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LIDA Stories

LIDA Stories is a free open educational resource developed by LIDA. It provides 30 stories with text and audio in English and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages in the UK. For children's stories, please visit Storybooks UK. Please note: This site is still under development so some languages and features are not yet available.

A boy standing in the sunshine.

The weather
Level 1
A woman and a young boy confronted by an angry dog.

Feelings
Level 1
A woman standing in front of a fruit stand.

Asking and answering
Level 1
Several images of people doing various activities, including writing, sleeping, driving, reading and walking.

What are they doing?
Level 1
A man washing his hands in a sink.

Clean and ready
Level 1
An open photo album showing a picture of a family.

My family
Level 1
A woman standing holding a frying pan.

I can do many things
Level 1
A man eating a pizza.

Food
Level 1
Two men standing at a bus stop.

Meeting people
Level 1
A woman thinking.

Helping and understanding
Level 1
A man yawning and stretching.

Going to bed
Level 2
A woman walking out of the house.

Going to work
Level 2
A girl standing in front of music posters.

What sort of music do you like?
Level 2
A broom, dustpan and brush.

Cleaning
Level 2
A man thinking about noodles.

Eating out
Level 2
A man and a girl holding hands walking.

Going to a café
Level 2
A man and woman standing in front of a window and wall thermometer.

Talking about the weather
Level 2
A man talking to a pharmacist.

Getting medicine
Level 2
A woman talking about her family.

Talking about family
Level 3
A man looking in a mirror.

Buying clothes
Level 3
A man riding a scooter.

Accident
Level 3
A woman sitting using a laptop.

Going to the cinema
Level 3
A man standing in front of a map of Afghanistan.

Malik’s story
Level 4
A tall boy standing in front of a map.

Standing out for the right reason
Level 4
A woman thinking about food and clothes.

Finding a job
Level 4
A man standing next to a woman holding a baby and thinking of Italy.

Giving birth
Level 4
A woman sitting up in bed and a man sleeping.

The sound of birds in the morning
Level 5
A man riding a bicycle with a bag on his back.

Agostino’s story
Level 5
A two-panel image of a man on a laptop and a woman on a laptop.

An old man as a husband
Level 5
A man, woman and boy walking through an airport.

Coming to Norway
Level 5