In Why Does A Poori Puff Up we have a fascinating science and baking lesson combined, all in one wonderful book. This is a level 3 book, aimed for children who are learning to read on their own. Brought to us by Pratham’s Storyweaver. Author: Varsha Joshi Illustrator: Sonal Gupta Sample Text from Why Does …

In Who’s on Divya’s Map Divya’s cousin Ravi is arriving from another town so she decides to draw him a map to make it easier for him to find her house. Who does she include on the map along the way and how does she construct it? This book includes a basic introduction to cartography …

In Where Does the Sun Go at Night, a sister and brother discuss where the sun might go at night. The younger brother keeps guessing lots of inventive ideas, but the older sister knows best what she’s been taught from books at school and explains to her brother where the sun goes at night. This …

In Tiger, Tiger, Where Are You, we track a tiger by the different marks it leaves. A tiger researcher is out looking for tiger hair and poop as part of his study. He finds plenty of signs of the tiger, but where is the big cat? After all, there are so many ways to see …

Three children are playing in the street, where they happen upon several different animals. Is it a street, or a zoo? Find out what they do with the animals they find in this cute story for young children. Sample Text from A Street, or a Zoo? Sonu, Monu and Rina set out to play. They …

Rocky the Goat has got out and chased the rooster wind vane onto the church roof, who let him out, and how would they get him down? Find out more about what Rose, Amma, Appa, the coconut seller, the banana-leaf seller, the shopkeeper and the carpenter do to get Rocky down in this cute short …

Unni doesn’t understand why he can’t have cold lime juice, a fan to keep cool, or TV like his friend, then one day some men come to work in his village, what do you think will happen? A beautiful Creative Commons book from Pratham Books. Attribution: Unnit’s Wish (English), written by Meryl Garcia, illustrated by …

Fossils can answer many questions about our past, find out more about these fascinating historical imprints, and a few details about their history in India. Another great creative commons story by Pratham and Storyweaver. Author: Anupama Chandrasekaran Illustrator: Rai Sample Page from Fossils: Tales of Long Ago Read along with the video, read by Kiwi …

Lost and Found – A beautifully rhymed and illustrated book about a lost yo-yo…will it be found? …And the morale – look after your toys! Great for young readers and those learning to read. Another great Creative Commons book from Pratham and Storyweaver. By: Sukhada Rahalkar Illustrator: Sukhada Rahalkar   Sample Page from Lost and Found: …

In The Tree, a children’s nature storybook for very young children, we see the various parts of the tree and life cycle introduced in a repetitive manner with beautiful illustrations. Great nature book for very young children. Lots of repetition in the text makes it a nice book for early readers. Author: Usha Rane Illustrator: …