Puss in Boots is a classic children’s stories. The most renowned version was published by Charles Perrault, as retold here by Kiwi Opa. As a folk tale, no one knows the exact origin, but this version of the classic tale was published in France in 1697.         Check Out More Classic Stories. …

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 …

The Classic Stories Big Book from the Core Knowledge Foundation includes condensed versions of ten famous classic stories or fables, each includes beautiful illustrations, perfect for reading to kindergarten or early grade children, and suitable for early reading by early grade developing readers. This book is designed for the US preschool / pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) syllabus …

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 …

Whose Button is it? Is a short story about toys for young children. Someone’s lost a button, will Tinny Tim find it’s owner? This provides a beautifully illustrated mystery to solve for young children. The large text size and repetition makes it a very nice book for early readers. This book is another great Creative …

The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Activity Book is a book brought to us by the NOAA with all sorts of activities about whales. This makes a perfect resource for homeschool or school marine study topics. The book can spark off more research into the animals, or perhaps you could create a non-fiction …

A House For A Mouse – A short story about a mouse looking for a house that suits him just right, suitable for young children and learning to read. Another great creative commons book from BookDash. By: Michele Fry, Amy Uzzell, Jennifer Jacobs     Text and Images from A House For A Mouse Mouse was looking …

In An Unexpected Adventure, a boy finds some exciting scenarios on a trip to the Library. In this book you can make your own words, teachers can use it as a word prompt for students, or it can be a fun exercise for parents and children to make their own words, it’s also very suitable …

This book is all about pink flowers! A simple non fiction book with beautiful photographs and interesting facts about the various of flowers. The book is available in Creative Commons – CC-BY-NC (attribution, non-commercial). The book, with it’s ‘pink’ theme, is dedicated to all those affected by and working with breast cancer, and has information …

In this version of the classic Raggedy Ann stories for children, the original text is provided with images. Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has …