A young girl goes in search of the spirit of spring to help save her village. An endearing tale of friendship and culture. Another great creative commons book from BookDash. Illustrated by Selina Masego Morulane, Written by Mosa Mahlaba, Designed by Sibusiso Mkhwanazi   Text and Images from Searching for the Spirit of Spring The Winter cold …

Come Back Cat – A short and very sweet, delightfully illustrated story about an independent cat. Another great creative commons book from BookDash. The few words and large text size with repetition makes is very suitable for building confidence and keeping attention spans with early readers. Illustrated by Karen Lilje, Written by Nicola Rijsdijk, Designed by Sam …

In Zenya’s Trip, a little girl Zenya details an account of a family trip to Cape Cross Seal Colony. The book includes facts about Namibia, and about seals, including a non-fiction section at the end. The text in this book is designed as an experiment for new and struggling readers and those with dyslexia. It …

Barnaby Frog And The Song Of The Moon – Barnaby Frog and his friends sing to the moon – what sounds best? A Duet, a trio, or how about a quartet, is there room for one more? Another great free Level 1 book from Tony On The Moon Books. By: Tony J Moon   Text and …

Barnaby Frog Had a Busy Day – Barnaby runs and hides everywhere he can, trying to escape the Great White Ork, Everywhere he hides there’s more danger! Will he ever escape? ….What a day! Another great free book from Tony On The Moon Books. By: Tony J Moon     See more books about animals below …

Can you Imagine – A Story About Dream. Once there was just dream, nothing else, but the dream, but the dream started to think about all the things that might be. And….the more the dream imagined, the more things became. Delightful words and colourful pictures describe this quirky dream. http://artsunshinecoast.weebly.com/books.html By: Ilyhana Kate Kennedy    Sample …

Tania the Spy – Tania gets a pair of binoculars for her birthday. She plans a fun spy expedition with Tanisha. What starts out as just fun ends in a very exciting outcome. Another great book in the Tania series from Kanika G. By: Kanika G     Sample Text From Tania The Spy: Tania’s 5th …

Sleepy Mr Sloth – He’s quite good at climbing. He knows how to swing. But sleeping’s his favourite, favourite thing! A playful rhyming story about a sloth. Suitable for learning to read with large text size and beautiful rhyme and repetition. Another great creative commons book from BookDash. Written by Paul Kennedy, Designed by Nick …

Whose Button is it? Is a short story about toys for young children. Someone’s lost a button, will Tinny Tim find it’s owner? This provides a beautifully illustrated mystery to solve for young children. The large text size and repetition makes it a very nice book for early readers. This book is another great Creative …

Grandpa’s Gold – All the children’s Grandpa’s do amazing things, but Monkey’s Grandpa has something he thinks is even more amazing – what can it be? A short beautifully illustrated creative commons book from BookDash. Illustrated by Elsabé Milandri Written by Kerry Saadien-Raad Designed by Mathilde de Blois   Text and Images from Grandpa’s Gold The …

The Blob, The Frog, The Dog, and The Girl – A long lonely summer looms for a new girl on an island with her busy mother. Enter two boys and their huge dog, a rival group of bullies, and a viking ship, and things look up. Three children learn about friendship, courage, and working together …

The Dragon and The Garlic Eater Knights – A classic fairy tale with endearing characters, and an allegory about the battle of good and evil, love, friendship, and compassion. Another wonderful book, translated from the original Greek text and allowed to fly free on the internet by Saita Publications. This book is published in Creative …

Ben and Max: An Unlikely Friendship – Max, a friendly mouse, befriends Ben, a grouchy bear, the result – both are much happier as are all the other forest animals. Alas, when Sylvester the sly fox arrives, stirring trouble, the friendship is threatened, and Ben does something he really regrets. Will the friendship survive? A …

Tania’s Bookworm Babies – Tania and her friends decide to start a book club at the local housing society club house. What could be more fun? A great idea for children and families to share reading resources and make better use of them. By: Kanika G     Sample Text From Tania’s Bookworm Babies: Over the …

Tania Plays a Trick – When Tania and Tanisha accidentally play a trick, it ends up being more than they planned. Tania learns a valuable lesson about not tricking people, and about understanding and being considerate to others. Another great free book from Kanika G. By: Kanika G   Sample Text From Tania Plays a Trick: …