Let’s Read With Lyla and Dad

Lyla & Dad

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Apr 15, 2025 · 12 min
Nature Trail, by Benjamin Zephaniah
All around us, from parks to gardens and flowerpots to pavements, there's a world of wonder just waiting to be discovered. Why not look a little closer and see what you find?
Apr 15, 2025 · 12 min
Funnybones: The Pet Shop, by Allan Ahlberg
In this FUNNYBONES story, the big skeleton and the little skeleton are fed up with the dog skeleton and decide to swap him at the pet shop.
Apr 15, 2025 · 17 min
There’s a Pig up my nose, by John Dougherty
What if a PIG got stuck up your NOSE? How ever would you get it out? When Natalie has to go to school with a pig stuck up her nose, her whole class gets together to find a way to get the pig out. But how will they do it?
Apr 15, 2025 · 13 min
Hippobottymus, by Steve Smallman
Welcome to the jungle! Bird is singing sweetly, Warthog is playing the drums, and Crocodile is tapping out a jolly tune! But - goodness me! What has that cheeky Hippo been up to?
Apr 15, 2025 · 14 min
Did You Do This Poo? By Lucy Rowland
When a poo appears somewhere it shouldn't be, an extremely inquisitive little unicorn is left wondering who on earth could have left it there.
Apr 15, 2025 · 13 min
Dragon Jelly, by Claire Freedman
Max is having a MONSTER party. They play all sorts of yucky games then cool down in a fruitbat drool paddling pool! Then it's tea-time, with termite tarts, ear-wig rolls and eyeball birthday cake. But the REAL treat is the red-hot dragon jelly!
Apr 15, 2025 · 9 min
Monkey & Me, by Emily Gravett
A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins!
Apr 15, 2025 · 22 min
The Great Cheese Robbery, by Tim Warnes
Daddy Elephant is as big and strong as a tractor. But he's terrified of mice! So when a mouse tries to steal the elephants' cheese, Daddy is too scared to stop him! Can little Patrick Elephant save the cheese - and his father?
Apr 15, 2025 · 28 min
Ruby Red Shoes: My Wonderful Grandmother, by Kate Knapp
Ruby Red Shoes is a hare who lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother, Babushka Galina Galushka. Ruby loves her grandmother very much and thinks she is wonderful for all sorts of very special reasons.
Apr 15, 2025 · 18 min
The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom, by Steve Smallman
The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom, by Steve Smallman. When the mischievous monkey discovers a paintbox, he has a brilliant idea, but things don’t go quite as Monkey has planned.
Apr 15, 2025 · 16 min
How to Be a Lion, by Ed Vere
Meet Leonard, a lion, and his best friend Marianne, a duck. Leonard and Marianne have a happy life together, talking, playing, writing poems, and making wishes - until one day a pack of bullies questions whether it's right for a lion and a duck to be pals.
Apr 15, 2025 · 22 min
Ready Steady Squirrel, by Nicola Kinnear
It's winter in the forest: time for squirrels to gather all the nuts and acorns and pine cones they'd squirrelled away in the autumn. Evie's determined she can do it all by herself. She's ready. She's steady. She's going squirrelling! But it's a huge task. Can she really do it all on her own?
Apr 15, 2025 · 16 min
The Runaway Pea, by Kjartan Poskitt
It's time for tea, but one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of a party!
Apr 15, 2025 · 22 min
Oi Frog, by Kes Gray
Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gophers sit on sofas. But Frog does not want to sit on a log.
Apr 15, 2025 · 14 min
Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella, by James Mayhew
Can Ella Bella Ballerina help Cinderella get to the Royal Ball? Alone on the stage after class, Ella Bella opens Madame Rosa's magical musical box and is whisked off into the world of the Cinderella ballet. But will Ella Bella be able to help Cinderella meet her perfect Prince Charming?
Apr 15, 2025 · 17 min
Bee My Friend, by Caroline Richards
Poppy is frightened of bumblebees, that is until she meets Bernard! He teaches her just how important bees are as they form a beautifully heartwarming friendship along the way.
Apr 15, 2025 · 39 min
National Geographic - Animals, Part 1
Let’s Read & Let’s Learn about…. Animals. Part one of a great learning book all about Animals around the World!
Apr 15, 2025 · 14 min
Zagazoo, by Quentin Blake
Zagazoo is a baby like no other. There are some hilarious and unexpected changes in his behaviour as he grows up! Some are very, very strange….
Apr 15, 2025 · 19 min
Possum Magic, by Mem Fox
When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.
Apr 15, 2025 · 15 min
There’s a Tiger in the Garden, by Lizzy Stewart
When Grandma says she's seen a tiger in the garden, Nora doesn't believe her. She's too old to play Grandma's silly games! Everyone knows that tigers live in jungles, not gardens.