Every kid wishes for magic, but not Miriam Mermelstein, for her magic sucks. She firmly believes her parents’ fairy stories are just that, and she’s too old to be told stories. She wished for something real, what she thought was missing, but what she got was far more than she expected. Magic Sucks is a humorous …

Gecko On The Wall Spanish Bilingual Children’s Stories – A very kind student in Argentina who is starting out on her career as a translator has been translating many of our books into Spanish. I’ve just received this file with Gecko on the Wall, a short rhyming book, translated into Spanish. Written by Danielle Bruckert …

Brad doesn’t believe in Father Christmas, and he doesn’t want anyone else to believe that nonsense either. He’s happiest when he’s making everyone else miserable. His parents aren’t bothered about Christmas either, so on Christmas Eve there’s no decorations in the house, no tree downstairs, no stocking hung up. But, whether Brad believes it or …

Little Ant’s Big Plan – Little Ant loved to read! But ants don’t read, they feed, or do they? Find out what happens to little ant and his love of reading, in this rhyming and wonderfully illustrated creative commons picture book by BookDash. Illustrated by Steven McKimmie, Written by Candice Dingwall, Designed by Telri Stoop …

Graca’s Dream – The Story Of Graca Machel – The inspiring story of Graca Machel’s dream for proper education for the children of Mozambique, and her unwavering dedication to instil a love of reading and learning in the new generations in her country and the African continent. Another great creative commons book from bookdash. Sample …

The Annual Haircut – German Version – The Pratham CC book is provided here in a German Translation, Der Jaerliche Haarschneidetag. The English edition can be found on our main website.       See more of these books below    

Make you’re own monopoly money. My daughter said to me – hey, this is not fair, we’re learning reading and maths here! There’s many other subtle benefits of play money for use in kids games. With this monopoly money – Editable file you can change the text, colours, and denominations to suit your family, and …

A very nice book for learning German with phrases that suit small children.  

Der Mond und die Kappe – The Moon and the Cap German The popular book, The Moon and The Cap, from Pratham, translated in German. A story about a boy who had his hat flew onto the top of the tree. When the night came, he saw that the moon was looking on to his …

Similar Words Reading List – How frustrating is it to try to remember there, their, hare, hear, and here. This file provides 3 pages of word tables that will help children learn similar patterns in English words, to help spelling and sounding out skills.     See more books perfect for children learning to read …