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Free Open Textbooks for University Courses – Young Adult Nonfiction

open textbooks for universityThe Open Textbooks Library from Open Textbooks Network has an awesom collection of open textbooks for tertiary level.

While aimed at tertiary education for university and college, this is also an amazing resource to use for extensions or elective subjects for students in upper high school or homeschool or for high school students preparing for college.

The collection may also be a perfect resource for teachers setting courses, it’s a great idea to use quality open access resources to keep costs down for your students, and it also means they have access to the resources on any device rather than having to lug heavy books around.

The Open Textbooks Library resources contain many subject categories for college textbooks, some with many dozens of books available in each of the categories below, all easily accessible free, this is almost like the Free Kids Books of college textbooks!

Topics range from Japanese for business to python programming, and from veterinary sciences to microwaves and electromagnets, this is a huge range of resources, free to use and free to share. Enjoy!

 

Accounting and Finance Open Textbooks

Business – Human Resources

Business – Management

Business – Marketing

Computer Science and Information Technology

Economics

Education

Engineering

Humanities – Art and Music

Humanities History

Humanities – Languages

Humanities – Linguistics

Humanities – Literature 

Humanities – Philosophy

Journalism

Law

Mathematics – Pure

Mathematics – Applied

Science – Biology

Science – Chemistry

Science – Physics

Medicine

Social Sciences – Psychology

Social Sciences – Sociology

Student Success

And more resourcea for free College text books are available here:

Open Stax Connections- https://cnx.org/  (One of our favourites)
2012 Books – https://2012books.lardbucket.org/
BookBook – https://bookboon.com (books contain advertising)
The Florida Orange Grove – https://florida.theorangegrove.org/  (another of our favourites)
BC OER Collection – https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/

 

See more Non-fiction in our Non-Fiction Category.

 

Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data - Grade 1 Workbook Cover Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data – Grade 1 Workbook - A great workbook for teachers or homeschoolers, featuring exercises, games, and opportunities for learning. This book comes with a teacher guide and it is important to read both together. Creator: Core Knowledge Foundation Sample Page from Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data  Spread the love
Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data teacher guide free pdf download cover Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data – Grade 1 Teacher Guide - The teachers guide to Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data – Grade 1 Workbook. A great workbook for teachers or homeschoolers, featuring exercises, games, and opportunities for learning. This book supplements the student workbook and it is important to read both together. Creator: Core Knowledge Foundation Sample Page from Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data ...
All About Me Activity Book All About Me Pre-K Activity Book - The All About Me domain introduces pre-schoolers to the human body and senses. These activity pages support the development of gross motor movement and phonological awareness. This forms part of the Pre-Kindergarten syllabus of the Core Knowledge Foundation. See more at their website, here: https://www.coreknowledge.org/free-resource/ckla-domain-01-all-about-me/  Sample Page from All About Me Pre-K Activity Book  Spread the ...
Punctuation guide for Kids Punctuation Guide for Kids - A short guide to all the common punctuation marks – period, exclamation mark, question mark, comma, semi-colon, ellipsis, quotation marks, apostrophe, colon. This book was brought to you by Vappingo online proofreaders. Sample Page from Punction Guide by Vappingo  Spread the love
I love my planet picture book I Love My Planet – Child friendly conservation guide - I do not use plastic bags but I use cloth bags instead.
children's human rights ebook I Know My Rights – Explaining, Celebrating, and Creating Awareness of Children’s Human Rights - We are re-releasing this beautiful book for the upcoming celebration of International Human Rights day. In I Know My Rights, Menaka Raman explains in a clear and no compromises way what children’s basic human rights are. The poignant book includes a child-friendly version of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child and advice ...
Simple counting and addition How Many? – Counting and simple addition - In this book we meet beautifully illustrated creatures and count how many to answer simple addition problems. Author: Sudeshna Shome Ghosh, Illustrator: Sayan Mukherjee. Another great book from Pratham and Storyweaver. – See many more books like this in our Maths Category. Read the full book by selecting one of the buttons below the post. ...
Fossils: Tales of Long Ago - Fossils can answer many questions about our past, find out more about these fascinating historical imprints, and a few details about their history in India. Another great creative commons story by Pratham and Storyweaver. Author: Anupama Chandrasekaran Illustrator: Rai Sample Page from Fossils: Tales of Long Ago Read along with the video, read by Kiwi ...
Think Like a Scientist – Age is no barrier, just common sense - Jack’s dad started to show some symptoms of a weird illness. He went to several doctors and they couldn’t find anything wrong. Jack’s Dad decided it was important to think like a scientist and did not give up looking. Finally, he found a specialist who diagnosed his condition, but not soon enough – Jack’s grandparents ...
go green save the planet Save the Planet – Be Nice series book 4, revised edition - 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. ...

 


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