Storytime with Grandma Lois

A Little More Beautiful: The Story of a Garden
by
Sarah MacKenzie

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Sly as a fox and swift as a bird, Lou Alice is determined to leave each day a little more beautiful than she found it.

Tag(s): fiction, garden, nature

7 minutes
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An Egg Is An Egg
by
Nicki Weiss

Sunday, October 27, 2024

A gentle and comforting story about a small boy and his mother as they discuss the changes in the simple things around them. An egg becomes a chick; a seed becomes a flower; day becomes night.
But the important thing--the love they share--never changes.

Tag(s): fiction, nature

5 minutes
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How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
by
Faith McNulty

Friday, August 16, 2024

A child’s imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth to discover what’s inside. Facts about the composition of the earth are conveyed painlessly and memorably.

Tag(s): fiction, nature, science

10 minutes
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Mossy
by
Jan Brett

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Mossy, an amazing turtle with a gorgeous garden growing on her shell, loses her freedom when Dr. Carolina, a biologist, takes her to live in her Edwardian museum.

Tag(s): fiction, garden, nature

11 minutes
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Spring Walk
by
Virginia Brimhall Snow

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Come with Grammy and her grandchildren as they explore and learn all about 24 different flowers.

Tag(s): fiction, garden, nature

6 minutes
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The Empty Pot
by
Demi

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

This is a story about a boy who loves flowers but is unable to grow one in the emperor's contest.

Tag(s): fiction, garden, nature

9 minutes
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The Looking Book
by
P. K. Hallinan

Sunday, October 06, 2024

Given a pair of "lookers" by their mom, two boys venture outside to see what they can find. Before long, the boys realize that they don't need the lookers at all.

Tag(s): animal, fiction, nature

7 minutes
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