Little LeafLibrary
Create a picture book ↗
LITTLE LEAF LIBRARY · A free, open bookshelf

A little leaf.
A world of stories.

From first sounds to first independent reads.
Find a story to share, then print it and bring it home.

Discover a story ↗
✓ Chinese & English stories✓ Free to read✓ Download & print
✳
Featured story illustration
Start with a little story today.
Let’s read ↗❧
AI picture-book studio

Love a good story? Create your own.

Bring your imagination to our picture-book creation platform.

Visit the story studio ↗Opens in a new tab
GROW WITH STORIES

Stories for every stage of growing up

Choose by age and reading confidence.

Ages are our editorial suggestions, not publisher ratings. Reading abilities vary.

A STORY FOR EVERY LITTLE READER

Find your next favorite book

Loading stories…
FROM SCREEN TO LITTLE HANDS

Make stories part of life.
Take them home, too.

Explore together on screen, or turn a few sheets of paper into a storybook of your own.

01

Find a story your child loves

Age is a starting point; interest matters most. Let children pick an illustration and describe what they see.

02

Read together, then talk

Turn pages online and switch between Chinese and English. Every book includes a conversation prompt.

03

Print the whole story with credits

Choose “Print book” in the reader. Use A4 landscape, fit to page, and disable headers and footers. You can also print the original PDF.

OPEN BOOKS, CLEAR CREDITS

Free stories. Credit where it belongs.

Each reading page records its creators, source and applicable license or public-domain declaration. Most books use CC BY; one catalogue entry carries a publisher Public Domain Mark declaration. Check the individual edition before sharing, adapting or reusing it. Site layouts and synthetic narration are described separately.

Books come from Book Dash, African Storybook / Storybooks Canada and Pratham Books. Source and language details vary by edition. Age, theme and reading prompts are editorial suggestions. Little Leaf is independent of these organizations.

Chinese story collection ↗About CC BY 3.0 ↗About CC BY 4.0 ↗
YOUR READING MOMENTS

Reader feedback

← Back to the bookshelfDownload printable edition

A House for Mouse

Repeated invitations, contrasting homes and a reassuring ending support prediction and rereading.

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 12 illustrated pages

Mouse looks at a yellow house in the distance.

Read and listen

This book can be read page by page, heard with synthetic Voice 7 narration, downloaded and printed. Enable JavaScript for the interactive reader, or open the story pages below.

Repeated invitations, contrasting homes and a reassuring ending support prediction and rereading.

Read all 12 story pages
Mouse looks at a yellow house in the distance.
Mouse was looking for a new house.
The front door is ajar. Mouse looks inside.
This looks like a nice house.
A black puppy with a long tongue invites Mouse to join him.
“You can come and sleep with me,” said Puppy.

“Thank you,” said Mouse.
Mouse sleeps in a pool of mud.
That night, Mouse’s dreams were bouncy and muddy.
A colourful parrot on a perch invites Mouse to join him.
“You can come and sleep with me,” said Parrot.

“Thank you,” said Mouse.
Mouse sleeps in a wild forest.
That night, Mouse’s dreams were noisy and wild.
A goldfish swimming in a tank invites Mouse to join him.
“You can come and sleep with me,” said Fish.

“Thank you,” said Mouse.
Mouse sleeps underwater surrounded by fish and seaweed.
That night, Mouse’s dreams were cold and wet.
Mouse dashes past the skirting boards.
Mouse needed somewhere warm and dry.
Mouse perches on a couch in front of the fireplace.
A beautiful bookshelf.
Mouse found a bookshelf nearby.
Mouse sleeps peacefully.
That night, Mouse had warm and cosy dreams.

Creators and open license

Created by
Michele Fry, Amy Uzzell, Jennifer Jacobs

Source: Book Dash
Original: A House for Mouse from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original story text and illustrations unchanged. Website and printable layout prepared by Little Leaf; age, reading level and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.