Online Collections for Children

+ Description

Over 5,000 storybooks in more than 250 languages spoken in Africa and elsewhere. This ongoing project invites participants to add to the collection by creating or translating books.

To access books, click on Read on the home page, then select “Storybooks ASb approved”, then click on the search bar. Note that the drop-down list of languages relates to all books available on the site, but only those approved by African Storybook have been checked for quality and conformity to standardised spelling. Books which have not been approved should be used with caution.

+ Available Languages

• Acholi / Acoli
• Afrikaans
• Alur
• Amharic / Amarinja / Amharinya / አማርኛ
• Anii
• Anuak / Anyuak / Anywak
• Arabic, Egyptian / العربية
• Arabic, Egyptian / العربية (Latin)
• Arabic, Tunisian / العربية
• Aringa / Aringati
• Ateso / Teso
• Babanki
• Bamanangkan / Bamanakan
• Bambalang / Chrambo
• Bari
• Bemba / Chibemba / CiBemba / IciBemba
• Bemba / Chibemba / CiBemba / IciBemba (school)
• Bukusu / Lubukusu
• Bura-Pabir / Bura
• Buwal
• Chichewa / Chewa / Chinyanja / Cinyanja / Nyanja
• Chichewa / Chewa / Chinyanja / Cinyanja / Nyanja (Mozambique)
• Chiduruma / Kiduruma
• Chiga / Rukiga
• Chrambo
• Chuwabu / Echuwabo
• Cicopi
• Dagaare
• Dagbani / Dagbanli / Dagomba
• Dangme / Adangme
• Dawida / Kidawida
• Dholuo / Luo
• Dinka
• Dogoso
• Dutch / Nederlands
• Ebira
• Efik
• Ekegusii / Gusii / Kisii
• English
• Etsako / Afemai
• Éwé
• Fante
• Fon / Fongbe
• French / Français
• Fulfulde / Fula / Fulah / Fulani
• Fulfulde / Fula / Fulah / Fulani (Adamawa)
• Fulfulde / Fula / Fulah / Fulani (Nigeria)
• Fulfulde / Fula / Fulah / Fulani (Mali)
• Fulfulde Mbororoore
• Ga
• Ganda / Luganda / Oluganda
• Gciriku / Rumanyo
• German / Deutsch
• Gikuyu / Kikuyu
• Gitonga
• Gonja
• Gun / Gungbe / Goungbe
• Gurene
• Gwere / Lugwere
• Hadiyya / Hadiya
• Hausa (Niger)
• Hausa (Nigeria)
• Hebrew
• Herero / Otjiherero
• Hyam (Northern Nigeria)
• Ibibio
• Idoma
• Igala
• Igbo
• IkiSimbete / Ikisimbëtë
• Ikwere / Ikwerre
• isiMpondo
• Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
• Italian / Italiano
• Jenjo
• Jopadhola / Dhopadhola / Adhola
• Kabuverdianu / Cape Verdean Creole / Criol / Kriolu
• Kakwa
• Kalanga / TjiKalanga
• Kalenjin
• Kamba / Kikamba
• Kamuku
• Kanga / Kufo / Kufa-Lima
• Kanuri
• Kaonde / Chinkhonde
• Kasem
• Kenye / Lukenye
• Khoekhoe / Khoekhoegowab
• Kiduruma
• Kigiryama / Giryama
• Kimîîru / Kĩmĩĩrũ
• Kinyarwanda / Ikinyarwanda / Rwandan / Rufumbira
• Kinyarwanda / Ikinyarwanda / Rwandan / Rufumbira (Uganda)
• Kom
• Konkomba / Likpakpaanl
• Konzo / Lhukonzo
• Krio
• Kumam
• Kuteb
• Kwangali / Rukwangali
• Lámnsoꞌ
• Lango / Leblango (Uganda)
• Limbum / Limbùm
• Lingala
• Lomwe / Elomwe / Ellomwe (Malawi)
• Lomwe, Malawi / Elomwe / Ellomwe
• Lopit
• Lozi / SiLozi
• Luba-Kasai / Tshiluba
• Lugbara / Lugbarati
• Lugbara / Lugbarati (official)
• Lulamoogi
• Lulogoli
• Maasai / Maa / Kimaasai
• Makhuwa / Emakhuwa / Emokhuwa
• Makhuwa-Meetto / Meetto / Imeetto
• Malagasy
• Mambila / Mambilla (Nigeria)
• Mampruli
• Masaaba / Lumasaaba / Lugisu
• Masana / Maasa
• Mashi
• Ma’di
• Mbukushu / Thimbukushu
• Moro
• Mumuye
• Nambya / ChiNambya
• Nandi
• Naro
• Ndau / ChiNdau
• Ndebele / isiNdebele / Ndebele, Southern
• Ndebele / isiNdebele / Ndebele, Southern (Zimbabwe)
• Ndonga / Oshindonga
• Ng’akarimojong / Ngakarimojong
• Nuer / Thok Nath
• Nupe-Nupe-Tako / Nupe
• Nyala / Olunyala
• Nyaneka / Olunyaneka
• Nyankore / Runyankore
• Nyole / Lunyole / Olunyole / Lunyore
• Nyoro / Runyoro / Runyakitara
• Nyungwe / Chinyungwe / Cinyungwe
• Nzema
• Obolo
• Olukabarasi
• Olukhayo / Khayo
• Oluwanga / Wanga
• Oromo / Afaan Oromo / Oromiffa
• Oshiwambo / Oshikwanyama / Kuanyama
• Otuho
• Pana
• Persian / Farsi / فارسی (Afghanistan)
• Pidgin, Nigerian / Pidgin English, Nigerian
• Pokomo
• Portuguese / Português
• Rundi / Kirundi
• Russian / русский язык‎ (russkij jazyk)
• Saamya-Gwe / Lusaamia / OluSamia
• Sabinyi
• Sagala / Kisaghala
• Samburu
• Sena / Cisena
• Setswana / Tswana (Botswana)
• Shona / ChiShona
• Silte
• Soga / Lusoga
• Sola
• Somali / Af Soomaali
• Songhay, Humburi Senna / Songay / Soŋay
• Sotho, Northern / Sepedi / Pedi
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho (Lesotho)
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho (South Africa)
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho (Zimbabwe)
• Spanish / Español
• Swahili / Kiswahili
• Swati / SiSwati
• Talen
• Tamasheq / Tamashek / Tuareg
• Tetela / Otetela
• Themne
• Tigrigna / Tigrinya
• Tigun
• Tiv
• Tonga / Chitonga / Zambezi
• Tooro / Rutooro
• Tsonga / Xitsonga / Changana
• Tswa / Xitswa
• Tumbuka / Chitumbuka / Citumbuka
• Tupuri
• Turkana / Ng’aturkana
• Twi, Akuapem
• Twi, Asante / Twi, Asanti / Twi, Ashante
• Urdu /اُردُو
• Urhobo
• Venda / Tshivenda / Tshivenḓa
• Wolaytta / Wolaita
• Xhosa / isiXhosa
• Xingoni
• Yao / Ciyawo (Malawi)
• Yom
• Yoruba
• Zande
• Zarma
• Zinza / Echizinza / Echiziinza
• Zulgo
• Zulu / isiZulu
• Zulu / isiZulu

