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Off to See Spiders! – A fun biology picture book

In Off to See Spiders, we have a fun biology lesson about all the different types of spiders. Shama takes her two younger friends Kaveri and Shivi on a spider hunt. They find lots of different types of spiders, and Shama helps them learn about all the different names. The book combines some fun rhythm and …

Feathered Friends – A penguin Picture Book for Young Children

In this book you’ll meet king penguins, chinstrap penguins, and one lonely macaroni. As seen through the eyes of the oakum boys, which are what king penguin babies are before they grow up. A short book for young children and beginner readers. All of these penguin species (and a few more) are found in Antarctica, …

Helena – Middle Grade Supernatural Adventure

Yeti’s think people are imaginary, or is it people who think yeti’s are imaginary? Either way in this adventure that borders on science fiction we are taken on a roller coaster ride of what happens when a yeti rescues a little girl from a car crash where her parents are killed. The story is written …

Prism Palace – STEM stories for girls

Prism Palace is the story of a little girl who gets a prism for her birthday and learns alot about light and how it bends and forms a rainbow. Tess Renee gets more than she bargained for with her new birthday present, a light fairy, a rainbow elf, and a lot of knowledge about light wavelengths …

Homeland – Read Online Version

, Cory Doctorow [prelude] A commercial interlude As you read through this free ebook, you’ll notice that it is dotted, here and there, with appreciations of great bookstores — stores that I love, stores that have shown me love. As a former bookseller and a book hoarder for life, bookstores are my natural …

A Whistling Good Idea – STEM Rube Goldberg machine

A Whistling Good Idea – STEM Rube Goldberg machine – Nivi has to turn the cooker off for Ma. It’d be really simple to just turn it off right? But what about if she builds a cool machine to do it for her? This picture book for grades 2 to 5 is a fun read …

Principia Space Diary – Inspiring Girls in STEM

Inspiring Girls in STEM – This is a creative commons guidebook with exercises and teaching guidance, created by a UK NGO, Curved House Kids, the introduction from the book explains the book better than I can, herewith, and enjoy! Inspiring Girls in STEM Principia Space Diary- Introduction In 2015, Curved House Kids were given an …

Brave Knights, Bullies, and Emotional Intelligence

Brave Knights, Bullies, and Emotional Intelligence – I found this quote on Bookbot, (To give credit where it’s deserved!) on an absolutely inspiring post they put up with quotes about dyslexia, for example, one says something like “I don’t suffer from Dyslexia, I suffer from ignorance from those who think it is a disability.” …

Ranger Forester- nature theme early reader

In Ranger Forester, a nature theme early reader from bookbot, we learn about a park ranger who protects the animals and natural environment. Ranger Forester works out in the wild. It is his job to look after the animals and plants. Uh oh…Ranger Forester finds something that doesn’t belong in the forest. What is it, and …

Captain Ren’s Trip to Mars – Space theme early reader

Captain Ren is ready for his first adventure into space, he’s off to Mars. He has important work to do on Mars. What will he do while he is there? Will he meet anything on Mars? Get ready for lift off! In this fictional space theme early reader young astronauts can entertain their dreams of …

Black Beauty – Text

BLACK BEAUTY The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell [English Quaker — 1820-1878.] Note: ‘Black Beauty’ was originally published in 1877. This etext was transcribed from an American edition of 1911. Some small corrections were made, after being confirmed against other sources. To my dear and honored Mother, whose life, no less than her …

The Fish and Chip Shop – Early Reader

The Fish and Chip Shop is an early reader picture book which describes a trip to get fish and chips for lunch. It’s lunch time, and this little boy wants to try the fish and chip shop. What do you need to do when you order food? What will he choose for lunch? Come and …

For the Win – young adult gaming Sci-Fi

For the Win, a young adult gaming sci-fi, is set in a futuristic world, gaming is becoming the new sweatshops of China, where underage workers are exploited. The youths involved attempt to rebel, while some in the West attempt to get in the game. Amazon says: “It’s the twenty-first century, and all over the world, …

For The Win – YA sci-fi novel text

For The Win is Cory Doctorow’s second young adult sci-fi novel, this is the read online text version of it Cory Doctorow doctorow@craphound.com Last updated Nov 20, 2012 READ THIS FIRST This book is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. That means: You are free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit …

Anna’s Extraordinary Experiments with Weather – Biography for children, Anna Mani

Anna’s Extraordinary Experiments with Weather is a biography for children in elementary school. Anna Mani is a famous Indian meteorologist, who invented many meteorological measuring instruments. This book is brought to us by Pratham’s Storyeweaver licensed under creative commons. The book is rated English Level 3 suited for young children who can read on their …

Let’s Go Seed Collecting – biology for early grades

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 …

Let’s Make Some Lime Juice! – a STEM storybook

After school all the children play together under the peepal tree, near Raju Uncle’s chai shop. Raju Uncle leaves a big pitcher of lime juice for them all to share. But how do they make sure there are 8 equal parts? When the lime juice is finished it’s time to make some more. How will …

The Magic Block – STEM for early readers

The Magic Block – What magical quantities does this “magic block” have? It seems to stick to some types of things and not others? Why or how can this be? In this STEM book for early readers we find out about a magic magnetic block, with an explanation at the end on properties of magnets. …

ABC’s of Biodiversity – A Truly Amazing Alphabet

ABC’s of Biodiversity is a truly amazing alphabet. With 260 images – 10 for each letter, each with a high quality photograph, but the amazing thing is what is featured for each letter. Older children learning to read will have fun both learning to sound out words that are unlikely to be familiar to most …

The Tree – Nature for very young children

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: …