[Music]
what's the story amigos this is kino
with some cool stories for today's story
time
first follow the adventures of two
babies hitting the town
and what do you say to a big green
monster go away big red mouth
then can a talking bone and a plump pig
outwit a hungry fox
major funding for story time is made
possible by a grant from helen and peter
bing
so that families everywhere can share
the joy of reading with their children
additional funding is provided by the
corporation for public broadcasting
by the annual financial support from
viewers like you
and by the national endowment for
children's educational television
[Music]
good evening ladies and gentlemen it is
my pleasure to introduce the amazing
kino and his magical powers thanks
kino you remember kathy hi kathy
keith and kevin and audrey hi autumn
good evening ladies and gentlemen
keno are you gonna do a magic show for
us or would you rather listen to some
stories
oh i'd rather show my magic you bet okay
the amazing magic of kino's mysterious
powers
of magic and the extra cool secrets of
his incredible
skills and the first magic trick that
the amazing kino will do
is uh read a story
that's the keynote we know and love yeah
this is a great story
it's called the two bad babies but they
weren't really bad that's their last
name bed
it's by jeffy ross gordon illustrated by
chris l demarest
nap time said mrs bad and she plunked
her two bad babies in
bed but the two bad babies they didn't
want a nap
so they rocked and they bounced then
they balanced and they rocked
until their baby bed rolled across the
floor
and out the door and bumped
down the hill to the center of town
where it stopped
at the tasty pastry bakery shop
why it's the too bad baby said mrs tasty
pastry
and she gave them cookies with frosting
on top from the tasty pasty bakery shop
and a chocolate eclair to share
then the two bad babies they rocked and
they bounced and they bounced and they
rocked till their baby bed rolled across
the floor and out
the door and bumpity bump bump
down the street to the center of town
till it stopped her thump
sacred thump with me ready
at the super brand new bijou show
why it's the too bad baby said ms lulu
su bijou
and she gave them seats in the very
first row
of the super brand new bijou show and a
tub
of popcorn to share
then the two bad babies guess what they
did they rocked and they bounced and
they bounced and they rocked
till their baby bed rolled across the
floor and
out the door and bumped
them down the street to the edge of town
till it stopped cursed
at greasy jack's hamburger shack
hey why it's the two bad babies said
greasy jack
and he gave them each a burger with
cheese plus a strawberry malt with two
straws please
and an order of fries to shave
they're getting a lot of things they are
they're gonna be full
then the two bad babies they rock then
they round
then they bounce and they till their
baby bed rolled across the floor and
out the door and bumped up
up the street to the center of town till
it stopped
curve thumbs up
at the noah bad read a book nook
why it's my two bad babies said noah bad
their dad and he gave them each a nap
time book
from the shelf the noah bad read a book
nook and a peppermint
sucker to share then the two bad babies
rock
they laid out still they bounced and
they rocked till their baby bed rolled
across the floor
out the door and bumped up the hill to
the center of town
and in the door and across the floor of
their very own home where it stopped
her thumped and they fell asleep
what good bad baby sadness is bad
and she took the books and toys from
their baby bed and she gave each of her
babies a kiss
on the head and a nice big
blanket to share
that was a good story huh yeah that was
a great story
did you like it yeah you know you know i
used to try to get out of my crib when i
was littler
i can still remember that did that
happen to you guys well i never cried
that much
i i every time i used to wake up in my
crib and i i wanted everything in the
night
hey you know i think every story has a
bit of magic in it hey you know
i think you're right i think the two bad
babies have a magic bed that can take
them anywhere
well well maybe their bed isn't magic
magic because
maybe they're just dreaming that they go
to all those places
could be you know there's a lot of
different ways of looking at a story
and we'll get it like this like this
like this
[Laughter]
well speaking of stories kathy which
other books do you have
oh i'm glad you brought that up i need
your opinion i
i bought this book for a friend of mine
and i need to ask you what you think
oh you do why well ryan is afraid of
monsters
and so i thought maybe if i read him
this book go away big green monster it
might help
what do you think oh well you know you
know kathy i remember