+ Description

Drum Publication Group is a small, independent, Karen community-based organization dedicated to promoting education and preserving the cultures of the peoples of Burma. The Group publishes materials in Burmese, English, and Sgaw Karen languages and includes over 200 titles, for sale or free download. View featured downloads here and the Drum catalogue here.

+ Available Languages

• Burmese / Myanmar / မြန်မာ / မြန်မာစကား
• English
• Karen, S’gaw / Karen / K’nyau Cgau / ကညီကျိာ် / ကညီၤ (စှီၤ) / เก่อะญอ (จฆอ) / ភាសាខ្មែរ

+ Description

This is a collection of high-quality children’s stories in national and indigenous languages, with a focus on underserved languages. It includes “Girls Can Do Anything” and a STEM collection. It is an initiative of The Asian Foundation’s Books for Asia program that fosters young readers in Asia.

+ Available Languages

• Aklanon / Akeanon
• Bali / Balinese
• Batak Toba
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• Bikol, Central / Bikol Naga
• Bikol, Miraya
• Bikol, Rinconada
• Bisu / บีซู
• Boholano / Binol-anon
• Burmese / Myanmar / မြန်မာ / မြန်မာစကား
• Cebuano
• Chin, Hakha
• Dari / Persian, Afghan / دری
• Enga
• English
• Fijian
• Fiji Hindi
• Filipino
• Hiligaynon
• Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
• Javanese / Basa Jawa
• Kachin
• Karen, S’gaw / Karen / K’nyau Cgau / ကညီကျိာ် / ကညီၤ (စှီၤ) / เก่อะญอ (จฆอ)
• Khmer / Cambodian / ភាសាខ្មែរ
• Kinaray-a
• Korean / 한국어
• Lao / ລາວ / ພາສາລາວ‎
• Limbu / यक्थुङ्पन‎
• Magar / मगर
• Maguindanaon / Magindanawn
• Malay / Bahasa Malaysia / Bahasa Melayu
• Maldivian / Dhivehi / ދިވެހި
• Maranao / M’ranaw
• Masbatenyo / Minasbate
• Minangkabau
• Mongolian / Монгол
• Motu, Hiri
• Nepali / नेपाली
• Newari / Nepal Bhasha / नेपालभाषा
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو
• Persian / Farsi / فارسی
• Rakhine / ရခိုင်ဘာသာ
• Rotuman
• Sign Language, Burmese / Myanmar / မြန်မာ / မြန်မာစကား
• Sign Language, Fijian
• Sign Language, Indonesian
• Sign Language, Nepali / नेपाली साङ्केतिक भाषा
• Sinhala
• Sorsoganon, Southern
• Sunda / Basa Sunda / Sundanese
• Tagalog
• Tamang, Eastern / तामाङ
• Tamang, Western / तामाङ
• Tamil / தமிழ்
• Tetun / Tetum
• Thai / ไทย / ภาษาไทย
• Tharu, Bara Jilla / बारा जिल्ला थारु
• Tharu, Dangaura / दङ्‍गौरा थारू
• Tharu, Rana / राना थारु
• Tok Pisin
• Urdu /اُردُو
• Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

+ Description

Part of a broader initiative to promote reading for enjoyment in the official languages of South Africa. This website also has printable, multilingual stories and rhymes as well as audio stories. Storytellers are invited to share their own stories.

