Let’s Read With Lyla and Dad

Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds

Jasper Rabbit loves carrots, especially the Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school, after sports practice… he eats them everywhere. Until…. the carrots start following him!!  

Dogs Don’t Do Ballet, by Anna Kemp

My dog is not like other dogs. He doesn't do dog stuff like weeing on lampposts or scratching his fleas, or drinking out of the toilet. No, my dog likes moonlight and music and walking on his tiptoes. You see, my dog doesn't think he's a dog. My dog thinks he's a ballerina

A Very Shopkins Vacation, by Jenne Simon

Cheeky asks the Shopkins to help her plan a vacation but they all have different ideas about where she should go. Will Cheeky go skiing in the mountains, see the latest fashions in Paris, or relax on the beach?

I Love my Grandad, by Giles Andreae.

Let’s read about why Grandads are so great!  

Charlie and Lola: I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs

Lola is really, really excited about looking after the school guinea pig, Bert. She can't wait because she has learnt completely everything about guinea pigs - 'Bert is just going to just completely love it'. Lola loves playing with Bert, and she and Charlie even build him his very own guinea-pig run.

On the Way Home, by Jill Murphy

Claire has hurt her knee so she sets off home to tell her mum all about it. On the way she meets her friends and tells them how the fall happened. But just how did it happen . . .? Was she dropped by a wolf, a slithering snake, an enormous dragon or a hairy gorilla?!

When I Grow Up, by Tim Minchin

Grown-ups surely have all the fun as they must eat sweets every day, climb the biggest trees and watch cartoons till their eyes go square. But do they really...? 

Oh, The Places You’ll Go! By, Dr. Seuss

Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!

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? 

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.