In Zenya’s Trip, a little girl Zenya details an account of a family trip to Cape Cross Seal Colony. The book includes facts about Namibia, and about seals, including a non-fiction section at the end. The text in this book is designed as an experiment for new and struggling readers and those with dyslexia. It …

Harold’s Headboard Mice – When a family of mice make a new home in Harold’s headboard, he doesn’t mind, since they are very discrete and clean. Harold doesn’t realise how much joy simply being kind to the mice will bring him. By: Kelly Seal     See more books about animals below    

Can you Imagine – A Story About Dream. Once there was just dream, nothing else, but the dream, but the dream started to think about all the things that might be. And….the more the dream imagined, the more things became. Delightful words and colourful pictures describe this quirky dream. http://artsunshinecoast.weebly.com/books.html By: Ilyhana Kate Kennedy    Sample …

Tania the Spy – Tania gets a pair of binoculars for her birthday. She plans a fun spy expedition with Tanisha. What starts out as just fun ends in a very exciting outcome. Another great book in the Tania series from Kanika G. By: Kanika G     Sample Text From Tania The Spy: Tania’s 5th …

The Dragon and The Garlic Eater Knights – A classic fairy tale with endearing characters, and an allegory about the battle of good and evil, love, friendship, and compassion. Another wonderful book, translated from the original Greek text and allowed to fly free on the internet by Saita Publications. This book is published in Creative …

Ben and Max: An Unlikely Friendship – Max, a friendly mouse, befriends Ben, a grouchy bear, the result – both are much happier as are all the other forest animals. Alas, when Sylvester the sly fox arrives, stirring trouble, the friendship is threatened, and Ben does something he really regrets. Will the friendship survive? A …

Tania Plays a Trick – When Tania and Tanisha accidentally play a trick, it ends up being more than they planned. Tania learns a valuable lesson about not tricking people, and about understanding and being considerate to others. Another great free book from Kanika G. By: Kanika G   Sample Text From Tania Plays a Trick: …

Mavi Fare – The Blue Mouse – The Blue Mosque in Istanbul had a Blue Mouse. The little blue mouse was i danger from both people and cats, will he eventually escape to go on more adventures? Another great children’s story from Stuart Baum of Stuart Stories. By: Stuart Baum   Text from Mavi Fare – …

Tania’s Discovery – Tania is digging for dirt for a gardening project, when she makes a curious discovery. Another great book in the Tania series. By: Kanika G     Sample Text From Tania’s Discovery: Tania was helping mama with her gardening. Mama wanted to grow some tomatoes. She had already got the seeds and …

It’s annual haircut day but Sringeri cannot find anyone to help. Another great creative commons (CC-BY-SA) book from Pratham publishers, with stories based on Indian lifestyles adding to their cultural depth for most Westerners, and familiarity for those from the Indian sub-continent. By: Noni, Angie and Upesh   Images from Annual Haircut Day <end of sample> …