Global Storybooks is a free multilingual literacy resource for language teachers and learners of all ages. Read, teach, download, and listen to illustrated stories in many languages. Check out our featured sites, language teaching resources, and community projects. To learn more, see our FAQ and video.

Featured sites

Resources developed by core team and collaborators

Canada

Storybooks Canada

Indigenous

Indigenous Storybooks

English

Multilingual English Storybooks

African Languages

Storybooks African Languages

Zambia

Storybooks Zambia

Norway

Barnebøker for Norge

Language teaching resources

Resources for learners and teachers of additional languages

Arabic

القصص العربية القصيرة

Chinese

中文故事集

English

Multilingual English Storybooks

French

Contes en français

German

Geschichten auf deutsch

Spanish

Cuentos en Español

Swahili

Hadithi za Kiswahili

Community projects

Community projects in varying stages of development

Afghanistan

داستان برای افغانستان

Bangladesh

Storybooks Bangladesh

Brazil

Storybooks Brasil

Cameroon

Histoires pour Cameroun

Classics

Storybooks Classics

Denmark

Barnebøger for Danmark

East Timor

Storybooks Timor-Leste

Esperanto

Rakontoj por Esperantujo

Florida

Storybooks Florida

Germany

Storybooks Deutschland

Ghana

Storybooks Ghana

Greece

Ιστορίες για την Ελλάδα

Guinea

Storybooks Guinea

Haiti

Storybooks Haiti

Himalaya

Storybooks Himalaya

Hong Kong

香港故事書

Hungary

Storybooks Magyarország

Jamaica

Storybooks Jamaica

Japan

日本の絵本

Kenya

Storybooks Kenya

Korea

Storybooks Korea

Liberia

Storybooks Liberia

Madagascar

Storybooks Madagascar

Mauritius

Storybooks Mauritius

Mexico

Cuentos para México

Minnesota

Storybooks Minnesota

Namibia

Storybooks Namibia

Nigeria

Storybooks Nigeria

Outlines

Storybooks Outline

Pakistan

Storybooks Pakistan

Poland

Storybooks Poland

Quebec

Livres de contes Québec

Rwanda

Storybooks Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Storybooks Sierra Leone

South Africa

Storybooks South Africa

Speech and Hearing

Storybooks Speech and Hearing

Sweden

Berättelser för Sverige

Tanzania

Storybooks Tanzania

Uganda

Storybooks Uganda

Ukraine

Оповідання для України

United Kingdom

Storybooks UK

Washington, D.C.

Storybooks D.C.