Reading books is a habit that should not be abandoned by anyone at any age, whether you are a five-year-old or a 50-year-old. Book reading makes you clever, and rich with knowledge about the world through stories, events or articles that you read.

So if you are a book lover www.monkeypen.com — a website offering free downloadable story books will serve as a treat.

Monkeypen literally is a treasure trove for story books readers. According to the site creators, the books provide children with access to quality books that entertain and educate. While entertaining the children, the books will also instil them with values and skills, that traditional schools do not teach, i.e. money management, relationship building, investment in health, self-mastery: these are some issues of critical importance that the books will illuminate for the young readers, the site claims.

Monkeypen is a simple and ad-free site, and serves its purpose wonderfully especially to young kids. Once open, you will find everything on the homepage, as the main menu is at the top. The sections for you to explore are “Free books”, “Personalised books” and “Wall art”.

‘Free books’ as the name suggests, comprises beautifully illustrated story books, with lessons and morals to teach little kids. Each storybook is shown with its cover page and a little info beside it, you can also see the recommended age at the top of the blurb. Download it to your computer or any other device you have, then read it whenever you get time.

“Personalised books” also has wonderfully illustrated story books, but with a twist. Here, you can choose any storybook and personalise it with your photo being illustrated as the main character throughout the story. Well, you can’t do this for yourself, you have to write to the site to personalise it for you. However, this is not free, you have to pay to customise it in your name and photo.

The section “Wall art” gives you a chance to see your custom-made portrait or caricature by the site’s professional artists, this again is not free. But don’t get upset kids, apart from the personalising stuff, the main purpose of the site is to provide you with wonderfully illustrated free stories to download and read in your free time.

So don’t waste time, download and read storybooks from: www.monkeypen.com

Published in Dawn, Young World, August 29th, 2020