The 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
Computer Science and Information Technology
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.
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. ...
Mommy Can Play Again - Molly learns about her mother’s need for a lung transplant. In time, after that successful transplant, Molly can play in the sandbox with her mother again. Based on real-life events, this is a story for children of families facing transplant, illustrated by children of TRIO Philadelphia chapter transplant families; conceived, created, and edited by the ...
Coming Out Handbook – The Trevor Project - Sexual identity and gender identity are topics that can involve intense confusion for teens and young adults. Discovering your sexual identity and/or gender identity is the first step that one must undertake and this book helps by first explaining how gender identity and sexual identity are not just black and white – or pink and ...
Don’t Be a Bully – Be Nice Book 3 – Revised Edition - Don’t be a Bully is a short simple book for young children, and beginner ESL readers, promoting values of anti-bullying and anti-discrimination. This book teaches children ten important life lessons about values and the importance of treating everyone equal, no matter what race, religion, gender, or abilities. There are exercises supporting the topics at the ...
The Mood Crew – Emotional intelligence for elementary school children - This wonderful guide on emotions for elementary age children can help children improve emotional intelligence as they connect with different emotions through worksheets, colouring, dialogue, and exercises. Eaach emotion is identified with a different member of the Mood Crew so children can identify better. Once children learn when they are feeling certain emotions they can ...
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Guidance for Teens – SAMSHA - This is a collection of guidance material for teens about mental health and substance abuse from the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration including the contents detailed below. If you or a teen you know may have any of these issues make sure they are aware of the information and that there is help out ...
Create a Book! – by FKB - This book takes readers through 10 simple steps to creating a book, including software, images, format, and publishing. This book is written in simple terms to be used as a guide by children or as a lesson plan by teachers or parents. If you create a book and want to share it on Free Kids ...
Survival Guide – There is Help - This is a survival guide and workbook designed specifically for teens or young adults who may have thoughts of self-harm. The ebook is available as a pdf which you can print and fill in by hand or edit using the pdf annotate tools and also as an editable odg file (Open Office Draw). Note the ...
Word Search – For Clever Kids of all Ages - There are many advantages to a fun book of word searches, for example, a fun, free, no battery game for all the family, improves mental fitness, memory, spelling, and vocabulary, and many others. Try out this word book with 26 x five letter word puzzles, one for each letter of the alphabet. Enjoy the fun! ...
Walk with Gandhi - An enlightening text on the life of Gandhi, containing enlightening snapshots of Gandhi’s life, with lots of questions for reflection, making it very suitable for school use – social studies, history, art, or English. The Haiku, images, and text reflect the remarkable life of Mahatma (‘great soul’) who brought freedom to India through non-violent protest. ...
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