Shakari’s Cycling Adventure – Shakari loved sports and couldn’t sit still. When he heard the Asian Games were being hosted in Dehli he decides to cycle all the way from his village to the Asian Games. Read about his journey in this illustrated level 3 book from Pratham. Sample Text from Shakari’s Cycling Adventure Shikari …

A little girl looks for her frog, Sundari, on each page you can try to find where Sundari is hiding. A fun finding game for young children. Text from Have You Seen Sundari? – A finding game Have you seen Sundari? Sundari is green and loves to hide. Is Sundari hiding among the water lilies? …

Biju Spins Some Magic, a cultural children’s story for early to middle grades, Biju accompanies his father to Delhi to sell the saris. Biju and his family are weavers in rural Odisha. They create beautiful fabrics to sell in the cities of India and abroad. In this tale of Biju’s adventures find out how he  …

Sniffles tells a story of a little girl who gets the sniffles and some difficult decision making. What will be the consequences if she chooses to play when she shouldn’t go out? Another great free children’s story from Storyweaver and Pratham. Author: Sunando C Illustrator: Sunando Chakraborty     Text and Images from Sniffles Sniffle …

Sam’s Christmas Present is a fun story about curiosity and patience over Christmas. Kids can’t wait for Christmas, and the curiosity can be too much, but it’s important to wait. This beautiful Christmas story was brought to us by Pratham and their Storyweaver platform. See more Christmas stories in our Christmas category. Author: Annie Besant …

In Flying High, a young boy dreams he is flying high. A beautiful story for small children. The repetitive simple text  also makes this perfect as an early reader, for children learning to read. Another great Creative Commons Book fro Pratham and Story Weaver. Written by Vidya Tiware Illustrated by Rijuta Ghate Translated by Rohini …

Durva and Dhrubo are brother and sister. Together they explore markets and parks, and they have lots of fun like normal siblings do. Dhrubo’s wheeeeelchair is a fun attachment to their games. Read about all the crazy things this pair get up to in My Brother’s Wheeeeelchair. Author: Salil Chaturvedi, Illustrator: Tanvi Bhat     …

In Let’s Go Seed Collecting – biology for early grades, a fictional tale about two children and their dog out collecting seeds, we learn lots of non-fiction facts about seeds and plant life. A great introduction to biology topics for early grades, the picture book also contains some facts at the end about different types …

Marching to Freedom is a creative non-fiction picture book written around Gandhi’s famous march to freedom. Mahatma Gandhi and his followers are organising a march that will go down in history as a momentous event in the struggle for India’s freedom. The group are marching to Dandi to protest against the unfair salt tax imposed by …

In The Storybook Princess, Chomnan likes to listen to stories, but he keeps interrupting with questions. One night he dreams of a Princess, who is under a spell from a witch. He keeps asking questions and breaks the spell. The next night Chomnan is excited to tell his Dad the story of the Storybook Princess. …