Podcasts by Little Readers Ages 6-8
The mission here is to instill a love of reading in our little readers. To broaden their experiences through and from reading. To make it real for them by incorporating the elements of the story into their lives. First, you'll listen to a story read by Miss Joan, then respond to questions that engage listening and comprehension skills, which finally tap into the child's creativity, and applications to their daily circumstances. Virtual tutoring with Miss Joan is now available at https://www.littlereaders6-8.com
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Podcast on the topic Bildung für Kids
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'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving from 2021-11-26T13:00
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving is written and illustrated by David Pilkey, and published by Orchard Books, New York, in 1990. Children may enjoy retelling this story as famil...
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Bear Has A Story To Tell from 2021-11-02T10:00
Bear Has A Story To Tell is written by Philip C Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, and published by Roaring Book Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Pa...
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Run, Turkey, Run! [Just for fun!] from 2021-10-23T18:00
Run, Turkey, Run! written by Diane Mayr, illustrated by Laura Rader, and published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc. in 2007.
This story is strictly entertaining! It pro...
The Kiddie Table (S.E.L.) from 2021-10-11T22:00
The Kiddie Table , is written and illustrated by Colleen Madden, published by Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint, in 2018.
Everyone can relate to this story, especia...
Old Lion and Little Rabbit (S.E.L.) from 2021-09-26T11:00
Old Lion and Little Rabbit is written and illustrated by Keiko Kaichi, English Editions published in 2017 by Michael Neugebauer Publishing Ltd. in Hong Kong.
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Cherry and Olive (S. E. L.) from 2021-09-18T15:00
Cherry and Olive is written and illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe, published by Walker Publishing Co., Inc. in 2007. This realistic fiction story promotes discussion about friend...
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GRUMPY MONKEY Party Time! (S.E.L.) from 2021-09-03T12:00
GRUMPY MONKEY Party Time! is written by Suzanne Lang, illustrated by Max Lang, and published by Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC in 20...
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Stay: A Girl, A Dog, A Bucket List (S.E.L.) from 2021-08-28T15:00
Stay: A Girl, A Dog, A Bucket List is written by Kate Klise, illustrated by Sarah Klise, and published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in 201...
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Muggie Maggie from 2021-08-03T09:00
Muggie Maggie, written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Kay Life, and published by William Morrow and Company, Inc. in 1990.
This is a funny story with a serious
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Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures 2: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery from 2021-06-27T16:00
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures 2: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery was created by Jeff Brown and written by Sara Pennypacker, with pictures by Macky Pamintuan, publish...
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We Are Brothers (S.E.L.) from 2021-06-11T15:00
We Are Brothers is written by Yves Nadon, illustrated by Jean Claverie, and published by Creative Editions, an imprint of The Creative Company in 2018.
This story highligh...
Elmore (S.E.L.) from 2021-06-06T22:00
Elmore is written and illustrated by Holly Hobie, and published by Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2018.
This is a story abo...
A Real Friend (S.E.L.) from 2021-05-29T20:00
A Real Friend is written by Jennifer Wolfthal, illustrated by Judi Abbot, and published by Clavis Publishing Inc. in 2020.
This story promotes friendship building and cons...
Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep (S.E.L.) from 2021-05-28T13:00
Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep written by Robin Newman, illustrated by Chris Ewald, and published by Creston Books, LLC in 2016.
This delightful story borrows characte...
Don't Rant&Rave on Wednesdays! (S. E. L./ Anger Management) from 2021-03-28T19:00
Don't Rant & Rave on Wednesdays ! is written by Adolph Moser, Ed.D., illustrated by David Melton, and published by Landmark Editions, Inc. in 1994.
This book holds m...
Don't Tell A Whopper on Fridays! (S.E.L./ Truth-Control) from 2021-03-20T14:00
Don't Tell A Whopper on Fridays! The Children's Truth-Control Book is written by Adolph Moser, Ed.D., illustrated by David Melton, and published by Landmark Editions, I...
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Don't Despair On Thursdays! (S.E.L./Grief Management) from 2021-03-15T10:00
Don't Despair On Thursdays! is written by Adolph Moser, Ed.D., illustrated by David Melton, and published by Landmark Editions, Inc. in 1996.
