♪ Waahoooa yay! [♪♪♪]
♪ Vamonos!
♪Lo le lo lai, lo lai lai lo le, ♪
♪ it's Alma's Way!
♪ Here she comes,
♪beaming with pride and something to say! ♪
♪ Hear those drums?
♪ Playing Alma's Way.
♪ From the Bronx,
♪ singing a le lo lai, lai lo lei! ♪
♪ Our island songs,
♪ saying Alma's Way!
♪So many questions, So much to explain. ♪
♪ Hoh! ♪ Figure it out as you hop on the train. ♪
♪Hoo! ♪ ♪ With Mami, Papi,Junior and Abuelo, mi gente. ♪
♪ I'll think it through and share it with you, ♪
♪ come on vente!
♪ There she goes!
♪Learning about her world every day. ♪
♪ The whole world knows,
♪ it's Alma's Way...
♪¡Wepa! ♪
ALMA: "Alma's Book Swap"
♪♪♪
ALMA: "Just then, Daniela spots something in the dirt.
What could it be""
JUNIOR: Is it a dinosaur bone?!
CHACHO: [small bark]
CHACHO: [sniffs] [small growl]
ALMA/JUNIOR: [giggles]
ALMA: "Daniela digs until she uncovers... a giant egg!"
JUNIOR: [gasp]
ALMA: "It starts to cr*ck."
JUNIOR: Whoah...
ALMA: "Daniela looks into the cr*ck
and sees something inside." JUNIOR: [gasp]
ALMA: "This discovery will amaze the world!"
[drumroll]
JUNIOR: What?! What is it?!
ALMA: "To be continued..."
JUNIOR: But what happens next?! What's in the egg?!
ALMA: No sé. We're gonna have to read the next book to find out.
JUNIOR: Next book?! I can't wait that long!
ABUELO:¡ Vente, Alma! ¡Vente, Junior! It's Library Day!
ALMA: Well, we don't have to wait that long,
'cause we can borrow the next book from the library today!
JUNIOR: Let's go!!!
JUNIOR: Ready!
ALMA: ¡Lista, Abuelo!
[door closes]
EDDIE: [deep inhale]
Ahh... I can smell the library books from here.
EDDIE: Do-do- do-DOOO! To the library!
ABUELO: Haaha! ¡A la biblioteca!
ALMA/EDDIE/JUNIOR: ¡A la biblioteca!
ALMA/EDDIE/ JUNIOR/ ABUELO: Huh?
ALMA: Abuelo, what's going on?
ABUELO: I don't know, let's go check.
ABUELO: "The library is closed for a month while we renovate""
ALMA: Oh no! JUNIOR: [gasp]
EDDIE: Oh.. plot twist!
ALMA: No new library books for a whole month?!
[sigh]
I'm way, way, waaay bummed.
JUNIOR: Aww,
I really wanted to find out what's in that giant egg!
And, get a new book.
ALMA: Me too.
EDDIE: Me three.
ABUELO: Me four.
JUNIOR: [sigh]
ALMA: [sigh]
EDDIE: [sigh]
ABUELO: [sigh]
ABUELO: Oigan, niños.
What if we look to our bookshelves at home instead?
We'll find something fun to read.
ALMA/JUNIOR/EDDIE: Okay, yeah Abuelo!/Okay, let's try it!/ ¡Buena idea!
ABUELO: Dun-da-da-Dunnn! ¡A la casa!
[trumpet fanfare]
ALMA/JUNIOR/EDDIE: ¡A la casa!
ALMA: This is one of my favorite books,
but I've read it soooo many times.
I wish I had a new story to read.
EDDIE: Yeah, I know whatcha mean. I already know they win the championship.
ALMA: Hey, spoiler alert!
EDDIE: Oops!
ALMA: [giggles]
LUCAS: Alma! Is that Book of the Cat Sitters Club?
You know, the one where they babysit an elephant?!
ALMA: Yeah. Have you read it?
LUCAS: Not yet. I went to borrow it from the library, but it was closed.
ALMA: Want mine? I already read it.
LUCAS: Really?!
LUCAS: Wow, thank you so much!
LUCAS: Oh! Here's one of mine.
Wanna read it?
ALMA: Hmmm...
