In Where’s Lulu, a short fun book for very young children, Lulu’s hiding from her Mum, she doesn’t want to go out. But why is it she doesn’t want to go out? Find out more in this fun short picture book. Can you see her on each page?
This book teaches children about the fun of books, taking books and returning them to the library, and plays an interactive game of hide and seek on the pages as we go. What more could you ask for in a combination of fun and learning?
This short fun read is brought to us in the creative commons by BookDash, who, like us, aim to help every child have enough to read, no matter what circumstances.
Bookdash have a great collection of picture books, mainly aimed at young children and early readers, created by volunteers, and provided free under creative commons licenses. See more of Bookdash’s books on FKB here in the Bookdash Category.
Sample Text From Where’s Lulu
“Oh, no!”
“Lulu! It’s time to go,” calls Ma.
Where is Lulu?
Is she under the sofa?
Is she behind the curtain?
“Lulu! It’s time to go. Where are you?” calls Ma.
“There you are!”
“I don’t want to gooo!”
I’d paste the whole text but I don’t want to ruin the surprise, as it’s so much more fun with the pictures! Click on the read online to view the flipbook, or click on pdf download buttons to see a view and print-friendly version that you can open in a browser (temporary) or save for on and offline viewing.
Read Along with Where’s Lulu
If you want to listen to the book while reading along with the text – here is a link to a youtube recording, the introduction is in Japanese, but the entire book is read in clear well pronounced English. The video provides a voiceover matched with each page which shows the text clearly, perfect for improving listening comprehension and word recognition.
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great book for my young ESL learners
Loved the book. Always happy for children to learn about libraries. Pictures were great.
I like this book, it will help my boy to understand how to use the library.
It was simple enough for my 3 year old to understand and it helps introduce him to the library.
Love it!
The p in cupboard is silent, it’s pronounced ‘cu-bered’ (kəbərd).
I’ve never thought about it like that, I’d rather say just quite soft not silent. Possibly depends on your dialect best to check with a teacher.
It was a great book. 😃😎🐺🍓
Yes I liked it!
Yes, this book was fun and enjoyable. Brings interaction for the little ones. Thank you for your ideas and creations and sharing this book with us.
Yes we liked the book. My daughter is in 2nd grade and loves the library but never likes to return them. So this book was excellent for her. It helped her realize if she returns 1 book she can keep getting more,
So cute! Just like the book….I think I was the same 🙂
Yes, it encourage my child to read and learn about the library.
yes, I liked it alot.
yes, I liked it – because Lulu is silly girl… hahaha
I Love this book! it was a really great way to have my kids tune in and participate in reading time.
You might also like You! Yes You! it also has a very interactive style
Amazing book, kids loved it!
Awesome book to teach toddlers the skill of borrowing and returning books to the public library, prepositions and rooms in the house. More like this please 🙂
YEs, I like it too! There are quite a few gems for toddlers in the BookDash category, https://freekidsbooks.org/bookdash/ – try Pumpkin Chase – https://freekidsbooks.org/pumpkin-chase-early-learning/, or You! Yes You! https://freekidsbooks.org/yes-interactive-monster-hunt/
I like this book. Lulu is so cute like my kids and let my kids know that should return books.
Yes I liked Where’s lulu
a good book to read
I just wanted to say thank you for this awesome resource. I work with families daily and this is such as awesome resource for my families who cannot afford books but want their child to read. Thanks again!
Thanks so much for letting us know :-), we hope someday we can also provide free hard copies, please contact me if you want to be on the list for this venture.
Yes i liked this book
Yes, I liked the book. It was simple and easy for young children to understand. It had simple pictures and was easy to show to kids. Very good. I’d like to have more books like this!
Hi Betty, try looking under our Bookdash category – https://freekidsbooks.org/bookdash/