Kaptain Uke is back with this fun interactive book of shapes. Bright coloured shapes are pictured with four pages for each shape. The first page asks which shape is pictured, the second provides the answer, third page asks how many sides there are, and the fourth provides the answer. A great interactive book for toddlers and …

Fungus – An exciting and beautifully photographed non-fiction book about all types of mushrooms: or fungi. A great topic for school science projects. Another great Creative Commons book from Open Equal Free, categorised by OEF as Level 2, suitable for Grade 2 to Grade 3, seven to eight year old children. By: Megan Smith, Elissa Alvey, Dane …

Tania And The Blackout – Tania’s housing area suffers a blackout for the night because of a maintenance fault. The book club Tania that and her friends created comes up with a novel way to fill in the time without electricity. They entertain themselves and all the others in their area during the blackout time with …

A short children’s story about rain and water. Suitable for an early reader. Text from Rain I love water. I enjoy playing with water. It is raining. Rain gives us water. I enjoy playing outside. But it is raining. I enjoy playing out in the rain. My hair is wet from playing in the rain. …

Where Do My Thoughts Go is a fun imaginative book for kindergarten and early grades. A child imagines her thoughts as real and wonders where they go. The illustrations in the book and the fun sounds will make this an enjoyable short read for young children. This is a creative commons book (CC-BY-SA) brought to …

The Cat in the Ghat provides a rhyming tale of an exciting adventure in the Western Ghats. The story is inspired by the real-life expeditions of National Geographic explorer, photographer and filmmaker Sandesh Kadur in search of the elusive Pogeyan in the Western Ghats. In the beautifully illustrated picture book, Uncle Sandy (Sandesh Kadur) searches for the mysterious cat, and …

Moonhag and the Monster Monkey – A short and funny story of how a young vervet monkey, Kubuka, met and became friends with a young spotted hyena, Bazi. Children of about 5 and up will enjoy this simple tale, and might even learn a few facts about African wildlife – such as how many different …

In Too Big! Too Small! Shanu finds she is too big or too small for so many things, then her family shows her what she is big enough and small enough to do. A growing-up story that tells about big and small in a friendly repetitive way, suitable for young children and early readers. Author: …

Bears – A non-fiction book about bears, suitable for reading and projects in early grades, guided reading level F, word count 147, also available in Spanish on our ‘more’ page. Another great non-fiction creative commons levelled reader from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed    

This rhyming book is, exactly like it says, perfect for bedtime. Lilly doesn’t want to go to bed, she’s wide awake, and sleep is for babies, isn’t it? She calls on the forest fairy to help her. But the wise forest fairy gives her some sound advice about why there is a time to sleep …