"You'll spin and flip over the history of these breakdancers."
EDDIE: What!? Did you say "spin" AND "flip?"
ALMA: Mmhmm.
EDDIE: Nice! I'll swap with ya.
ALMA: Thanks, buut...
EDDIE: Oh, right, you already know the ending.
Hang on! I'll get you another book.
ALMA: Hey, Lucas, whaddya think so far?
LUCAS: Uh-huh.
ALMA: I think he really likes the book.
LUCAS: I really like this book.
EDDIE: I found some more books!
Go ahead! Take whatever you want.
ALMA: Thanks, Eddie!
JUNIOR: Who wants to read
Astronaut Chickens in Outer Space!?
RAFIA: Did you say chickens in outer space?!
RAFIA: That's a book I gotta read!
JUNIOR: It's all yours!
RAFIA: Thanks, Junior! I wish I had a book for you...
ALMA: That's okay! We've got a bunch right here!
JUNIOR: Whoa!! Can I look?!
ALMA: Sure!
LUCAS: [laughs] I love this book.
ALMA: Wait a minute! While the library is closed,
why don't WE do a book swap?
EDDIE: That's a great idea, Alma!
JUNIOR: Ummm, excuse me. What's a book swap?
ALMA: Swapping is like trading.
We can trade our own books with each other.
JUNIOR: More books?! Maybe the Daniela Book Two is in here,
and I can find out what's in the giant egg!!
ALMA: What do you think Lucas?
LUCAS: Uh-huh... Oh so good.
ALMA: Alright! Looks like we're doing a book swap!
[crowd chatting]
ABUELO: I think you'll love this poem by Lola Rodríguez De Tió...
"Borinquen, nido de flores donde comencé a soñar-"
WOMAN: [lchuckle]
ABUELO: Here! Have it.
FRANKIE: [laughing] Hey -yo, whatcha got for me?
EDDIE: Hey, Frankie, how 'bout this one about the weather?
FRANKIE: Yeah, man! I love the weather.
Thanks!
EDDIE: This one is great. You can have it, Rafia.
RAFIA: Ooo, thanks, Eddie.
RAFIA: You gotta read this, Alma! Greatest book ever written!
ALMA: "The Case of the Missing Milkshakes" Thanks!
I've never read this one before!
This is a sa-weet sa-wap.
[thunder cr*ck]
EVERYONE: [gasp]
JUNIOR: Uh oh. Is it gonna rain?
FRANKIE: Naaah, it- it's nothin'!
The shape of the clouds means that there's a zero percent chance of rain.
EVERYONE: [happy /relieved walla]
ALMA: That's good!
FRANKIE: You got nothing to worry about!
[thunder cr*ck]
FRANKIE: [gasp]
[rain drops]
FRANKIE: Uhm... On second thought, that one up there is a rain cloud. My bad...
ALMA: Oh no! The books!
EDDIE: Take cover!
ABUELO: Oo, take cover!
EVERYONE: [mumbling] Hurry!/The books!
JUNIOR: Fast! Fast, Alma!
RAFIA: Hurry!
ALMA/LUCAS: Hurry up!/Hurry!
ALMA: This is way way waaay bad!
♪♪♪
ALMA: Maybe it's not going to rain?
[birds chirping]
FRANKIE: Uh-uhh... "The rain cycle begins in the ocean when..."
It's gonna take me awhile to finish reading this so...
ABUELO: [laughing] Let's stay on the porch, juuuuuust in case.
JUNIOR/FRANKIE/LUCAS: Good idea, Abuelo/That right there!/Uh-Huh.
ALMA: Let the book swap continue...
on the porch!
ABUELO: Here you go!
[crowd chattering loudly]
ALMA: Lucas!
ALMA: [calling out] Hey, Lucas!
Can you pass me "Invasion of the Grey Ants" please?!
LUCAS: Uh, Yeah sure!
Hey, Rafia, Alma wants "Invitation of the Great Pants""
RAFIA: Eddie! Give me "Conversations with Grape Plants."
JUNIOR: Whooo wants to read this with me?
EDDIE: Got it!
[crowd chattering]
ALMA: History of Old Lamps?
This isn't what I asked for.
[crowd chatter]
ALMA: Trying...to... get... comfy...
