Latest / Children's Hour / 5.9.26 - Part 2

Transcript

5.9.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

0:00
Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to RADIOI Children's Story Hour. As a reminder,
0:06
RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
0:10
blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
0:13
read printed material. Today, we'll be reading from several children's
0:20
books about a holiday in May called Mother's Day. This
0:27
is a holiday that takes place on the second Sunday
0:31
of May, and it's a time to celebrate an honor
0:36
and remember mother's, grandmother's, aunts, cousins, or any woman who
0:43
has an important part in your life. Your reader today
0:48
is Patty. So we're going to start with the book
0:52
called Mother, You're the Best, But Sister, You're a Pest.
0:59
This book is written and illustrated by Diane de Groat,
1:04
published by Harper Collins Publisher in two thousand and eight.
1:10
I will tell you that this is a story about
1:13
a group of animals, not about people. But these animals
1:18
act like people and talk like people. The people in
1:22
the main characters in the story are possums. So now
1:27
let's listen to this book. Mother You're the Best, But
1:30
Sister You're a pest? What rhymes with mother? Gilbert asked
1:38
he was making a card for Mother's Day. Foe Lewis shouted,
1:45
that doesn't rhyme. Gilbert said no. Lewis agreed, but I
1:50
think I just spelled something wrong. Patty was more helpful.
1:56
How about brother? She said that rhymes. Gilbert thought, dear mother,
2:03
I'd rather have a brother beside his little sister. Lola
2:10
could really be a pest sometimes. He finally wrote, roses
2:16
are red, violets are blue. You're the best mother, and
2:20
I love you. Then he signed his name and put
2:24
x's under it. The illustration here shows the young animals
2:30
sitting around a table, and they've got pencils and papers,
2:34
scissors and erasers and markers, and they're making mothers stay cards.
2:38
And Gilbert, who is a possum, is right there with them.
2:44
Missus Bird came over to help Louis with his spelling.
2:49
Lewis had written I love my mommy as much as salami. Hmmm.
2:57
She said to Louis, will you be doing something special
3:00
for your mother besides giving her a card. Lewis turned
3:05
red and said, we're going out to dinner. I have
3:08
to dress up. I'm going to buy my mother flowers,
3:13
Philip said. Margaret said, I'm going to bring my mother
3:17
breakfast in bed Gilbert thought these were all good ideas.
3:22
He wanted to do something special for his mother too.
3:27
When Gilbert woke up on Mother's Day, he tiptoed down
3:31
to the kitchen to make breakfast for mother. He put
3:36
two slices of bread into the toast, then poured some
3:40
wheaty flakes, not just into a bowl, but all over
3:44
the table. Gilbert was putting the cereal back into the
3:48
box when he smelled something burning the toast. Gilbert scraped
3:54
off the burnt toast, then put everything onto a tray
3:58
along with his mother's day card. When he picked up
4:02
the tray, the orange juice spilled all over the card.
4:07
He wiped it off as best he could and carried
4:10
the tray up the stairs very slowly. When Gilbert got
4:17
to mother's room, Lola was already there. Mother was reading
4:23
a card that had scribbles all over it. What a
4:26
beautiful card, Lola, she said. Gilbert didn't think the scribbling
4:32
card was so beautiful, and when he placed the tray
4:35
in front of mother, Lola helped herself to a piece
4:38
of toast. Mother said, what a wonderful Mother's Day, surprised Gilbert,
4:43
but Gilbert didn't think it was wonderful at all. The
4:47
illustration here shows the mother possum and the little one
4:52
named Lola in bed together, and she's looking at the
4:55
scribbly card that Lola has made. And there's Gilbert, the
4:59
possum brother, walking in with the tray that he so
5:03
neatly put together with the cereal and the toast and
5:07
the juice and his happy Mother's Day card on it. Continuing,
5:14
Gilbert went into his room and opened up his piggy back.
5:18
Maybe he had enough money to buy a gift. He
5:22
counted out one dollar and four cents. When he got downstairs,
5:28
Lola was sitting in mother's lap holding a bunch of vandelions.
