How Old Is Muttajji? – A captivating story where two children try to work out how old Muttajji, their great grand mother, is. As they try to work our her age, they walk through many significant events and places in Indian history, and work through some basic mathematics. The end of the book provides some …

Malar’s building a big house, but will she manage to keep her house standing? Find out in Malar’s Big House. Sample Text from Malar’s Big House Today, Malar is going to build a big house! “I can use these!” “My big house will be this high!” says Malar. “And this wide!” <End of sample from …

Baby Animals – A very cute non-fiction book for early grades (aimed at Grade 1) about baby animals. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed     Text and Images from Baby Animals Here is a baby cat. A baby cat is called a kitten. Here is a baby dog. A …

There’s numbers everywhere, but Zanele can’t see them. Help Zanele see numbers and count along in this fun early maths book. Another great book from Bookdash. Illustrated by Hanrie Coetzee Written by Laura de Lange Designed by Arthur Attwell Edited by Catherine Deiner with the help of the Book Dash participants in Grahamstown on 12 …

The Red Raincoat – A present of a new raincoat makes Manu wish for Rain. This book combines rhyme, days of the week, and weather for a great learning experience. Another great creative commons book from Storyweaver. Also available in German. By: Kiran Kasturia, Zainab Tambawalla   Sample Page from The Red Raincoat: On Sunday, Manu’s …

Pepper and Carrot Episode 14 PDF Another amazing episode in the Pepper and Carrot comic, in The Dragon’s Tooth Pepper comes up with a novel solution for a problem, but is it the right problem she’s solving to begin with? This comic with the beautiful illustrations and endearing characters is brought to us in Creative …

Save the Planet is a short simple book for young children, and beginner ESL readers, promoting values of conservation and ecologically-friendly behaviour. This book teaches children ten important lessons about conservation and actions that can help preserve and conserve our natural environment and the resources, for those of us, people and animals, who inhabit it. …

At bathtime for Chunnu and Munnu there is tons of fun, splashing, scrubbing, followed by dinner and bedtime. Bathtime for Chunnu and Munnu is a fun story perfect for bedtime or anytime, teaching toddlers about routines. The simple language and repitition also makes it great for learning to read age children to read to younger …

A folk-tale style children’s story about how the rain began, featuring Big Fish and the moon. This book made it to number 1 for Amazon Kindle best sellers in Japan for it’s category, and has very beautiful simple water colour and ink drawings that children will love. By: Ahmad Amani  

What is Christmas all about? Is it the presents, and the candy, and the snow – do you even have snow? Or is it about sharing, giving, loving, and growth? Is it about toys or is it about family and fun? This short photo book is designed for young children and children learning to read, …