Okay!
[crowd chatter continues]
[books hit the ground]
ALMA: Ahhh... Nope. [effort]
We want to swap books, but this isn't working.
[crowd commotion continues]
ALMA: How could we make it better?
I gotta think about this.
[curious music]
ALMA: Here on the porch, I can't even reach the book I want.
And it's really crowded.
ALMA: Okay, a library never feels crowded like that.
There's lots of space for books and people...
And the books are easy to find on the shelves.
ALMA: Why is that?
Ohhh! I know what to do!
ALMA: Rafia! Eddie! Follow me!
EDDIE: [takes a deep breath] Ahhh, fresh air!
RAFIA: Look, I can move my arms again.
ALMA: We need a new place for the Book Swap.
EDDIE: I was hoping you'd say that!
ALMA: It's gotta be indoors and have lots of space,
for the books AND the people.
RAFIA: I think I know the perfect place.
Grab some books and follow me!
[traffic]
[Bangladeshi music plays on the radio]
[door rings]
RAFIA: Nope. This won't work.
ALMA: Yeah, there's not enough room here.
But I know another place with more space.
[traffic]
ALMA: There.
CAT: [meow]
[book hits floor]
ALMA: [sighs]
DOGS: [barks/howls]
ALMA: Nope... not here. Too busy.
[dogs barking]
ALMA: I've got it!
[book hits the floor]
C'mon!
[books hit the floor]
ALMA: Hey, Frankie!
Can we please use the Community Center for our Book Swap?
FRANKIE: Books in the Community Center?
[laughing] Absolutely!
ALMA/RAFIA/EDDIE: Yeah!/Wpohoo!/Yeah!
EDDIE: Thanks, Frankie!
[traffic] [car honking] [subway going by]
FRANKIE: There you go! I cleared some shelves for you.
ALMA: Thanks, Frankie!
EDDIE: This is great! Tons of space...
RAFIA: Not busy!
ALMA: And it's indoors, so it won't rain in here.
ALMA: I love it! Our book swap is good to go!
ALMA: The Book Swap is open for business!
ALMA: Hi, Lucas!
LUCAS: Uh-huh.
RAFIA: Hey, Alma. Here's some more books for the swap.
ALMA: [gasp] NO. WAY!
It's the next Daniela book! Thanks!
RAFIA: You're welcome. It's SO good!
ALMA: Now we can finally find out what's inside that giant egg!
Junior, look what I've got!
JUNIOR: [gasp]
Come on, Alma! Read, please!!
ALMA/JUNIOR: [laughs]
It's definitely SA-WEET
to SA-WAP!
[♪♪♪]
[lively music]
ALMA: "Finder's Keepers"
[birds flying]
ALMA/LUCAS: (sing-songy) Follow the leader, follow the leader!
ALMA: I can fly and touch the sky...
LUCAS: I can fly and touch the sky...
ALMA/LUCAS: [propeller noises]
ALMA: This is gonna be good. Watch!
ALMA: Up in the air and mess up my hair...
LUCAS: Up in the air and mess up my...
Hair?!
No way! I'm not messing up this perfection.
ALMA: [laughs]
LUCAS: DUCK!!
ALMA: Whoa!
[wet spong drops]
HOWARD: Hey!
ALMA/LUCAS: HOOOOOOWARD!
HOWARD: Want to play water tag?
LUCAS: No way! I do not want to get my hair wet.
ALMA: How about... follow the leader?
HOWARD: Hmm... I don't think so...
ALMA: Leapfrog?
LUCAS: [gasp]
ALMA/LUCAS: Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit! Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit!
HOWARD: Oh that looks fun! But, no...
ALMA: How about... Freeze Tag? You're it!
HOWARD: Ah...
HOWARD: Mmm-nah. How about...
ALMA: Wait for it...
HOWARD ...Water Tag!
ALMA: [laughs]
['yoo-hoo' whistle]
HOWARD: Coming, Mommy!
HOWARD: I gotta go.
I'm going to visit my Grandma in New Jersey for a week.
LUCAS: A week?!
HOWARD: Yup! See ya!
ALMA: Bye, Howard!
LUCAS: See ya, Howard!
LUCAS: I'm the leader now, Alma.
