Insects – A Non-Fiction book about insects with lots of interesting facts, following with review questions and activities. A simple non-fiction book, perfect for early grades, a good start on the topic of insects for school science and nature projects . Another great creative commons book from Open Equal Free, classified by OEF as Level …

Brad doesn’t believe in Father Christmas, and he doesn’t want anyone else to believe that nonsense either. He’s happiest when he’s making everyone else miserable. His parents aren’t bothered about Christmas either, so on Christmas Eve there’s no decorations in the house, no tree downstairs, no stocking hung up. But, whether Brad believes it or …

The Magic Mango – How exactly did people communicate before the internet, by phone of course, but what about before we had phones? The Magic Mango is a story about the first international communication channels – telegraph, including a little bit of culture involving the tale of the magic mango trick performed by Indian street …

Annabella Crabtree Hostage – Iblis, Prince of Darkness in the Other World, is demanding Annabella Crabtree be returned to his control. In an attempt to avoid a war between the Dark and the Light, she is betrayed and spirited to France in the time of Caesar’s Gallic wars where she must survive, dependent only on …

In Just the Way I am, a story about being different, Matko the sheep is wider than all the others and she can’t fit through the gate. Yoga sheep suggests she tries yoga, jogging sheep suggests she jog, and many more sheep suggest helpful ways to change. Matko gets really fit, but she is still …

Stick’s Masterpiece is a wonderful rhyming picture book, perfect for inspiring children that feel they “can’t do” something. Free at FKB. Cute, little Stick doesn’t know how to paint a masterpiece, but she can do small and simple things. The combination of all these small and simple things, composed over time, become her masterpiece. And …

Abe was picked for a special job, he was going to learn how to be a service dog. And not just any service dog, Abe was going to help be the eyes for a blind person. this is his story. Service Dogs are smart, well trained, well behaved, dedicated, and committed to ensuring their master …

Doing your chores is sometimes hard, see how this child makes it fun and rewarding. A free book by MonkeyPen – where you can order personalised books of your child! See more books by MonkeyPen here on FKB. See more books on Behaviour here on FKB.   Read along with the video of this book, …

In The Magic Powder, a delightful folktale from Myanmar with a very important lesson, a young man studying alchemy finds out how to turn earth into gold by following the advice of his wise father in law. Another great free story from Pratham and Storyweaver. Author: Greystroke Illustrator: P.G. Dinesh     Text and Images …

In Why Do Birds Sing At Dawn we find a fun folktale style story about birds singing at Dawn. Mama bird goes on a mission to save the forest and the babies are left alone, they miss her, learning to sing gives them hope she will return and she does. Illustrated by Emmanuel Grebo, Written …

Sami and his family take a trip to the sea, but when things take a turn for the worse, Sami’s quick thinking and recollection of his water safety training are put to the test. Will “Float to Live” save the day? This beautifully illustrated book combines adventure and suspense with essential water safety lessons for …

This short book about polar bears from Wordscientists, edited by FKB, introduces easy to read CVC words and builds confidence for early readers. The book is available in pdf, read online, and an editable download. Text from Polar Bears in the Arctic Introduction (teacher or parent reads): Peg and Datiz go to the Arctic Circle …

This is a non-fiction book about big cats for upper elementary age children. The book makes a great research source for school projects about big cats or for a bedtime read for inspiring young zoologists (I just wish they had one on dolphins for my aspiring marine biologist to read or listen to at bedtime!). …

Clever Rabbit wants to see the world outside his hutch. He devises a plan to get out. Once outside there are many dangers he didn’t count on, a dog, a lion, he devises a plan to get back inside. Does the Clever Rabbit learn a lesson? Author: Deogratias Simba, Illustrator: Michael Sagikwa Sample Text from Clever …

Creatures of Old is a non-fiction story about dinosaurs with interesting facts for mid to upper elementary. Explaining the study of paleontology and basic dinosaur facts this is a fun book for science and reading in elementary lessons. Sample Text from Creatures of Old – All about dinosaurs The sun had just set, and the …