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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

Reaching, stretching, lifting high, your little Crane Truck will touch the sky! Track every step along the way with this appealing growth chart. And when the lights go out, Crane Truck will glow in the dark. Includes feet and meters.

Author:
Sherri Dusky Rinker

ASL Storyteller:
Kathy Holmes

Handa’s Surprise

Handa is carrying a basket of fruit to her friend Akeyo. She is carrying it on her head and doesn’t notice that animals she is passing are taking fruit out of the basket. Eventually the basket becomes empty but an antelope chasing her runs in to a tree as Handa walks beneath it and fills the basket with tangerines.

Author:
Eileen Browne

ASL Storyteller:
Saeeda Tifow

Something From Nothing

Joseph’s grandfather made him a beautiful blanket when he was a baby, but now it’s frazzled and worn, and Joseph’s mother says it is time to throw it out. Joseph doesn’t want to part with his special blanket, and he’s sure that his grandfather can fix it. Sure enough, Grandfather miraculously alters the blanket into useful items again and again. But when Joseph loses the final item, even Grandfather can’t make something from nothing. But maybe Joseph can?

Author:
Phoebe Gilman

ASL Storyteller:
Denise Deshaw

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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

The New Baby Calf

Buttercup the cow had a new baby calf. She licks him, feeds him, and encourages him until he learns to walk and run and play.

Stranger in the Woods

ON HOLD – need to develop tip sheet

Feast for 10

This story shows a family doing everyday activities. Everyone is helping with the routines of bringing home the food from the grocery store, cooking and eating together.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

This is a classic for all ages. Babies and toddlers enjoy the bold colours and animals shapes. Beginning readers quickly pick up the pattern and rhythm of the book and are often able to predict what animal comes next.

A Crowded Ride in the Countryside

A Crowded Ride in the Countryside is a funny story about increasing numbers of farm animals catching a ride with a farmer going to the county fair. Your child can count the number of animals that squeeze into the farmer’s truck. See what happens when they hit a bump in the road!

I Love My Hair!

This is a story about a little girl learning one way that she is special. Her mother combs her hair and it hurts so much that Keyana cries. He mother tells her that she is lucky to have this kind of hair because she can style it in so many different ways. Keyana comes to realize this herself and thinks of some of the ways she likes to wear her hair.

Handa’s Surprise

Mama, Do You Love Me?

Mama, Do You Love Me? is a universal story of a child testing the limits of her independence. There is a very special love between a parent and a child.

The Napping House

This rhythmic story about a grandmother, a child, a dog, a cat, a mouse and a flea. The sleepy household congregate on Granny’s bed, slowly building a very relaxed pile of bodies.

The Little Red Hen

This classic fairytale is about a hard working hen. She asks her friends to help plant and harvest wheat on her farm, but none of them want to volunteer. Hen manages to grow the wheat by herself, and to celebrate she makes a fresh loaf of bread for her chicks.

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear

This is a lovely story for encouraging together time with your child. Your child will quickly pick up on the pattern and rhythm of the story as the little mouse tries to protect his red, ripe strawberry from the big hungry bear.

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