Out of Place is a middle grade fiction about an unlikely hero. Miriam Mermelstein is the recipient of unexpected magical fairy gifts from her half magic cat Tefnut, she now journeys to the mermaid world to see her adopted grandparents (who she thought her parents made up!). Serial kidnapping was not part of the itinerary …

Two friends learn about repairing broken items, a shirt, an iron, a bicycle tyre. This story is about inspiring repair and not throwing away broken items to reduce our carbon footprint. Attribution Text: A Stitch in Time (English), written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad, illustrated by Ankitha Kini, supported by CISCO, published by Pratham Books …

Animals in the City is a short book about animals you might see around a city, some common and some not so common. This book is guided reading level E, Grade 1.3, word count 111. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books.     Text and Images from Animals in the City It’s …

Baby olive ridley turtles hatch from sun-warmed eggs on remote beaches. They wait and creep under cover of darkness to the protecting water. One of the little hatchlings narrates our story. She triumphantly makes it across the beach and into the ocean without losing her way or being captured by predators. Our little olive ridley …

Gifted is a fantasy/paranormal adventure novel for older children. The first book in the Super Seven Series. Thirteen-year-old Chrissy can read minds and do a few other nifty little tricks, such as levitating small objects. She never realized her gift was such a big deal until her principal, Mr. Kerberos, tells her she has to …

Tania and her family are enjoying a late afternoon trek in the Himalayan mountains. An unexpected burst of torrential rain leaves them stranded on a mountaintop. Unprepared for camping, they are forced to improvise. Tania’s curiosity leads her to ignore Mama’s strong objections and explore a stone hut while everyone else is asleep. But what …

Bunty and Bubbly – Bunty loves playing and getting messy, but she does not like soap. She refuses to clean up. Then one night she has a dream. By: Sorit Gupto Text from Bunty and Bubbly Bunty loves to play with butterflies. …and with birds. She loves to play with paper boats. She also likes …

What is Elephant doing? And is he really naughty? Find out in this cute, beautifully illustrated text for young children. Repetition and simple language can also be useful for learn to read age. Sample Text from Elephant, Naughty Elephant What is Elephant doing, can you guess? Elephant, naughty Elephant, what are you doing? Why, I’m …

The Moon and the Cap – An endearing tale about a child’s love for a new cap. Another great Creative Commons book from Pratham. By: Noni, Angie, Upesh These books are also available as a read along book, to enable learning reading and learning English with subtitles on Youtube, see the link below. Read Along with …

Always be Nice is a short book for young children promoting kindness and manners and can be used as an early reader. The book is perfect for building confidence in reading with only 28 words most of which are simple words. This book also teaches kids ten important lessons about being kind to others. Each …