, also available in Spanish on our ‘more’ page. Another great non-fiction creative commons levelled reader from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed    

Everything looks new – Vasant Panchami is the Indian celebration of the first day of spring. What exciting things happen in India in spring? Another beautiful creative commons book from Pratham and Storyweaver. Level 2, Words 320. By: Mala Kumar, Manisha Chaudhry, Priya Kuriyan   Sample Page From Everything looks new: Today is Vasant Panchami. My parents say …

Tigers – A non-fiction book all about tigers. This book is levelled to guided reading Level H, for grades 1 to 2 with 245 words. Learn simple facts about tigers as reading and science subjects for early elementary school children. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed This book is also available …

Up World, Down World – In a canopy forest in India, the Up World and Down World have always been suspicious of each other. But it all changes when Gopa the dormouse drops her book by accident on Fatima’s head. A story about the biodiversity of the canopy forests and friendship. The book introduces some …

Sight Words Reading Lists, is part of a series on common words and spelling, designed for emerging readers around 4 to 6 years old, and at the approximate level required by the Brittish Grade 1 curriculum. The book focuses primarily on the high frequency sight words for the first 100 high frequency words, and contains …

“Princess Lemon And Her Yellow Shoes”,  Kate has lots of shoes. She loves them all. Well… All except a pair of pretty yellow sandals. She wants to throw the sandals away, and treats them badly. But one day she needs them for a costume. What happens to the poor yellow shoes? And what is the …

A spelling and writing workbook children learning to read, covering some aspects of Grade 1 competency, approximately 4 to 6 year old level. This book includes simple three letter word reading and spelling, first 100 high frequency words, and more. This book is available in creative commons non-commercial attribution license (CC-NC-BY). An editable version of …

A Fish And A Gift – Yusuf waits on the beach while Papa pushes out his boat. Surfers, turtles and sharks come from the sea. What will Papa bring back for Yusuf? A tale of a fisherman and his family. Another great Creative Commons book from Bookdash. By: Liesl Jobson, Jesse Breytenbach, Andy Thesen     …