The Velveteen Rabbit – In this classic tale of a much loved toy, Margery Williams explains the magic behind toys and how they become real. Note: The Velveteen Rabbit is an open source book, that is, it is available in the public domain due to an expired (or unregistered) copyright. Although we don’t normally publish …

Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen is a parenting book about values, which provides helpful advice for parents about introducing concepts of empathy, respect, and civil responsibility. This is a book produced by the US department of education for parents. This booklet provides information about what you can do to help your child develop …

Le Paon qui voulait voler is the French version of The Peacock Who Wished to Fly, Tausi is a kind and peaceful kind of bird. He dreamed that one day he wanted to fly as far as the other birds and see wondrous places. But Peacocks are not known to fly far and other birds …

Up World, Down World – In a canopy forest in India, the Up World and Down World have always been suspicious of each other. But it all changes when Gopa the dormouse drops her book by accident on Fatima’s head. A story about the biodiversity of the canopy forests and friendship. The book introduces some …

Writing on the Run Grades 7-9 for British Columbia is licensed under Creative Commons Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC). This set of four school textbooks covers the following subjects Constructing Sentences, Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Writing Style and Process. Open School BC provides educational resources, tools and supports that are free and licensed under creative commons. These resources …

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. …

The Witch’s Daughter – While trying everything she can think of to make herself beautiful, the witches daughter discovers the secret of beauty is really about how you act. This story explains an important lesson about what is real beauty, and the importance of being kind to others. Author: Janaki Sooriyarachchi     Text and Images from The Witch’s …

दो चूहे – Two Mice Hindi A mouse went out for an adventure and meets a peculiar mouse or so he called himself. The mouse then went on to show and try to make this so called mouse prove him self if he is as mousy as he claimed to be. So on they went, …

The Peacock Who Wished to Fly – The Peacocks Tale and how the peacock got it’s feathers. Tausi the Peacock live in peace with other birds, admiring how other birds can fly far and wanted to fly far also. But he cannot even fly far in order to collect food and the other birds mock …

Sani loves her cat Suri. One day Suri is missing. Sani searches high and low, far and wide, will she find Suri? This is a level 1 book for children just beginning on their reading journey. Sample Text from Sani and Suri Sani had a small cat. Its name was Suri. Sani loved Suri very …