SpringLoaded What would happen if you invented a helicopter hat, or what about some spring loaded boots? This is a picture book WITHOUT WORDS, a great adventure in creativity for children to make up their own story to go with the images, and perfect for reluctant readers, illustrating that books are about telling a story, …

Circles, a beautiful picture book about death in nature, provides a helpful introduction to the topic of death for young children. This is an ideal children’s book about death, if you need to help a pre-schooler understand about the impending or recent passing of a loved one, a family friend, or  pet. In Circles, we see …

In Who Takes The Train a child looks at all the different people and offers that come and go on the train while enroute to her destination. This picture book is great for early readers and will keep them entertain while introducing new words for your young ones. This is a fun book for young …

The Chilli Eating Contest, there’s a big chilli eating contest in town, Nomvundla the hare and Soko the monkey are going to try their luck to win tickets to the fun fare, find out how they get along. This is a short easy to read book, suitable for young children. Illustrated by Adrien Folly-Notsron Written …

Counting Animals is a counting book with animals for pre-school, perfect for kindergarteners or pre-schoolers learning their numbers 1 – 10. Authors: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi Illustrator: Rob Owen Sample Text from Counting Animals (counting book with animals for pre-school) One elephant is going to drink water. Two giraffes are going to drink …

Singing the Truth –  The Story Of Mirian Makeba born in the Apartheid days in South Africa in the townships of Johannesburg. Her singing talent took her to fame around the world, but as a black South African she was outspoken against the apartheid and was thrown out of her own country. Only when freedom …

Lara the yellow ladybird is different from all her friends, her differences make her unique, but she doesn’t always like being different, what would it be like to be the same as the others? Read this book to find out. Lara the Yellow Ladybird makes a great early reader with lots of repetition and a …

No! Children’s story about saying No! – A little girl can say only no, no to everything, how can she stop saying no? What happens if there is something she really wants, will she still say no?A cute children’s picture book about solving a common behaviour problem for toddlers.Also simple and a nice story for …

The Great Cake Contest – Delicious early reader – A fun walk through a cake contest, Lucky loves cakes, but every idea he has seems to be already taken. A sweet story about a little boy who wants to bake the best cake. Another great creative commons story from Bookdash. See more books by Bookdash …

Khuzwayo is picked to be the village’s next Ingoma dancer, to celebrate the first crops of the year, but will he have the courage to dance?     \               Illustrated by Jess Jardim-Wedepohl Written by Fiske Serah Nyirongo Designed by Job Mubinya Another amazing story from www.bookdash.org, aiming …