WHERE DO YOU BEGIN finding kids free books from our Kids Free Books Downloads Directory?, and with starting and reading your child’s book library?
Picture books - younger ones will still enjoy picture books like the ones below and will probably be able to read many to themselves. This isn’t ‘babyish’, it’s a deeply satisfying pleasure that fosters reading confidence. Look out for more demanding picture books for older children.
Storybooks - new readers are often proud when they start reading their first ‘chapter’ books. Choose ones that aren’t too long, have short chapters with not too many words on the page, and lots of supporting pictures from the selection of free kids books to download at the bottom of the page. Remember to praise your child as s/he reads.
Myths and legends - fairytales and Classic stories like our free kids books will still be popular and you can introduce other traditional stories such as simple re-tellings of Greek or Roman myths, Norse legends or folktales from other countries.
Reading aloud - even though your child may now be reading on her own, she’ll still enjoy having a story read to her. Reading in this way keeps you close and allows experimentation with a more challenging story, a complex plot or long words.
School reading books - your child’s school reading scheme will probably have come to an end by now, but she may still bring home books that the teacher would like her to read with you.
Reference books - at school, your child will gradually learn to obtain information from reference books like the free kids study book downloads in our Learning Directory page. To encourage this, you may want to invest in a few basic reference books for your home.
Keep your child interested in reading by visiting bookshops and libraries. Look for books you know will be of interest (football annuals, film tie-ins, joke collections, craft books etc) and buy books and book tokens as presents.
Simply “right button click” your mouse on the links below and select “save target as” to your Desktop from the window that opens, to download these .pdf books to your computer.
Otherwise, simply click on the link as usual and the book will open in your browser, but be patient opening the book this way, as books with lots of pictures can take a while to open up on “dial up” modems.
Then if you decide you do want to keep a copy, look at the top of the book’s Adobe toolbar, you can just “Save a copy” as usual to create a copy on your computer.
There is a huge selection of books at the bottom of this Directory from little kids “Readers” to the Classics we read at school, with Parenting Books and “Make your own…” series of recipe books, as well as cookbooks and Kids magic & games books. ENJOY!
Toddlers Classic Picture Readers May take a little longer to download because of the large pictures in the books….
Free Kids Book downloads - picture readers for toddlers
The Ugly Duckling
Five Little Pigs
Animal Alphabet A to Z picture reader
Tales of Little Kittens
Little Bo Beep nursery rhymes
Merry Alphabet picture reader A to Z
Merry Alphabet 2 picture reader A to Z
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Night Before Christmas
Snip & Snap and the Goat
Tales of Little Cats
The Cats Party
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Online kids books
Grimms Fairy Tales: just click on the links to read the story pages online here on the site, without having to download anything:
The Frog King fairy tale
Our Lady’s Child fairy tale
The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
Faithful John fairy tale
The Good Bargain fairy tale
The Twelve Brothers fairy tale
Brother and Sister fairy tale
Rapunzel fairy tale
The Three Little Men in the Wood fairy tale
The Three Spinners fairy tale
Hansel and Grethel fairy tale
Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie fairy tale
The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces fairy tale
The Six Servants fairy tale
The White Bride and the Black One fairy tale
Iron John fairy tale
The Three Black Princesses fairy tale
Knoist and His Three Sons fairy tale
The Maid of Brakel fairy tale
Domestic Servants fairy tale
The Lambkin and the Little Fish fairy tale
Simeli Mountain fairy tale
Going A-Travelling fairy tale
The Donkey fairy tale
The Ungrateful Son fairy tale
The Turnip fairy tale
The Old Man Made Young Again fairy tale
The Three Sluggards fairy tale
The Shepherd Boy fairy tale
The Stolen Farthings fairy tale
Brides On Their Trial fairy tale
The Sparrow and His Four Children fairy tale
Snow-White and Rose-Red fairy tale
80+ Free e-Books to download:
Simply “right button click” your mouse on the links below and select“save target as” to your Desktop from the window that opens, to download these .pdf books to your computer.
Otherwise, simply click on the link as usual and the book will open in your browse, but be patient, as books with lots of pictures can take a while to open up on “dial up” modems.
Then if you decide you do want to keep a copy, look at the top of the book’s Adobe toolbar, you can just “Save a copy” as usual to create a copy on your computer.
