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.    …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 Zoo Mystery – Did you hear, one of the giraffes is missing from the Zoo!? Follow an inquisitive little girl and her family through a funny adventure to the zoo where they not only see the animals, but find clues that could lead to the solution to this great mystery! By: Daniel Buchholz   See …

Forests for the People – And old man and a young man take a walk in the forest, the young man learns a lot about how important trees are to our lives, changing his attitude towards nature, he shares this with his girlfriend. A beautiful picture book with many interesting facts about forests, throughout the …

Kye From Galloway – Kye lives in Galloway Castle, in the country of Faraway, along with King Grumpy, his wife, Queen Chatty and their daughter, Butterfly, the most beautiful princess in all of fairytale land. When Kye falls ill with the flu, Princess Butterfly must convince her father, King Grumpy, to buy kitty boots for …

The Princess, The Dragon, and The Very Bad Knight – Usually knights rescue Princesses from dragons, or do they? Find out in this imaginative and highly entertaining medium length story, told in story-teller style making it fun to read aloud. Another great story by Stuart Baum from Stuart’s Stories. By: Stuart Baum   Sample Text from …

Recess – A very short picture book about play time at school, with a values based theme. The simple text conveys an important lesson, and phrases are provided on each page in both Spanish and English for bilingual children. Suitable for very young children and learning to read age. By: Katina Ferguson     See more books …

Tyler No-Tail Mouse – In Gingers Wood live lots of beautiful creatures, including Benny Badger, Tyler No-Tail Mouse, Milly Merry Mouse, and Freddy Fox. In this tale Tyler follows his love of Jam on an adventure, which nearly ends in disaster at Franky Farmer’s house. By: Kelly Seal     Sample text from Tyler No-Tail Mouse …