what's the story amigos this is kino
with some cool stories for today's story
time
today join mara and kino for an alphabet
book
a alarm clocks ring it's almost on
the folks in the valley stretch and yawn
in our next story read by author diane
wolkstein
can a banjo save a young goat from a
band of
hungry tigers where are you
going the leader shouted copy reached
the bushes
she picked up the bonza and hung it
around her neck then she turned to the
tigers
five more jumped out of the bushes now
there were
ten then raven kelly reads about a young
bunny who
won't leave her baby tooth out for the
tooth fairy
i'm not giving my baby tooth to the
tooth fairy set
rosie
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[Music]
well i finished writing lucy's birthday
present
and i started to put it together but i'm
having a little
trouble with the glue part oh dear i see
i think i could use a little help now
i'll tell you what maybe we can put it
together together
okay yeah okay yeah oh
kino these look great yup yup we you
know how
lucy loves new alphabet books for her
collection mm-hmm
well i wrote a rhyme for every letter of
the alphabet
listen to this okay a is for
august a month in the summer
b is for backaches they're always
a bummer
c is for chicken a bird that makes
eggs and d
is for dance which i do with my legs
these rhymes are really great
but you know what the best thing is
about your gift for lucy
what that you made it yourself that it
came straight from your heart
yeah well i'll tell you what i will help
you
bind all these pages into a book as soon
as i finish wrapping the book
that i bought for lucy it's also an
alphabet book aura
have you seen my car keys whoa
lucy's coming i
hey hi i can't find my car keys
yeah and i've got to go to the airport
and pick up my friend diane she's going
to read a book that she wrote to us
did you uh check the story corner oh
um maybe that's where they are
okay okay
phew that was a close one i'll say
i found them thanks mara i'm off to the
airport
okay lucy bye bye see you later take
your time
oh boy is she going yet
yes oh boy
that was close it certainly was
ah all right now i will help you bind
your book together
as soon as i finish wrapping lucy's book
oh oh mara can we read that book before
you wrap it
it'll calm me down after that close call
hmm
okay i think we have time okay
the book is called the folks in the
valley pennsylvania dutch
abc and it's by jim ellsworth and
illustrated by stefano vitale hikina
will you help me with the alphabet
oh yeah yep yep sure sure okay
a alarm clocks ring it's almost
on the folks in the valley stretch and
yawn
b bacon fries when they're out of bed
see cows get milked in the milking shed
d dough is rolled with rolling pins
e eggs are found under fat red
hens f fences are built to hold the hogs
gee geese are afraid of barking dogs
h hay is pitched up to the mo
i irons hammered to mend the plow
j jars of pickles line the shelves
okay kittens drink and lick themselves
ill lanes lead down past orchards green
em meadow grasses smell sweet
and clean and
neighbors help with summer wheat oh
oak is split for the winter's heat
patches are sewn to overall knees
k*ll quilts are stitched at quilting
bees
rope is tied to the dairy bowl
yes sheep are raised for the fluffy wool
teeth team's plot home when the plowin's
through
you up the lane the cows come too
feet valley is quiet when stars shine
bright
w windows glow with yellow light
x x's are made with needle
clicks knitting and embroidery see
yeah yeah why yawns
are yawned over candlesticks
and z z z's the sound of their
well-earned rest
when they sleep in peace their lives are
blessed
ah oh that was a good one mara i know
that lucy is going to love the pictures
in this book
oh and speaking of lucy we better wrap
these presents
she's going to be back soon okay good
idea
all right let's start
mara kino my friend dianne wolkstein's
here she's gonna read us a book she
wrote
hi dianne hi mara welcome to story time
yeah welcome are you really gonna read
us a book that you wrote yourself
because because guess what you see i
wrote a book
all by myself to give to sis
gee i give anything to uh
write a book for somebody one of these
days
well i think someday you will write a
book keno
but tell us about your book diane well i
heard the story in haiti
which is an island near florida and a
good friend of mine went to haiti
he liked it so much his name is mark
brown he draws wonderful pictures he
said i want to do a story
about haiti do you know any good ones
and when i told him tiger and goat
he said that's the one so i wrote it he
drew the pictures and we called it
the bonza oh well let's hear it huh yeah
right
on the island of haiti there once lived
a little tiger
named tigra and a little goat
named cabri usually tigers and goats are
enemies
but these two were best friends
they had met during a thunderstorm when
they had each run
into the same cave for shelter
the storm had lasted all night when they
came out in the morning
everything seemed strange to them for
they had come out of the cave by a
different entrance
they were lost they were small
lonely and afraid copy the little goat
braid tigra roared
do you want to be friends capri asked
right now tigra answered so they
wandered over the countryside
playing together you see them playing
yeah
sharing whatever food they found and
sleeping close to each other at night