LUCAS/ALMA: (sing-songy) Follow the leader! Follow the leader...
♪♪♪
ALMA: [giggles]
LUCAS: Woohoo!!
ALMA: Wooho- Whoa? What's that?
LUCAS: What's what?
ALMA: There's something on the fence...
LUCAS: Uh.. where exactly?
ALMA: [effort]
ALMA: No way... is it?
It might be... It couldn't be...
Could it?!
LUCAS: What? Where?
LUCAS: WHAAT???
ALMA: Woohoooo-eeee!!!
LUCAS: I'm following, but I'm still the leader!
ALMA: [gasp] LUCAS: Huh?
ALMA: Whooa...
ALMA: Hi! You're so pretty.
Hmm... I wonder how she got up there?
LUCAS: I wonder who she belongs to?
ALMA: I don't know.
[kids laughing in the distance]
LUCAS: Maybe she doesn't belong to anyone?
Poor doll. She needs a home.
ALMA: I have a home!
Do you think... I should keep her?
Or... maybe I should put her back?
LUCAS: You could, but.. what if it rains? And she gets cold?
LUCAS: [in higher voice] "My hair's all wet and I'm freezing."
"Brrr. I wish I weren't on this fence!"
ALMA: I wouldn't want that to happen.
LUCAS: No way. And you know what they say... finders keepers!
ALMA: Finders keepers, huh? Yeaaah, finders keepers.
[bike bell rings]
LUCAS: Oh, gotta go, Alma. It's my weekend with my mom. See ya!
ALMA: Bye!
[in higher voice] "Will you take me home with you, Alma?"
I'd love to!
JUNIOR: Hi, Alma!
ALMA: Ahh!
PAPI: Whatcha got there, Alma?
ALMA: A doll! I found her up on the fence.
PAPI: On the fence? Huh.
ALMA: What?
PAPI: Sometimes when people find something that's lost,
they leave it on the fence for everyone to see.
ALMA: Really? Why?
PAPI: So the owner will find it.
ALMA: I didn't think of that...
JUNIOR: MhmMm, ahh... Hm...
Steggie thinks somebody in the playground must have dropped her.
Good thinking, Steggie!
ALMA: [sigh] Hooo-kay,
why don't I make sure she doesn't belong to anyone on the playground?
PAPI: Buena idea, Almita.
ALMA: Oh, is this yours?
GIRL: [indicating no] Nnn-Nn.
ALMA: Excuse me, is this yours?
BOY: [no] NnNnn.
ALMA: Excuse me, is this your-
Hi! Is this your dol- Um.
Is this doll either of yours?
ALMA: That's everyone here!
[gasp] Sa-weet!
JUNIOR: ROAAR!!!
PAPI: Ahhee!
JUNIOR/PAPI: [giggles]
ALMA: She doesn't belong to anyone here, Papi!
PAPI: Ohhh, ookay.
So she must belong to someone who's not here.
ALMA: [sigh] I didn't think of that either.
JUNIOR: I'm glad you're not lost, Steggie. [kiss]
ALMA: I really want to keep this doll. But...
Arghh. What should I do?
I gotta think about this...
JUNIOR: Ah, Steggie, where are you? Ugh, not here!
ALMA: This kind of reminds me of that time Junior couldn't find Steggie.
JUNIOR: (sad) Steggie... where are you?
ALMA: He missed Steggie so much it made him way, way, waaay sad.
ALMA: I wonder if whoever lost THIS doll
feels way, way, waaay sad too.
GIRL: Hmm... dolly, where are you? I miss you!
JUNIOR: Woo! Steggiee! Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah!
ALMA: Junior was so happy when he found Steggie.
[sigh] I know what to do.
ALMA: We've gotta find out who this doll belongs to.
Because whoever lost her is probably feeling sad.
PAPI: I like where you're going with this.
ALMA: Hmm... Could we put up some signs?
PAPI: ¡Claro que sí!
♪♪♪
[rake scraping the ground]
ROSE: The bulletin board is all yours, madam.
ALMA: [giggling]
PAPI: Going up!
[birds chirping] [traffic]
ALMA: I'm gonna miss this doll.
But, since I found her in the park,
guess you should take her.
