MB: Spring for Puns🌷


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Spring is here.

So are our puns 😊

  • Turn over a new leaf with a children's book
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  • It's pollen me to grab a book
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  • Let the seeds of a good story grow
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  • Reading is fungimental

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-Kabir & Sue
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Monthly Bucket - April
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​Planting a Rainbow​
By Lois Ehlert
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Through brilliant, textured cut paper collages, the story follows the progress of a mother and daughter in their backyard as they plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings and nurture their growth into flowers.
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​Thank You Tree​
Illustrated by Fiona Lee
Charming illustrations invite little ones to celebrate a wonderful tree, learn its name, and say thank you for it's joyful, natural gifts.
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​We Are Branches​
By Joyce Sidman (Illustrated by Beth Krommes)
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Branches are all around us, in butterfly wings, in gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Branches are nature's way of spreading and connecting, whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea. We even have them inside our own bodies!

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🍦 Extras​
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​How to make bharta (roasted eggplant) - Sue's secret recipe for Kabir's favorite dish.
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​Why diverse representation matters - Musician Jay Sand weighs in that kids realize what matters: "The way we ultimately choose to act toward each other."
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πŸ“… Calendar​
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April 14 - Vaisakhi​
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August 15 - Independence Day​
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August 9 - Raksha Bandhan
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October 20 - Diwali​
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