In Sailing Ships and Sinking Spoons – lessons in buoyancy, Tenzin and Tashi, two young Tibetan monks, and Genla, the beloved storyteller of the monastery, wonder why a small steel spoon sinks in water but a huge ship floats. Their science teacher Miss Sonam helps them experiment with an apple, a spoon and a tub-full …

Inhabitants of the sea is a marine life early non-fiction book, suitable for kindergarten and early grades. This short book describes popular sea creatures such as sea horses, octopus, clown fish, dolphins, manta ray, star fish, and sea turtles. This is another great creative commons book from the Pratham Storyweaver community     Sample text …

Jeenu is spending the summer holidays with her grandparents, and she’s bored, Ajji suggests a game. Will it be a fun game? This geometry storybook with activities is a great way to combine reading and play. Jeenu and Ajji are drawing circles, triangles and squares. Then they turn them into all sorts of things. This …

Maths at the Mela, a maths storybook, involves a class trip to the local fair provides lots of opportunities for “skip-counting” and for practical problem solving for consolidating dividing skills in twos, threes, and fours. This book makes a fun maths lesson for early grades, and helps develop early skills of relating words in a …

In Password Please we learn through this STEM book all about passwords, keys, and locks. Another great book from Pratham and their Storyweaver platform. Author: Vahishta Mistry, Illustrator: Radhika Tipnis       Text from Password Please Manju was fascinated by locks and keys. The soft metallic sound of a key turning in a lock …

Two friends learn about repairing broken items, a shirt, an iron, a bicycle tyre. This story is about inspiring repair and not throwing away broken items to reduce our carbon footprint. Attribution Text: A Stitch in Time (English), written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad, illustrated by Ankitha Kini, supported by CISCO, published by Pratham Books …

A baby pufferfish gets caught in a tidal pool, his friends help him see there isn’t any reason to panic because the tide will come in again. Another great creative commons story from Pratham’s Storyweaver platform. See more books from Pratham in our Pratham-Storyweaver category. See more stories about animals and marine life in our …

A day in the village doing laundry is fun for everyone in this short book about laundry for early reader. This short story is full of images to keep young children entertain while learning new words and why laundry is fun activity for the family. Another great book brought to us by Pratham and Storyweaver. …

In My Best Friend, we see how imagination and dreams can make something feel real. A young girl plays with her mirror image, but the image doesn’t talk back, until she falls asleep. This picture book is perfect for early readers and toddlers. Another great book from pratham and storyweaver Author: Anupa, Lal Illustrator: Suvidha …

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 …