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

Tata comes home

Dali can’t wait for Tata to come home for the weekend. What will they do when he arrives?

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 14 illustrated pages

Tata comes home — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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.

Dali can’t wait for Tata to come home for the weekend. What will they do when he arrives?

Read all 14 story pages
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Tata comes home
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Every Friday after school, Daluxolo stands with his arms leaning over the front gate, Waiting...
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 3, English text included
His friends keep calling him to play ball with them at the dusty soccer field down the road but he keeps saying no. Daaali!
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 4, English text included
That's because someone special is coming ... every weekend Tata comes home.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 5, English text included
He cranes his neck towards the main road, eagerly waiting to see the moment when Tata’s white VW Beetle turns into his street.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 6, English text included
As soon as it turns the corner, Dali runs to the car so he can drive the rest of the way home in Tata’s car. Beep! Beeep!
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 7, English text included
Hello Dali my boy, Tata yells with excitement, as he opens the door. "Hop in!"
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 8, English text included
When Tata is home, he and Dali always have so much fun together, starting with their favourite meal cooked by Mama - pap, wors and gravy.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 9, English text included
On Saturday morning, they start their day with a short jog around the neighbourhood.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 10, English text included
Then after lunch, Tata teaches Dali how to play card games.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 11, English text included
In the afternoon, Dali loves watching Tata polish his shoes while whistling to his favourite songs on the radio.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 12, English text included
Sunday is the saddest day when they have to say goodbye because Tata must go back to work.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 13, English text included
But Dali does not stay sad for long because he knows that on Friday, Tata comes home.
Tata comes home — original illustrated page 14, English text included

Creators and open license

Written by
Sewela Langeni
Illustrated by
Heleen Steyn van der Merwe
Created by
Sewela Langeni (Writer); Heleen Steyn van der Merwe (Illustrator); Tammy Adendorff (Designer); Nabeela Kalla (Editor)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Tata comes home from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original illustrated spreads and embedded English story text preserved; website layout and printable PDF assembled by Little Leaf. Age, level, theme 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.