If You Can Read is a segment from Between the Lions stating that if you can read an ending, middle and beginning sound, then you can read every word that ends with that sound. The initial segments premiered in Season 2 and were sung by Paul Jacobs.
In Season 3, a different set of segments appeared, this time teaching sounds at the beginning of words. These ones were sung by Chris Cerf with backing vocals by Jacobs.
Segments and songs[]
Words with End, Middle and Beginning[]
- at (The Sad Dad/Oh, Yes, It Can!/Rats/The Popcorn Popper/Oh, Yes, It Can!)
- ing (Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!/Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks)
- en (Pebble Trouble/Quest, Quest, Quest!/A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon/The Pest In The Tent)
- op (Stop That Chicken!/Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!/The Three Little Pigs)
- ay (Hay Day/Grow, Mane, Grow!)
- ick (Pigs Aplenty/King Midas/The Dirty Smelly King)
- ug (Huff and Puff/Three More Little Pigs/The Ants and the Grasshopper)
Words with Beginning[]
- pe (Help!/Step by Step/Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!/The Three Little Pigs)
- coa (Two Coats, One Goat and One Boat/Three Goats, No Waiting/The Goat in the Coat)
- car (Art Party/Click, Clack, Moo/The Little Red Hen)
Lyrics[]
List of Words and Names[]
- Main article: If You Can Read/List of Words and Names