+ Available Languages

• Afrikaans
• English
• Ndebele / isiNdebele
• Setswana / Tswana
• Sotho, Northern / Sepedi
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho
• Swati / Siswati
• Tsonga / Xitsonga
• Venda / Tshivenda / Tshivenḓa
• Xhosa / isiXhosa
• Zulu / isiZulu

+ Description

StoryWeaver is a digital library of more than 60,000 stories in over 300 languages (and growing) at various levels. Some of these books are bilingual in the heritage language and English. All stories and illustrations are available under open licences to give people the right to share, use, translate, or build upon the existing body of work. Stories can be downloaded for printing or for adaptation in an e-publication software.

To access books in a particular language, click on Read on the home page, then on All Books under the Explore Books heading, then on Filter by Languages.

+ Available Languages

• Acholi / Acoli
• Afrikaans
• Ahirani / Khandeshi
• Albanian
• Alur
• Amharic / Amarinja / Amharinya / አማርኛ
• Amuzgo, Guerrero / Ñomdá
• Arabic / العربية
• Arabic, Tunisian / العربية (Latin script)
• Aringa / Aringati
• Armenian, Western
• Assamese / Ôxômiya / অসমীয়া‎
• Ateso / Teso
• Awaketeko
• Bali / Balinese
• Bambara
• Banjar / Banjarese / Bahasa Banjar
• Bareli, Rathwi / Pawari
• Bashkort / Bashkir
• Basque
• Bats / Tsova Tush / Tsova-Tush
• Belarusian (Cyrillic script)
• Bemba / Chibemba / IciBemba
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা - Santali (Bengali script)
• Bhilori (Gujarati script)
• Bhojpuri / भोजपुरी
• Bhoti
• Bikol, Central / Bikol Naga
• Bikol, Rinkonada
• Bodo
• Bukusu / Lubukusu
• Bulgarian
• Bundeli / Bundelkhandi
• Bura
• Burmese / Myanmar / မြန်မာ / မြန်မာစကား
• Cantonese (Simplified)
• Cantonese (Traditional)
• Catalan
• Cebuano-Cebu
• Chakma (RibengUni script)
• Chalchiteko
• Chatino
• Chaudhary
• Chhattisgarhi
• Chichewa / Chewa / Chinyanja / Cinyanja / Nyanja
• Chiga / Rukiga
• Chin, Thado / Chin, Thadou
• Chinanteco
• Chindonde
• Chinese, Hakka (Zhaoan)
• Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 / 中文
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Chocoltec / Chocholteco
• Chol / Ch’ol
• Creole, Haitian / Kreyòl / Kreyol Ayisyen / Haitian
• Creole, Louisiana / Kouri Vini
• Croatian / Hrvatski
• Czech
• Dagaare
• Dagbani / Dagbanli / Dagomba
• Dangme / Adangme
• Danish / Dansk
• Dari / Persian, Afghan / دری
• Dawida / Kidawida
• Dayak (Kalimantan)
• Dhodia
• Dholuo / Luo
• Dinka
• Dogri
• Dolgan
• Dotyali / Doteli / डोटेली
• Duruwa / Dhurwa
• Dutch / Nederlands
• Ebira
• Ekegusii / Gusii / Kisii
• English
• English - Afrikaans
• English - Arabic / العربية
• English - Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• English - Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 / 中文
• English - Chinese (Traditional)
• English - Farsi / فارسی (Samim)
• English - French / Français
• English - Garo
• English - Gujarati
• English - Hakka (Zhaoan)
• English - Hausa
• English - Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• English - isiXhosa
• English - isiZulu
• English - Kannada
• English - Khasi
• English - Konkani
• English - Korean
• English - Kutchi (Gujarati script)
• English - Maithili / मैथिली
• English - Malay / Bahasa Melayu
• English - Malayalam
• English - Marathi / मराठी
• English - Navajo / Diné
• English - Ndebele / isiNdebele / Ndebele, Southern
• English - Odia
• English - Pnar
• English - Portuguese / Português
• English - Punjabi / Panjabi
• English - Sanskrit
• English - Sepedi / Sotho, Northern
• English - Setswana / Tswana
• English - Sotho, Southern / Sesotho
• English - Spanish / Español
• English - Surjapuri
• English - Swati / SiSwati / Tswati
• English - Tagalog
• English - Tamil / தமிழ்
• English - Telugu / తెలుగు
• English - Tharu, Mid-Eastern / Tharu, Kochila
• English - Toto (Bengali script)
• English - Tshivenḓa / Venda / Tshivenda
• English - Tsonga / Xitsonga / Changana
• English - Urdu /اُردُو
• Erzya
• Esperanto
• Estonian
• Éwé
• Fante
• Farsi / فارسی
• Farsi / فارسی (Samim)
• Filipino
• Finnish / Suomi
• French / Français
• French / Français - Tamil / தமிழ்
• Frisian
• Fulfulde, Adamawa (Nigeria)
• Fulfulde Mbororoore
• Ga
• Galician / Galego
• Ganda / Luganda / Oluganda
• Garhwali
• Garo
• Garo - English
• Georgian / ქართული
• German, Swiss / Alemannisch
• German / Deutsch
• Gikuyu / Kikuyu
• Giryama / Kigiryama
• Gondi
• Gondi (South Bastar)
• Gonja
• Greek / Ελληνικά
• Guarani
• Guarani - Spanish
• Gujarati
• Gujari, Van / Gujjari, Van (Devanagari script)
• Gurene
• Gwere / Lugwere
• Hakka (Zhaoan)
• Halbi
• Haryanvi
• Hausa
• Hebrew / העברי
• Herero / Otjiherero
• Hiligaynon
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Kurmali / Kudmali
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Kurux / Kurukh
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Magahi
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Maithili / मैथिली
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Mundari
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Sadri
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी - Surjapuri
• Ho (Latin script)
• Hruso / Hrusso / Aka
• Huastec / Tének
• Huave
• Huichol / Wixárika
• Hungarian / Magyar
• Icelandic / Íslenska
• Idu-Mishmi (Latin Script)
• Igbo
• ikiSimbete / IkiSimbëtë
• Ikwere / Ikwerre
• Ilocano
• Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
• Italian / Italiano
• Jakalteko / Popti’
• Japanese / 日本語
• Javanese / Basa Jawa
