CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Jessica Ennis-Hill tells the story of Laura, who loves to practise being different animals, as she reads tonight’s Bedtime Story, Lion Practice by Emma Carlisle.

Laura practises being a kangaroo, a parrot and a crocodile - but nothing beats lion practice! It's fun to leap, run and roar really loud, isn't it? Laura's patient parents aren't so sure. So when Laura takes a lion-sized leap too far, she gets a telling off. But like all good lions, Laura soon bounces back and it isn't very long before her mum, dad and baby brother are joining in the game.

This is the first of three stories Jessica Ennis-Hill has recorded for CBeebies. She says: “Every evening I watch CBeebies Bedtime Story with my son so it’s very strange to actually be here, on set, and reading to kids across the country. It’s very exciting and I’m looking forward to my son seeing me reading it to him.”

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