for warmth
then one morning they found themselves
in front of the cave where they had
first met
cobb returned but it was not tigre who
had roared
it was a roar of another tiger
mama papa auntie tiger cried joyfully as
three huge tigers bounded out of the
bushes
poppy ran into the cave without waiting
after a while tigre went to cabri
mccabe refused to come out of the cave
so
tigra went home with his family
the next morning tigre went to the cave
alone
cabrini he called i brought you a bonza
copy poked her head out of the cave
a bonza what's that
a little banjo tigra said it belonged to
my uncle but i want you to have it so it
will protect you
who will a bonza protect me cabri asked
auntie says the bonza belongs to the
heart
and there's no stronger protection than
the heart
when you play the banza auntie says
place it
over your heart and one day
the heart and the bonza will be won
is that true tigra capri asked
oh i don't know but i know i shall not
forget you
tigra placed the bonza around his
friend's neck
and then he turned to go where are you
going capri asked
home tigra answered the little tiger ran
back to his family
cabrie stepped out of the cave so she
could see the bonza more clearly
oh it was a beautiful bonza
and when the sun shone on it it gleamed
cabri held the bonza over her heart she
stroked it gently
a friendly happy sound came out
she stroked it again and again
and before she realized it she was
trotting through the forest
humming to herself
[Music]
stopping now and then to play a tune on
the banza
well one afternoon cabri came to a
spring
she wanted to drink but she was afraid
the bonza would get wet
so she took it off and carefully laid it
down in the bushes
as she drank the cool sweet water she
heard a low
growl behind her
turning quickly cabri saw
four large
hungry tigers capri wanted to leap
across the stream and run away
but the bonza was in the bushes behind
the tigers no
she would not leave the bonds a tiger
had given her
slowly and fiercely cabri walked toward
the bonza
another tiger appeared now there were
five
cabri kept walking where are you
going the leader shouted copy reached
the bushes
she picked up the banza and hung it
around her neck then she turned to the
tigers
five more jumped out of the bushes now
there were
ten what have you put around your neck
ask the leader in cabri trying to
quiet her thundering pounding heart
brought her four leg to her chest and by
mistake
plucked the bonza
a musician laughter chief so you wish to
play us a song
no said cabri no
echo the leader and all the tigers
took a step closer to cabri
tigra cabrie wanted to shout
the tiger was far away and she was alone
surrounded by the tigers no
she was not completely alone
she still had the bonds that tigra had
given her
cabri's heart beat very fast
but in time to her heartbeat she
stroked the bonza she opened her mouth
and a song came out to her surprise
it was a loud low ferocious
song ten bad tigers
ten fat tigers cabri eats
tigers raw yesterday
cabri eight ten tigers today
calvary eats ten more
who is audrey and where did you learn
that song
to amanda the chief i am cabri
aubry answered in a new deep voice
and noticing how frightened the tigers
looked she added and that
is my song i always sing it before
dinner
the tiger chief realized three of his
tigers had disappeared
madame cabri he said you
play beautifully but permit me to offer
you a drink
very well said cabri bring madame capre
a drink
he ordered the two tigers closest to him
as they started to leave he whispered
and don't come back
five tigers stared at madame cadbury
cavery stared back then she stroked her
bonza
and sang a little slower but just
as intently
five fat tigers five fat
tigers cabri eats
tigers raw yesterday cabri
eight ten tigers today
cabri eats five five
oh something dreadful must have happened
to my
tigers said the leader you
emotion to the two tigers nearest him
go fetch madame cabria drink and again
he whispered and don't
come back three tigers quaked before
madame cabri
cabrie sang again three
five tigers three fat tigers
capri eats tigers raw
yesterday capri eight ten ten
tigers today cabri eats
three more
when she finished her song only the
leader was left
copy began to sing again one
fat tiger
don't eat me the leader started to cry
please let me go
i promise no tiger will
ever bother you again
aubry looked at the trembling tiger
all she had done was to play the bonds
and sing what was in her heart
so tigress auntie was right
her heart had protected her her heart
and the bonds please
whatever you wish please let me go
i'm very scared
[Music]
well she said go at once to tigre
little tiger who lives near the cave
tell tigra
today aubry's heart and the banza
are one okay okay
today cabri's heart and the bonza
are one and off the tiger chief rat
with her bonza gleaming around her neck
capri went trotting through the forest
every now and then she would stop
she would stroke her bonza and sing
for her heart would have a new song
oh boy
that was a cool story diane it was kind
of like
like magic yes and like a mystery
a magical mystery say everybody how
would you all like to hear a story about
a special time in the life of a little
bunny rabbit named rosie
yeah okay all right well let's pay a
visit to my friend
raven she's all ready to read to us oh
and
and when we come back from visiting
raven we'll have a special time
all of our own right here okay