There is a huge selection of books from little kids “Readers” to the Classics we read at school, with Parenting Books and “Make your own…” series of recipe books, as well as cookbooks and Kids magic & games books. ENJOY!
Dickens “A Christmas Tree”
Dickens “Black Veil”
Dickens “A Child’s Story part I”
Dickens “A Child’s Story part 2”
Dickens “The Chimes – a Goblin Story”
Dickens “A Christmas Carol”
Dickens “The Cricket on the Hearth”
Dickens “Hunted Down”
Dickens “Nobody’s Story”
Dickens “The Poor Relations Story”
Dickens “To Be Read at Dusk”
Dickens “What Christmas is as we Grow Older”
Evan Hunter “The Birds”
“Eighty Days Around the World”
“The Fall of the House of Usher”
“Gift of the Magi”
“Heart of Darkness”
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
“The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause”
“The Mask of the Red Death”
“Never Bet the Devil your Head”
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
“Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe
“The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe
“Tell Tale Heart” Edgar Allan Poe
“Rip Van Winkle”
“The Secret Sharer”
“Sense and Sensibility”
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
“Turn of the Screw”
“The Works of Voltaire”
The Adventures of Gerard
The Birds’ Christmas Carol
Poe “The Black Cat”
“Call of the Wild
“Candide” or “The Optimist” part 1.
“Candide” or “The Optimist” part 2
The Lost World – classic story free kids books download
The War of The Worlds – classic story free kids books download
Parenting Self Help & child development Books
If you want to preview them first, just click on the links like normal and the books will open up in a new window, so you will stay on your current page….
“Cat Tails” Get my little collection of funny Cat’s tales, feline quotes, furry stories and fuzzy wisdoms
“Cat Tails” 
“Hank as a Youth” a collection of true cat stories about some really hilarious cats written by their confused human, Dr. Banks
“Hank as a Youth”
“Crash course for beginners on How to write an eBook“
“Accomplish Anything you Want in your Life!”
“Secrets of the Richest People”
How to Play Checkers – free kids books download
Book of Magic Card Tricks – free kids books download
Meeting the needs of Gifted Children free books download
Keeping Baby Safe free self help books download
Three Ways to Make Your Children Listen free ebooks download
Seven Indispensable Truths about being Moms free ebooks download
70 healthy recipes cookbook free book download
Lemonade recipes cookbook free book download
500 famous quotes free book download
365 daily success quotes free book download
Love Quotes & Poems book download
Natural Sleep Aids & Remedies book download
Dream Meanings book download
Carbohydrate & Calorie Counter free ebook download
Child Reading Guide free kids books download
Child Abuse & Child Welfare Issues ebooks download
Summary of Kids Discipline ebook download
Tips for Dealing with Exams & Tests free kids books download
Birthday Activities Guide free kids books download
Coping with Holidays & Festive Meals free kids books download
Hip Moms – Household Tips books download
Keeping Kids Busy free kids books download
Kids Travel Checklist free self help books download
Make Savings on your Grocery Bills free books download
Recipes to Make your own Baby foods free books download
Recipes to Make your own Baby Wipes free books download
Recipes to Make your own Laundry Detergent free books download
Recipes to make your own Stain Remover free books download
Stop Thinking Diet free self help books download
“The Biggest Secret” by David Icke
“The Biggest Secret”
“Setting Personal Goals Guide” to help you plan for success in 2007 using SMART planning principles
“Setting Personal Goals Guide”
Learn how to become a successful Internet Affiliate
This 5Pillar Affilaites Master course is a very comprehensive training guide by the respected Dr Ken Envoy, of SiteSell fame.
Work At Home Moms – SBI enterprise guide
Tells you everything you ever wanted to know about how to be a successful & financially secure, work at home Mom,
More Work at Home Moms – case studies
Learn from other WHAM success stories as they tell you how they made a success of their home internet businesses
Work at Home Moms – Guide to getting Organized
Written by four successful WHAM’s – their experiences will help you to succeed even faster.
“Crash course for beginners on How to write an eBook“
“Accomplish Anything you Want in your Life!”
“Secrets of the Richest People”
“Panic Attacks do not Harm you” Basic self help strategies to help you deal with Anxiety and Panic attacks to empower yourself.
“Panic Attacks do not Harm you”
“Good Karma” a simple presentation of Beliefs said to be from the Dalai Lama
“Good Karma”
“Shine with your Aura of Success” How to become aware of and to develop your personal aura, and to use it to your benefit.
