Carmen Saptouw has several books for young and up to middle grade children on the FKB website, you can see her books here: https://freekidsbooks.org/author/carmen-saptouw/ Carmen tells us a little about why she writes: As a young child of only 8 years old, I was inspired to write  children’s stories. Following my childhood years, I got so involved …

Nick Creech, one of our popular writers for older children and young adults, has several longer length books on our site. His book A Way with Dragons (formerly Here Be Dragons) is in our top 10 list and has been for some time with over 500,000 downloads.  Here’s what Nick has to say about why …

Uncovering Earth’s Secrets and Where Wild Microbes Grow  written by Award-winning children’s author Kevin Kurtz (http://kevinkurtz.com) and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Alice Feagan (http://alicefeagan.com), provide a fun introduction to the world of marine research. Uncovering Earth’s Secrets explains all the fun activities which are carried out onboard the research vessel, the JOIDES Resolution, as it explores the seafloor to …

Update: I wrote this in 2015, and we now do have over 1000 books! Written by admin on October 10, 2015 — Leave a Comment So, where did it all start? Free Kids Books, that is. In 2004-5 I was a young pilot, I’d just started flying scheduled flights with the national airline. I came home from …

Over the years we have hosted a wonderful series of books by Kanika G, and Kanika’s writing has grown to be included as one of my favourite FKB authors. After reading close to 30 Tania books, I often find myself looking forward to finding out what Tania will be up to next! Tania Series Kanika …

Susha Golomb, author of Magic Sucks and Out of Place, with a third book on the way, has a secret wish to hide away, and just write! (I can sympathise, me too!) But so many of us out here, myself included, love to hear from the authors behind the great books on our site, so …

If you have an early reader, especially if they are a struggling reader, then there is help at hand, in the form of three letter stories! They are magic for struggling readers and can really turn around and improve a readers abilty in just a short time. If you feel you have plateaued with a …