The Other Way is a book full of opposites, suitable for very young children or children learning to read. This is also a nice book for beginner readers, pairing the opposite adjectives or prepositions, with a related noun. This is a level one book from Pratham Books. See more books from Pratham in our Pratham-Storyweaver …

A short tale of how a shy boy gains and have a friend. Mali doesn’t enjoy playing with the other children, he prefers playing by himself, but when Lesedi persists to ask him to play he gives in and finds it is fun, they become friends. A tale of overcoming shyness. This book is brought …

I Like to Read – A short story about a boy who wants to read a book to someone but everyone is busy and unavailable, will he ever find a way to read? This is an English Level 1 Book brought to us by Story Weaver Pratham Books. I Like to Read is perfect for …

A short story about conical hats and all their important uses. Great for young children, learning to read, and ESL. Sample page from The Conical Hat Author: Ram Babu Subedi Illustrator: Promina Shreshtha Brought to us by Room to Read. Read along with Kiwi Opa:  

A short beautifully illustrated book about tractor and his friends available as a free pdf download or to read online

Gecko on the Wall – “There’s a gecko on my wall”, says the narrator, what sort of other geckos will we see in this beautiful rhyming book about imagination and friendship. Suitable for reading to pre-school children, or reading by children learning to read. Author: Danielle Bruckert Excerpt: There’s a gecko on my wall. I don’t mind …

A fun book for kindergarten and early grades, when reading this book poking your own tongue out to see what you can do with it is compulsory! Teachers, you can even let your class poke out their tongues after reading this as part of a science experiment. In Stick Your Tongue out, wach page has …

Wiggle-Jiggle is a cute and cuddly caterpillar story with very cute rhythm, rhyme, and repetition.  Young children will love this short, beautifully illustrated picturebook. Young children will love all the fun sound words along with the bright pictures, and the inevitable ending. Illustrated by: Megan Vermaak Written by: Mathapelo Mabaso Designed by: Chenél Ferreira Edited …

Professor Blue is one of Gabriel Rosenstock’s nutty professors. He loves blue – singing the blues, a blue terrier, blue car, but can too much of a good thing be bad? You can also read along with this book here: Read by Kiwi Opa    

A group of friends love spending time with each other, but they also each have different likes and hates, respecting each other’s personal space means they have more fun while not offending each other. An endearing story explaining an important lesson about respecting others. Another great story from Kaptain Uke, aka Mr. Belgrave. See more …