What Are You Doing? –  A short book suitable for young children and learning to read. Using a few sight words (I am, She is, for example) with some common action words (verbs) shown in the pictures, and reinforcing the ending ‘ing’ for present tense.  Another great free creative commons book from African Story Book. …

Lion Queen is a super adaption of the classic tale of three bears. IPop! Labs include whimsical phrases and cute characters with a twist at the end to make this a fun rendition of the favourite tale. Sample Page from Lion Queen Read the full book by selecting one of the buttons below the post. …

In Episode 2 of Pepper and Carrot, Carrot has his eyes on a rainbow potion. Is it going to be a good idea to sneak around behind Pepper’s back or not? Download or read online this adapted version of Pepper and Carrot – The Rainbow potion, a popular webcomic to find out. Pepper and Carrot …

The Race is a short picture book, perfect for pre-schoolers and kindergarteners. The simple language and repetition makes it a nice book for beginner readers. The book is 5 pages and 55 words, less than a minute, or around 5 to 10 minutes for a beginner reader. Author: Kanchan Bannerjee, Illustrators: Kavya Singh, Natasha Mehra …

Lara the yellow ladybird is different from all her friends, her differences make her unique, but she doesn’t always like being different, what would it be like to be the same as the others? Read this book to find out. Lara the Yellow Ladybird makes a great early reader with lots of repetition and a …

In Friends Simo has four friends and they each like to do different things, what does Simo do? This short text has lots of repetition making it a nice early reader too. This is a level 1 book with simple text and lots of pictures to help children in their reading journey. Sample Text from …

The Great Cake Contest – Delicious early reader – A fun walk through a cake contest, Lucky loves cakes, but every idea he has seems to be already taken. A sweet story about a little boy who wants to bake the best cake. Another great creative commons story from Bookdash. See more books by Bookdash …

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 …

How to be Happy is a short simple book for young children and beginner ESL reader, promoting values of appreciation and giving, and can be used as an early reader. The book is perfect for building confidence in reading with only 25 words most of which are simple words. This book also teaches kids ten …

A short sight word photo book based on the words “Hello seal…will you play with me?”, with our favourite very cute seals, and featuring 30 common sight words, and also a nice story for bedtime. By: Zehnya Bruckert and Danielle Bruckert NOTE TO TEACHER / PARENT The words are repeated throughout the book so that children …