It’s annual haircut day but Sringeri cannot find anyone to help. Another great creative commons (CC-BY-SA) book from Pratham publishers, with stories based on Indian lifestyles adding to their cultural depth for most Westerners, and familiarity for those from the Indian sub-continent. By: Noni, Angie and Upesh   Images from Annual Haircut Day <end of sample> …

The Butterfly Colouring Book by Peaksel is 20 wonderful pages of joy for young children who love butterflies. Let your little one enjoy colouring these cute pages in this beautiful butterfly colouring book. By: Peaksel If you enjoy this butterfly colouring book you might also enjoy these books for young children about butterflies: Wiggle Jiggle …

This is a classic humor for elementary children about how the narrator’s father and a friendly stray cat go in search of an imprisoned young dragon. On the way deceiving the wild animals who want to stop him or eat him, or both, with cute tricks and traps. Hilarious imagery results as the animals give …

Pepper and Carrot Episode 14 PDF Another amazing episode in the Pepper and Carrot comic, in The Dragon’s Tooth Pepper comes up with a novel solution for a problem, but is it the right problem she’s solving to begin with? This comic with the beautiful illustrations and endearing characters is brought to us in Creative …

Malar’s building a big house, but will she manage to keep her house standing? Find out in Malar’s Big House. Sample Text from Malar’s Big House Today, Malar is going to build a big house! “I can use these!” “My big house will be this high!” says Malar. “And this wide!” <End of sample from …

This Mindfulness YA Colouring Book is brought to us by Healing for Burnout. Lisa Callinan provides some great advice for people to relieve stress and avoid burnout, or deal with recovery from the after-effects if it has happened to you, and mindfulness colouring is a perfect way. The designs in this book are specifically shaped …

How Old Is Muttajji? – A captivating story where two children try to work out how old Muttajji, their great grand mother, is. As they try to work our her age, they walk through many significant events and places in Indian history, and work through some basic mathematics. The end of the book provides some …

Baby Animals – A very cute non-fiction book for early grades (aimed at Grade 1) about baby animals. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed     Text and Images from Baby Animals Here is a baby cat. A baby cat is called a kitten. Here is a baby dog. A …

चिपको चिपको वृक्ष बचाओ is the hindi version of Chipko Takes Root – Saving trees of the Himalayas This story is about Dichi a brave girl who has been crippled by a flash flood due to deforestation, despite of her situation she took part on a movement to save the trees. In the 1970s there …

The Red Raincoat – A present of a new raincoat makes Manu wish for Rain. This book combines rhyme, days of the week, and weather for a great learning experience. Another great creative commons book from Storyweaver. Also available in German. By: Kiran Kasturia, Zainab Tambawalla   Sample Page from The Red Raincoat: On Sunday, Manu’s …