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Storytime from the Carver Memorial Library

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Episode 11's theme is Birds.Join us as we read a book called "Birds" by Kevin Henkes and sing a song "Little Bird Little Bird", Read two more books, "A Snowy Owl Story" by Melissa Kim and "Owl Babies" by Martin Waddell. Sing along with "A Nursery Rhyme from Jane Dyer's book Animal Crackers and read a poem from Tomie dePaola's "Book of Poems". Sing "In The Spring" from Read-Aloud Rhymes for the very young" by Jack Prelutsky and read a poem from "Sing to the Sun" by Ashley Bryan.

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