DLTK's Educational Printables for Kids
Make Your Own Mini-Books 

Make these free printable children's books to encourage your kids to read.  There are a variety of themes to choose from -- the majority of the books target younger readers (preschool, kindergarten and early grade school) although a few of the books are a bit more challenging.  The "custom stories" and holidays themed stories are especially popular!

The printable books come with suggestions for complimentary activities and/or worksheets to reinforce the stories.  

• Alphabet Stories:  

• Bible Stories:  

  • Adam and Eve   PreK/K  or  Grade School
  • Creation  or  en espaƱol
  • Jesus' Life
  • Lord's Prayer
  • Men of the Bible   (old testament)
  • Noah and His Ark  or  en espaƱol
      

• Building a Bird House

• Cat with a Hat

• Color Buddies:  A Garden

• Custom Stories:  

  • Custom Mini Books for Boys
  • Custom Mini Books for Girls
  • God Made Me mini books for Boys
  • God Made Me mini books for Girls
      

• Farms

• Fruit (Nutrition)

• Gingerbread Man 

• Go Car Go!  or  en espaƱol

• Homes 

• Holiday Stories (not including riddles mini books with holiday themes):  

  • Easter Basket
  • Five Little Pumpkins  (Halloween) or en espaƱol
  • In Flander's Fields  (Remembrance/Veteran's Day)
  • Leprechaun  (St. Patrick's Day)
  • My Valentine
  • Thanksgiving
  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
     

• I Can Draw

• Mommy Bird  or  en espaƱol

• My Body 

• My Daddy

• My Mommy  

• Riddles:

  • Cat Riddles
  • Christmas Riddles
  • Easter Riddles
  • Halloween Riddles
  • Spring Riddles
  • St. Patrick's Day Riddles
  • Valentine's Day Riddles
      

• Seasons (not including riddles mini books with seasons themes):

  • Autumn
  • Spring
  • Summer
     

• Time for School   or  en espaƱol

OR

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Here's a suggestion from JoAnna:  "I was trying to keep my 5-year-old busy the other day and came up with a fun craft reading project.  I gave him 6 blank pieces of paper and told him to draw a different picture on each one.  When he was finished, I asked him what each picture was.  Then I put together the pictures and wrote a story based on them.  Arien REALLY loves his book because it is about his father and he is very proud that it has all of his drawing in it.  I enjoyed trying to tie all of the pictures into one story (and the free time I got while he was drawing)."

Here is a suggestion from Carlene and Paris:  "Being an avid quilter, I came up with my own way of putting the mini books together. I sew them together on the sewing machine. No staples or brads are needed. It works for me."

Here is a suggestion from Carol:  "If printer resolution is high enough, the mini book pages can be reduced to 70%-75% before printing each page. Then they can be inserted into a mini photo album.  That way the books may hold up to more wear and tear with younger children."

For more reading reinforcement, also check out:

	Sentence Sequencing Printables Age 4+
	Story Sequencing Printables Age 4+

Reproducible Mini Books for sale at Amazon.com:

• 15 Reproducible Write and Read Books
• 15 Reproducible Spanish Write-And-Read Books
• 25 Bilingual Mini-Books: English and Spanish
• 25 Emergent Reader Mini-Books
• 25 Holiday & Seasonal Emergent Readers 
• 25 Mother Goose Peek-A-Books
• 25 Science Mini-Books 
• 25 Spanish Emergent Reader Mini-Books
• Fun Phonics Mini-Books
• Look, Look, I Wrote a Book

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