when i was littler i was afraid of
monsters too yeah
well why don't i just read the book and
we'll see yeah okay all right yeah
all right go away big
green monster by ed emberly
ooh big green monster has two
big yellow eyes
a long bluish green nose a very long
a big red mouth with white sharp teeth
[Music]
two squiggly little ears not too scary
they're kind of cute
a big scary green face
but you don't scare me so go away
scraggly purple hair
uh go away
two little squiggly ears go away
go away long bluish green nose
[Music]
go away big green face
go away big red mouth
go away sharp white teeth
go away two big yellow eyes
[Music]
go away big green monster
[Music]
and don't come back until i say so
[Laughter]
[Music]
oh that was funny i i think that book
really will help little ryan that's what
i think you do
yeah how about you kevin um
don't you know that book is magic
because at the end the the monster
disappears
right yeah you're right absolutely oh
well the amazing kino can make people
disappear
with his magical powers oh
really oh yes would you like to see
huh uh i'd love to see yeah i wanna yes
make us disappear
okay okay allow me to show you
erin please both of you stand up and
stand side by side
okay stand up all right yeah right there
excuse me
just right there okay here is this
excellent yes
okay right where you are okay okay
that'll be just fine okay
now watch and beware
the amazing kino at work
we go
the leg of a frog
the tail of a steer
i command kathy and mara
to quickly disappear
[Music]
wow i did it
gee to tell you the truth i didn't even
know i could do that
kino and his magical powers
thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you
thank you
thank you thank you very much
here we are hello everybody we've we
brought a wonderful book
oh hi everybody hey you're you're never
gonna believe what happened
come on you guys come on what happened
where's mara well you see it was like
this
uh i got magic power so so she asked me
to do this magic trixie
and and i did it and and i made her
disappear
but but i can i can bring her back no
problem
huh uh well
well i i i um i brought this this this
wonderful book the amazing bone
i can tell they don't believe me but
that's okay
cause i'll just listen to the story and
then i'll surprise them with my magical
powers
and bring mara and kathy back
em sounds like a great story artie let's
hear it okay
all right the amazing bone by william
steig
it was a brilliant day and instead of
going straight home from school
pearl dawdled she watched the grown-ups
in town at their grown-up work
things she might be someday doing
she saw the street cleaner sweeping the
streets and she looked in at the bakery
on parsnip lane
and she saw the bakers taking hot loaves
of pumpernickel
out of the oven and powdering crullers
with sugar dust do you ever have a
crawler you know what a crawler is
no it's like a long donut you just lay
it out and you put powder
you know oh good okay on cobble road she
stopped at malthy's barn
and stood gawking as the old gaffers
pitched their ringing horseshoes
and spat tobacco i got a ringer
that's how they used to do it in those
days later she sat on the ground in the
forest between school and home
and spring was so bright and beautiful
the warm air touched her so tenderly
she could almost feel herself changing
into a flower
her light dress felt like petals
oh i love everything
she heard herself say
so do i a voice answered
pearl straightened up and looked around
no one was there
where are you she asked
look down came the answer pearl
look down i'm the bone in the violets
near the tree by the rock
on your right pearl stared at the small
bone
you talk she murmured
in any language said the bone habla
espanol
resume spoke
and i can imitate any sound there is the
bone made the sounds of a trumpet
calling soldiers to arms
then it sounded like wind blowing
then like patterning rain then it snored
and then it sneezed
pearl couldn't believe what she was
hearing
you are a bone she said
how come you can sneeze i don't know the
bone replied
i didn't make the world may i take you
home with me wonderful bone pearl
asked you certainly may said the bone
i've been alone a long time a year ago
come august i fell out of a witch's
basket
i could have yelled after her as she
walked on but i didn't want to be her
bone any longer
she ate snails cooked in
garlic in every meal and was always
complaining about her rheumatism and
asking nosy questions
i'd be happier with someone young and
lively
like you well pearl picked up the bone
and gently put it into her purse she
left the purse open
so they could continue their talk and
start at home
for getting her school books on the
grass
she was eager to show this bone to her
parents
and she could guess what would happen
when she did
