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Te Pānui - Reading

Yellow - Potatau, Rain, Addis, Kora, Ataahua

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I have a home

Look at me Mum

Making Cakes

Munch, munch, munch

I Have a Home

Orange - Karaitiana, Tuhi ki te Rangi, Rereahu

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Night Moises

Nowhere and Nothing

Smile

Someone with Bear

They Get Up

Gold - Matthew, Jovan, Elias, Xayvious, Amiri, Aroha, Alarni, Manaia

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Grandma's Elephants

King Midas and the Golden Touch

Knights in Armour

Rock on Ryan

The Language of the Birds

Ruby - Tumaka, Kaitiaki, Tuanu, Parati

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Cyclone Christmas

Iris La Bonga and the Helpful Taxi Driver

Momotaro

Areare taringa atu ki ēnei kōrero pūrakau

The House That Jane Built read by Kiernan ShipkaThis is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.

How I Learned Geography read by Ed O'NeillHaving fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the boy studies its every detail, he is transported to exotic places without ever leaving the room, and he eventually comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could.

Knots on a Counting Rope read by Bonnie Bartlett & William DanielsThe counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy's emerging confidence facing his greatest challenges: blindness and the approaching death of his beloved grandfather.

Catching the Moon read by Kevin Costner and Jillian EstellIf there was anything in the world better than playing baseball, Marcenia Lyle didn't know what it was. As a young girl in the 1930s, she chased down fly balls and stole bases, and dreamed of one day playing professional ball. With spirit, spunk, and a great passion for the sport, Marcenia struggled to overcome the objections of family, friends, and coaches, who felt a girl had no place in the field. When she finally won a position in a baseball summer camp sponsored by the St. Louis Cardinals, Marcenia was on her way to catching her dream. Full of warmth and youthful energy, Catching the Moon is the story of the girl who grew up to become the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team. Readers everywhere will be inspired by her courage to dream and determination to succeed.

If I Ran For President read by Lonnie Chavis, Parker Bates and Mackenzie HancsicsakIf you ran for president, you would have to do a lot of hard work. You would study the nation’s problems, tell the American people about your platform, select a running mate, and debate your opponents on live television. Watch all of our videos at https://testing.storylineonline.net/.

As Fast As Words Could Fly read by Dulé HillYoung Mason Steele takes pride in turning his father’s excited ramblings about the latest civil rights incidents into handwritten business letters. One day Pa comes home with a gift from his civil rights group: a typewriter. Thrilled with the present, Mason spends all his spare time teaching himself to type. Soon he knows where every letter on the keyboard is located. When the civil rights group wins a school desegregation case, Mason learns that now he will be attending a formerly all-white high school. Despite his fears and injustice from the students and faculty, Mason perseveres. He does well in school—especially in his typing class. And when he competes in the county typing tournament, Mason decides to take a stand, using his skills to triumph over prejudice and break racial barriers.

Thank You, Mr. Falker read by Jane Kaczmarek"Little Trisha is overjoyed at the thought of starting school and learning how to read. But right from the start, when she tries to read, all the letters and numbers just get jumbled up. Her classmates make matters worse by calling her ""dummy"" and ""toad""."

As Fast As Words Could Fly read by Dulé HillYoung Mason Steele takes pride in turning his father’s excited ramblings about the latest civil rights incidents into handwritten business letters. One day Pa comes home with a gift from his civil rights group: a typewriter. Thrilled with the present, Mason spends all his spare time teaching himself to type. Soon he knows where every letter on the keyboard is located. When the civil rights group wins a school desegregation case, Mason learns that now he will be attending a formerly all-white high school. Despite his fears and injustice from the students and faculty, Mason perseveres. He does well in school—especially in his typing class. And when he competes in the county typing tournament, Mason decides to take a stand, using his skills to triumph over prejudice and break racial barriers.

To Be a Drum read by James Earl JonesDaddy Wes whispers to his two young listeners one morning the story of the 'drum', the pulse that has moved through the African people and through time and place.

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