• Jèrriais
• Jopadhola / Dhopadhola / Adhola
• Juanga - Odia
• Kabuverdianu / Cape Verdean Creole / Criol / Kriolu
• Kabyle / Taqbaylit
• Kakwa
• Kalenjin
• Kamba / Kikamba
• Kannada
• Kanuri
• Kaonde / Chinkhonde
• Kapampangan / Kampampangan / Campampangan
• Kaqchikel / Cachiquel
• Karbi
• Karen, S’gaw / Karen / K’nyau Cgau / ကညီကျိာ် (Latin script)
• Karen, S’gaw / Karen / K’nyau Cgau / ကညီကျိာ် (Lixwa script)
• Karen, S’gaw / Karen / K’nyau Cgau / ကညီကျိာ် (Thai script)
• Kasem
• Kashmiri
• Kashmiri (Urdu script)
• Kazakh (Cyrillic script)
• Kekchí / Q’eqchi’
• Kenye / Lukenye
• Khasi
• Khmer / Cambodian / ភាសាខ្មែរ
• Khoekhoe / Khoekhoegowab
• Kigiyrama
• Kinyarwanda / Ikinyarwanda / Rwandan / Rufumbira
• Kipfokomu / Kipfokomo / Pokomo
• Kisan / Kora (Bengali script)
• Kisan / Kora - Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা (Bengali script)
• Kitharaka
• Koch Rabha
• Kodava (Kannada script)
• Kodava (Latin script)
• Kolami
• Koli, Katchi / Kutchi (Gujarati script)
• Konda
• Konkani
• Konkani (Kannada script)
• Konkani (Latin script)
• Konkomba / Likpakpaanl
• Koraga, Korra / Korra / Kora (Bengali script)
• Koraga, Korra / Korra / Kora (Bengali script) - Bengali
• Korean / 한국어
• Korku
• Krio
• Kudmali / Kurmali
• Kui - Odia
• Kumam
• Kumaoni
• Kurdish (Arabic script)
• Kurdish (Latin script)
• Kurux / Kurukh
• Kutchi (Gujarati script)
• Kuvi (Telugu script)
• Kwangali / Rukwangali
• Kyrgyz / Kirghiz / Кыргыз тилинде (Cyrillic script)
• Kιmῖῖru / Kῖmῖῖrũ
• K’iche’ / K’iche
• Lakota
• Lambadi / Banjari (Devanagari script)
• Lámnsoʼ
• Lao / ລາວ / ພາສາລາວ‎
• Lepcha (Tibetan script)
• Limburgish
• Lingala
• Lithuanian
• Lomwe / Elomwe
• Lozi / SiLozi
• Lugbara / Lugbarati
• Maasai / Maa / Kimaasai
• Macedonian / Македонски
• Magahi
• Maithili / मैथिली
• Maithili / मैथिली - English
• Makhuwa / Emakhuwa / Emokhuwa
• Makhuwa-Meetto / Meetto / Imeetto
• Malay / Bahasa Melayu
• Malayalam
• Malvi
• Mam
• Mampruli
• Manipuri (Bengali script)
• Manipuri (Meetai Mayek script)
• Marathi / मराठी
• Marathi / मराठी - Kolami
• Marwari / Marwadi
• Masaaba / Lumasaaba / Lugisu
• Masbatenyo / Minasbate
• Maya, Yucatec / Maaya t’aan / Maayat’aan
• Mazahua
• Mazatec
• Me’phaa / Mephaa
• Mewari
• Minangkabau
• Mixe
• Mixtec / Mixteco / Tu’un savi
• Munda - Odia
• Mundari
• Naga, Sümi
• Naga, Tangkhul
• Naga, Zeme / Naga, Southern / Zeme
• Naga, Zeme / Naga, Southern / Zeme - English
• Nahuat / Nawat / Pipil
• Nahuatl
• Nahuatl, Orizaba / Nawatl
• Nambya / ChiNambya
• Nanai
• Navajo / Diné
• Ndebele / isiNdebele / Ndebele, Southern
• Ndonga / Oshindonga
• Nepali / नेपाली
• Nimadi
• Norwegian / Norsk
• Nuu-chah-nulth / Nuuchahnulth
• Nyankore / Runyankore
• Nyole / Lunyole / Olunyole / Lunyore
• Nyoro / Runyoro / Runyakitara
• Nyungwe / Chinyungwe / Cinyungwe
• Nzema
• Occitan / Gascon
• Odia
• Odia - Ho
• Odio - Kui
• Olukhayo / Khayo
• Oluwanga / Wanga
• Oromo / Afaan Oromo / Oromiffa
• Oshiwambo / Oshikwanyama / Kuanyama / Kwanyama
• Paite
• Papiamentu / Papiamento (Aruba)
• Papiamentu / Papiamento (Curacao)
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو
• Pnar
• Pnar - English
• Pnar - Garo
• Pnar - Khasi
• Polish / Polski
• Popoluca, Highland / Nuntajɨɨyi
• Portuguese / Português
• Potawatomi
• Provençal
• Pulaar / Pular / Fulfulde
• Punjabi / Panjabi
• Quechua
• Rapa Nui
• Rejang
• Romanian
• Romani Mexicano
• Rumantsch Grischun
• Rundi / Kirundi
• Russian / Pусский
• Rusyn
• Sabinyi
• Sadri
• Sahariya
• Sama, Central / Sinama, Central
• Sambalpuri (Devanagari script)
• Samoan / Gagana Sāmoa
• Sanskrit
• Santhali / Santali (Bengali script)
• Santhali / Santali (Devanagari script)
• Santhali / Santali (Ol Chiki script)
• Santhali - Bengali / Santali - Bengali (Bengali script)
• Sena / Cisena
• Serbian / Srpski (Cyrillic script)
• Serbian / Srpski (Latin script)
• Setswana / Tswana#
• Seychelles French Creole / Seychellois Kreol
• Shona / ChiShona
• Sindhi
• Singpho / Jinghpaw
• Sinhala
• Sissala / Sisali
• Slovak / Slovenčina
• Soga / Lusoga
• Sora / Saura - Odia
• Sotho, Northern / Sepedi / Pedi
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho
• Sourashtra / Saurashtra (Latin script)
• Spanish / Español
• Sranan Tongo
• Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole
• Sunda / Basa Sunda / Sundanese
• Surgujia
• Surjapuri
• Swahili / Kiswahili
• Swati / SiSwati
• Swedish / Svenska
• Sylheti
• Tagalog
• Talysh
• Tamang / तामाङ (Devanagari script)
• Tamil / தமிழ்
• Tamil / தமிழ் - SLP Creole
• Tarahumara
• Tatar
• Telugu / తెలుగు
• Tepehuan, Southeastern / O’dam
• Tetun / Tetum
• Thai / ไทย / ภาษาไทย
• Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya / Tharu, Kochila
• Tharu, Rana / राना थारु
• Tibetan
• Tibetan, Amdo
• Tigrigna / Tigrinya
• Tiv
• Tojolabal / Tojol-a’bal
• Toki Pona
• Tolowa
• Tonga / Chitonga / Zambezi
• Tooro / Rutooro
• Triqui
• Tsonga / Xitsonga / Changana
• Tswa / Xitswa
• Tulu
• Tumbuka / Chitumbuka / Citumbuka
• Turkana / Ng’aturkana
• Turkish / Türkçe
• Twi, Akuapem
• Twi, Asante / Twi, Asanti / Twi, Ashante
• Tzeltal / Tseltal
• Tzotzil / Tsotsil / Bats’i k’op
• Tyap
• Ukrainian (Cyrillic script)
• Ukrainian (Latin script)
• Urdu /اُردُو
• Urdu /اُردُو (Latin script)
• Urhobo
• Venda / Tshivenda / Tshivenḓa
• Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
• Wagdi / Vagadi / Wagri
• Welsh
• Wolof
• Xhosa / isiXhosa
• Yao / Ciyawo
• Yokot’an
• Yoruba
• Zapotec / Zapoteco
• Zo / Zou
• Zoque
• Zulu / isiZulu

