Dive! explores the underwater world, stepping you through the experience of going scuba diving on a coral reef. Take a dive with us into the spectacular world of coral reefs, and catch a glimpse of some strange and beautiful sea creatures! Written and Illustrated by: Rajiv Eipe The book has very clear images of …
Anna’s Extraordinary Experiments with Weather is a biography for children in elementary school. Anna Mani is a famous Indian meteorologist, who invented many meteorological measuring instruments. This book is brought to us by Pratham’s Storyeweaver licensed under creative commons. The book is rated English Level 3 suited for young children who can read on their …
Categories: Age 2-5 Years, All FKB Books, Beginner English, Bookbot, Early Reader, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Grade K and Pre K, Toddlers
In Archie Makes a Big Bang, a science theme early reader from bookbot, we follow the fun tale of an inventor and his creative inventions. This is an early reader book, aimed at introducing phonics, sound out words, and high-frequency sight words. This is another great free picture book from Bookbot – the reading app …
Categories: Age 2-5 Years, Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Animals, Beginner English, Behaviour, Bullying, Children, Creative Commons, Danielle Bruckert, Editor's Picks, FKB Make a Difference, Free Kids Books, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Grade K and Pre K, Health, Non-Fiction, School Projects, Toddlers, Values, Zehnya Bruckert
Don’t be a Bully is a short simple book for young children, and beginner ESL readers, promoting values of anti-bullying and anti-discrimination. This book teaches children ten important life lessons about values and the importance of treating everyone equal, no matter what race, religion, gender, or abilities. There are exercises supporting the topics at the …
Categories: Age years 13+, All FKB Books, Fluent English, Grade 7+, Nick Creech, science fiction, Young Adult
Galiconia – Mac has only ever wanted one thing: to defy the forces of gravity and to fly free, as though a bird in his own right. A select few, perhaps one in ten million of the billions of people in the Hyades, have the synapses to harness the anti-gravity properties of thormalium, the element …
Categories: Adventure, Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Older Children
In Jack Ferrington and the School for Swabbies, a children’s pirate adventure for lower middle grade, new 6th graders learn what leadership is in their new school. The book features Jack and his friend’s chaotic first day and all the adventures they end up in trying to master a new leadership task to learn what …
Counting Easter Eggs is a perfect book to read to your young ones this coming Easter. This book offers lots of wonderful yummy illustration that will tickle your sweet tooth. Making learning to read and count fun for chocolate loving youngsters. This book, featuring numbers from one to ten, is aimed at pre-school / kindergarten …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, Animals, fairytale, Fantasy, Fluent English, Older Children, Susha Golomb
Out of Place is a middle grade fiction about an unlikely hero. Miriam Mermelstein is the recipient of unexpected magical fairy gifts from her half magic cat Tefnut, she now journeys to the mermaid world to see her adopted grandparents (who she thought her parents made up!). Serial kidnapping was not part of the itinerary …
Two friends learn about repairing broken items, a shirt, an iron, a bicycle tyre. This story is about inspiring repair and not throwing away broken items to reduce our carbon footprint. Attribution Text: A Stitch in Time (English), written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad, illustrated by Ankitha Kini, supported by CISCO, published by Pratham Books …
Animals in the City is a short book about animals you might see around a city, some common and some not so common. This book is guided reading level E, Grade 1.3, word count 111. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. Text and Images from Animals in the City It’s …
A Butterfly Smile – A Colourful Butterfly Biology Picturebook for young zoologist. This story is about the life cycle of butterflies. starting butterflies laying their eggs turning into cocoons and emerging into colourful butterflies. Author: Mathangi Subramanian Illustrator: Lavanya Naidu Follow along the story where Kavya a shy girl who just moved to Bengaluru to …
Categories: Adventure, Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, Fantasy, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Older Children
Gifted is a fantasy/paranormal adventure novel for older children. The first book in the Super Seven Series. Thirteen-year-old Chrissy can read minds and do a few other nifty little tricks, such as levitating small objects. She never realized her gift was such a big deal until her principal, Mr. Kerberos, tells her she has to …
Bunty and Bubbly – Bunty loves playing and getting messy, but she does not like soap. She refuses to clean up. Then one night she has a dream. By: Sorit Gupto Text from Bunty and Bubbly Bunty loves to play with butterflies. …and with birds. She loves to play with paper boats. She also likes …
Categories: Adventure, Age 10-13 years, Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Family, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Kanika G, Older Children
Tania and her family are enjoying a late afternoon trek in the Himalayan mountains. An unexpected burst of torrential rain leaves them stranded on a mountaintop. Unprepared for camping, they are forced to improvise. Tania’s curiosity leads her to ignore Mama’s strong objections and explore a stone hut while everyone else is asleep. But what …
Categories: Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Animals, Children, Conservation, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Intermediate English
Baby olive ridley turtles hatch from sun-warmed eggs on remote beaches. They wait and creep under cover of darkness to the protecting water. One of the little hatchlings narrates our story. She triumphantly makes it across the beach and into the ocean without losing her way or being captured by predators. Our little olive ridley …