Story of Solar Energy – A comprehensive look at solar energy in a comic book style layout. This book includes a review of energy and industrialisation, the current state of solar energy and how important it is to our future, and several solar energy projects. This book is very suitable for researching school science projects …

Inside The Internet – A children’s guide to what the internet and World Wide Web are all about and where they came from. A wonderful introduction to a world our children often take for granted, including the history of where it all started and why we call it the World Wide Web. Another great Creative …

The Snow Queen – Classic Stories – A simple version of the classic tale from Hans Christian Andersen, two friends fight good and evil in an epic battle. By: Hans Christian Andersen and Kiwi Opa     Text and Images from The Snow Queen – Classic Stories In the original story, “the devil”, creates a …

Goby’s Noisy Best Friend – Goby and Snap are best friends, they help each other out. Snap is a pistol shrimp and Goby is a goby fish. Snap doesn’t see very well but he makes a lot of noise. Goby wonders if he is such a good friend until she gets in trouble one day …

The Little Alien provides fun science fiction for upper elementary and middle grades, another great story from Joe Corcoran… While the galaxy was still young, an alien civilisation rose and fell. Five thousand years have now passed since it was destroyed, and only a handful of elderly citizens still survive – two dozen elders and …

Two young sisters go on an adventure and find more than they planned. The Golden Flower – Sample Text Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived two sisters named Ariana and Nicoletta. Ariana was the older sister, always taking charge and making sure they stayed out of trouble. Nicoletta, on the …

The Marine Debris Activity Book is an activity book to help children learn about the damage to our oceans caused by marine debris, and it’s effects on the environment, beaches, and the sealife. See more books about marine life in our Sea Creatures Section. See more books from NOAA in our NOAA Section.   NOAA books …

A spelling and writing workbook children learning to read, covering some aspects of Grade 1 competency, approximately 4 to 6 year old level. This book includes simple three letter word reading and spelling, first 100 high frequency words, and more. This book is available in creative commons non-commercial attribution license (CC-NC-BY). An editable version of …

Roy the Rat has six thinking hats that he use whenever he wants to enter the process of making a decision. These hats help him approach situations carefully, by judging from different angles, and assist to avoid making hasty decisions or mistakes. This is a great technique that children can learn to apply in day …

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 …