Once Upon a Book: How to Make Reading Fun for Every Child

📚 Welcome to the Lingokids Book Club! In this episode of the Lingokids Podcast, Billy kicks things off with a classic tale: The Three Little Pigs. But when Cowy gets the story hilariously wrong, the friends learn something special… reading is different for everyone, and that’s okay! 💬🐷

From audiobooks to tablets, acting out scenes to silly voices, this episode shows how stories come alive when kids read their own way. It’s a joyful celebration of imagination, friendship, and finding fun in every page.

🎧 A perfect episode for families looking to inspire a love of reading—no matter how your child learns best!

Episode Transcript

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Voices: Robin Reed. Music and Sound Design: Juan Delgado. Script: Tiernan Douieb. Producers: Olga Klepova and Herrine Kapend Kady

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Me.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Thank you for welcoming us to your book club, Billy.
I think it was a great idea for you to
start one with your friends. Reading is so much fun.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
I love reading me three. Uh yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
What's the book club's first book, Billy? The Three Little
Pigs such a great story, So what did you all think?

Speaker 3 (00:29):
I'm so glad the little piggies were okay in the end.
My favorite bit is all the huffing and puffing.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
You can feel sorry for the big bad wolf if
you like Billy.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
Maybe he was just really hungry.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
You can all have your own opinions and thoughts on
a book you've read, and that's what a book club
is all about.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Cawie, what did you think?

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Oh? Yeah, well, I let the bit where the rabbit
ran away rabbit.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids, where we
discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the
fun of play learning. In today's episode, Billy has started
a book club because talking to your friends about.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
Books is a great way to make reading even more fun.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Let's see what everyone thinks of the book The Three
Little Pigs. Howie, there isn't a rabbit in the story.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
Sorry, I just.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Got confused with another book. I'd want to play The
Three Little Pigs, me too?

Speaker 4 (01:38):
Can I be the third little pig?

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Of course you can be the big bad wolf, Billy Elliot.
Can everyone use your book to follow along?

Speaker 3 (01:48):
Yeah, I'll be the first little pick? Are you all
keeping the second little pick? Joey? Sure? Great, pink goink.
I'm so happy.

Speaker 5 (01:59):
By build my house out of straw, not by the
hair on my chimmy jinnin.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
My house, my lovely house. I'd better run to the
second little pig's house. Hi, first little pig, Welcome to
my palace.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
I've got a big swimming pool. We can all splash
around in swimming pool palace.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
H my pig lives in the palace like in the book?

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Right?

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Tell you? Did you really read The.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
Three Little Pigs?

Speaker 3 (02:41):
Her? Yeah, kind of.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
It's important to be honest with your friends, Calie.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
I really tried. I didn't like how the pages feel.
He made my hands all dry.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
I know what you mean, Calie, I.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
Like to listen to books.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Listening to books is a great suggestion, Lisa. Billy feels
the same as you, Cowie. That's why he reads on
his tablet. There are lots of ways you can read
a book.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Oh really, wow, But even on this tablet, I don't
know where to read. Outside the sun gets in my eyes,
but inside it's too dark.

Speaker 6 (03:24):
I like to read in bit, just before I go
to sleep. I like sitting under a tree and reading.
You can read anywhere you feel most comfortable.

Speaker 4 (03:36):
Cawie.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
One of the best things about reading is that you
can bring stories with you wherever you go.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
But are those really the reasons you didn't finish the book?

Speaker 1 (03:46):
No, not really. It was a lot of words. I
just wanted to play. Playing is much more fund because
I can play anything I like.

Speaker 4 (03:56):
But when you read, you can imagine anything you like.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
Really, but it's all in words already.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
The words are there, but you can bring it to
life by imagining how it all might look or what
the characters would sound like.

Speaker 7 (04:12):
When I read the book, I imagine the first little.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Piggy was green, a green piggy and just as a cowboy.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
Wow.

Speaker 6 (04:23):
When I read it, the third little pig talk like this, Hello,
I'm a little pig and she.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
Likes to play the guitar. Oh wow, Billy.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
It certainly makes the big bad Wolf a lot less
scary if he's got a squeaky little voice.

Speaker 4 (04:45):
Reading can take you to so.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Many fantastic places and worlds. Not only can you discover
great stories and characters, but you can learn so much
along the way too. There are so many ways to
enjoy a book, but the most important thing is that
you find the way that you like to read the most.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
Can I read a book of my friends?

Speaker 4 (05:06):
You sure can?

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Why don't you try reading The Three Little Pigs now altogether?
That's so nice of you, Billy Cowie. Would you like
to use Billy's tablet so you can read along?

Speaker 1 (05:20):
I would, thanks, Billy. But we're going to make it fun, right, yeah?
Who does everyone want to be? Ooh, I'm the first
little pig. I'm the third little big please.

Speaker 4 (05:35):
Of course you can be the wolf again, Billy.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
Okay, I'm the second little pig, right The Three Little
Pigs starring Elliott Lisa Billy.

Speaker 7 (05:46):
Hey, Hey, I'm the first little gray pig, and that
have a lovely house built the straw.

Speaker 3 (06:02):
No way, not five hairs on my cowboy chin.

Speaker 5 (06:05):
Chiny my lovely straw house.

Speaker 4 (06:18):
Can I sleep with you?

Speaker 3 (06:19):
Second little pig?

Speaker 1 (06:21):
Of course, I'm the second little pig, and I am
an amazing ballerina. I built a lovely ballet house out
of Let me just read sticks, Yeah, sticks. I hope
I can dance in my home forever and ever. When

(06:45):
do I say, now, oh wait, I've got it? Not
by the hair on my chinny.

Speaker 3 (06:51):
Chin No, not again?

Speaker 5 (07:04):
Can we stay with you? Third little pig, Yes, your dad,
I'm the little pig who loves to play guitar. I
built this cool house out of brigs knot by the
hair of my chiny chunchin.

Speaker 2 (07:38):
Hooray, Poor big bad wolf, he's still very hungry.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
What will make him?

Speaker 4 (07:50):
Sudan and Bravo?

Speaker 3 (07:56):
Wow, that was so much fun.

Speaker 1 (07:59):
I loved I'm reading on a tablet and imagining it
all and the best whisking to play the story of
my friends. Thanks for showing me how much fun reading
can be.

Speaker 4 (08:14):
Lingo kids listeners.

Speaker 2 (08:16):
Today, Cowie learned that there are many ways to make
reading lots of fun. When you find a book you love,
it can be so exciting to read it over and
over again. And if you can't get to grips with
a book, why not try listening to it instead, or
reading outside, or playing out the story with all your friends.
Have you got a favorite book? And a favorite way

(08:37):
to read it. Join us next

Speaker 4 (08:40):
Episode to continue play learning together.