+ Description

Promotes the development and publication of books for children in Tamil. A large number of books for children at five levels of reading are available for reading online.

+ Available Languages

• Tamil

+ Description

These books were developed by Sangita Thapa, as part of the CanLearn Society’s Literacy Project.

+ Available Languages

• English
• Nepali / नेपाली

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Description**

eKitabu offers dozens of books for free download or purchase and are readable via free e-reader software. eKitabu’s Studio KSL (Kenyan Sign Language) and Studio RSL (Rwandan Sign Language) also offer sign language videos and storybooks to support accessible, early grade reading.

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Available Languages**

• English
• Sign Language, Kenyan
• Sign Language, Rwandan

+ Description

A resource designed specifically for children, families, community members, and educators. Inspired by the open-licensed stories from Little Cree Books, this project aims to make the text, images, and audio of stories available in Indigenous languages as well as English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada.

+ Available Languages

• Cantonese
• Chinese, Mandarin / 國語 / 普通话
• Cree, Plains / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
• Cree, Swampy / Nêhinawêwin
• English
• French / Français
• Halkomelem / Halq’eméylem (Sts’ailes)
• Huastec / Tének
• Huichol / Wixárika
• Norwegian / Norsk
• Spanish / Español
• Ukrainian
• X̱aad Kil / Haida (Old Massett)
• X̱aayda Kil / Haida (Skidegate)

+ Description

Learn how we’re empowering Cambodian writers, artists, designers, and coders to develop high-quality, digital-first storybooks in Khmer. All Let’s Read! books are free to download, read, and adapt.

ស្វែងយល់បន្ថែម អំពីកម្មវិធីតោះអាន ដែលកំពុងនឹងជម្រុញអ្នកនិពន្ធខែ្មរ វិចិត្រករ អ្នករចនាទំព័រ ព្រមទាំងអ្នកសរសេរកូដ អោយផលិតសៀវភៅកុមារឌីជីថល ដែលមានគុណភាពខ្ពស់។ អ្នកអាចទាញយកសៀវភៅតោះអាន!ទាំងអស់ មកអាន និង កែសម្រួលដោយសេរី។

+ Available Languages

• Khmer / ភាសាខ្មែរ

+ Description

With the aim of ‘strengthening children’s connections to their Traditional Heritage’, this website contains a written collection of proverbs and stories told in mainly African and some Pacific minority languages. Some stories on the site include illustrations. Communities are invited to contribute proverbs and traditional stories in their languages to the website.

