June Peters: You Will Save The World One Day – A young girl is inspired to help organise a community picnic for the homeless. An inspirational tale of how we can all make a difference if we just see a need and want to help. By: Alika Turner     Text and Images from June Peters: …

Unathi and the Dirty, Smelly Beast – A mysterious dirty smelly beast is following Unathi home, or is it really a dirty smelly beast? Find out in this fun creative commons picture book from BookDash. This picture book is perfect for young children who want to start reading and understand common words with help. The …

In Who’s on Divya’s Map Divya’s cousin Ravi is arriving from another town so she decides to draw him a map to make it easier for him to find her house. Who does she include on the map along the way and how does she construct it? This book includes a basic introduction to cartography …

The Barnyard Buddies STOP for Peace – Teaching kids conflict resolution – is an endearing picture book with an important lesson on life skills. The animals in the story have a problem, someone is not sharing. As they lament over their woes, anger rises, and with anger is chaos. Until one wise friend gives a …

Tania The Little Narcissist – Tania’s mama has a new tablet. She makes a video of Tania and shows it to her. Tania is fascinated. She wants mama to make many more videos of her, and spends hours watching them. She neglects her art because she is busy with the videos. What will mama do …

Robert, born to immigrant parents, and barely speaking English when he started school, was not considered athletic. Against odds, he becomes a top swimmer, winning many races and surprising his coach. Based on the true story of a hearing impaired Australian swimming champion. By: Elena Silva   See more books like these below    

Fruit for School Projects – A non-fiction book about fruit, great facts for school projects and reading comprehension. Another great creative commons book from Open Equal Free, categorized by OEF as Level 2 – suitable for Grades 2 to 3, age 7 to 9 years old. By: Megan Smith, Elissa Alvey, Dane Stogner   Text and …

Pixie And The Green Book Mystery is the first in a series about the adventures of Pixie from Coraline Grace. The Purple Mystery, and The Yellow Mystery are up next. Author – Coraline Grace Magic is alive at The Rocky Point Library. It’s an apple disaster day for Pixie, a second-grader at Rocky Point Elementary. …

A Fish And A Gift – Yusuf waits on the beach while Papa pushes out his boat. Surfers, turtles and sharks come from the sea. What will Papa bring back for Yusuf? A tale of a fisherman and his family. Another great Creative Commons book from Bookdash. By: Liesl Jobson, Jesse Breytenbach, Andy Thesen     …

In Tiger, Tiger, Where Are You, we track a tiger by the different marks it leaves. A tiger researcher is out looking for tiger hair and poop as part of his study. He finds plenty of signs of the tiger, but where is the big cat? After all, there are so many ways to see …