she would tell about the talking bone
and her mother would say
oh you're only imagining it
her father would agree and then the bone
would flabbergast them both by talking
the spring green sparkled in the spring
light
tree toads were trilling did it did it
did it
it's the kind of wonderful day
said pearl when wonderful things
happen like my finding you
like my finding you the bone answered
and it began to whistle a walking tune
that made the going very pleasant
but not for long who should rush out
from in back of a boulder and
spoil everything but three highway
robbers with pistols and daggers
pearl couldn't tell what breed of animal
they were because they wore
cloaks and halloween masks but they were
fierce
and spoke in chilling voices hand over
the purse
one commanded pearl would have gladly
surrendered the purse just to be rid of
them
not with the bone in it you can't have
my purse she said surprised that her own
boldness
yeah what's in it said another robber
pointing his g*n at pearl's head
i'm in it the bone growled and it began
to hiss like a snake
and roar like a lion
the robbers didn't wait around to hear
the rest in case there was any more
they fled so fast you couldn't tell
which way they'd gone
it made pearl laugh the bone too
they continued on their way joking about
what had just happened and
chatting about this and that but it
wasn't
long before a fox stepped forth from
behind a tree
and barred their path he wore a sprig of
lilac in his lapel
he carried a cane and he was grinning
so the whole world could see his sharp
white teeth
hold everything he said pearl froze
you're exactly what i've been longing
for he went on
young plump and tender you
will be my main course at dinner tonight
and he seized pearl in a tight embrace
unhandler you villain the bone screamed
or i'll bite your ears off
uh pray tell who is that speaking ask
the surprised fox
ah a river in this crocodile who dotes
on fresh fox chops
that's who answered the bone
the wily fox was not as easily duped as
the robbers
he saw no dangerous crocodile he
peered into pearl's purse where the
sound seemed to be coming from
and pulled out the bone as i live and
flourish
he exclaimed a talking
bone i've always wanted to own something
of this sort
and he put the bone in his pocket where
it roared and ranted to no avail
pushing pearl along the fox set out for
his hideaway
pearl's sobs were so pitiful the fox
couldn't help feeling a little sorry for
her
but he was determined she would be his
dinner
oh please mr fox pearl whimpered
may i have my bone back at least
until i have to die oh
all right said the fox disgusted with
himself
for being so soft-hearted and he handed
her the bone which she put back in her
purse
you must let this beautiful young
creature go on living
the bone yelled have you no shame sir
the fox left
[Laughter]
why should i be ashamed i can't help
being the way i
am i didn't make the world the bone
commenced to revile the fox
you coward it's neared you worm your
difference
rich these expletives were annoying
shut up or i'll eat you the fox snarled
it would be amusing to gnaw on a bone
that talks
and screams with pain when they arrived
at the fox's hideaway
he shoved pearl with her bone into an
empty room
and locked the door pearl
sat on the floor and stared at the walls
i know how you feel the bone whispered
i'm only just beginning to live
pearl whispered back i don't want it to
end well i know
said the bone isn't there something we
can do pearl asked i wish i could think
of something
said the bone but i can't i feel
miserable oh what's that
pearl asked she'd heard some sounds from
the kitchen
he's serpent in a knife the bone
whispered
oh my goodness pearl saab
and what's that yet sounds like wood
being put into a stove
answered the bone oh i hope it won't
take too long said pearl she could smell
vinegar and
oil the fox was preparing a salad to go
with his meal
pearl hugged the bone to her breast oh
bone say something to comfort me
you are very dear to me said the bone
oh how dear you are to me
pearl replied she could hear a key in
the lock
and was unable to get another word out
of her throat or turn her eyes toward
the door
be brave the bone whispered pearl
could only tremble she was dragged into
the kitchen where she could see flames
in the open stove listen i regret having
to do this to you
beside the fox it's it's really nothing
personal
you've been said the bone suddenly
without knowing why he said it
what was that said the fox standing
stock still
give him civil the bone in tone
jabra and sibil the gray and something
quite
unexpected took place the fox
grew several inches shorter alabam
chinook bible
the bone continued and miraculously the
fox
was the size of a rabbit no one could
believe what was happening not pearl
