In an Introduction to Biology, a textbook for upper elementary and middle grade, published by Wikijunior, we learn about a range of topics, including a detailed look at the human body and cells, and an overview of kingdoms, archaea, bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. This text is available in creative commons (CC-BY-SA), so you …

Hippo wants to Dance, but this doesn’t make everyone else so happy. But then hippo stops dancing and she gets very sad. Another friend comes to the rescue. This short animal story has lots of lessons about respecting others boundaries, and about doing what makes you happy. Illustrated by Megan Andrews, Written by Sam Beckbessinger Designed …

Why Don’t Birds Comb Their Hair? Early nature projects about birds This is a cute book featuring a number of different bird types. This book can be a fun starting point for more research about birds. Author: Suchi Govindarajan, Illustrator: Anjora Noronha     Birds featured in this book: – Himalayan Monal – Eurasian Spoonbill …

Music Theory Introduction for middle-grade, is an introduction to music theory, explaining the basics, first principals, in simple, easy to understand terms, suitable for middle-grade.  This first volume in the series covers pitch and pitch notation, and major scales and keys including the circle of fifths. This is the first in a series of three …

The Bubble Mystery explores Toot Toot the goat’s mystery adventure when she tries to find out where bubbles come from, can you guess? Young children will find the tale immensely amusing. This picture book was created by Room to Read, and this version is from Storyweaver. Download the epub version here, The Bubble Mystery epub. …

Woof-Woof is a delightful story of a young girl overcoming her fear of pets. The little girl is terrified of her family dog, and runs crying to her Daddy. Her Daddy shows her the woof-woof only wants to play. Slowly the little girl overcomes her fear and gains trust. This cute short picture book was …

Siyavula provides an amazing, comprehensive, well-presented set of free maths and science textbooks, based on the South African school syllabus. The maths and science textbooks contain around 500+ pages and cover all learning content for each year, with worked examples, practice questions, sample papers, linked videos, and many books also provide a separate teacher guide. …

The tiger is a big cat, and he needs to hunt often, but why does everyone know he is here? Find out in Watch Out the Tiger is Here, a short beautifully illustrated picturebook for young children about a tiger. This book is a creative commons book brought to us by Pratham and Storyweaver. The …

In Sailing Ships and Sinking Spoons – lessons in buoyancy, Tenzin and Tashi, two young Tibetan monks, and Genla, the beloved storyteller of the monastery, wonder why a small steel spoon sinks in water but a huge ship floats. Their science teacher Miss Sonam helps them experiment with an apple, a spoon and a tub-full …

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 …