Tania The Little Narcissist – Tania’s mama has a new tablet. She makes a video of Tania and shows it to her. Tania is fascinated. She wants mama to make many more videos of her, and spends hours watching them. She neglects her art because she is busy with the videos. What will mama do …

The Giant Who Cried Waterfalls – Against her parents’ wishes, Bonnie travels to the top of the mountain to see what is causing the twin waterfalls. Her discovery creates an ethical dilemma and the start of an epic over-sized adventure. A beautiful story with heart-warming values. By: Stuart Baum     See more of these books …

Chuskit Goes To School – Chuskit is 9 years old, and yearns to go to school, but because of her disability she cannot. After learning about human rights at the local school, Abdul, initiates an effort to change this. Everyone who wants to learn should have access to an education. A beautifully illustrated and heart …

Ritu’s Letter Gets Longer – Ritu really wants her cousin to come over for the holidays. Her Grandpa writes a postcard to her aunty asking him to come, and she delivers the letter to the post office. Somehow along the way the letter gains a few more words. Licensed under creative common’s CC-BY-3.0 by Pratham …

Takloo the Little Salt Seller – Takloo solves his parents problem with some entrepreneurial spirit. A beautifully illustrated story with a lesson and some insight into Indian culture. This book is published and licensed by Pratham books under the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution (CC-BY-SA) License. By: Radhika Bapat and Poonam Athalye   Text and Images …

Spike and Pod find something very sticky, and get stuck. How will they get out? And who leaves sticky messes for Spike’s and Pod’s to get stuck in anyway!? A short picture book suitable for young children and children learning to read. One of a series of free public domain books. By: Tony J Moon …

Tania is a Detective – Tania’s favourite toy, Anne, goes missing, Tania and her mama follow a sequence of deductive reasoning to track her down. Another story in the Tania series, about a pre-school girl’s adventures with her family and friends. By: Kanika G   Sample Text From Tania is a Detective: Tania and mama were …

Tania’s Costume Party – Tania has to go to a costume party, but she can’t decide what to wear. Another great book in the series by Kanika G about the experiences of a little girl named Tania. By: Kanika G Excerpt From Tania’s Costume Party: Tania’s Costume Party Tania had just received an invitation. It was for …

Girls Don’t Like Dinosaurs – A short comic book style story about pressure to conform and being yourself. Girls can be girls in what ever way they feel like, regardless of how others think. By: Natasha Alterici     Images from Girls Don’t Like Dinosaurs <end of sample> Read more books about Diversity and Differences below.    …

The Paint Brush That Just Wanted to Help – Everyone has a purpose in life, once we find it, we can feel more fulfilled. In this beautifully illustrated story, the tools all help building a house, each doing their part, paint brush feels unwanted, until he finds his special purpose too. The book helps children …

Uncovering Earth’s Secrets – A book about oceanic research, featuring the research ship JOIDES Resolution, written in rhyme with beautiful illustrations. This nonfiction eBook was written for us by award-winning children’s author Kevin Kurtz (http://kevinkurtz.homestead.com) and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Alice Feagan (http://alicefeagan.com). It is written for children and classrooms in grades 1 to 4. …

The Magic Bookmark – A student dislikes school and reading so much he gets a rush just by hearing those two words. But one day he has to produce something handmade for a school assignment. He asks his mother for her help and she advises him to make a bookmark.The student has so much fun …

All About Seals – A non-fiction book about seals, aimed at 5-7 year olds (Grade 1-2), including lots of facts about seals and sea lions and some very cute photos. This book is open source and is available for free distribution under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License. By: Zehnya Bruckert and Danielle Bruckert   …

Tania’s Dilemma – Tania’s grandma has planned a surprise for her on Saturday afternoon. Tania is excited about it. But then her best friend invites her to a movie she really wants to see. And that is on Saturday too. Poor Tania does not want to hurt grandma’s feelings but doesn’t want to miss out on …

Water and Soil – Two kings are fighting over their land: Who is stealing who’s water and soil? Will they come to their senses? Is anything worth fighting over? A grand fairytale with a happy ending, and a nice moral. There’s much more fun to be had in life than to waste time fighting. Another …