In “Yes, That’s My Mother!” we learn some important subtle maths lessons while at the supermarket with a young girl and her mother. First she’s embarrassed by her mother’s behaviour, but then, in the end, she is proud. A wonderful story about how to recognise that standing out and being different is not a bad …

Tracie Johansen Azpazaz bunch are back with an epic, whimsical, rhyming adventure in their Akroozer Flying Machines. Packed full of prepositions, adverbs, and adjectives along with the rhyme, this can be suitable for fun or as an early reader. Sample Text from Amazing Akroozer Flying Machines Are you ready to go on an adventure with …

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 …

Black Beauty is as an autobiographical memoir told to us by the horse Black Beauty. Black Beauty recounts  his life, beginning with carefree days with his mother, as a colt on an English farm, followed by a rather difficult life pulling cabs in London, ending fortunately with his happy retirement in the country. Along the …

In The Girl Who Could Not Stop Laughing, we hear a tale of a girl who keeps laughing. And we learn while it might cause problems in class, as long as you’re not laughing at someone in a nasty way, laughing is very good for all of us and makes us feel good. Author: Meera …

Printable Alphabet Cards – A set of alphabet and number cards, 8 per sheet, with matching lower and upper case letters on alternate pages with the same images to assist with retention, numbers include number in words. Each sheet can be printed separately to use for a learning card game (eg ‘memory’ or ‘go-fish’).   …

The cottonwool doctor, a children’s non-fiction book, provides the story of Magaret Ann Bulkly, who became Dr James Barry. This exciting and inspiring biography details the career of a woman who pretended to be a man so she could be a Doctor. Another great free children’s book from BookDash The Cottonwool Doctor: The story of …

After an exceptionally positive reception to the book Conversations Among Cats, Gabriel Rosenstock has delved deeper into the world of cats with this expanded second edition – MORE Conversations Among Cats. The insights are playful and cat-like, and the conversations are longer and more intriguing than the first popular book. Enjoy this interlude into the …

Das Beste Weihnachtsgechenk – Bubu the fox’s Christmas adventures translated into German. By: Ivan Parvov       Text and Images from Das Beste Weihnachtsgechenk   Der Winter kam und der Schnee bedeckte das Tal, von Bubu, dem kleinen Fuchs. Alle Tiere verstecketen sich in ihren Häusern. Bubu mochte den Winter nicht, aber auf einen …

360 words to practice for early elementary. Try a word per day!