Eugenie Fernandes
11) Ribbon rescue
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A young girl unselfishly gives away the ribbons from her new dress to help various people on their way to a wedding. The girl in the story is identified as wearing a traditional Mohawk ribbon dress.
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It's Groundhog Day, and all Gregory Groundhog's friends keep waking him up to find out whether Spring will be coming soon. Finally Gregory gets up, sees his shadow, and tells them winter will last six more weeks. Disappointed, they all return home to take naps, and Gregory decides to...wake them up!
13) Frogness
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"Sammy and Chocolate (pet dog) live between a marsh and the sea. The two friends wait eagerly until dusk...to go frogging! They've never caught one yet, but they're sure that tonight is the night! The chorus of croaks lead them to the pond, but try as they might, Sammy and Chocolate can't find any frogs at all. Eventually, they give up and lie down. And just as they're enjoying the frog-song and drifting into "frogness"-- the frogs come out flying!...
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Bart and Amy are signing bears that read aloud and sign books. The purpose of the program is to provide a high interest method of introducing books to pre-school and elementary level children. The program is designed to be a catalyst for reading and conversation between parent and child, and for classroom discussion.
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Based on a true story about a young Kenyan boy whose mother left him but had named him Muthini which meant suffering because he was born with no fingers on his left hand and only two on his right. Many times he was made fun of or avoided which hurt him deeply. He lives with his very elderly grandmother, his Nyanya, along with many cousins whose parents had either died or left them. They are extremely poor and there is never enough money or food, but...