Many years before TS Elliot’s popular collection of poems, and many years before Andrew Lloyd Weber popularised it in the broadway musical, was The Book of the Cat. A beautifully illustrated well written collection of short storeys and poems about cats, including The Great Panjandrum, Snowball, and Mr Twinkletoes. Any cat person will identify with …

A Fish And A Gift – Yusuf waits on the beach while Papa pushes out his boat. Surfers, turtles and sharks come from the sea. What will Papa bring back for Yusuf? A tale of a fisherman and his family. Another great Creative Commons book from Bookdash. By: Liesl Jobson, Jesse Breytenbach, Andy Thesen     …

Quién es? – Who is it? Spanish – A short story about animals and sound. As in the story Priya hears a sound and went out to investigate what is making that sound. A short story that is perfect for young readers. This book has repetition and simple to understand words. This is a level …

In Matchbox Dreams toys come to life and live in the land of children’s dreams as three siblings adventure with their friends the toy mice. Matchbox Dreams is specifically designed for parents to read to their children before bedtime or for older readers to read to themselves. Each night Harper, Remy and Millie come alive …

خیلی بزرگ! خیلی کوچک! – Too Big! Too Small! in Farsi Shanu is in the age where she is not small enough to be carried by her mother and she is not to big enough to carry the baby on her own. How could she be too big or too small at once? She wondered. …

Bunty déteste se laver – Bunty and Bubbly French: Children always love to play but when it time to wash themselves most hate it or do not want to. In this story Bunty refuses to clean her self after playing. Then she has the most horrific dream that would change the way see she sees …

1 2 3 with Lily – The Forest Fairy takes her friend Lilly, a little girl, on a counting adventure through the forest. Lilly sees different animals and learns to count from 1 to 10 on the journey. By: Carmen Saptouw     Sample from 1 2 3 with Lily “Forest Fairy I need your help. …

Children of the world united virtually for World Children’s Day and each submitted a quote, the best ones they made into a book…. note: this is a fictional book Enjoy some words of wisdom and think about how important positive values are.         Read along with the video of World Children’s Day …

Derrière les mensonges – Histoire de violence domestique A sad story but it is happening in some families where often members of the family hide in a lie because they feel afraid or in shame for anyone to know what they are going through. In this story Amma, Ramesh and Valli all lived in terror …

ABC’s of Biodiversity is a truly amazing alphabet. With 260 images – 10 for each letter, each with a high quality photograph, but the amazing thing is what is featured for each letter. Older children learning to read will have fun both learning to sound out words that are unlikely to be familiar to most …