This is a children'...
The Scar (S.E.L./Grief Management) from 2021-03-04T12:00
The Scar is written by Charlotte Moundlic, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, and published by Candlewick Press in 2011. This story exemplifies strategies for children dealing with ...
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The Belonging Tree (S.E.L.) from 2021-01-25T06:00
The Belonging Tree is written by Maryann Cocca-Leffler, illustrated by Kristine A. Lombardi, and published by Henry Holt & Company Publishers, a registered trademark of Macmi...
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David's Father (S.E.L.) from 2021-01-23T18:00
David's Father is written by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko, and published by Annick Press Ltd. in 2004.
This is a humorous story that stresses dif...
What Should Darla Do? (S.E.L.) from 2021-01-16T15:00
What Should Darla Do? written by Ganit and Adir Levy, illustrated by Doro Kaiser, and published by Elon Books in 2019. Darla uses her 'power to choose' in this episod...
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Wemberly Worried (S.E.L.) from 2021-01-14T12:00
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes is published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, in 2000. This is a delightful story about a topic that can cause BI...
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Martin's Scarf (S.E.L.) from 2020-12-18T12:00
"Martin's Scarf" is taken from the book entitled 24 Stories for Advent written by Brigitte Weninger, illustrated by Eve Tharlet, and published by NorthSouth Books ...
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A Clever Beatrice Christmas from 2020-12-09T14:00
A Clever Beatrice Christmas is written by Margaret Willey, illustrated by Heather M. Solomon, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2006.
This story highlig...
Dear Santa, I Know it Looks BAD But it Wasn't My FAULT! from 2020-12-01T11:00
Dear Santa, I Know it looks BAD But it Wasn't My FAULT! is written by Norma Lewis, illustrated by Olivia Beckman, and published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc., in 2018.
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Cookiesaurus Christmas from 2020-11-29T09:00
Cookiesaurus Christmas is written by Amy Fellner Dominy & Nate Evans, illustrated by A.G. Ford, and published by Scholastic Inc. in 2018.
Enjoy this funny story abou...
Think For Myself At The Park (S.E.L.) from 2020-11-20T17:00
Think For Myself At The Park is written by Kristy Hammil, illustrated by Alex Bjelica, and published by Kristy Hammil with Holistic Thinking Kids in 2018.
This story encou...
Stephanie's Ponytail (S.E.L.) from 2020-11-19T13:00
Stephanie's Ponytail is written by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko, and published by Annick Press Ltd. in 2004.
This story suggests ideas that deal w...
What Do You Do With A Problem? (S.E.L.) from 2020-11-18T12:00
What Do You Do With A Problem? is written by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Mae Besom, and published by Compendium, Inc. in 2016. This is another inspirational story for people of ...
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The Cow Who Climbed A Tree from 2020-11-14T12:00
The Cow Who Climbed A Tree is written & illustrated by Gemma Merino and published by Albert Whitman & Company in 2016. This story encourages curious dreamers to always f...
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Come With Me (S.E.L.) from 2020-11-13T10:00
Come With Me is written by Holly M. McGhee, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Random House LLC in 2017.
This is a...
The Kindness Quilt (S.E.L.) from 2020-11-07T15:00
The Kindness Quilt written and illustrated by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, published by Marshall Cavendish Corporation in 2006. The main character, Minna, has an idea that you&apos...
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Strega Nona's Harvest from 2020-11-04T22:00
Strega Nona's Harvest is written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola, and published by the Penguin Group, New York, NY in 2009. Another delightful, inspirational story of Stre...
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What Do You Do With A Chance? (S.E.L.) from 2020-10-29T10:00
What Do You Do With A Chance? written by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Mae Besom, and published by Compendium, Inc. in 2017.
This is an inspirational story for all ages. Beaut...
Strictly No Elephants (S.E.L.) from 2020-10-25T21:00
Strictly No Elephants is written by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by Taeew Yoo, and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers in 2015.
This is a delightful...
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon (S.E.L.) from 2020-10-22T14:00
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon (S.E.L.) is written by Patty Lovell, illustrated by David Catrow, and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, ...
