About Picture Books Online

Help make reading fun by bringing books to life!

Picture Books Online is a collection of classic and award-winning picture books from Era Publications.

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  • Perfect for helping and motivating students to read
  • Beautifully illustrated books to engage young readers
  • Works just like a real book with page turns
  • Keeps their interest with entertaining sound effects
  • Builds vocabulary by hearing individual words
  • Excites their imagination by creating their own pictures
  • Learn more with classroom worksheets and author and illustrator biographies
  • Ideal for children from 3 to 8 years

View the full list of titles here

How it works

Book

Sample page from the Picture Books Online book 'Educating Arthur'click to zoom
  • Hear the book read aloud with sound effects
  • Turn the pages (just like a real book!)
  • Hear individual words
  • Children can watch the book in slideshow mode or read at their own pace

Image gallery

Picture Books Online image gallery interfaceclick to zoom
  • Children create their own stories with pictures from the books
  • Select from pictures of settings, characters and objects
  • Print pictures to worksheets

Worksheets

Sample worksheet
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  • Educational worksheets offering a range of literacy activities
  • Write words and sentences, draw pictures and test spelling