5:34
Mother said, thank you for the pretty flowers, Lola. Gilbert
5:39
didn't think the weeds were so pretty, and he didn't
5:43
want Lola to sit on mother's lap. He asked, do
5:47
you want to go to the store with me? Lola.
5:49
Lola was excited. Gilbert had never asked her to go
5:53
to the store with him before. She jumped right off
5:56
mother's lap and followed Gilbert to the corner store. At
6:01
the store, Gilbert saw many Mother's Day gifts, flowers, books, chocolate,
6:09
but he didn't have enough money. For any of them.
6:12
I want ice cream, Lola shouted. No. Lola, Gilbert said,
6:17
I want to buy something from mother. Mother likes ice cream.
6:22
Lola said hmm. Gilbert said, Mother does like chocolate ice cream,
6:28
and it only costs one dollar. I'll carry it, Lola said.
6:35
As they walked home. I'll carry it, Gilbert said, but
6:40
Lola started to cry, so Gilbert had to let her
6:43
carry the ice cream cone. The sun was warm, and
6:48
Lola walked very, very slowly, the ice cream started to melt.
6:56
By the time they got home. There was only a
6:59
soggy home left. Now Gilbert had no gift for mother
7:05
and no money, just a little sister covered with chocolate
7:10
ice cream. The illustration here shows Gilbert and Lola walking
7:16
down the sidewalk and Lola's got the drippy, messy chocolate
7:22
ice cream cone. It's stripping all over herself and she's
7:25
licking her fingers, continuing Gilbert didn't want mother to see
7:32
the mess. You need a bath, he said. Lola was excited,
7:37
Gilbert had never given her a bath before. She hopped
7:41
right out of her dirty clothes and into the bathtub.
7:44
But Gilbert had to play rubber ducky races before Lola
7:48
would let him wash the ice cream out of her hair.
7:53
After lunch, Mother wanted to take a nap in the hammock.
7:58
Lola climbed into the hammock with her. Gilbert didn't want
8:03
Lola to snuggle with mother. He said, you can nap
8:08
in your own bed. Lola, come on, I'll read you
8:11
a story. Loula was excited Gilbert had never wanted to
8:16
help with naptime before. She jumped right out of that
8:20
hammock and ran up to her room. Gilbert started to
8:24
read a story about a Martian spaceman, but Lola cried
8:30
until he read her favorite book, good Night Move three time.
8:38
When Lola was finally asleep, Gilbert went outside to be
8:43
with mother, but she wasn't there. He sat down on
8:47
the steps and sighed. Just then Mother came outside and
8:53
sat down next to him. She opened up a photo album.
8:58
On the first page was a picture of a baby
9:02
possum crying. Gilbert made a grumpy face and said, Lola.
9:09
Mother laughed, this is a picture of you, Gilbert. When
9:13
you were little. You cried a lot, just like Lola.
9:19
Gilbert said, no, I did it. The illustration here shows
9:26
Gilbert and his mother sitting together looking at a photo
9:31
of them, and there's a picture of a baby possum Gilbert,
9:35
and it looks like in the picture that Gilbert was crying.
9:42
Mother smiled and said, you wanted to read the same
9:46
story over and over. Gilbert didn't remember that either. What
9:52
else he wanted to know? Mother picked Gilbert up and
9:56
placed him on her lap. She tickled him and said,
10:01
you wanted to sit on my lap all the time.
10:04
Gilbert giggled. He still liked to sit on mother's lap.
10:09
Mother said, thank you for taking care of Lola today.
10:14
That was a very special Mother's Day gift. Gilbert was
10:21
surprised and said it was. Mother kissed him on the
10:26
nose and said it was just what I wanted. That
10:32
everyone went out to dinner and for dessert chocolate ice cream.
10:40
It was just what mother wanted. And now I have
10:46
another book to read. It's called A Present for Mom.
10:52
The author is Vivian French and the illustrator is Dana Kubick.
10:59
It was published by Candlewick Press in two thousand and two.
11:04
From the inside cover, it's the day before Mother's Day.
11:10
Each of the children in Stanley's family has found a
11:14
present for Mom, all except Stanley try as he might,
11:20
and he tries very hard. Stanley can't find just the
11:25
right gift to show his love. Will he come up
11:29
with something before it's too late? Now? This book is
11:34
also about a family of animals and their mother, and
11:39
this time all the animals are cats. It was the
11:46
day before Mother's Day. Stanley went to see his big
11:50
brother Rex. What are you giving mom? He asked, Flowers,
11:56
said Rex. She likes flowers. Good idea, said Stanley, and
12:03
he hurried off to the garden. Stanley picked five of
12:10
the biggest flowers that he could see, but by the
12:15
time he got back inside, all the petals had fallen off.
12:20
Oh no, said Stanley, and his ears drooped. The illustration
12:27
shoot here shows a little cat named Stanley. He's dressed
12:31
in a red and white striped shirt and he has
12:34
blue overalls on and tennis shee. He's picking those flowers
12:40
and walking towards the house, and there when he gets
12:44
to the door, all the petals have fallen off. Continue.
12:52
Stanley went to find his big sister Queeney. She was
12:57
counting the money in her bank. Is that for Mom's present?
13:02
Stanley asked, Yes, said Queeney, I'm giving her a box
13:07
of candy. Oh, said Stanley, and he rushed off to
13:12
find his own bank. Stanley climbed up to the shelf
13:19
to reach his bank. He wanted to buy Mom candy too,
13:25
but when the bank fell open, it was empty except
13:30
for one piece of a jigsaw puzzle. Oh no, said Stanley,
13:36
and his whiskers quivered. Stanley went to look for his
13:42
biggest sister, Flora. What are you doing, he asked, making
13:48
Mom a Mother's daycake? Laura said. Hooray, said Stanley, and
13:54
he dashed out of the kitchen. Stanley's mud cake looked beautiful,
14:04
but not for long. Oh no, said Stanley, and his
14:09
tail dragged behind him. The illustrations here show Stanley making
14:17
a cake out of brown mud, and it does look
14:21
a bit like a cake, but he falls down and
14:26
drops it, and now it's just a pile of mud
14:30
and a muddy mess. At that, Stanley went slowly upstairs
14:37
to look for a present for Mom. He tipped out
14:42
his cardboard box of cars, but they were all chipped
14:47
or dented. Flora appeared in the doorway. Mom says, it's bedtime,
14:54
she said. That night, Stanley didn't sleep very well, The
15:02
illustration here shows Stanley the cat in his bed covered up,
15:08
and he has a stuffed mouse that's lying there beside him,
15:13
and all around his room there's little things that look
15:17
like he might be dreaming about birds and candy and
15:21
cakes and flowers that are losing their petals. Continuing. Early
15:29
next morning, Flora, Queenie, and Rex came into Stanley's room.
15:36
What's the matter, Rex asked, I don't have anything for
15:42
a mom, said Stanley. Just give her a kiss, said Flora.
15:48
That's what she'd like best. Sanley sat bolt upright, I know,
15:55
he said, I know what to do. Are you coming,
16:00
said Queenye in a minute, Stanley said. The illustration here
16:06
shows Stanley getting out of bed and his three siblings
16:12
are holding the gifts that they have for their mom,
16:15
the flowers and the cake and the candy, all wrapped
16:19
up as a present. Stanley's just sitting there, excited to
16:24
get busy on his project. Flora, Queenie, and Rex went
16:32
downstairs to give mom their presents. Flowers, said Mom, they're lovely,
16:40
and my favorite candies and what a beautiful cake. But
16:50
where Stanley? Suddenly Sandy Stanley was standing in the doorway
17:00
carrying his big hardboard box. Happy Mother's Day, he said.
17:07
Mom opened the box, stan Lee said, Rex, and Flora
17:12
and Queeny, there's nothing inside. The illustration here shows the
17:20
cat brothers and sisters looking inside the empty box, and
17:25
their mother is there with them too. Stanley is just
17:30
sitting there watching with a smile on his face. Yes,
17:36
there is, said Stanley. It's a box of kisses. I've
17:40
filled it right up to the top. Oh, Stanley said Mom.
17:46
It's a wonderful present. And she kissed Stanley's nose. Don't
17:53
use them up all at once, said Rex. Mom smiled.
17:59
I think boxes of kisses last forever and ever. Yes,
18:06
said Stanley, forever and ever and ever. But he gave
18:13
Mom another kiss just in case. And the illustration here
18:19
shows the three little cats, two sisters and a brother,
18:24
watching as the mother cat has lifted Stanley up into
18:30
her arm and he is giving her a big kiss.
18:38
And now I think we have time for one more book.
18:43
This one is simply called Mother's Day. The author is
18:48
Anne Rockwell and the illustrator is Lizzie Rockwell. It was
18:55
published by Harper Collins Publisher in two thousand and four. Eveleene,
19:05
what are you going to do at school today? Maman
19:09
asked me, I can't tell you. I said, that's a secret.
19:16
So on this page, the illustration shows a young girl
19:20
named Evelene. She's eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast
19:26
and an apple and it looks like juice in a clasp,
19:29
and her mother is packing her school lunch into a
19:34
blue lunch box. Continuing at school, Nicholas and I walked
19:44
down the hall together. He said, Hey, Evelene, did you
19:50
remember to bring one? I nodded and showed him my
19:56
shiny gold button. Mine's yellow with red stripes, he said.
20:05
The illustration here shows Nicholas and Eveleen walking down the
20:09
hallway at school and they each have a button in
20:13
their hand. Eveleene's button is shiny in gold, and Nicholas
20:21
has red stripes. It's yellow with red stripes. Continuing at
20:31
circle time, Missus Mattoff said, what holiday will we celebrate
20:37
this Sunday? Mother's Day? We shouted good. Did everyone remember
20:45
to bring a button? She asked? Everyone had, Eveleen, how
20:51
will your family celebrate Mother's Day? Asked Missus Maddoff. Now,
20:57
the illustration here shows the teacher, Missus Matto, sitting in
21:02
a chair, and all around her are the children. It
21:07
looks like there's ten children sitting around her, and they
21:11
all have their hands raised and they're showing her the
21:15
special buttons that they have brought to class that day.
21:20
Evelene and Nicholas are two of the children sitting right there.
21:26
Continue My Madmal will be very happy, I said. My
21:31
big brother will come home from college. He and Papa
21:36
will make beignets and I'll roll them in powdered sugar.
21:42
We won't let Mamal help because Sunday is her special day.
21:48
The illustration here shows Evelene and her older brother who's
21:53
in college, making something in the kitchen. It looks like
21:57
it's going to be a pastry and these are called beignets.
22:02
The older brother is rolling the dough out with a
22:06
rolling pin and Eveline is dipping the fried dough into
22:11
powdered sugar. Mom and I are hiking to the top
22:19
of Chickasaw Mountain, said Jessica, just the two of us.
22:23
She loves to hike, and so do I. I bought
22:27
the kind of sweet, fat, black seedless grapes she loves
22:33
for our picnic. The illustration here shows the young girl
22:38
Jessica sitting on a blanket at the top of a high,
22:42
high hill, and they're having their picnics and they're eating
22:46
those delicious purple grapes. Continuing, Dad and I are going
22:54
to give mom the birdhouse rebuilt. It has a tiny hole.
23:00
Evan said. The hole is tiny so that only wrens
23:05
can fly in or out. Wrens are the cutest birds
23:09
in our yard. That's what mom says. The illustration here
23:15
shows Evan and his mom in the backyard planting flowers
23:20
around a beautifully blooming tree. Up in one of the
23:24
branches is the small brown bird, and that's a wren.
