When I Grow Up…

When I Grow Up – What do you want to be when you grow up? Some children know, some parents wish they did, but it’s always nice to read about all our options! A short book to inspire dreams of growing up and what one might be. Language and length also suitable for new readers. Another great Creative Commons book from BookDash

By: Simóne van der Spuy, Michele Fry, Jennifer Jacobs

Read along with this video of When I Grow Up, read by Storytime Child Care

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Colours – With Bear - Bear likes colours – see all the pretty colours on his pure white fur… A beautiful text for emergent readers. Another great story from Room to Read, https://www.roomtoread.org/, brought to us by Storyweaver, https://storyweaver.org.in. Author: Priyanka, Illustrator: Ajanta Guhathakurta, Translator: Alisha Berger  Spread the love

The Good Fox – A new fable - 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 ...

Thangwang and Bhalluka - Baby Thangwang and Bhalluka the Bear are best friends. They like to talk and growl together,  This cute short story has lots of sound words for early readers to practice sounding out or to have fun sounding out when reading to a toddler / kindergartener. Sample Page – Thangwang and Bhalluka Baby Thangwang likes to ...

My Wild Life – Early Reader - What if you had a manatee in our bathtub, or a bison in your bed? Would you enjoy them there? Wild animals in your house sound like fun but find out more in this fun story that helps children learn the sounds and spelling of ere, ear, ier, air, are. Sample Text and First Page ...

Always Be Nice – 10 lessons in kindness, revised edition - Always be Nice is a short book for young children promoting kindness and manners and can be used as an early reader. The book is perfect for building confidence in reading with only 28 words most of which are simple words. This book also teaches kids ten important lessons about being kind to others. Each ...

The Azapazaz Bunch and the Amazing Akroozer Flying Machines - Tracie Johansen Azpazaz bunch are back with an epic, whimsical, rhyming adventure in their Akroozer Flying Machines. Packed full of prepositions, adverbs, and adjectives along with the rhyme, this can be suitable for fun or as an early reader. Sample Text from Amazing Akroozer Flying Machines Are you ready to go on an adventure with ...

The Green Fern Zoo – CKLA Early Reader - Meet Vern and all the animals at the Green Fern Zoo. This early reader introduces new decodable sounds in each chapter along with the interesting animals at the zoo. See more from the Core Knowledge foundation in our CKF publisher category.     Spread the love

I Can Paint – BookBot early reader - A fun rhyming book for young children and a perfect early reader. Bookbot provides a series of decodable readers for children learning to read. See more of BookBots books at www.bookbotkids.com/phonics-books. or here on Free Kids Books below:    Spread the love

Always Be Good – FKB Be Nice Series Book 5 - 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.

The Birthday Chocolate – persistance pays - Tutul wants to give her friend some chocolate for her birthday. But nobody in her family is ready to help her! Tutul needs a new plan! Can her clever idea convince the shopkeeper to give her some birthday chocolate? Find out in this short book ideal for early readers with lots of repetition. Sample Text ...