“Shine with your Aura of Success”
“Solving the Money Puzzle” fundamental money management training to help sort out your finances and your financial goals
“Solving the Money Puzzle”
“Success Secrets – Making Money Online” for some ideas and strategies in internet business ideas.
“Success Secrets – Making Money Online”
“The Great Wealth Pandemic” A cure for Poverty, Limitation and Lack. The dis-ease of the mind.
“The Great Wealth Pandemic”
A beautiful pictorial tribute to Mother Teresa, with some of her most powerful quotes ever.
Mother Teresa Tribute
The results of Graphic Artists with too much time on their hands, and an active imagination for creative Animal Graphics
Animal Magic Graphic Art
Some really good thoughts on how to live your life with a positive philosophy and outlook, with the cutest pictures you have ever seen…
Good Philosophy
If Women Ruled the World – take a humorous look at the world from the womens perspective, if you dare!
If Women Ruled the World
Beautifully illustrated presentation of your mother’s favourite sayings (and threats) to teach you the logic of the world.
Ode to Mothers
What would our adorable dogs say to God if they could, and what is the most important question they have for him?
To God from Dogs
What happens when you just have to sleep, right now, right here… the pictures tell it all
Sleeping Places
Stunning pictorial presentation of our beautiful planet seen from space…. Like you have never seen before.
Magnificent Blue Planet
Thought provoking presentation, on the benefits of choosing your priorities in life very wisely, over your lifetime.
Choose Wisely
How do you plan to retire & live to the fullest for the later years of your life? This presentation gives one great solution.
No Nursing Home for Me!
A simple and sweet friendship note to send to your loved ones.
Friendship Note
Get BOTH of our family friendly JOKE BOOKS here:
Have a Laugh on Us! Vol 1 – clean jokes book
Have a Laugh on Us! Vol 2 – clean jokes book
“How to Budget Successfully”
“101 Romantic Ideas”
“A Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave”
Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
Einstein’s sidelights on the theory of relativity
“History of the Kings of England” Thompson
“Parma Endorion” Essays on Middle-Earth
“Twilight in the Spaces Between” CLASSIC CHILDRENS STORIES – free kids books for bedtime reading Just click on links to read the story on the site pages.
Collection of Aesop’s Fables
Child’s Garden of Verses
Aladdin & the Magic Lamp fairy tale
A Christmas Carol
Hunting of the Snark fairy tale
Jack & the Beanstalk fairy tale
The Real Princess & the Pea fairy tale
The Three Wishes
Treasure Island
Velveteen Rabbit
Wizard of Oz
Creative Storybook Reading
A child development specialist once told me that if you can read a book to your child in less than three minutes, you have wasted your time.
Real quality reading time should include your child asking questions, pointing at pictures, and interacting. As all parents, grandparents, and caregivers know, our kids tend to pick the same book to read over and over and over. Let’s face it, reading can get boring for the adults! Here are a few tips on ways that parents can keep reading interesting while helping children build important developmental skills.
Use Animated Voices
Read the story using a different voice for each character. My father read the J.R.R. Tolkien series to us as children and his Golum and Bilbo Baggins voices were the best!
Leave out words
When reading, leave out words or parts of sentences for your child to fill in.
Read with accents
If you find yourself getting bored with a book, start reading with an English, French or Spanish accent!
Sing the story
Make up a tune and start singing. If you aren’t good at making up tunes, pick a familiar classical or folk song.
Change the words
In reading my kids’ favorite books, I keep my own attention by changing the main characters name constantly throughout the story. My kids find it a fun game to correct me.
For older kids try changing the sentence or word at the end of every page to see if my kids can catch the mistake. Start with outrageous words (Hippopotamus or Pickle work well) that have nothing to do with the story at first but make it harder as they catch on.
Read the book backwards
This won’t work for all books, but it’s lots of fun to try!
Make up a new story
A good children’s book should tell a story that makes sense without the printed words. Help your child make up a new story that fits the pictures.
Word search
If the kids know their alphabet, teach them a simple word, then have them find or count how many times the word is used in the story.
Whatever way you read – make it fun!
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for an amazing collection of free ebooks (some of them cost a dollar or two to download, but most of them you can read page by page on the computer…… copy and paste into your browser:
www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm
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