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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything from 2020-10-17T19:00
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything is written by Linda Williams, illustrated by Megan Lloyd, and published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 1986.
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What Should Darla Do? The Power To Choose (S.E.L.) from 2020-10-13T12:00
What Should Darla Do? The Power To Choose written by Ganit & Adir Levy, illustrated by Doro Kaiser, and published by Elon Books in 2019.
This is another 'choose...
What Should Danny Do? The Power To Choose (S.E.L.) from 2020-10-08T12:00
What Should Danny Do? The Power To Choose written by Ganit & Adir Levy, illustrated by Mat Sadler, published by Elon Books, in 2017.
This episode demonstrates how ...
The Invisible String (S.E.L.) from 2020-09-21T12:00
The Invisible String is written by Patrice Karst with illustrations by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, and published by Little, Brown & Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc....
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Pete the Cat's Got Class from 2020-09-19T18:00
Pete the Cat's Got Class by James Dean is published by Harper Collins Children's Books, a division of Harper Collins Publishers in 2016. This story suggests ways to ma...
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Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School (Decision Making Skills) from 2020-09-11T11:00
Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School is written and illustrated by Kimberly and James Dean,
published by Harper Collins Children's Books, a division of Harper Collins Publi...
Looking for Yesterday from 2020-09-09T10:00
Looking for Yesterday is written and illustrated by Alison Jay and published by Candlewick Press in 2019.
Grandfatherly advice helps a young boy in his quest for going bac...
The Name Jar (S.E.L. Series) from 2020-08-30T14:00
The Name Jar is written & illustrated by Yangsook Choi, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. in 2001.
This story recaps being the new kid in t...
Those Shoes (S.E.L. Series) from 2020-08-28T12:00
Those Shoes is written by Maribeth Boelts and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones, published by Candlewick Press in 2009.
This story promotes discussion of many topics such as:
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? (S.E.L. Series) from 2020-08-23T17:00
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids is written by Carol McCloud with illustrations by David Messing and published by Bucket Fillosophy, an imprint...
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Don't Feed The Monster On Tuesday (S.E.L. Series) from 2020-08-23T10:00
Don't Feed The Monster On Tuesday is written by Adolph Moser, Ed.D., illustrated by David Melton, and published by Landmark Editions, Inc. in 1991.
This story de...
The Day You Begin (S.E.L. Series) from 2020-08-18T10:00
The Day You Begin is written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez, published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group in 2018.
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Testing Miss Malarkey from 2020-08-11T17:00
"Testing Miss Malarkey" (2000), is taken from the book Miss Malarkey: Stories from Room 10 (2010) and is written by Judy Finchler, with illustrations by Kevin O'Ma...
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Miss Malarkey Won't Be in Today from 2020-08-09T11:00
"Miss Malarkey Won't Be in Today"(1998) is taken from the book entitled Miss Malarkey: Stories from Room 10 written by Judy Finchler, with illustrations by Kevin O...
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Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10 from 2020-08-08T18:00
This story is taken from the book "Miss Malarkey: Stories from Room 10" written by Judy Finchler with illustrations by Kevin O'Malley, published by Barnes & No...
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The Forgetful Farmer from 2020-08-05T04:00
The Forgetful Farmer written by Craig Tweedt and illustrated by Michael Denman, published by Modern Curriculum Press, Inc. in 1986. This story is a perfect example
realisti...
Frog and Toad Are Friends: The Letter from 2020-08-04T14:00
Frog and Toad Are Friends: The Letter is written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, and published by Scholastic, Inc. by arrangement with Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. in 197...
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There Was An Old Woman from 2020-07-25T14:00
There Was An Old Woman is written by Stephen Wyllie with pictures by Maureen Roffey and published by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. in 1985. This is a delightful story which ...
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Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes from 2020-07-18T10:00
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is written by Eric Litwin with art by James Dean, and published by Scholastic Books, Inc. by arrangement with Harper Collins Publishers, Inc i...
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Amelia Bedelia Helps Out from 2020-07-10T13:00
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out written by Peggy Parish, with pictures by Lynn Sweat, published by Avon Books, a division of The Hearst Corporation in 1979. You will laugh during this ...
