Workbooks and activity books
The ones a child writes in. Pencil control, letters, numbers, colouring and puzzles — printed on paper that takes a crayon.
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ABC & 123 Tracing Fun
One hundred and fifty-two pages of pencil control, capital and small letters, numbers to twenty, first words, shapes and puzzles. The book a hand learns to write in.
Ages 3–6 Languages KN · EN · FR
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Look, Learn & Color: Animals
Every animal appears twice — once in full colour to look at and learn from, and once as bold outlines to colour yourself.
Ages 3–6 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations derived from Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT licence).
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My First Crosswords
Forty-eight picture crosswords where every clue is a drawing, not a sentence. Say the word, count the boxes, write it in. Puzzles grow bigger as you get stronger.
Ages 6–9 Languages EN · FR
Illustrations derived from Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT licence).
Picture books
Stories to read aloud together, each ending on a question rather than a conclusion. Every page names something worth talking about afterwards.
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Little Lion and the Big, Big Storm
BOOM goes the thunder — and little Keza’s tummy goes boom too. A warm story about a small lion, a big storm, and an even bigger brother.
Ages 3–6 Languages EN · FR
Illustrations by Carlos Amato, from “Lions are always brave” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0, reused with a new original story.
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Five Little Bananas
Kito the monkey has five yellow bananas — and he is NOT sharing. A counting story about tummies, friends, and why the best things are shared.
Ages 3–6 Languages EN · FR
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Mutesi’s Flower Garden
Mutesi wants flowers of her very own — right now. But a seed cannot hurry. With her grandmother’s help, she learns to wait.
Ages 3–6 Languages EN · FR
Illustrations by Amber Tak, from “Ouma’s Amazing Flowers” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0, adapted with a new original story.
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Shema’s Funny Lunch
Shema is SO hungry — but lunch isn’t ready yet. So while he waits, he turns his food into a butterfly, a chicken, a sun and even a truck.
Ages 3–6 Languages EN · FR
Illustrations by Heather Jenkins, from “Mama, What’s For Lunch?” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0, adapted with a new original story.
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Igi — The Egg
Four phrases, repeated. Crocodile, tortoise, penguin and chicken each ask whose egg it is — and by the third page a three-year-old is saying it with you.
Ages 3–4 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations by Megan Naudé, from “Egg” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0. Translated into Kinyarwanda and French by Kina Wige.
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Urugendo ku Ivomo — A Trip to the Tap
Oluhle fetches water every day with her own bucket. One day it is lost — and her grandmother makes her a new one out of a plastic bottle.
Ages 4–5 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations by Phumle April, from “A trip to the tap” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0. Translated into Kinyarwanda and French by Kina Wige.
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Amahle Ashaka Gufasha — Amahle Wants to Help
Every time Amahle offers to help, all she hears is NO. One line, repeated five times — until the last page, where it becomes yes.
Ages 4–5 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations by Kelly Brown, from “Amahle wants to help!” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0. Translated into Kinyarwanda and French by Kina Wige.
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Uko Watoza Igisimba — How to Tame a Monster
Lwando’s little sister turns into a monster. Four times he reads her right — hungry, tired, sad, needing quiet. Then their father shows him the rest: you tame monsters by helping them feel safe.
Ages 4–5 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations by Anja Venter, from “How to Tame a Monster” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0. Translated into Kinyarwanda and French by Kina Wige.
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Uryama Ute? — How Do You Sleep?
A boy asks ten creatures how they sleep. The bird flies in its sleep, the bat hangs upside down, the otters hold hands. One question, repeated — perfect for reading aloud together.
Ages 4–5 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations by Alex Latimer, from “How do you sleep?” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0. Translated into Kinyarwanda and French by Kina Wige.
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Mvura Nzana — O Rain Come
Too hot to play. Then a sound like a stone on the roof — and the whole neighbourhood is outside singing the rain down. The song stays in its own language, as it should.
Ages 4–5 Languages KN · EN · FR
Illustrations by Eidin Griffin, from “O Rain Come” (Book Dash, bookdash.org), CC BY 4.0. Translated into Kinyarwanda and French by Kina Wige.
Where to get them
The list is complete and print-ready. Print pricing for schools is being finalised with our printers, so we have not published prices we would have to change. If you are a school, a district or a partner, write to us and we will send samples.
Standing on open work
Several of these books are built on illustrations published by Book Dash (bookdash.org) under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence, which permits adaptation and sale. Every artist is named on the book and on this page. Where we translated a book into Kinyarwanda and French, we say so — those editions are the first in either language.
Start tonight
Install it, hand your child the phone for twelve minutes, and see what they can do by the weekend.