What’s the Best Costume covers a costume party for the animals, some animals choose to dress up and some don’t, no matter what, the underlying message is to be proud of who you are, you are unique and you are you. Another great rhyming book with a moral brought to us by Yan Li. See Yan …

White Seal – A story of seals on the beach, and about striving for a better life. Contains some graphic content. One of the stories from the Jungle Book. A subtle message about conservation, environmental issues, and seal culling. By: Rudyard Kipling     Text from White Seal The White Seal Rudyard Kippling Seal Lullaby Oh! hush …

That’s Not Thabi! That’s a Hippopotamus – Early reader – Lucy’s sister Thabi’s missing. Everywhere she looks there’s only a bothersome hippopotamus. Where can Thabi be? A fun short picture book with great repetition for early readers and reading to toddlers. Another great creative commons children’s picture book brought to us by BookDash. Illustrated by …

Meet Vern and all the animals at the Green Fern Zoo. This early reader introduces new decodable sounds in each chapter along with the interesting animals at the zoo. See more from the Core Knowledge foundation in our CKF publisher category.     

An amazingly cute book about a baby jaguar, from Mustard Seed Books. This book has 84 words, and is levelled at Guided Reading Level D. It’s recommended for classroom or homeschool use for kindergarten/foundation and early grades, or for early ESL readers. By: Mustard Seed  

Where Are The Animals is a short book about animals and where they live. Perfect for learning to read, sight words, and reading with very young children. Total words 48, 8 pages, a guided reading level B. This is another great creative commons book, brought to you by Mustard seed books. This book for beginner readers …

Searching for adventure Ann-Nem-Oh-Nee feels rather lonely on her rock and yearns for adventure. A chance friendship with a hermit crab offers her an opportunity that works well for both of them. If you are looking for a short fun story about friendship, especially for children that love the ocean and sea creatures, this beautifully illustrated …

The Cat has stolen a sock and then ran off, but is there a reason why she stole the sock? Find out more in Catch that Cat from BookDash. Sample Text from Catch that Cat! Hurry. Hurry! Help me, catch that cat! She stole my sock and ran off … snatch her. Grab her. Catch …

Sarbasst’s Tales 4 – Amy, Bam, and friends are back in a heart warming tale of friendship and love. Another great book from Sarbasst’s Tales. By: Sarbasst Braian     See the Story in a Read-along Version from Kiwi Opa See more books from the Author below    

The Elephant Bird is a beautifully illustrated story of mistaken identity, illuminating people’s fear of the unknown, and how important it is to understand and respect others differences. Munia was different from the other children. She could not run. It was her differences that first made her notice the Elephant Bird – he was just like her, …