Seesaw – A Sad Story – A poignant, symbolic account of a boy coming to terms with sadness. He is bullied into cutting off his ears, only to find there is much bigger things in the world than people’s hurtful comments. For older children (contains some sensitive material). By: Henrique Komatsu     Text and Images …

These Grade 3 English Language Practice Tests and Exams provides a large selection of 3rd-grade ELA practice tests and exams from a variety of different states. These practice tests can help students test their knowledge to determine the level of understanding of Grade 3 Englishs, or they can be used by teachers as extra practice …

Saving the Red Panda of the Himalayas is a picture book for elementary age children about wildlife conservation. The story follows Deepa and Tim, student conservationists, on a trip in the Eastern Himalayas to observe the Red Panda. They find out lots of facts about the red panda and help the red panda’s habitat from …

What is Hippo doing? And is she really naughty? Find out in this cute, beautifully illustrated text for young children. Repetition and simple language can also be useful for learn to read age. See also Elephant, Naughty Elephant in this series. Sample Text from Hippo, Naughty Hippo What is Hippo doing, can you guess? Hippo, …

Cookie Rookie – Those cookies sure tasted good. But it just didn’t cross his mind early enough, that it would have worked out better for him if he had asked first. A short story told from a child’s perspective, aimed at teaching children hows and whys of good behaviour. By: Amy Upshaw and Salem de Bezenac, …

Smile Please – An endearing short tale about a little fawn running too fast. A great story for very young children, and the simple repetitive text is suitable for those learning to read. Another beautiful creative commons book from StoryWeaver and Pratham. By: Sanjiv Jaiswal ‘Sanjay’, Ajit Narayan, Manisha Chaudhry   Read Along with the Video   Text and …

Some kind hearted children decide to make a difference on Thanksgivng and start a tradition of  “Children Helpint Children”. A perfect book to emphasise the spirit behind Thanksgiving. “With a giving spirit one can achieve great things.”         Read along with the video here: Read by Kiwi Opa    

L’un ou l’autre – French Version of Talking in Twos – is about Binary and how it is being used in computer programming for a specific machine to follow instructions The monitor that you are looking at right now uses 1s and 0s in order determine how bright the screen in front of you will …

The Lost Egg – A wise old owl finds a lost egg, and wonders, whose egg it is. A few animals claim the egg to be theirs but the owl knows better. A beautifully illustrated story, with lots of interesting lessons. By: Judie McEwen – Dick Rink     Text and Images from The Lost …

Gappu danse comme un pied – Gappu Can’t Dance French – Teacher is teaching the class 1A dance step for their class play, but Gappu is doing all the steps wrong. Her classmates laugh and pointed at her saying she does not know how to dance. But does Gappu really does not know how to …