[Music]
so have you lost any teeth recently
yes oh let's see
yes you have have you no
i have
well this story is about a little girl
named rosie
she's a little bitty rabbit you know and
her teeth are missing too
and this story is called rosie's baby
tooth and it's
by mary ann mcdonald illustrated by
melissa sweet
rosie's baby tooth was coming out every
day she would wobble it just for fun
one day rosie was playing dragon with
sid
sid was trying to stab her with a sword
rosie bit the sword
the tooth came out wow said sid
you can put it under your pillow the
tooth fairy will give you 50 cents
rosie looked at the tooth it was white
and smooth
it was her baby too and now it was
out rosie put her finger in the empty
space
she saw a new tooth pushing up a big
tooth
i'm not giving my baby tooth to the
tooth fairy said
rosie you have to say
that's the way it's done
but rosie did not want to give her baby
tooth away
not even for 50 cents
rosie posey you lost your truth
said daddy when he saw her what a big
rabbit you are getting to be
but rosie wasn't sure she wanted to be a
big rabbit yet
she says i have to put my tooth under my
pillow for the tooth fairy
rosie told daddy most rabbits do
said daddy it is a pretty tooth said
rosie
it is said daddy put it away keep it
safe until bedtime
rosie looked in the mirror she smiled
then she frowned she did not look the
same without her
tooth she did not want to lose another
tooth
but she did not know how to stop
that matt said eating a book he was
working on his
baby teeth rosie made a monster face
that matt laughed
he thought making faces was a new game
at bedtime daddy say where is that
beautiful tooth it's gone said rosie
gone said daddy yes said rosie
the tooth fairy won't get this too oh
sir daddy
too bad for the tooth fairy it was such
a pretty tooth
she has other ones said rosie
not like that no not like that
rosie said slowly rosie had an idea
let's write the tooth fairy a letter she
said
we can tell her my tooth is gone
so daddy helped rosie write a letter
dear tooth fairy rosie's tooth is gone
it was pretty she had it ever since she
was a baby
it came out but now it is gone too bad
rosie and daddy
p.s don't be sad maybe someday rosie
will have a tooth for you
but not yet
rosie put the note under her pillow then
she went to sleep
in the morning rosie found a letter
daddy read it to her at breakfast
it said dear rosie if you find your
pretty tooth
give it to me i will put it on a golden
chain
and then you can wear it around your
neck forever and ever
the tooth fairy ps be happy i can wait
for more
teeth guess what i think i know where my
tooth might be
you do said daddy yes say rosie i'll go
and see if i can find
it rosie got the tooth
my marsha daddy that's it all right
put it in a safe place said rosie and
we will leave it for the tooth fairy
tonight
the next morning rosie found a golden
chain beside her bed
mama helped her put it around her neck
what a kind and clever fairy said mama
think so said daddy yucky yuck said that
man
he slapped his baby oatmeal in
his hair but rosie didn't say anything
she sat with her family and was happy
just like the tooth fairy had told her
to be
i liked rosie's baby tooth you know it
reminded me of the time my little sister
mariana
lost her first baby tooth she was afraid
a new one would never grow in
oh but a new one came in didn't it keno
yep yep does anyone here have a loose
tooth
do you huh before you do
oh um well you know what
i hope the tooth fairy went to the bank
oh well let's not forget our story picks
for today okay keno
okay mine is animalia written by
graham bass it's it's like a mystery but
also an abc
book too the wonderful pictures are
just full of surprises no matter how old
you are
oh and and my story pick is dogger by
shirley hughes it's the story of a very
special gift
just like the banza and uh maybe just
like another gift or two today right
lucy right he know
and uh and guess what lucy what you know
i have another special pick for the day
you do what i pick
you for a surprise birthday party
surprise surprise lucy happy birthday
lucy
happy birthday make a wish make a
mistake
make a wish
[Music]
oh and don't forget everybody keep a
story in your heart
[Music]
[Music]
this one is really special
[Music]
today's story time books are folks in
the valley
by jim ailsworth illustrated by stefano
vitale
the banza by diane wolkstein pictures by
mark brown
rosie's baby tooth by marianne mcdonald
illustrated by melissa sweet animalia
by graham bass and dogger
by shirley hughes
you can find these and other books at
your local library
major funding for story time is made
possible by a grant from helen and peter
bing
so that families everywhere can share
the joy of reading with their children
[Music]
additional funding is provided by the
corporation for public broadcasting
[Music]
by the annual financial support from
viewers like you
[Music]
and by the national endowment for
children's educational television
[Music]
story time is production of kct los
angeles
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01x16 - Rae'Ven Kelly & Diane Wolkstein
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American children's reading television program which aired on PBS from October 12, 1992 until September 1, 1997.
American children's reading television program which aired on PBS from October 12, 1992 until September 1, 1997.