Virtual Storytime 

Welcome to the Bubb PTA Virtual Storytime Corner!  There will be several ways to access reading materials through the Bubb PTA Virtual Storytime Corner:

•  Zoom Community Reading times

• Video resources on this webpage

• "In-school" videos through Google Classroom (more information to come soon)

Time spent with the activities above will count towards your Read-a-thon goals in November (Nov 29-Dec 13). 

Zoom Community Reading Time

We will be having a community reading time with special guests from the Mountain View Community.   Check back here for how to register for these sessions and for who our special guests will be!  

On this webpage will be the videos of the Bubb Community as well as videos from people worldwide reading stories online.  If you're interested in reading a book for a video, please contact Ray Harvey (givonnah@gmail.com).  

Stories Written by Bubb Community 

Books written by Bubb adults or students!  

• "Rose's Superhero Birthday Party:  An Immune Cell Treasure Hunt" written and read by Angela L

• "Le camp français" written and read by Bubb Parent Tara Schulz 

Books Read by Bubb Members

Members of the Bubb community read books just for you!  

• "Dog in Boots" by Greg Gormley read by Ms. Erika

• "Alma and How She Got Her Name" by Juana Martinez-Neal read by Ms. Erika

• "Green Shamrocks" by Eve Bunting read by Ms. Erika

• "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" by Eric Litwin read by Ms. Erika

• "The Lion Inside" by Bright Rachel read by Ms. Erika

• "LMNO Peas" by Keith Baker read by Angela L

• "Too Many Pumpkins" by Linda White read by Tara Schulz

• "The Wizard of Wallaby Wallow" by Jack Kent read by Tara Schulz

• "Super Worm" by Julia Donaldson read by Laura Stoia 

• "Friday Night Wrestle Fest" by JF Fox read by Mr. Franklin

• "The World Needs More Purple People" by Kristen Bell read by Ms. Edwards 

• "Grandmother Fish" by Jonathan Tweet read by Bubb Cub Violet

• "Ganesh and the Little Mouse" by Anjali Joshi read by Bubb Cub Violet

• "No No Kitten!" by Shelley Thomas read by Bubb Cub Juliet

• "The Snail and the Whale" by Julia Donaldson read by Vicki Wu

• "The Gruffalo" by Julia Donaldson read by Vicki Wu

• "Not Quite Narwal" by Jessie Sima read by Miss Vanessa

• "I Am Human" by Susan Verde read by Ms. Ewings

• "Be You!" by Peter Reynolds read by Ms. Ewings

• "Esio Trot" by Roald Dahl read by Mr. Franklin - Part 1!

• "Esio Trot" by Roald Dahl read by Mr. Franklin - Part 2

• "Hunter's Best Friend at School" by Laura Malone Elliot read by Ms. Orlovic

• "Children Make Terrible Pets" by Peter Brown read by Mrs. Carpenter

• "Aaalligator" written by Judith Henderson read by Mr. Franklin

• "The Boxcar Children" based off of Gertrude Chandler Warner read by Mr. Franklin

• "Happy Narwhalidays" by Ben Clanton read by Mr. Franklin

• "Star in the Jar" by Sam Hay read by Mr. Franklin

• "Possum Magic" by Mem Fox read by Miss Vinita

• "Duck for President" by Doreen Cronin read by Mrs. Arbildo

• "The Magician's Hat" by Malcolm Mitchell read by LaMeica Phillips

• "That is not a good idea!" by Mo Willems read by Ms. Ewings and Room 11

• "Sugar In Milk" by Thrity Umrigar read by Mr. Franklin

International Corner

Here we have videos from Bubb members reading in different languages!

• Chinese - "Mouse Bride - Lao Shu Xin Niang" by Monica Chang read by Ms. Erika

• Chinese - "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper read by Jessica Yeh

• French - "Bonne nuit à tous - Goodnight everyone!" by Lone Morton read by Bubb parent Tara Schulz

• German - "Ich bin das kleine Pony", by Amrei Fechner read by Bubb Parent Thomas Schulz 

• Spanish - "Hombre Perro, El señor de las pulgas. Capítulo 3: ¡Ocurre una tontería!" read by Bubb Cub Dante!
  (Dog Man, Lord of the fleas. Chapter 3: Something Dumb Happens!)

• Japanese - "Hungry Caterpillar" in Japanese by Eric Carle read by Bubb Cub Hiromu Tega 

• Romanian - "Bobita si Buburuza gradinaresc" by Bartos Erika read by Laura Stoia

• Taiwanese - "Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site" by Sherri Duskey Rinker read by Patricia Lee 

• Polish - "Sasiedzi" by Maria Kowalewska read Ms. Orlovic

• Hindi - "Diwali: A Festival of Lights and Fun" by  Manisha Kumar read by Miss Vinita

Poetry Corner

Here we will have videos of poetry being read by Bubb members!  If you're interested in reading a poem for a video, again please contact Ray Harvey (givonnah@gmail.com).    

Other resources

Check out these other resources of people worldwide reading for you!  

• "Thank you Omu" by Oge Mora read by Michael Kwende with music by Bubb Parent Ming Luke

• "Go Dog Go!" by PD Eastman read by Jamie Lee Curtis

• "Three Little Monkeys" by Quentin Blake read by Benedict Cumberbatch 

• “Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak read by Michael Chabon

• Hundreds of stories at:  https://www.storylineonline.net/

• "The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake" by Robin Newman read by Wanda Sykes

• "Arnie the Doughnut" by Laurie Keller read by Chris O'Dowd

In-school Videos

Students have been making videos for other students to watch too!  The Bubb Virtual Read Aloud Library will be accessible to students through the Bubb Readathon website.  The website can only be viewed when students are logged in to their MVWSD accounts.  Students can submit videos to our Bubb Virtual Read Aloud Library throughout November by sharing their video with Principal Cyndee (cnguyen@mvwsd.org).  Students can use Screencastify on their chromebooks, or have somebody else record them with their phone or other device.