PAPI: Alma, why don't you take care of the doll until the owner calls?
ALMA: Really, Papi?!
ROSE: Heyyyyyy! I'm down with that.
PAPI: And if no one claims the doll in a week,
then I think, you can keep her.
ALMA: [gasp]
ROSE: Okay, then, I'll leaf -- I mean, LEAVE her with you! [giggle]
[music ends] [wind blows by]
[subway passing by]
ALMA: One week... and then she's all mine.
[upbeat exercise music]
ALMA: (out of breath) [exhale] Yeah! Get your heart pumping!
Yeah! Let's go! Yeah!!
[she turns music off]
ALMA: (out of breath) Ahh, exercise is super important!
[front door opens and closes]
ALMA: Did anyone call about the doll?
PAPI: Nope.
♪♪♪
ALMA: Uno, dos, tres! Uno, dos, tres!
ALMA: Did anyone call about the doll?
PAPI: Nope!
♪♪♪
[knocks on window]
ALMA: Hmm?!
PAPI: MmHmm.
♪♪♪
[door opens]
PAPI: Noope.
♪♪♪
[piano]
PAPI: NOope!
♪♪♪
JUNIOR: Whoooa, Dippy.
ALMA: Giddy-up, Doll!
PAPI: Yeehaw!
Nope!
ALMA: [giggles]
♪♪♪
[Music ends] [subway going by]
ALMA: "And so Carlotta Clues said, 'This case is closed!'
"The End."
She loves it when I read to her.
PAPI: Guuuuuess what? No call today.
ALMA: [gasp]
Woohoo!
ALMA: [gasp] That's one week!
You're all mine!
PAPI: [chuckles] Not quite...
PAPI: We've got to take all the signs down
and triple check that no one has claimed her.
ALMA: First thing, tomorrow?
PAPI: Of course, Almita. Mwah.
ALMA: Well, you're almost mine.
[wind blows by] [birds chirping]
ROSE: [humming]
ALMA: Hi, Rose!
ROSE: What's up, people?! Anybody call you about the doll?
ALMA: Nope! Did anyone call the park?
ROSE: Nope!
ALMA: Does that mean she's...
[gasp] she's..... she's...
PAPI: Well...yes, I guess she's-
HOWARD: Tallulah!
ALMA: Huh?
ALMA: Hey, Howard. Who's Tallulah??
HOWARD: THAT'S Tallulah! You found her!
ALMA: (quietly) Say what?!
HOWARD: I lost her in the park on the day I went to visit my Grandma. Remember?
We played water tag? Well... almost.
ALMA: Oh.. Here you go, Howard...
HOWARD: Aw, thanks for taking care of her, Alma! You're awesome!
ALMA: You're welcome.
PAPI: ¡Muy bien! You did good, Almita.
You got Tallulah back to her family.
HOWARD: I love playing with Tallulah.
Just as much as I love playing water tag.
ALMA: Really?
HOWARD: Really.
ALMA: Howard, I just thought of something we can play together!
HOWARD: Hm?
[cheerful music]
[wet sponge squish]
HOWARD: [chuckling] Whoa!
ALMA: HA!
ALMA/HOWARD: [laughs]
ALMA: You missed!
HOWARD: You know what Alma?
You and your banana can borrow Tallulah anytime.
She has fun with you
ALMA: For real?!
HOWARD: Yeah! You can be Auntie Alma.
ALMA: Aw! That's way, way, waaay sa-weet!
Well, I didn't get to keep Tallulah,
but at least Howard and I found something we could play together-
[SPLAT]
ALMA: HOOOOWARD! [giggles]
ALMA/HOWARD: [laughs] ALMA: I'm gonna get you!
ALMA:Oh, so close! HOWARD: Alma! [laughs]
ALMA: Ooh, you missed!
[♪♪♪]
01x23 - Alma's Book Swap/ Finders Keepers
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The show is set in The Bronx, New York and revolves around Alma, a six-year-old Puerto Rican girl, as she ventures out into her Latino neighborhood to demonstrate decision making and social awareness skills.
The show is set in The Bronx, New York and revolves around Alma, a six-year-old Puerto Rican girl, as she ventures out into her Latino neighborhood to demonstrate decision making and social awareness skills.