What will today bring is a picture book about a young child’s experience coping with disaster. This book is a great way for children to learn empathy for those facing civil disasters, to get inside the shoes of children displaced by natural disasters. This would be a very suitable story for classroom study when fundraising …
This NOAA science activity textbook is packed full of scientific content and fun activities and experiments perfect for middle school and many are also suitable for lower high school. Science teachers, with experiments like these your classes never need to be boring again! From making your own compass and learning knots to building an underwater …
Manatees and Dugongs, commonly named Sea Cows due to their vegetarian nature, are beautiful, gentle creatures, inhabiting shallow areas such as mangroves and estuaries in the warm equatorial regions. Learn more about these magnificent creatures in this book, aimed at early to mid elementary (primary) school children. The book is released in creative commons and …
Categories: Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Author, Children, Conservation, Creative Commons, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, History
Here is a story set in the hills that shows what bravery and grit can accomplish. Dichi, a brave Bhotiya girl takes part in the Chipko movement to save her beloved trees. Everybody in her village knows that trees give them all the important things in their life. Rapid deforestation in the Himalayan region of …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, biology, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Health, Kanika G, Older Children
This is book 33 of The Tania Series. One day in school, nine-year-old Tania suddenly notices bloodstains in her underwear. She realizes she is bleeding, and it won’t stop. Where is the blood coming from? Is she sick? What’s going to happen? Read on to find out more about Tania’s experiences, this book is a …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Kinara Goyal, Non-Fiction, Older Children, Science
This book explores the world of secret messages, encryption and the battle of wits between coders and codebreakers. Through simple and fun examples that can double as games, the book illustrates the key concepts of cryptography, before summarising modern encryption techniques. The book also delves into the history of cryptography focusing on the often overlooked …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, Creative Commons, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Maths, Non-Fiction, Open Educational Resources, UEN
This 6th Grade Math textbooks is separated into 7 sets of ebooks, including an overview and 6 subjects. Each subject consists of: Mathematical Foundations which explains the mathematical content of each chapter, a Student Workbook with an overview of the chapter, daily class activities and matching homework sets, practice standards, and student self-assessments, and a Parent Manual (teacher guide) …
The Grass Seeker – As the weather turns warm, shepherd Room Singh takes his flock of goats and sheep and scales the Himalayas for fresh grass. With global warming a reality, this photo book traces the journey that a Gaddi shepherd has been making for the last 40 years, how many more will it be? …
FKB Kids Jokes 1 is a fun selection of short cute and funny jokes with pictures. A joke book is a fun way to get kids reading. Kids love jokes, and these simple kid-friendly jokes are appealing to kids of all ages. Chuckle to yourself while reading with your child, or encourage a reluctant reader to …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, Age 2-5 Years, Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Children, Editor's Picks, English Stories, FKB Make a Difference, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Human Values Foundation, Inspirational, Intermediate English, moral, Open Educational Resources, Story Collections, Values
Stories on Values is an endearing and beautiful collection of short stories written by children, as selected entries from the Human Values Foundation’s annual Stories on Values competition. The Human Values Foundation has kindly made these available to republish here so as to reach a wider audience with these endearing and important lessons. More details …