In this video I show you the original artwork for my book Lydia and her Cat, which was one of a set of six books which were published by Oxford University Press in 1987 as part of world famous, Oxford Reading Tree reading scheme.

They were also the first books that I had published. The books stayed in print for years but, recently, I’ve had the rights returned and have made the books available again in a larger picture book sized edition through Amazon.

There are six Lydia Stories available in two books of three. They are charming stories of pre-school, everyday life.

You can buy the Lydia at Home book here from Amazon in the UK: https://amzn.to/3FqGWUV | Here from The USA: https://amzn.to/3LTA70J | and here in Canada: https://amzn.to/3l7dHgN
And you can buy the Lydia Out and About book here in the UK: https://amzn.to/3FmVdSE | here in the USA: https://amzn.to/3OZyQqV | and here in Canada: https://amzn.to/38d11Sn

See the stories read by Shoo:

Lydia and the Ducks https://youtu.be/xi0eX177TB4

Lydia and her Cat https://youtu.be/Bsje1flaSxA

Lydia and the Letters https://youtu.be/qEHkIz-s6OM

Lydia and the Present https://youtu.be/tFvktQb7G1g

Lydia and her Garden https://youtu.be/35foR3_pJlc

Lydia at the shops https://youtu.be/Jevj0Oy4BWU

Written, illustrated and told by award-winning British children’s author and illustrator, Shoo Rayner. © 1987/2022 Originally published in the Oxford Reading Tree by Oxford University PressAll material ©shoorayner https://www.shoorayner.com

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