not the fox not even the bone whose
words were making it happen
it went on the fox clothes and all
was now the size of a mouse
whoa
the bone ordered and the mouse that is
the minuscule fox
scurried away and into a hole
oh i didn't know you could do magic
pearl breathlessly exclaimed neither did
i
said the bone well what made you say
those words
i wish i knew the bone said they just
came to me i had to say them
i must have picked them up somehow
hanging around with that witch
you are an amazing bowen said pearl
and this is a day i won't ever forget
it was dark when they reached pearl's
house the moment the door swung open she
was in her mother's arms
and right after that in her father's
where on earth have you been they both
wanted to know we were frazzled with
worry
pearl didn't know what to say first she
held up the bone
this bowen she said can cowock
and just as she had expected her mother
said a talking bone why
pearl it's only your imagination
and her father said something similar
and also
as pearl had expected the bone
astonished them both by remarking
you have an exceptional daughter before
her parents had
a chance to get over their shock pearl
began telling the story of her day's
adventure
and the bone helped out it was all
too much for pearl's parents until they
got used to it
well the bone stayed on and became part
of the family
it was given an honored place in the
silver tray on the mantelpiece
pearl always took it to bed when she
retired and the two chatter boxes
whispered together until late in the
night
sometimes the bone put pearl to sleep by
singing
whatever so humble or
by imitating soft harp music now anyone
who happened to be alone in the house
always had that bone to converse with
and they all had music whenever they
wanted it
and sometimes even when they did it
the end now all right since you were
mentioning magic before kino
yeah how would you like to have an
amazing
magic bone oh well you see i
i don't think i'd really need one
because i already have
magic and i'm amazing also oh
well i'd love to have a magic
talking bone to keep me company how
about you kids
would you like it yeah yes yes you know
artie
it's lucky for the pig that the bone
remembered how to do magic spells
it just it remembered it because it had
lived with that witch all that time you
see
and he didn't realize it by listening
all the time to the witch making those
crazy spells
that he learned all those spells which
is a very important thing
what would your kids do if you could do
magic yeah i would you know get
get my magic wand and make somebody
disappear
oh really yeah could you make them
reappear though could you make them come
back
yeah or that cause that's important
cause you know a lot of people can make
people disappear
very few people know how to bring them
back you know there was magic in that
bone
and i've got magic in my bones
i'm also talking about magic kingdom
hey hey wait a minute what i haven't
done the magic for you to come back yet
well
i know but i couldn't wait any longer
besides i had to bring our story picks
for our friends at home
oh you see my magic worked kathy's
vanished
the amazing kino ladies and gentlemen
thank you
thank you really kathy had to leave but
let's keep it a secret okay well hey
mara
i'm glad you're back what books did you
bring well i've always liked the story
of
big al a beautiful tale about a
not-so-beautiful fish
and i'd like to recommend thunder cake
a story about a girl who gets over her
fear of thunder
and lightning hmm today has been a most
magical day hasn't it friends stories
he knows tricks join us for our next
story time
until then keep the story in your heart
hang loose everybody bye bye bye bye so
long compadre
[Music]
today's story time books are two bad
babies
by jeffy ross gordon illustrated by
chris
l demaris go away big green monster
by ed emberly the amazing bone by
william steig
big al by andrew clements and yoshi
thunder cake by patricia palacco
you can find these and other books at
your local library
major funding for story time is made
possible by a grant from helen and peter
bean
so that families everywhere can share
the joy of reading with their children
[Music]
additional funding is provided by the
corporation for public broadcasting
by the annual financial support from
viewers like you
[Music]
and by the national endowment for
children's educational television
[Music]
story time with production of kcet los
angeles
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01x09 - Kathy Najimy & Arte Johnson
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American children's reading television program which aired on PBS from October 12, 1992 until September 1, 1997.
American children's reading television program which aired on PBS from October 12, 1992 until September 1, 1997.