The Day It Rained Fish – Imagine if it started raining, but not water, fish! Would it be a good thing or a bad thing? Find out in this short illustrated creative commons book from Storyweaver. This is a Level 2 free book created in Pratham’s 6 frame challenge, that is the story has only …

My Body is Mine is a short and powerful book for children to help them become aware of the nature of abuse and how important it is to speak to a parent or trusted adult. The book also provides some guidance pages for adults on how to identify signs and how to handle a child’s …

This very cute non-fiction book for young children is all about wild cats, from common big cats to more diverse, it also makes a great learning to read age book which can spark some research ideas for homeschool or general interest study. Wild Cat! Wild Cat! Is a creative commons book from Storyweaver, rated as level …

A bird is trying to build her nest for the winter, but every time she finishes she is disturbed. Until one day she finds a very inventive solution to her problem. Sample Text from A Special Nest – Inventive solution to a problem Winter is approaching. A bird decides to build a nest. She gathers …

There’s a germ in the bakery shop, and he’s not a good germ. He’s spreading his jealousy disease amongst all the ingredients. Olive oil is jealous of butter, salt of sugar, and sugar of salt, each thinks the other is stealing the limelight, and no one wants to share. How far will the jealousy germ …

Facts on coral reefs, presented in a medium length non-fiction book, with beautiful colour photographs. Another great Creative Commons book from open equal free, classified by OEF as Level 4. By: Megan Smith, Elissa Alvey, Dane Stogner     Text and Images from Coral Reefs Coral Reefs Level 4 A coral reef is a like an …

San’s quest, San, a rock painting, learns with the help of a friend to face his fears. San the bushman drawing lives all alone in his cave. He finds out that there are others like him in the Karoo, but he is too scared to leave his cave. When he has the courage to venture …

Bear likes colours – see all the pretty colours on his pure white fur… A beautiful text for emergent readers. Another great story from Room to Read, https://www.roomtoread.org/, brought to us by Storyweaver, https://storyweaver.org.in. Author: Priyanka, Illustrator: Ajanta Guhathakurta, Translator: Alisha Berger Read along with the video, read by Kiwi Opa: See more from Room …

Sarbasst’s Tales 6 – The 6th in the series of adventures based on a group of fun loving friends, with important life lessons. A short book perfect for young children and those learning to read. For everyone’s enjoyment Sarbasst has provided this book in public domain. By: Sarbasst Braian   Images from Sarbasst’s Tales 6 <end …

A Helping Hand – A series of letters tell a heartwarming and inspiring tale of friendship and dealing with disabilities. The writer is asked to show the new girl around. To begin with it’s awkward, and the other kids don’t understand, but differences are what make us stronger! This story is about a young girl …

The Snail Carpenter tells a tale of striving for a dream. With a big enough heart, and a strong will, even the smallest of snails can become a great carpenter. In this story, The Snail-Carpenter will teach you how you can succeed at everything you do. By: Ognjen Livada     Text and Images from The …

Sunflowers – A short non-fiction book about Sunflowers. Another great non-fiction Creative Commons book from Mustard Seed, approx. 150 words. This book will teach children facts about sunflowers, how it grow and how long it will grow. Children will be surprise to know that they can eat a part of this flower. By: Elizabeth Kim, MustardSeed …

Arabella Rose And Her Dancing Toes – “Dancing keeps me on my toes,” announces Arabella Rose. She dances here and there and everywhere, even when people stop and stare. No problem for her, but she thinks how much more fun would it be if others were so free and would kick up their own heels? …

In this, the first story in the Honeybear series, we meet Honeybear, an orphan bear living alone in the forest. She’s rather lonely and a bit timid, but delighted when she meets a mysterious stranger. He’s an escaped gorilla without a name, who she invites to stay for a while as winter approaches. She calls …

The Knight with a Heart tells a story in verse about a knight who learns to handle his emotions and a happy ending. Throughout the book we learn about simple Emotional Freedom Techniques which children can use to handle negative emotions. Ognjen Livada and Margareta Persic   Sample Text from Knight with a Heart The …