In Moby Dick; or, The Whale, Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler the Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the previous whaling voyage bit off Ahab’s leg at the knee. Ishmael travels in December from Manhattan Island to New Bedford …

Grandma’s glasses are missing. She really needs a smart detective to find them for her.  Another great creative commons book from Pratham and Storyweaver This is a Pratham Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help. It is short length perfect for reading practice with early readers, or …

Every kid wishes for magic, but not Miriam Mermelstein, for her magic sucks. She firmly believes her parents’ fairy stories are just that, and she’s too old to be told stories. She wished for something real, what she thought was missing, but what she got was far more than she expected. Magic Sucks is a humorous …

Brad doesn’t believe in Father Christmas, and he doesn’t want anyone else to believe that nonsense either. He’s happiest when he’s making everyone else miserable. His parents aren’t bothered about Christmas either, so on Christmas Eve there’s no decorations in the house, no tree downstairs, no stocking hung up. But, whether Brad believes it or …

Little Ant’s Big Plan – Little Ant loved to read! But ants don’t read, they feed, or do they? Find out what happens to little ant and his love of reading, in this rhyming and wonderfully illustrated creative commons picture book by BookDash. Illustrated by Steven McKimmie, Written by Candice Dingwall, Designed by Telri Stoop …

Graca’s Dream – The Story Of Graca Machel – The inspiring story of Graca Machel’s dream for proper education for the children of Mozambique, and her unwavering dedication to instil a love of reading and learning in the new generations in her country and the African continent. Another great creative commons book from bookdash. Sample …

Sarah Sues Santa – Sarah Pebbleton has been an angel all year, writing to Santa and doing everything she’s told. But Santa still didn’t bring her exactly what she wanted! This is the last straw, Sarah furious, writes back to Santa, one more letter: to tell him she’ll be suing him. The reply Sarah gets …

Energy Activities with Energy Ant – Energy Activities and stories to help children learn about energy, including ways to save energy, different types of energy, some word puzzles, maths games, board games and energy activities. This public domain file is provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.     See more books from our Public …

This is the original soft version of our Writing Worksheets in editable open document format (odt extension for editing in native open office, or any other word processor program that supports this file type).     See more Editable Files like this Writing Worksheets below    

Printable Alphabet – Back to Back Version – This is another version of the alphabet cards, nearly identical but you can print the cards back to back and laminate and cut them out. This means the second page is reversed in terms of normal reading, but the upper case letters on even pages match up …