Everything looks new – Vasant Panchami is the Indian celebration of the first day of spring. What exciting things happen in India in spring? Another beautiful creative commons book from Pratham and Storyweaver. Level 2, Words 320. By: Mala Kumar, Manisha Chaudhry, Priya Kuriyan   Sample Page From Everything looks new: Today is Vasant Panchami. My parents say …

The Day It Rained Fish – Imagine if it started raining, but not water, fish! Would it be a good thing or a bad thing? Find out in this short illustrated creative commons book from Storyweaver. This is a Level 2 free book created in Pratham’s 6 frame challenge, that is the story has only …

Bee Not So Busy – isn’t like the other bees, she doesn’t like to be busy, but when she looks for a different way, she makes some interesting discoveries. This book is brought to you in Creative Commons by Gita Reddy. By: Gita V. Reddy     Text and Images from Bee Not So Busy All …

Tigers – A non-fiction book all about tigers. This book is levelled to guided reading Level H, for grades 1 to 2 with 245 words. Learn simple facts about tigers as reading and science subjects for early elementary school children. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed This book is also available …

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 …

Three Four and Five Letter Stories – A collection of three, four, and five letter stories for early readers, designed for giving confidence to emerging readers. By: Free Kids Books, Danielle Bruckert This book was designed with struggling readers in mind. Stories with short words are easier to digest and help build confidence since all the …

Little – A short book about things that are little, perfect for learning to read, aimed at young children, Kindergarten/Foundation stage and Grade 1. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed Books     Sample Text and Images from Little – Mustard Seed Books   The snail is little.   The ladybug …

Friendship – from Sarbasst’s Tales – A simple book with a beautiful message – the importance of friendship. Another great book from Sarbasst Braian, which is available in public domain. This book is provided in Sarbasst’s dyslexic font. He needs feedback from around the world to help him refine it. Please mail him at info@sarbasst.com …

Sight Words Reading Lists, is part of a series on common words and spelling, designed for emerging readers around 4 to 6 years old, and at the approximate level required by the Brittish Grade 1 curriculum. The book focuses primarily on the high frequency sight words for the first 100 high frequency words, and contains …

“Princess Lemon And Her Yellow Shoes”,  Kate has lots of shoes. She loves them all. Well… All except a pair of pretty yellow sandals. She wants to throw the sandals away, and treats them badly. But one day she needs them for a costume. What happens to the poor yellow shoes? And what is the …