Marine Conservation Activity Book – For future marine biologists this book makes a perfect way to pass the time. The Protect our Oceans a marine conservation activity ebook contains lots of marine conservation-based activities such as a find the word game, matching puzzles, a drawing activity, and a colouring activity, along with lots of facts …

Thato’s Birthday Surprise – Thato’s birthday is near and her mothers is planning a big surprise for him. He gets excited and think of the gift that he is about to receive. Everyday before his birthday he imagines what kind of gift it will be. This is a Level 2 book from Storyweaver and Bookdash. …

Karabo’s Question is a rhyming book for young children. This book focusses on the /əʊ/ sound, eg “ow” in know, “oe” in tow, “o” in no, “ew” in sew. In this respect it can make a nice addition to a structured phonics program for introducing this sound. Illustrated by Natalie Edwards Written by Liesl Jobson This …

The tiger is a big cat, and he needs to hunt often, but why does everyone know he is here? Find out in Watch Out the Tiger is Here, a short beautifully illustrated picturebook for young children about a tiger. This book is a creative commons book brought to us by Pratham and Storyweaver. The …

Billy is Nasty to Ant is the third book in the Billy Growing Up Series, aimed At elementary children to help them understand emotions like Jealousy and teach them important lessons in behavior. This book is suited for children aged 6 to 9 years old. The story will help children understand what is jealousy, how …

Avani and her Amma are making food, a pea escapes their notice and rolls out the door, the story unfolds as the pea finds a way to grow into a pea plant. Try planting a seed for yourself in the activity at the end of the book. Author: Shruthi Rao, Illustrator: Debasmita Dasgupta     …

In Who Stole Bhaiya’s Smile – Picturebook about depression, Bhaiya used to love playing with his little sister, but now he doesn’t anymore, mostly because he has a monster on his back, DukDuk. The monster sometimes makes him angry, other days it won’t let him get out of bed, it takes away his smile. Bhaiya …

Doobie, Maya, and Duksie help Mama K in her vegetable garden on Saturday mornings so that Baba K can take the vegetables to the market. In this cute story the three children count the cabages into the boxes then the boxes into the truck, then they count out a treat they have to share. Have …

Sindi and the Moon is a story about Sindi’s experiences preparing for and going to school for the first time. Sindi is getting ready for her first day of school, but she’s a little nervous. Will there be only reading and writing, or will they let her sing and dance too? Download the full picture …

In Family Friendly Recipes – Kids in the Kitchen, the Guelph Family Health Study puts together some great tips for cooking with children of all ages, along with providing some great healthy recipes for families. Children are great imitators they see their parents as role model and often want to follow what their parents are …

In Steps of Wonder – maths story, Ms Mathis’ class is taught to always wonder when they are bored, never to just sit idle. This leads from waiting for a bus at a school trip to an exciting maths challenge using steps. The maths challenge is so exciting the whole class is absorbed in working …

Allie thinks her mum looks so pretty with short hair, she wishes she had short hair, what do you think she will do? Find out in this beautifully illustrated short book, perfect for reading to young children, or by emergent readers. Read the full book by selecting one of the green buttons below the post! …

Turtle wants to be treated as an equal by the bigger animals, can he prove to them that he is worthy of being treated as an equal? Sample Text from Tug of War Turtle was small, but he talked big. He loved to boast that he was friends with the biggest animals in the jungle. …

Clark Ness has an amazingly large set of learning to read books available. His site includes literally thousands of easy readers, phonics based readers, sight word books, and much, much more. This set here is just a sample of some of his work using the open dyslexic font. The set in this post contains the …

Ringo the Rhinocerous is shy, Rhino Charge is a story about overcoming shyness. In Rhino Charge, Ringo learns to overcome his shyness by practicing to gain confidence. An endearing story for young children in kindergarten or early grades, and an important lesson, that more practice helps build confidence, and gaining confidence helps overcome shyness. This …