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Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure from 2020-07-04T16:00
Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure written in 1964, renewed copyright in 1992 by Jeff Brown with illustrations by Macky Pamintuan in 2009, published by Harper Collins Publisher...
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Pinkalicious from 2020-06-24T19:00
Pinkalicious is written by Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann, illustrated by Victoria Kann, and published by Scholastic Inc. in 2006. This story promotes discus...
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Days With Frog and Toad: Tomorrow from 2020-06-19T20:00
Days With Frog and Toad is written by Arnold Lobel and published by Scholastic Inc. in 1979. This book is a collection of five stories, each with a different life lesson. This ...
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The Kissing Hand from 2020-06-17T06:00
The Kissing Hand is written by Audrey Penn, illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak, published by Tanglewood Publishing, Inc. in 2006. When Chester Racco...
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"I Knew You Could!" from 2020-06-02T22:00
"I Knew You Could!" written by Craig Dorfman & illustrated by Cristina Ong in 2003, published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. was inspired by the original publication of "The Litt...
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Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon from 2020-05-21T06:00
Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon is written and illustrated by Denys Cazet, and published by DK Publishing, Inc. in 1998. You will surely laugh during this episode as Minnie and Mo...
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Cork&Fuzz: Short and Tall from 2020-05-14T22:00
Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall written by Dori Chaconas and illustrated by Lisa McCue, published by The Penguin Group (USA) in 2006, and as an imprint in 2010 by Puffin Books (a...
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Cork&Fuzz: Best Friends from 2020-05-07T00:00
Cork & Fuzz: Best Friends written by Dori Chaconas, and illustrated by Lisa McCue, published by Penguin Young Readers as an imprint by The Penguin Group (2012). You will chu...
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I'm Not Scared of the Dark from 2020-05-03T17:00
I'm Not Scared of the Dark is written by Patrick McNulty and published in 2020 by the Ministry of Monsters Press. This story promotes strategies to help youngsters face the...
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I'm Not Scared of Grandma's Basement from 2020-04-25T13:00
I'm not Scared of Grandma's Basement is written by Patrick McNulty in 2020, and published by The Ministry of Monsters Press. This e-book provides a strategy for youngsters, ages 6-8, t...
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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes from 2020-04-22T15:00
Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes is written and illustrated by Kimberly and James Dean and published by Harper Collins in 2016.
Pete and his friends demonstrate loyal fr...
MAC AND CHEESE from 2020-04-15T10:00
Mac And Cheese is written by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Jane Manning and published by Harper Collins e-books in 2010. It is a short story about friendship and compromising betw...
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The Bad Seed from 2020-04-11T02:00
The Bad Seed is written by Jory John, with illustrations by Pete Oswald, and published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2017. A short story with a valuable lesson about relations...
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You Get What You Get from 2020-04-02T08:00
You Get What You Get (2012) is written by Julie Gassman with illustrations by Sarah Horne and published by Picture Windows Books, a Capstone Imprint. This is a delightful...
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Freckle Juice PART 1 from 2020-03-28T16:00
Freckle Juice (1971) is written by Judy Blume, with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker, published by Dell Publishing, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
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Freckle Juice PART 2 from 2020-03-28T16:00
Freckle Juice (1971) is written by Judy Blume, with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker, published by Dell Publishing, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
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Amelia Bedelia Means Business, PART 1 (Chapters 1-4) from 2020-03-22T23:00
Amelia Bedelia Means Business is written by Herman Parish III, with pictures by Lynne Avril, published in 2013 by Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. Thi...
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Amelia Bedelia Means Business, PART 2 (Chapters 5-7) from 2020-03-22T23:00
Amelia Bedelia Means Business, written by Herman Parish III, with pictures by Lynne Avril, published in 2013 by Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers.
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Amelia Bedelia Means Business, PART 3 (Chapters 8-10) from 2020-03-22T22:00
Amelia Bedelia Means Business is written by Herman Parish III, with pictures by Lynne Avril, published in 2013 by Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. Thi...
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Amelia Bedelia Means Business PART 4 (Chapters 11-14) from 2020-03-22T22:00
Amelia Bedelia Means Business is written by Herman Parish III, with pictures by Lynne Avril, published in 2013 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers.
