In Just the Way I am, a story about being different, Matko the sheep is wider than all the others and she can’t fit through the gate. Yoga sheep suggests she tries yoga, jogging sheep suggests she jog, and many more sheep suggest helpful ways to change. Matko gets really fit, but she is still …
Categories: Adrian Plitzco, Adventure, Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, Animals, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Older Children
Pirate the Barking Kookaburra, a baby kookaburra, loses his memory and becomes lost in a thunderstorm. He meets up and befriends a colourful bunch of dogs and a cat who offer to help him out. His sense of fun turns their life upside down, at the same time, they teach him important lessons in survival, …
Categories: Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Children, Dogs, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Intermediate English, Monkey Pen
Categories: Adventure, Age 10-13 years, Age years 13+, All FKB Books, Fluent English, Grade 7+, History, Nick Creech, Young Adult
Annabella Crabtree Hostage – Iblis, Prince of Darkness in the Other World, is demanding Annabella Crabtree be returned to his control. In an attempt to avoid a war between the Dark and the Light, she is betrayed and spirited to France in the time of Caesar’s Gallic wars where she must survive, dependent only on …
Oluhle is excited to go to the tap and fetch water, she will see her friends there, but what happens when she can’t find her bucket? Illustrated by Phumle April Written by Sindeka Mandoyi Designed by Nadene Kriel Sample Page from A Trip to the Tap Download the full book by selecting one of …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, comic, Creative Commons, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Older Children, Science, Siyavula
In Thunderbolt Kids Science Comic Books Grade 5, we learn about the adventures of the Thunderbolt kids in a comic book style way. These books teach science and are perfect for struggling and reluctant readers since the texts are short and fun. This book is Grade 5, there are other books available for science grades …
Categories: Age 10-13 years, All FKB Books, Dinosaurs, Fluent English, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Older Children, Public Domain, Science
Categories: Age 2-5 Years, All FKB Books, Beginner English, Creative Commons, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Imagination, Rhyming
Stick’s Masterpiece is a wonderful rhyming picture book, perfect for inspiring children that feel they “can’t do” something. Free at FKB. Cute, little Stick doesn’t know how to paint a masterpiece, but she can do small and simple things. The combination of all these small and simple things, composed over time, become her masterpiece. And …
Categories: Age 2-5 Years, All FKB Books, Animals, Beginner English, birds, BookDash, Creative Commons, Fable, Grade K and Pre K, Toddlers
In Why Do Birds Sing At Dawn we find a fun folktale style story about birds singing at Dawn. Mama bird goes on a mission to save the forest and the babies are left alone, they miss her, learning to sing gives them hope she will return and she does. Illustrated by Emmanuel Grebo, Written …
In The Magic Powder, a delightful folktale from Myanmar with a very important lesson, a young man studying alchemy finds out how to turn earth into gold by following the advice of his wise father in law. Another great free story from Pratham and Storyweaver. Author: Greystroke Illustrator: P.G. Dinesh Text and Images …