+ Available Languages

• Acholi
• Alamblak
• Anuak / Anyuak
• Borana
• Bukusu / Lubukusu
• Burji / Bambala
• Dagbani / Dagbanli / Dagomba
• Dholuo / Luo
• Ekegusii / Gusii / Kisii
• Éwé
• Fipa
• Ga
• Ganda / Luganda / Oluganda
• Haya
• Iatmul
• Khwedam / ||ani
• Kipsigis
• Konso
• Krio
• Kuman
• Kuria
• Maasai / Maa
• Meru
• Ngoni
• Otammari
• Pokot
• Rundi / Kirundi
• Shubi
• Sukuma
• Tamasheq / Tamashek / Tuareg
• Toposa
• Tugen
• Yeyi
• Zinza / Echizinza

+ Description

World Around You (WAY) enables communities to create content in local and national sign languages and share them in WAY’s open content digital library of folktales. The digital libraries are viewable from any web browser and can be remixed by anyone, including children, with simple text and video editing tools.

+ Available Languages

• Arabic / العربية
• Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 / 中文
• Chinese, Mandarin / 國語 / 普通话
• English
• Fiji Hindi
• Fijian
• Filipino
• French
• Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
• Italian / Italiano
• Khmer / Cambodian / ភាសាខ្មែរ
• Nepali / नेपाली
• Portuguese / Português
• Sign Language, Arabic / العربية
• Sign Language, Brazilian
• Sign Language, Cambodian
• Sign Language, Filipino (various versions)
• Sign Language, Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
• Sign Language, Jakarta (Indonesia)
• Sign Language, Nepali
• Sign Language, Somali
• Somali / Af Soomaali
• Spanish / Español
• Tagalog
• Tok Pisin
• Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

+ Description

With the goal of one ‘book’ for every child in their language, this social-enterprise offers children’s animated books in about 20 languages. Visit the website to download books and videos at a small cost. Download the free app to stream animated videos with same language subtitles, or read the stories.

To access the list of languages available, click on Stories on the home page, then scroll down. Select All Languages and All Levels.

+ Available Languages

• Chinese, Mandarin / 國語 / 普通话
• Dutch / Nederlands
• English (British, Indian and American)
• Esperanto
• French / Français
• German / Deutsch
• Greek / Ελληνικά
• Gujarati
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Italian / Italiano
• Kannada
• Lingwa de Planeta / Lidepla
• Marathi / मराठी
• Portuguese / Português
• Russian / Pусский
• Sanskrit
• Spanish / Español
• Tamil / தமிழ்

+ Description

Online books for children in a range of different languages. The books can be sorted by continent and have a focus on providing a range of different cultural and historical backgrounds.

+ Available Languages

• Amharic / Amarinja / Amharinya / አማርኛ
• Arabic / العربية / عربي
• Croatian / Hrvatski
• Dari / Persian, Afghan / دری
• Dutch / Nederlands
• English
• Filipino / Tagalog
• Finnish / Suomi
• French / Français
• German / Deutsch
• Greek / Ελληνικά
• Gujarati
• Hebrew / העברי
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Hungarian / Magyar
• Italian / Italiano
• Japanese / 日本語
• Kannada
• Latin
• Macedonian / Македонски
• Malay / Bahasa Melayu (Latin script)
• Malay / Bahasa Melayu (Jawi script)
• Maori
• Maori, Cook Islands / Rarotongan
• Marathi / मराठी
• Mongolian / монгол хэл
• Norwegian / Norsk
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو
• Persian / Farsi
• Polish / Polski
• Portuguese / Português
• Quechua
• Russian / Pусский
• Serbian / Srpski
• Shona / ChiShona
• Slovene / Slovenian / Slovenacki / Slovenský Jazyk
• Spanish / Español
• Swahili / Kiswahili
• Swedish / Svenska
• Tamil / தமிழ்
• Telugu / తెలుగు
• Turkish / Türkçe
• Urdu / اُردُو

+ Description

Vidya Nahar published the small picture book, entitled “My Swing”, which is translated and narrated in 37 languages. Use this with your class, or write your own multilingual books on the platform.

+ Available Languages

• Ahirani
• Arabic / العربية
• Assamese / Ôxômiya / অসমীয়া‎
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 / 中文
• English
• French / Français
• German / Deutsch
• Greek / Ελληνικά
• Gujarati
• Hebrew
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Indonesian
• Italian / Italiano
• Japanese / 日本語
• Kannada
• Konkani
• Kumaoni
• Kutchi
• Lithuanian
• Malayalam
• Manipuri
• Marathi / मराठी
• Marwari / Marwadi
• Odia
• Polish / Polski
• Punjabi, Eastern / Panjabi, Eastern / Gurumukhi
• Russian / Pусский
• Sanskrit
• Sindhi
• Spanish / Español
• Swahili / Kiswahili
• Tagalog / Filipino
• Tamil / தமிழ்
• Telugu / తెలుగు
• Ukrainian (Cyrillic script)
• Urdu / اُردُو

+ Description

Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, they develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in the school and beyond. Browse their collection of online books here.

