LGS Play Group – Animal Homes (Cambridge Pink A Reader) 2027-28

Animal Homes by Lauri Kubuitsile is a very first fact book. Each page shows a real animal and says, in two short repeating sentences, where it lives. It is a Cambridge Reading Adventures Pink A band reader, it sits on the LGS Play Group list on this site, and it is a good start for three-year-olds in the 2027-28 session.

Exams Book House, Shop Number 4, Al Fazal Market, Urdu Bazar, Lahore, supplies it with cash on delivery across Pakistan and delivery to the Gulf countries.

Quick facts

• Title on the cover: Animal Homes · "Pink A band" tab down the left edge
• Author: Lauri Kubuitsile
• Series and publisher: Cambridge Reading Adventures, Cambridge University Press
• Cover picture: a close photograph of a brown bear in a rocky den
• Length: a very short book of about sixteen pages
• Kind of book: non-fiction, with photographs
• Shown on: LGS Play Group, and in School Readers → Cambridge
• Age: about 3 years
• Session: 2027-28

What is in the book?

Every page follows the same idea. An animal says "Look at me." and then names its home, for example "I live in a pond." The frog lives in a pond, the fox lives in a den, and the rest of the animals have a cave, a web, a hole or a shell. Only one word changes from page to page, and the photograph shows which one.

Because the sentence frame stays the same, a child can read the second page after hearing the first. The picture is the clue, and the first letter of the new word confirms it. A child who sees a fox in a hole in the ground and hears the "d" at the start of the word can check the letter: d for den.

The words in the book

• Words that change: den, shell, pond, web, cave, hole.
• Words that repeat: look, in, me, I, at, a.

What your child practises

According to the teaching notes, a child who reads this book can:

1. understand that print carries meaning and is read from left to right and from top to bottom;
2. use the first letter of a word to check what the picture shows;
3. follow two lines of simple repeated text with a finger, including the return sweep from the end of one line back to the start of the next.

Reading it together, step by step

1. Give your child the book and read the title together.
2. Say one sentence about it: the animals in this book live in different homes, let us see where each one lives.
3. On the frog page, point under each word as you read "Look at me", then "I live in a pond", slowly enough for your child's finger to keep up.
4. On the fox page, ask where he lives, then put a finger under the first letter of "den" and say its sound together.
5. Praise careful pointing, then let your child read a page alone.

Small activities that make it stick

• Where do we live? Talk about your own home and ask what it is called. Draw it and write a caption such as "I live in a house."
• Home or habitat? Cut out animal pictures from old magazines and match each to its home.
• Garden hunt. Look for a web on a bush, a hole in the wall or a shell on the path.
• Habitat talk. Explain that a home gives an animal food and a safe place to rest.

About the Pink A band

Pink A is the very first step of Cambridge Reading Adventures. According to the publisher, books at this level have roughly thirty to sixty words, bright pictures and lots of repetition, so a child recognises the same words again and again and feels like a reader from the first page. Each book carries teaching notes by Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin.

Who, when, where and why

• Who: Play Group children of about three, and the adults who read with them.
• When: at the start of Play Group, and again and again at home.
• Where: at school, on the sofa at bedtime, and outdoors.
• Why: to build early reading habits, vocabulary and the idea that words carry meaning.
• How: point, say, check, repeat.

Questions to ask while you read

1. Which animal do you like best, and where does it live?
2. Would a bear fit in a shell? Why not?
3. Which home is the smallest and which is the biggest?
4. Can you find the word "in" on every page?
5. Where do we keep our own things safe at home?

A tip for parents: do not rush through the book. Three-year-olds learn most from the second and third reading, when they can say the sentence before you do. Let your child "read" the page to a soft toy, even if the words are from memory; that is a real step towards reading.

Is it on the LGS Play Group list for 2027-28?

It is shown under LGS Play Group on this site. LGS campuses use almost the same lists, but some follow their own for certain subjects. Send us your campus and class on WhatsApp and we will confirm the title.

Other readers to look at

• A Hot Day and Arif Goes Shopping, two Pink A stories.
• Packing My Bag and Photos, more Play Group readers.
• Who Lays Eggs?, the next fact book, for Nursery.

Buy it in Urdu Bazar, Lahore

• Shop: Exams Book House, Shop Number 4, Al Fazal Market, Urdu Bazar, Lahore 54000
• Urdu Bazar Lahore book shop number: 0317 4846676 (call or WhatsApp)
• Open: Monday to Saturday, 9 AM – 9 PM; closed on Sunday
• Delivery: all over Pakistan with cash on delivery, and to the Gulf countries

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Frequently asked questions

Is Animal Homes on the LGS Play Group list for 2027-28?

It is shown under LGS Play Group on this site. Send your campus and class on WhatsApp so we can confirm the title.

Is it fiction?

No. It is a non-fiction book with photographs.

What is the Pink A band?

The first and simplest level of Cambridge Reading Adventures.

How many pages is it?

About sixteen.

Do you deliver outside Lahore?

Yes, all over Pakistan with cash on delivery, and to the Gulf countries. WhatsApp 0317 4846676.

Inside the book — contents and sample pages