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! from 2020-03-15T20:00
A story of battling bunnies and a determined gardener, Mr. McGreely. Written by Candice Fleming and illustrated by G. Brian Karas, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2012. Wh...
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Winnie Finn, Worm Farmer from 2020-03-08T20:00
Winnie Finn, Worm Farmer (2009), written by Carol Brendler with pictures by Ard Hoyt is published by Farrer Straus Giroux of New York. A story about a creative youngster strivin...
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Bob And Tom from 2020-03-04T04:00
Bob And Tom(2017), written and illustrated by Denys Cazet, published by Antheneum Books for Young Readers, a division of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
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Badger's Perfect Garden from 2020-02-29T11:00
Badger's Perfect Garden (2019), written by Marsha Diane Arnold & illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki, published by Sleeping Bear Press. This story demonstrates how c...
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Lion Lessons from 2020-02-26T01:00
Lion Lessons (2016), written and illustrated by Jon Agee, published by Dial Books for Young Readers. This is a story about determination and being the best you can be, at whatev...
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All For Me And None For All from 2020-02-21T02:00
All For Me And None For All (2012), written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children uses personification to deal wit...
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Strega Nona's Magic Lessons from 2020-02-14T18:00
Strega Nona's Magic Lessons (1982), written and illustrated by Tomie de Paola, published by Harcourt Brace & Company. An Italian folk tale about truthfulness and honesty...
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Strega Nona from 2020-02-09T15:00
Strega Nona (1975), written and illustrated by Tomie de Paola, published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
An Italian folktale with a lesson about paying atte...
Something Might Happen from 2020-02-02T01:00
Something Might Happen (2003), written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. A delightful story of an adorable lemur with a lesson for al...
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Tacky and the Winter Games from 2020-01-25T20:00
Tacky and the Winter Games (2005), written by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, and published by Houghton Mifflin Co., is a delightful story of companionship...
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Giraffe and Bird Together Again from 2020-01-20T00:00
Giraffe and Bird Together Again, written and illustrated by Rebecca Bender in 2018, published by Pajama Press, Inc., Toronto, Ontario Canada.
This is a delightful tale of true frie...
Don't Laugh at Giraffe from 2020-01-12T11:00
Don’t Laugh at Giraffe, written & illustrated by Rebecca Bender (2012) published by Pajama Press, Inc. presents a story of two uncommon companions, Bird and Giraffe. The two, demonst...
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Pencil: A Story with a Point from 2020-01-04T14:00
Pencil: A Story with a Point, written by Ann Ingalls & illustrated by Dean Griffiths (2019), was adapted for this podcast by Joanne Avery(2020).
This episode is dedicated...
The Man with the Violin from 2019-12-31T18:00
The Man with the Violin, written by Kathy Stinson & illustrated by Dusan Petricic (2013) Adapted for the podcast by Joanne Avery (2019). This story recaps the experiment do...
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Tacky's Christmas from 2019-12-21T13:00
Tacky's Christmas written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger (2010) is a story for all ages! It captures the true meaning of the holiday season by demonstrating how...
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The Mud Fairy from 2019-12-15T01:00
This story was written and illustrated by Amy Young in 2010. The main character, Emmalina, is a fairy trying to earn her wings by doing something important. Her talents and interests are quite ...
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I Am Not a Fox from 2019-12-13T01:00
In this story, the main character demonstrates how differences make every living creature special. The author, Karina Wolf (2018), wrote this story about her own dog.
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The Invisible Boy from 2019-12-07T19:00
Trudy Ludwig (2013) highlights strategies of relationship building for children- demonstrating the value of consideration, compassion, and empathy.
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Bread And Jam For Frances from 2019-12-04T01:00
A classic story, by Russell Hoban, encourages youngsters to try new things. This episode may foster productive discussions about health and nutritious foods. Something we all need to f...
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Alexander,Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday from 2019-12-01T13:00
Author Judith Viorst teaches another valuable lesson through the beloved character Alexander. This story, published by Atheneum Books (1978), emphasizes the difficulties
in trying to save mo...
The Little Man That Could Not Read. from 2019-11-26T21:00
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The Little Man That Could Not Read. from 2019-11-26T21:00
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