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

Photos by Alison Hawes is a short, funny first story about a girl who wants to take pictures of her family while her pet parrot keeps getting into every shot. It is a Cambridge Reading Adventures Pink A band reader, it is shown on the LGS Play Group list on this site, and it gives three-year-olds a joke they can read 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: Photos · "Pink A band" label
• Author: Alison Hawes · the cover also credits Christiane Engel
• Series and publisher: Cambridge Reading Adventures, Cambridge University Press
• Cover picture: a girl with a blue hair bow holding a tablet that shows a photo of a startled red parrot, with the parrot itself sitting beside her
• Shown on: LGS Play Group, and in School Readers → Cambridge
• Age: about 3 years
• Session: 2027-28

What happens in the book

The girl wants a good picture of her family. On page 2 she says "Here is my dad." The pages that follow bring mum, Grandpa and Grandma, and the sentence frame stays the same: "Here is my ..." The words "Here", "is" and "my" are on every page. In every photo, the pet parrot has somehow landed in the wrong place, and children giggle at each new spot.

At the very end, the word "And" is added to the pattern. The teaching notes say this is on purpose: it gives a gentle challenge to children who are checking that each spoken word matches exactly one printed word.

Names such as Grandpa and Grandma start with capital letters, so the book is also a first lesson in noticing that some words begin with a big letter.

What your child practises

The teaching notes list these outcomes. A child who reads this book can:

1. understand that print carries meaning and is read from left to right;
2. begin to notice capital letters at the start of names;
3. follow one line of simple repeated text.

Reading it together, step by step

1. Give your child the book, read the title and ask them to point to it.
2. Say: the girl is trying to take photos of her family, but her pet bird keeps getting in the way.
3. On page 2, read "Here is my dad" slowly while your child points to each word.
4. On page 4, ask who she is photographing now and check the first letter (mum starts with the sound m).
5. Look through pages 6 to 13 to make sure your child knows the family words, then let them read a page alone.

Things to do after reading

• Be the photographer. Take real pictures of the family with your child as the photographer, and caption each one: "Here is my ___."
• Swap the parrot. What other animal could get in the way? A cat? A hen?
• Family words. Make a page of "mum, dad, Grandpa, Grandma" with a drawing for each.
• Barbecue menu. The notes suggest planning a garden barbecue and writing the menu as a list; children can illustrate it.

About the Pink A band

Pink A is the very first band of Cambridge Reading Adventures, with about thirty to sixty words per book, lively pictures and lots of repetition. Each book carries notes by Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin.

Who, when, where and why

• Who: Play Group children of about three, with a parent or teacher.
• When: at the start of Play Group, and any time at home.
• Where: at school, on the sofa, and at family gatherings.
• Why: to learn family words and capital letters and to practise matching spoken words to printed ones.
• How: read, point, laugh, repeat.

Questions to ask while you read

1. Who is in the photo on this page?
2. Where has the parrot landed this time?
3. What do you think the parrot wants?
4. Which letter does "Grandpa" start with, and is it big or small?
5. Whose photo would you like to take next?

A tip for parents: this book is a perfect excuse to print or show a few family photos. Ask your child to say the sentence "Here is my ___" for each person, and notice together how names such as Grandma and Grandpa begin with a capital letter. Children remember a word better when it belongs to someone they love.

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

It is shown under LGS Play Group on this site. LGS campuses follow almost the same lists, but some use their own for a few subjects. Please send your campus and class on WhatsApp so we can confirm the title.

Other readers to look at

• Packing My Bag and Animal Homes, two more Play Group readers.
• Arif Goes Shopping, a family story with a repeated sentence.

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 Photos 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.

What is the main sentence?

"Here is my ...", repeated with a different family member on each page.

Why does the last page add the word "And"?

The publisher's notes say it is a small challenge for children who check each word.

Who illustrated it?

Christiane Engel is credited on the cover.

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