The Red Raincoat – A present of a new raincoat makes Manu wish for Rain. This book combines rhyme, days of the week, and weather for a great learning experience. Another great creative commons book from Storyweaver. Also available in German. By: Kiran Kasturia, Zainab Tambawalla   Sample Page from The Red Raincoat: On Sunday, Manu’s …

Why do bees and butterflies like flowers so much? This book helps us find out. A beautifully illustrated tale of bees and flowers, including an English and a Spanish free eBook version, and available in paperback on Amazon. This is from the Mummy Nature Series: A mini nature lesson wrapped up in colour and rhyme. …

Danny the Dragon was always causing problems with his fire, so the other dragons decide to teach him a lesson. An unlikely friend helps him out. This picture book is a cute and fun rhyming dragon tale with wonderful colourful illustrations. Another great free kids book provided in creative commons by StoryWeaver and Pratham. By: Rasana Atreya …

Sleepy Mr Sloth – He’s quite good at climbing. He knows how to swing. But sleeping’s his favourite, favourite thing! A playful rhyming story about a sloth. Suitable for learning to read with large text size and beautiful rhyme and repetition. Another great creative commons book from BookDash. Written by Paul Kennedy, Designed by Nick …

The Night Before – Have you ever thought there was a dragon chasing you? Did you wonder what terrible things they might do when they catch you? This award winning, beautifully illustrated, rhyming picture book, describes the adventure of a boy running from a huge, scaly dragon. It’s trickery and games as they try to …

That’s Funny – A collection of fun rhymes with pictures. Each page makes an exclamatory statement with an observation, often with alliteration. The first page reads, “That’s funny! There’s a big bunny drinking tea with honey.” By: Gabe Fankhauser     Text and Images from That’s Funny   That’s funny! There’s a big bunny drinking tea with …

Billy Bogglesworth and the Road to Muffinville and Other Stories – A collection of wacky tales written in fun rhyming prose, with great colourful illustrations and tongue twisting names. By: David Whitney     Sample from Billy Bogglesworth and the Road to Muffinville One fine morning, at a quarter to two, The sun came up on …

A compilation of beautifully illustrated traditional and classic english nursery rhymes, the third book in the world famous nursery rhymes in the series. Compiled by David Whitney     Read along with the video here: Read by Kiwi Opa   See more of these books below    

There’s a Bug in My Room – You find a large bug crawling across the floor of your bedroom. Do you squish it? Do you hide from it? Do you keep it as a pet? What do you do to move that bug from your room?? There’s A Bug In My Room teaches children compassion …

A large and beautifully illustrated collection of well known nursery rhymes in English, great for toddlers learning to speak. By: David Whitney     Text and Images from World Famous Nursery Rhymes – Volume 2   Hush-a-Bye, Baby Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, …