The Fun Run - Ladybird Readers Starter Level AIt is a fun run. The children run. Miss Tess has a medal for Ross and Gus. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading,