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San Bruno Library Presents "Once Upon a Time" #8
"The Moon"

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Storytime storytime.

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Story, time store eat I'm slowly time again.

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Hi and welcome to story time with the San Bruno library, I'm, miss, Susan and I'll, be reading you stories today. We have lots of really good books today, including most of them are going to be about the moon. When we look up in the sky at night time, we can see the moon in all different phases. Sometimes it's big and round. That's a full moon, and sometimes it's really small. It's a crescent moon. So we're going to read all kinds of books today about the moon, but first, let's sing our welcome song. Okay!

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Alright, are you ready to clap, I'm glad you're here today? I'm glad you're here today, heigh ho the merry oh I'm glad you're here today, that's an easy song. Isn't it so? Let's do it again together, clap your hands. Are you ready? Okay, let's go I'm glad you're here today, I'm glad you're here today, hi ho the merry oh I'm glad you're here today. Oh that was very nice. Thanks for singing with me. Our first book today is called one day daddy and this is written by Frances.

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Thomas look there's some monsters on the cover and the moon as well. Alright, let's open this up and see what this book is all about.

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I've got. This problem said little monster, I'm. Sorry to hear that said, father monster. What's the problem? Well, some little monster, maybe one day I'll want to be an explorer. Maybe you will sit father monster. Is that a problem.

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Yes, it is said: little monster, you see daddy if I'm an explorer I'll have to leave you and mommy behind well said: father monster. Maybe we could come with. You don't be silly said little monster explorers, don't take their mommies and daddies along with them. mmm No I guess not said father monster. So where will you explore.

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Well, I'd really like to go to the moon. Did you know that on the moon you can jump as high as a house, because there's less gravity to weigh you down?

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Well, you might bounce all the way back into space said father monster, I.

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Said as high as a house said, little monster, I didn't say as high as space. Don't forget to look up at the sky, you might see mommy and me waving from Earth, said father monster.

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You'd be much too far away to see said little monster, but I would send you a piece of moon rock as a present. Thank you very much said father monster. We put it on the mantel next to the clock and when I've finished on the moon said little monster I'll go to Mars.

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Watch out for all those Martians said: father monster there aren't any Martians said little monster. Are you sure about that asked father monster? Of course, I am answered, little monster well, I'm almost sure then maybe I'll go to Jupiter. Did you know that jupiter has 16 moons, that's kind of greedy of Jupiter said father monster when we only have one and it has a big red spots, a little monster and nobody knows what's in it.

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Maybe a big red dragon said father monster waiting to eat you up well, I would probably try to avoid him, said little monster and then I'll go to Saturn and see the Rings. Be careful that you don't slide off said father monster, then maybe I'll look for a meteor shower, make sure you take your umbrella, said father monster.

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And if I see a comet with a long shining, tail, I'll jump on it and ride all the way into space beyond the planets until I get to the stars.

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That's a long way to go said father monster, but I would have to go a long long way to get to the stars, wouldn't I and then I'll look for a star that nobody ever has found before said little monster and if I like it, maybe I'll stay there for a while.

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Won't you be lonely, there asked father monster, yes, but you have to be lonely to do some things said little monster and will you come back to us one day? Oh yes, of course, I'll come back daddy the end, so that is the story. One day daddy by Francis Thomas. That little monster was a good Explorer. All right put that over there and see what our next book is about. This one is called bringing down the moon. Do you see the little animal on the front?

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That's a mole moles usually like to live underground, but this mole is exploring up above ground and this is by Jonathan Emmett and it's illustrated by Vanessa kahan.

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Hot diggety exclaimed mole as he burrowed out of the ground one night. Whatever is that the moon was hanging in the sky above him like a bright silver coin, mole thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

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Whatever it is, I must have it. Mol said to himself I, know: I'll jump up and pull it down. Thumb thumb thumb, buddy, bump mole was so busy jumping. He didn't think about the noise he was making and he woke rabbit up in her burrow.

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Mol said rabbit: what on earth do you think you're doing hello rabbit said mole I'm trying to pull down that shiny thing. You mean the moon said rabbit. So that's what it's called said. Mole you'll! Never do! That said rabbit it's not as close as it looks, but.

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Mole would not give up. I know he thought I'll get a stick and poke it down. He found a long stick and poked it up at the moon, swish swish, swish swish mole was so busy poking that he tripped over hedgehog in his bed in the leaves mol grunted Hedgehog. What the weevil are you up to? Oh hello, Hedgehog said mole I'm, trying to poke down the moon. You'll. Never do that said Hedgehog, it's not as close as it looks, but.

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Mole would not give up. I know he thought I'll throw something at it and knock it down. He found some acorns and he threw them at the moon, bleep Blanc, but Kenny blink ouch said squirrel whoa, have you gone nuts? Oh hello squirrel said mole I'm trying to knock down the moon. You'll. Never do that said squirrel. It's not as close as it looks, but.

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Mole wanted the moon so badly. He would not give up. I know he thought I'll climb a tree and carry it down. Mole had never climbed a tree before it was hard work and he was scared to be so far from the ground, but he kept going until he saw the moon resting in the leaves above him, Mall stretched out his paws, but just when he thought he had the moon. He slipped Oh watch, Oh mol, tumble down and landed splash in the middle of a puddle all the way down there.

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Hot diggety direct thought mole I almost had at that time. Then he noticed something floating in the puddle beside him. It was pale and wrinkled, but mole recognized it at once. The moon whispered mole. It must have fallen down with me. He reached out to pick up the moon, but as soon as he touched it, it broke into pieces and vanished.

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Mol sat in the puddle and cried rabbit, Hedgehog and squirrel came running up. Are you all right? Mole asked rabbit, I'm all right, sob mole, but the moon isn't I pulled it down and then I broke it and it was so beautiful and now I'll never see it again. Oh.

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Mol said rabbit, you couldn't have pulled down the moon and you couldn't have broken. It said Hedgehog and you'll certainly see it again said squirrel look high up in the sky. Above them the moon was coming out from behind a cloud, Oh whispered mole and it's as beautiful as ever.

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Mol rabbit and hedgehog and squirrel stood and stared at the moon together, it's beautiful said rabbit very beautiful, said Hedgehog very beautiful indeed said. Squirrel yes said mole, but it is not as close as it looks v and there's mole looking up at the moon, enjoying how beautiful it is. That is the story of bringing down the moon by Jonathan Emmett. That was a good story. Let's do a little work with our hands. Can you hold up your fingers?

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Can you hold up four fingers we're going to sing a little song or do a little hang hand play about stars for little stars, winking at me, one shot off and then there were three three little stars with nothing to do one shot off and then there were two two little stars afraid of the Sun one shot off, and then there was one one little star not having any fun one shot off, and then there were none. Oh, that was very good. Thank you for doing that with me.

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I appreciate that, let's read one more story right now. This is called moon cake by Frank ash, see the bear. That's a nice bear. This is moon, cake.

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One summer night bear and his friend little bird sat down to watch the moon after a little wild bird said I think I feel hungry. Me too replied bear and do you know what I wish I wish I could just jump up and take a bite out of the moon? mmm How delicious would that be? How do you know trip little bird? Maybe the moon doesn't taste good. Maybe it tastes terrible.

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Bear thought for a moment he went inside and got his bow and arrow with a piece of string. He attached a spoon to the arrow, then he went outside again and shot the spoon at the moon, I.

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Knew that wouldn't work said little bird. The moon is just too far away. What you need is a rocket ship, then I shall build. One said: bear the very next day bear went to the junkyard and bought everything that he thought he would need to build a rocket ship all summer. Long bare and little bird worked and worked, but when the fall came and the rocketship was still not finished, he didn't know what to do. I would like to go with.

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You said little bird, but winter is coming and I must fly south with the flock. So bare and little birds said goodbye when it began to get cold and the leaves fell off. The trees bear got sleepy, but instead of climbing into bed sleeping through the winter, he kept right on working. He worked and worked and worked until the rocket ship was finished.

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Then he climbed inside and he began the countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 this before he reached 1. He fell asleep.

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He slept and slept and slept until one day the wind knocked over the rocket.

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Bear had never been awake in the winter before when he opened his eyes and saw all the snow he thought he was on the moon. He climbed out of his rocket ship scooped up some of the snow and made a little moon cake. Then he tasted it. It tasted like something he had had before, but he wasn't quite sure what it was.

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While he thought about that, he decided to go for a walk. He didn't want to go too far because he was afraid that he would get lost, so he just walked in a big circle and while and after a while, he came upon his own paw prints in the snow. They are.

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These paw prints are too big to belong to a moon house or even a moon raccoon thought there. Maybe they were made by a moon bear or perhaps he shuddered a terrible moon monster bear felt scared. He ran back to his rocket ship and prepared for takeoff and he began the countdown 10 9 8 7, 6 50 and again he fell asleep. This time he slept until spring.

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One day his friend little bird returned and woke him up. How was everything down south fast bear? Just fine said little bird, did you go to the moon, I sure did said bear and how did the moon taste asked little bird? Was it terrible, no replied there? It was delicious the end and that is moon cake by Frank ash. We're going to take a little break right now. Hope you come back, see you soon.

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Welcome back to story time with Miss, Susan I'm, so glad you came back to hear some more stories about the moon. We have three more stories to listen to and the next one is called what is the full moon full of that's a good question: do you ever look up in the sky and wonder to yourself what's up there? What is the moon made of well we're going to find out in this book by shulamith levy, oppenheim and Sid more.

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Let's see Jonas pulls on his pajamas. His mother grandmother gives him a kiss Nana. He asks. May we take a walk before we go to bed? What a lovely idea, Nana smiles! There's a full moon tonight.

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They go outside. Jonas looks up what is the full moon full of? He asks Nana. Just then a red squirrel scampers by what do you think the full moon is full of Jonas asked the red squirrel nuts, the red squirrel answers his cheeks bulging with acorns nuts, of course, look at all those lumps and bumps nuts. Of course, a.

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Cow nearby, moods and licks, her calf, milk and cream she's, very sure. That's why the moon is white, milk and cream I.

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Heard the question Robin lifts its head worms. No doubt that's why I find so many worms at dawn when the moon is full worms. Of course,.

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All wrong all wrong: the bull, frog, croaks more flies at night when the moon is full. She must be dropping them. For me, he dives off his lily pad into the pond.

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Nana and Jonas walk on a path is a ribbon of silver in front of them. A bear cub tumbles down the tree, honey, honey, honey. It says licking its paws. That's why the Harvest Moon is honey gold, when the moon is full honey, a.

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Firefly glows, yellow in the dark they're all wrong: it flickers its lights on and off light. That's why the world is day bright when the moon is full.

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Jonas turns to Nana Nana. What do you think the moon is full of Nana thinks and thinks faces she answers when I was a little girl. I always blew a kiss to the man in the moon when the moon was full, so it must be full of faces.

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They sit down on an old stone wall. Nana takes Jonas in her lap. It's your turn now. She says your friends have told you what they think and so have I. She gives him a hug. What do you think the full moon is full of.

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Jonas turns to Nana well Jonas says: if red squirrel thinks it's full of nuts and cow thinks it's full of milk and cream and Robin thinks it's full of worms and bullfrog thinks it's full of flies and bear cub thinks it's full of honey and Firefly thinks it's full of light and you think it's full of faces.

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Jonas takes a breath and puts his head on Nana's shoulder I think it's full of whatever anyone wants it to be full of.

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What do you think the full moon is full of? Well that's a very interesting answer. Maybe the full moon is full of that. We'll have to keep looking up in the sky at night and see if we can figure that out what is the full moon full of by shulamith levy, oppenheim and Sid more. Our last book today is called happy birthday moon by Frank ash. Do you recognize that bear that bear was in our other book about moon, cakes, he's fascinated by the moon.

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Happy birthday, moon by Frank ash one night bear looked up at the sky and thought: wouldn't it be nice to give the moon a birthday present, but bear didn't know when the Bert, when the moon's birthday was or what to get him. So he climbed a tall tree to have a little chat with the moon, hello, moon, he shouted, but the moon did not reply.

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hmm Maybe I'm too far away thought bear and the moon cannot hear me so bear paddled across the river and hiked through the forest into the mountains up at the very top.

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Now I am much closer to the moon thought there and again he shouted hello. This time his own voice echoed off one of the other mountains. Hello bear got so excited, oh boy, he thought I'm talking to the moon. Tell me asked bear. When is your birthday? Tell me: when is your birthday replied the moon?

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Well, it just so happens that my birthday is tomorrow said, bear well it just so happens. My birthday is tomorrow, said the moon. What do you want for your birthday asked bear? What do you want for your birthday? Asked the moon bear thought for a moment and then he replied. I would like a hat I would like a hat said, the moon, oh good. He thought there now I know what to get the moon for his birthday.

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Goodbye said their goodbyes said the moon. When bear got home, he dumped all the money out of his piggy bank.

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Then he went downtown and bought the moon, a beautiful hat there. It is that night he put the hat up in a tree where the moon could find it, and then he waited and watched. While the moon slowly crept up through the branches and tried on the Hat. First it was low and then it was higher and then higher and then the Hat was on the moon, hooray yelled bear it fits just right.

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During the night, while bear slept, the hat fell out of the tree in the morning. Bear found the hat on his doorstep, so the moon got me a hat too exclaimed bear. He tried it on and it fit perfectly.

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But just then the wind blew bears hat off of his head sure he chased after it.

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But it got away that night bear paddled across the river and hiked through the forest to talk with the moon for a long time. The moon would not speak to him. So bear spoke first, hello, he shouted hello, replied. The moon, I lost, the beautiful hat you gave me said: bear I lost the beautiful hat you gave me said the moon, that's okay, I still love! You said, bear that's: okay, I still love! You said the moon, happy birthday, sit there happy birthday, said the moon the end, and that is happy birthday moon.

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What was bear hearing? He was hearing his own voice. It was an echo, wasn't really the moon talking to him, but he had fun anyway. Didn't he that's our last story. Happy birthday, moon by Frank ash, so we're ready for our goodbye song today. Are you ready? Do you remember this from the other story times we wave our hands? Oh it's time to say goodbye to our friends. Oh it's time to say goodbye to our friends. Oh it's time to say goodbye, make a smile and wave goodbye.

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Oh it's time to say goodbye to our friends. Goodbye and thank you for joining me for story time today, get me down and.

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