Real adventures from a Filipino childhood

Big ideas come in tiny, happy hearts.

Picture books for children aged 3–8 — true stories from Lyn's childhood in the Philippines, drawn in full colour, with activity pages at the back of every single one.

5 books out now English & Español Ages 3–8 Available worldwide

Published by Alaya Books

True stories

Every book is a real memory from Lyn's childhood in the Philippines.

Two languages

English and Spanish editions, printed as separate books.

Activities & positive messages

Mazes, seek-and-finds, spot-the-difference, colouring pages and positive-thinking messages after every story.

Available worldwide

Printed to order and delivered to your door, wherever you are.

The series

Big dreams really
do come true.

Real adventures from Lyn's childhood in the Philippines. Each one stands alone, and they share the same family — so they're lovely read together. Many more are on the way.

Lyn-Lyn and Bing-Bing sit on a green hill watching an orange sunset over rice fields, surrounded by butterflies and red hibiscus.
Back to school · Featured this month

Lucky Lyn-Lyn at Big School

Lyn-Lyn and her family move from busy Manila to Happy Island. Lyn-Lyn is off to big school, while her little sister Bing-Bing is expected to go somewhere else — until Lyn-Lyn hears there may be a place in first grade, and finds the courage to ask.

I think it was a brave day. If you didn't ask, we would have never known.
Courage Speaking up The power of asking

Paperback · 8.5″ square · 40 pages · full colour · ages 3–8 · Alaya Books

Why these books

Think BIG, be kind
and believe in YOU.

Values on every page

Entrepreneurship, honesty, courage, curiosity and kindness. Every story is built around one value a child can carry with them — and every one of them really happened to Lyn.

A real Filipino childhood

Roosters, carabaos, mangoes, hibiscus, five-peso coins, Christmas in the heat. Home on the page for Filipino families, and somewhere new for everyone else.

The fun doesn't stop at the end

Each book has a variety of activity pages such as mazes, seek-and-find, spot the difference, colouring and lots more fun!

Meet the heroine

Big dreams, big ideas — and always something she wants to do.

Lyn-Lyn lives in the Philippines. White t-shirt, blue skirt with pink hibiscus, pink flip-flops, two street dogs and an orange cat never far behind. She has big ideas — and she doesn't always get them right the first time. That's rather the point.

She smiles, she laughs, she loves to try,
she dreams her dreams and aims up high!
— the Lucky Lyn-Lyn song

In book one she starts a business with five pesos and learns to share the win. In book two she takes a coin she shouldn't. Nobody tells her off. She works it out herself, and puts it right — which is the only way children ever really learn it.

From the back of book one

Lucky Lyn-Lyn's Happy Rules

  1. Smile big
  2. Share with others
  3. Work together
  4. Believe in your ideas
  5. Keep trying

“I can do it! You can too! Big dreams really do come true!”

Print the poster, free
Look inside

Full-colour, edge to edge,
on every single page.

Illustrated by Dan Negrut. Scroll →

Lyn-Lyn on a white beach with palm trees and turquoise sea — 'Lyn-Lyn is a very happy little girl.'
Customers crowd around Lyn-Lyn buying her paper bags until every one is gone.
Six children line up at a fruit market, each holding brown paper bags, selling together.
Mr Chu, dressed as Santa, sits with a big sack of shiny gold coins.
Lyn-Lyn places one gold coin back into Mr Chu's hand.
Green rice fields on Happy Island with carabaos grazing and palm trees behind.
Bing-Bing sits at a classroom desk in first grade, listening carefully.
The Lucky Lyn-Lyn logo — an illustrated girl above gold hand-lettering.
The author

Lyn Lozano Galicia

"I am a Filipino entrepreneur based in Barcelona, Spain, but my heart will always carry the memories of my childhood in the Philippines. Lucky Lyn-Lyn is a collection of real adventures inspired by my early years filled with curiosity, friendship, family, faith, and lessons that helped shape who I am today."

"Through these stories, I hope to inspire young readers to be kind, brave, and confident, and to discover that even the simplest moments can become the most beautiful adventures."

Free, forever

Print the activity pages
at home, for free.

Mazes, seek-and-finds, colouring sheets and the positive-thinking posters — lifted straight out of the books. Perfect for a rainy afternoon or a classroom wall.