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A Dress for Porcupine
Kooru the porcupine asks her friend Gethum the spider to make a beautiful new year's dress for her. Gethum tries, but how can she dress an animal with such sharp spikes?
PDF · Fixed page layoutIllustrations: not assessed
Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Fiction Nature/Gardening/Animals
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
A Very Green Day
Greeny has so much energy. She doesn't want to nap! One day, she decides to run away. After playing in the hot sun for a while, Greeny gets tired and wants to go home. But now she's lost! How will she get home to her dad?
An A-maize-ing Story
While Bongie’s family is planting maize in the field, she plants a seed of her own. Bongie takes care of the seed everyday – watering it, making sure it has sunlight, protecting from birds and weeds, and even reading to it. Do you think the seed will grow for Bongie?
An Amazing World
Turbans are synonymous with cultural tradition of India. The story is an informational narrative about different kinds of turbans which are commonly worn in India. The turbans have been personified to introduce themselves one by one in an interesting poetic form. Vibrant, striking and colorful illustrations add life to the story.
PDF · Fixed page layoutIllustrations: not assessed
Categories: Family & Friends Fiction History Humor Mythology, Legends & Folklore
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Baby Giraffe and the Sun
Mother Giraffe works long days in an orange grove, sweating under the hot sun. Baby Giraffe wants to do something to make her more comfortable. So he comes up with a plan. He will get rid of the sun!
Bhabho the Buffalo
Bhabho the Buffalo had beautiful horns. One day, her horns got wet in the rain. Dirt blew in her direction and stuck to her wet horns. The next day, a bird flying by dropped a seed that fell on Bhabho’s horn. Soon the seed sprouted into a tree. What will Bhabho do with a tree growing on her horns?
Billy to the Rescue
Putting out fires makes Billy the fire engine dirty. Will he still do his work?
PDF · Fixed page layoutIllustrations: not assessed
Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Fiction
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Bo’s Treasure
After his friend brags about his fantastic toy boat, Bo runs home to look for his own treasures. What do you think Bo will find?
PDF · Fixed page layoutIllustrations: not assessed
Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Nature/Gardening/Animals
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Bon and Butter
It’s summer break, and Bon is bored. Nobody will play with him! Bon decides to throw a party. But whose party is it?
PDF · Fixed page layoutIllustrations: not assessed
Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Nature/Gardening/Animals
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Botse-Botse Wants to Get Married
After hearing wedding music in the village, Botse-Botse decides that she wants to get married too.
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Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Fiction Human Interest Nature/Gardening/Animals School & Education
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Bountong’s New Hat
Woooosh! Woooosh! That’s the sound of the wind as Bountong rides across a field wearing his new hat. Accompanied by his buffalo, Bountong has an adventurous day with a hat that has a long tail, horns and eyes.
Busy Mother Hen
Mother Hen sits patiently waiting for her eggs to hatch. How long will it take? Is she going to miss the fair?
Suggested age, readers, English difficulty and US school grade are separate labels. Age groups are guidance based on source information or editorial review; unreviewed books are “Not assessed”. A US grade is assigned only with source information or a documented assessment; otherwise it is “Not assessed”. Levels use A1–C2 to indicate reading difficulty. StoryWeaver levels 1/2/3/4 use our approximate A1/A2/B1/B2 guide, labelled “estimated”; this is not an official equivalence. A book-specific assessment takes priority. Other unassessed books are labelled “Not assessed”. Source StoryWeaver levels are retained separately. Classics retain their original English.