23:32
My mother died when I was a baby, Sarah said,
23:35
Dad and I live with Grandma, who's his mother. She
23:40
does everything for me that mothers do. On Mother's Day,
23:45
Dad and I will take her to a restaurant that
23:49
has the kind of food her mom cooked. The illustration
23:54
here shows Sarah and her father and her grandmother sitting
23:59
around a t in a beautiful restaurant. They're looking at
24:03
the menus so they can decide what they want to
24:06
order to eat. Continuing, Pablo said, last week, my father
24:15
was bulldozing. Suddenly he saw a little dogwood tree. He
24:20
stopped his bulldozer just in time. He dug it up,
24:25
roots and all, and put it in our garage. On
24:29
Mother's Day, we'll plant it in our yard. That little
24:33
dogwood tree sure will make my mother happy. The illustration
24:39
here shows Poblo and his father looking through a garage window,
24:45
and they can see the dogwood tree. Inside the garage,
24:49
the roots of the tree are wrapped in fabric called
24:52
burlap to keep it moist. And inside the garage there's
24:56
a shovel and a basketball, and some ice skates and
24:59
other things. But that dog wood tree is what they're
25:03
really looking at. Continuing, we're not doing anything for mamma
25:09
on Mother's Day, said Charley. Instead, she is throwing a
25:14
baby shower for her twin sister, Aunt Louisa. My aunt
25:19
is going to have a baby. Then she'll be a
25:22
mother to her baby like Mamma is to me. Dad said,
25:26
Mamma sure is nice to share her special day with
25:30
Aunt Louisa. Kate said, Daddy's been teaching me to play
25:36
the violin. While Mammy's at work, I can play the
25:40
piece I learned for you. Kate tucked the violin under
25:45
her chin, picked up the bow and played. I practice
25:50
my piece every day, she said, as soon as we've
25:54
finished clapping, I want to play it perfectly. On Mother's Day,
26:00
Michiko said, my mother is tired of only looking at
26:04
pictures she draws, so my father and I decided the
26:09
best gift we could give her was an all day
26:13
trip to the biggest museum in the city. The illustration
26:18
here shows Michiko and her mother and father inside a
26:22
museum and they're looking at all the beautiful artifacts and
26:27
artwork in the museum. On Mother's Day, we're going shopping
26:34
at the mall for a new kitchen table. I took
26:39
all the money out of my piggybag. Sam said, it
26:43
will help us by my mother a new table with
26:46
chairs to match. This illustration shows Sam and his mom
26:52
and dad and a little baby who's in a backpack.
26:55
On Dad's back writing an escalator. They're at the mall
26:59
and they're going to a furniture store. Don't forget me,
27:04
said Nicholas. You know I never would, said missus Madoff.
27:10
My mom loves animals, but all we have is a goldfish.
27:16
You know what. She's getting a puppy for Mother's Day.
27:20
I picked him out. This shows a picture of Nicholas
27:25
sitting in a room and there are five little brown
27:28
puppies running around, but one of them has jumped up
27:32
into Nicholas's lap and is giving his a kid giving
27:35
him a kiss. Missus Madoff said it was time to
27:39
make Mother's Day presents. A lady I never saw before
27:43
came into our classroom. Boys and girls, said Missus Maddoff.
27:48
Here's Annie, she's my mom. She's going to show us
27:52
how to make paper flowers with our buttons. We started
27:57
with a circle of construction paper. Next time, we cut
28:00
petals from the tissue paper and glued them all around
28:03
the circle. That made a flower. Then we glued our
28:07
buttons in the center of ish each tissue paper flower.
28:11
We cut out leaves and glued them to a fuzzy
28:14
pipe cleaner. My pink and red rose with its shiny
28:19
gold center, was the most beautiful thing in the world.
28:23
That's what my mama said. She loved that rose and
28:28
the beignets that I brought to her on Mother's Day.
28:36
This concludes the Children's Story Hour for today. Please join
28:40
us next time when we'll read more stories, stables and
28:43
fairy tales. Thank you, for listening, and please stay tuned
28:47
for continued programming on Radio I