+ Available Languages

• Arabic / العربية
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• Burmese / Myanmar / မြန်မာ / မြန်မာစကား
• Chichewa / Chewa / Chinyanja / Cinyanja / Nyanja
• Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 / 中文
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Creole, Haitian / Kreyòl / Kreyol Ayisyen / Haitian
• Dari / Persian, Afghan / دری
• English
• Filipino
• Gujarati
• Ganda / Luganda / Oluganda
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
• Italian / Italiano
• Jarai / Jo’rai
• Kannada
• Khmer / Cambodian / ភាសាខ្មែរ
• Lao / ລາວ / ພາສາລາວ‎
• Marathi / मराठी
• Ndebele / IsiNdebele / Ndebele, Southern
• Nepali / नेपाली
• Nyankore / Runyankore
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو
• Setswana / Tswana
• Sindhi
• Sinhala
• Sotho, Northern / Sepedi / Pedi
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho
• Spanish / Español
• Swahili / Kiswahili
• Swati / SiSwati
• Tamil / தமிழ்
• Telugu / తెలుగు
• Tonga / Chitonga / Zambezi
• Tsonga / Xitsonga / Changana
• Urdu /اُردُو
• Venda / Tshivenda / Tshivenḓa
• Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
• Xhosa / IsiXhosa
• Zulu / isiZulu

+ Description

Videobooks with bilingual stories for children and teens in the sign languages of Argentina, Nicaragua, Paraguay or Uruguay and in Spanish. Register on the website for the full collection of stories.

+ Available Languages

• Sign Language, Argentinian / LSA
• Sign Language, Nicaraguan / LSN
• Sign Language, Paraguayan / LSPy
• Sign Language, Uruguayan / LSU
• Spanish / Español

+ Description

The activities of the Yukon Native Language Center include the documentation, revitalization, teaching and learning of First Nations languages spoken in the north-west of Canada and Alaska.

+ Available Languages

• Gwich’in
• Han / Hän
• Kaska
• Tagish
• Tanana, Upper
• Tlingit
• Tutchone, Northern
• Tutchone, Southern / Dän K'e

+ Description

A free downloadable app offering multilingual books for children with audio, aged up to 12. It currently contains 200+ books in 20+ languages, requiring a subscription for full access. It has a child-friendly user interface, designed specifically for smaller children to support them in their journey from being read to to becoming a proud reader.

The books can be read in dual language mode (in any language combination), and the text can be customized to support children struggling with dyslexia.

The website is in Dutch but other languages are available by scrolling down the home page and selecting from the drop down list.

+ Available Languages

• Arabic / العربية
• Bulgarian
• Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 / 中文
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Croatian / Hrvatski
• Czech
• Dutch / Nederlands
• English
• Farsi / فارسی
• French / Français
• Frisian
• German / Deutsch
• Hungarian / Magyar
• Italian / Italiano
• Japanese / 日本語
• Korean / 한국어
• Malaysian
• Papiamentu / Papiamento
• Polish / Polski
• Portuguese / Português
• Russian / Pусский
• Sign Language, Dutch
• Spanish / Español
• Tigrigna / Tigrinya
• Turkish / Türkçe
• Ukrainian

+ Description

This website hosts a collection of printable children’s picture books in the 11 official languages of South Africa. Books are open source, so you can translate them for your own context.

To access the books, click on Books on the home page, then Filter and Search Books, then Filter by Language.

+ Available Languages

• Afrikaans
• English
• Ndebele / isiNdebele / Ndebele, Southern
• Setswana / Tswana
• Sotho, Northern / Sepedi / Pedi
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho (Lesotho)
• Swati / SiSwati
• Tsonga / Xitsonga / Changana
• Venda / Tshivenda / Tshivenḓa
• Xhosa / isiXhosa
• Zulu / isiZulu

+ Description

The Global Digital Library has over 9,000 resources, books, and math games, across 150 languages. This web platform was developed through a partnership between UNESCO and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and provides high-quality early grade reading books collated from other online sources that can be accessed for reading free of charge on digital devices or for printing. Click on Language at the top of the home page to access the list of the languages of the books available.

