Free BooksPractice Tests
📱 Track your child's reading — free Scan a book to log it. Kids earn streaks 🔥 & badges 🏅. Free on iOS & Android.

🗣️ Learn a Language — Free for Kids

First words, quick quizzes, side-by-side bilingual stories and free picture books in 77 languages. All from open, free-to-use sources.

Africa

Hausa (Nigeria)204 books · 6 bilingual stories · first wordsTiv176 booksisiZulu145 books · 25 bilingual stories · first wordsXhosa145 books · 31 bilingual stories · first wordsAfrikaans143 books · 42 bilingual stories · first wordsSesotho125 books · 28 bilingual stories · first wordsNyanja105 books · 39 bilingual storiesPedi104 books · 11 bilingual stories · first wordsSetswana103 books · 39 bilingual stories · first wordsKiswahili (Kenya)100 books · 33 bilingual stories · first wordsKinyarwanda94 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsisiNdebele seSewula69 books · 6 bilingual storiessiSwati68 books · 3 bilingual storiesTsonga56 books · 11 bilingual storiesTshivenḓa50 books · 6 bilingual storiesIgbo49 books · first wordsYorùbá48 books · 2 bilingual stories · first wordsSomali40 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsKiswahili40 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsLukhonzo40 books · 40 bilingual storiesBemba40 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsTonga40 books · 40 bilingual storiesLunda40 books · 40 bilingual storiesLuvale40 books · 40 bilingual storiesKaonde40 books · 40 bilingual storiesOshindonga40 books · 40 bilingual storiesOshikwanyama40 books · 40 bilingual storiesOtjiherero40 books · 40 bilingual storiesKhoekhoegowab40 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsDangme32 books · 2 bilingual storiesKasem21 books · 3 bilingual storiesEwe19 books · 2 bilingual stories · first wordsKamba (Kenya)19 books · 10 bilingual stories · first wordsLunyole19 books · 19 bilingual storiesTurkana17 books · 17 bilingual storiesLuganda16 books · 16 bilingual stories · first wordsLumasaaba16 books · 16 bilingual storiesGusii15 books · 5 bilingual stories · first wordsHausa6 books · 6 bilingual stories · first words

South Asia

मराठी2 books · first wordsবাঙালি1 books · first wordsहिंदी1 books · first wordsதமிழ் (Tamil)first words & practice · first wordsతెలుగు (Telugu)first words & practice · first wordsಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)first words & practice · first wordsગુજરાતી (Gujarati)first words & practice · first words

East & Southeast Asia

bahasa Indonesia442 books · first wordsCebuano196 books · first wordsKalanguya194 booksChinese (China)28 books · first wordsSundanese24 books · first words

Europe, Americas & Oceania

Jamaican Creole40 books · 40 bilingual stories

Other languages

Vietnamese/Tiếng Việt148 books · first wordsFrench124 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsUzbek115 books · first wordsCham99 booksTimor99 booksThai Vietnam98 books · first wordsEde94 booksMnong94 booksBahnar93 booksMong91 booksJrai88 booksAzerbaijani84 books · first wordsSpanish (Nicaragua)80 books · first wordsPulaar72 books · first wordsTumbuka53 booksJavanese ( Central Java)48 books · first wordsMauritian Creole40 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsSpanish40 books · 40 bilingual stories · first wordsSpanish (Spain)35 books · first wordsCroatian30 books · first wordsPortuguese (Brazil)29 books · first wordsDanish (Beta)23 books · first wordsGerman20 books · first wordsWolof20 books · first wordsKhmer Vietnam17 books · first words

Word lists from the Unicode CLDR · stories from Global Storybooks, African Storybook, Book Dash, StoryWeaver and the Global Digital Library under their open licences · sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

📰 From our blog: reading tips

📝

Free Picture Books Online for Toddlers & Pre-K

Read →
📝

Best Fall Books for Kids: 40 Free Autumn Stories by Age

Read →
📝

Fall Reading List by Grade (Pre-K–8): Free Books for Autumn

Read →
📝

Pumpkin Stories for Kids: Free Read-Alouds + Pumpkin Activities

Read →

All reading tips & book lists →

📚 Get the free Pagine app — 20,000+ books to read free Turn reading into a habit kids love — read online, set goals, earn badges.