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A fox who tries so hard to hurry the morning that the birds can’t get a word in, a bear cub whose last blackberry keeps rolling into his bed, and a big brother who makes room for his baby sister at bedtime. Three quiet forest stories, free to read and hear tonight.
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Lark wants to hear the first birds of morning, but waiting is hard. When she stops trying to hurry the day, she hears the small sounds that come first.
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“Lark had never heard the first birds of morning. By breakfast, everyone was always saying, "…”
A blackberry keeps finding its way into Orson’s leaf bed. Before his first winter sleep, the little bear invents a pillow, a wall, and one last place to look.
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“For his first winter sleep, Orson piled leaves into a bed. Pat, pat. Fluff, fluff. His round…”
Moss loves his baby sister, Dottie, and misses the bedtime stories that were just his. Mama keeps a promise, and a peculiar lullaby makes room for both feelings.
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“Dottie hiccuped. Mama clapped her paws. "What a clever little sound!" Moss watched his baby…”
Choosing tonight’s book
Orson’s five-page story, for about four, ends tucked into his leaf bed. Lark’s story, for about seven, has a noisy middle and ends in a nap. Moss’s story, for six and seven, is a good one when a new baby has changed bedtime at your house.
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