Brushing Is No Fun – No one likes brushing their teeth much, but here is a fun way to make tasks that are not fun more enjoyable. Another great Creative Commons book from Storyweaver and Pratham. By: Srividhya Venkat, Anupama Ajinkya Apte     Sample Page from Brushing Is No Fun: When Rohan woke up, he …

Always Be Good is a short simple book for young children, and beginner ESL readers, promoting important behaviours young children need to learn. Book 5 in the FKB Always Be Nice series featuring cute animals and alliteration.

Grandpa’s Gold – All the children’s Grandpa’s do amazing things, but Monkey’s Grandpa has something he thinks is even more amazing – what can it be? A short beautifully illustrated creative commons book from BookDash. Illustrated by Elsabé Milandri Written by Kerry Saadien-Raad Designed by Mathilde de Blois   Text and Images from Grandpa’s Gold The …

The Good Fox is a fable about a fox who succeeds through kindness. It reinforces how doing good is rewarding and being kind to others is important. The book also has lots of fun repetition so can be suitable for children learning to read. Sample Text from The Good Fox Fox awoke and she was …

In The Silly ABC Book, we see Angry Apples to Kettle Kite, and a Pirate and a Parrot on a plank, Kaptain Uke, aka Mike Belgrave entertains us again with his silly alphabet. This book was originally called The Mike Belgrave ABC. Mike, aka Kaptain Uke, has changed some of the pictures and words to …

Malar’s building a big house, but will she manage to keep her house standing? Find out in Malar’s Big House. Sample Text from Malar’s Big House Today, Malar is going to build a big house! “I can use these!” “My big house will be this high!” says Malar. “And this wide!” <End of sample from …

Baby Animals – A very cute non-fiction book for early grades (aimed at Grade 1) about baby animals. Another great creative commons book from Mustard Seed Books. By: Mustard Seed     Text and Images from Baby Animals Here is a baby cat. A baby cat is called a kitten. Here is a baby dog. A …

What is Christmas all about? Is it the presents, and the candy, and the snow – do you even have snow? Or is it about sharing, giving, loving, and growth? Is it about toys or is it about family and fun? This short photo book is designed for young children and children learning to read, …

There’s numbers everywhere, but Zanele can’t see them. Help Zanele see numbers and count along in this fun early maths book. Another great book from Bookdash. Illustrated by Hanrie Coetzee Written by Laura de Lange Designed by Arthur Attwell Edited by Catherine Deiner with the help of the Book Dash participants in Grahamstown on 12 …

A chase with a dog ends up in a humorous adventure. The three little kittens are running from a dog, so fast they don’t stop for anything, until they are trapped, will the dog catch them? Or will there be a happy ending? Sample Text from Three Little Kittens One day three little kittens meet …