In this book you’ll meet king penguins, chinstrap penguins, and one lonely macaroni. As seen through the eyes of the oakum boys, which are what king penguin babies are before they grow up. A short book for young children and beginner readers. All of these penguin species (and a few more) are found in Antarctica, …

Billy Bogglesworth and the Road to Muffinville and Other Stories – A collection of wacky tales written in fun rhyming prose, with great colourful illustrations and tongue twisting names. By: David Whitney     Sample from Billy Bogglesworth and the Road to Muffinville One fine morning, at a quarter to two, The sun came up on …

Professor Blue is one of Gabriel Rosenstock’s nutty professors. He loves blue – singing the blues, a blue terrier, blue car, but can too much of a good thing be bad? You can also read along with this book here: Read by Kiwi Opa    

Pumpkins is a perfect book for the Halloween season in early elementary school. A levelled reader suitable for mid Grade 1, this  ebook has 96 words and is graded at Grade level 1.4, Guided Reading E. Teachers, you might enjoy using this ebook in lesson planning leading up to Halloween, with it’s Pumpkin theme. by: …

The classic tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, including comprehension questions. Sourced from Core Knowledge Foundation. Have fun with the repetitive phrases, such as huffing and puffing, and chinny, chin, chin. Sample Page from The Three Little Pigs Also available in an editable version for customisation: https://freekidsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Three_Little_Pigs-Landscape-CKF-FKB.odt (created on OpenOffice …

Patrick Found a Something – but what does it do? Can you help him figure it out. Another great story about Patrick and his friends, a bunch of very friendly little monsters. Author: Matt Ryan     Text and Images from Patrick Found a Something You’re looking very chipper today patrick oh, you found something special? Well …

Gappu can’t dance or can she? Everyone in Class 1A knows Gappu can’t dance. When the students raise their left hand, she raises her right! Can Komal Ma’am get Gappu to dance? A story about the joy of dancing, using the concept of opposites. Sample Text from Gappu Can’t Dance Komal Ma’am is showing 1A …

Three girls go out to play, losing track of time, it gets dark and they can’t find their way back, will they find their parents again? A lesson about being mindful when out alone. Author: Sephora Mamosheledi, Illustrator: Isaac Sikhakhane Sample Page from Lost in the Dark This book was brought to us by Room …

In Ammachi’s Amazing Machines, a children’s STEM book, Ammachi makes coconut cakes using all sorts of amazing devices to make the work easier. At the end of the exiting baking day, the book provides explanations of the mechanical devices Ammachi uses. This story book provides great inspiration for science lessons after reading the story. The …

Fables is an activity workbook based on a collection of folk tales and fables written for a grade 1 level. This is a workbook based on the reader Fables, also available on our site. This grade 1 workbook is packed full of reading comprehension exercises, writing, and word/sound learning exercises suitable for Grade 1 and …