+ Available Languages

• Aceh / Acehnese
• Afrikaans
• Akan
• Amharic / Amarinja / Amharinya / አማርኛ
• Arabic / العربية
• Awadhi / अवघी
• Azerbaijani
• Bahnar
• Bali / Balinese
• Balochi, Southern / Baluchi, Southern
• Banjar
• Batak Angkola / Anghola Mandailing
• Batak Toba
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• Bhojpuri / भोजपुरी
• Bikol, Central / Bikol Naga
• Brahui
• Bukusu / Lubukusu
• Burmese / Myanmar / မြန်မာ / မြန်မာစကား
• Cebuano
• Chakma
• Cham
• Chichewa / Chewa / Chinyanja / Cinyanja / Nyanja
• Chinese
• Cree
• Croatian / Hrvatski
• Dagbani / Dagbanli / Dagomba
• Dangme / Adangme
• Dani, Western / Lani
• Danish
• Dotyali / Doteli / डोटेली
• Dzongkha
• Ede
• Ekari / Mee (Papua)
• Ekegusii / Gusii / Kisii
• Enga
• English
• Fante
• French / Français
• Ga
• Garo
• Garo
• Georgian / ქართული
• German / Deutsch
• Gonja
• Hadiyya / Hadiya
• Hausa (Nigeria)
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Hmong / Mong
• Ilocano / Ilokano
• Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
• Italian / Italiano
• Japanese / 日本語
• Jarai / Jo’rai / Jrai
• Javanese / Basa Jawa
• Javanese / Basa Jawa (Central Java)
• Javanese / Basa Jawa (East Java)
• Kalanguya
• Kamba / Kikamba
• Kaqchikel / Cachiquel
• Karen, S’gaw / Karen / K’nyau Cgau / ကညီကျိာ် / ကညီၤ (စှီၤ)
• Kasem
• Kerinci
• Khmer / Cambodian / ភាសាខ្មែរ
• Kinyarwanda / Ikinyarwanda / Rwandan / Rufumbira
• Kok Borok / Tripura
• Korean / 한국어
• Lao / ລາວ / ພາສາລາວ‎
• Lingala
• Loloda / Galela-Lolofa
• Lomwe, Malawi / Elomwe / Ellomwe
• Ma'anyan / Dayak Maanyan
• Madura / Madurese
• Maithili / मैथिली
• Makasar / Makassar
• Malay, Central / Bengkulu / Ogan Ulu
• Malay, Jambi / Melayu Jambi
• Malay, Larantuka / Larantuka
• Malay, Manado / Melayu Manado
• Malay, Riau / Melaya Riau
• Manggarai
• Marathi / मराठी
• Marma
• Minangkabau / Minang
• Mnong
• Motu, Hiri
• Ndebele Sewula / isiNdebele seSewula
• Nepali / नेपाली
• Newar / Newari / Nepal Bhasha / नेपालभाषा
• Ngaju / Dayak Ngaju
• Norwegian / Norsk
• Nzema
• Oluwanga / Wanga
• Oromo / Afaan Oromo / Oromiffa
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو
• Pashto, Northern / Pashtu, Northern / پښتو
• Pashto, Southern / Pashtu, Southern / پښتو
• Persian / Farsi / فارسی (Afghanistan)
• Ponosakan
• Portuguese / Português (Brazil)
• Pulaar / Pular / Fulfulde
• Russian / Pусский
• Sadri
• Sasak
• Sénoufo, Mamara
• Serer / Seereer
• Setswana / Tswana
• Shona / ChiShona
• Sidamo
• Sign Language, Cambodian
• Sign Language, Kenyan
• Sign Language, Malawian
• Sign Language, Nepali / नेपाली साङ्केतिक भाषा
• Sign Language, Rwandan
• Sign Language, Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
• Sindhi
• Sinugbuanong Binisaya
• Somali / Af Soomaali (Ethiopia)
• Soninke / Sooninke
• Sotho, Northern / Sepedi / Pedi
• Sotho, Southern / Sesotho
• Spanish / Español
• Spanish / Español (Nicaragua)
• Sunda / Basa Sunda / Sundanese
• Swahili / Kiswahili (Kenya)
• Swati / SiSwati
• Tamang / तामाङ
• Tetun / Tetum
• Thai (Vietnam)
• Tharu, Dangaura / दङ्‍गौरा थारू
• Tigrigna / Tigrinya (Ethiopia)
• Timor
• Tok Pisin
• Tonsawang
• Tumbuka / Chitumbuka / Citumbuka
• Twi, Akuapem
• Twi, Asante / Twi, Asanti / Twi, Ashante
• Ukrainian
• Urdu /اُردُو
• Uzbek / Uzbeki / Ўзбек тилида
• Venda / Tshivenda / Tshivenḓa
• Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
• Wolaytta / Wolaita
• Wolof
• Yao / Ciyawo
• Zulu / isiZulu

+ Description

Kitkit School is a tablet-based early learning program that includes a suite of games, books, videos, and art and music tools to support children in learning literacy and math skills independently.

+ Available Languages

• English
• Swahili / Kiswahili

+ Description

This e-book app offers levelled books for children and independent readers.

+ Available Languages

• Cebuano-Cebu
• Creole, Haitian / Kreyòl / Kreyol Ayisyen / Haitian
• Dari / Persian, Afghan / دری - English
• English
• Filipino
• French / Français
• Igbo
• Kinyarwanda / Ikinyarwanda / Rwandan / Rufumbira - English
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو - English
• Romanian - English
• Swahili / Kiswahili - English
• Ukrainian - English
• Ukrainian - Romanian

+ Description

A resource hub for early childhood educators and parents in Macedonia with downloadable children’s books in multiple languages and video books in Macedonian with Sign Language. Additional resources for promoting children’s literacy are available.

+ Available Languages

• Albanian
• Bosnian
• Croatian
• Macedonian / Македонски
• Romani
• Serbian
• Sign Language, Macedonian / Македонски
• Turkish / Türkçe

+ Description

WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world, with over 1,000 stories available. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in more than 35 languages, commonly spoken by children in the UK. New stories, translations, pictures, and sound recordings are added every week.

+ Available Languages

• Akan
• Albanian
• Arabic / العربية
• Bengali / Bangla / বাঙালি / বাংলা
• Cantonese
• Chinese, Mandarin / 國語 / 普通话
• Danish / Dansk
• Dari / Persian, Afghan / دری
• Farsi / فارسی
• Filipino
• Finnish / Suomi
• French / Français
• German / Deutsch
• Greek / Ελληνικά
• Gujarati
• Hindi / Hindustani / हिंदी
• Italian / Italiano
• Kannada
• Nepali / नेपाली / नेपाल भाषा
• Pashto / Pashtu / پښتو
• Polish / Polski
• Portuguese / Português
• Punjabi / Panjabi
• Romanian
• Russian / Pусский
• Somali / Af Soomaali
• Spanish / Español
• Swedish / Svenska
• Tamil / தமிழ்
• Turkish / Türkçe
• Ukrainian
• Urdu /اُردُو
• Welsh
• Yoruba
• Zulu / isiZulu