The Story Tree

If You Were a Dog, by Jamie A. Swenson and special sneak peak to Jamie's new book CHIRP! Chipmunk Sings for a Friend.

Thank you for this fun joke by our guest Author and Storyteller Jamie A. Swenson! For this episode, Jamie, author and librarian, talks about onomatopoeia and her love for words that actually look like the sound it makes such as: AROOOOOOO!!!! or DRIP! DRIP! DRIP! or CREEEEAAAAKKKKKK!!!!!

ABOUT THE BOOK: If you could be any kind of animal, what would you be? Would you be a dog that goes ARRRROOOOOOO? Or maybe you would be a sharp-toothed dinosaur that can CHOMP, STOMP, ROAR! Perhaps you might want to be a hopping frog that goes BOING, BOING, RIBBET! But maybe you would want to be the best kind of animal of all: a child!

Visit TheStoryTree.org for more information about Jamie A. Swenson and were you can email your illustrations or leave me a voice messages telling us your favorite onomatopoeia.

Thank you Phaedra for your joke at the beginning of the episode!

Children can’t fall fast asleep when things go “bump” in the night. Is it the wind? The creaking floors? A monster? Or just their imagination? In the delightful new children’s book, Who’s That I Hear?, from award-winning author DJ Hill, our young hero is unsettled by unfamiliar sounds in his bedroom. Written primarily for children ages 2-6, Who’s That I Hear? follows one little boy’s journey as he’s reassured by his parents and works up the courage to find the source of the strange noises himself.

For more information about DJ Hill or to purchase Who's That I Hear? visit TheStorTree.org.

This week is a special sneak peal to a patron only Mini Series: Sleep Stories. Our story today is called Lovey the Butterfly, by Nina B.

So get cozy, snuggle deep, and grab your favorite cuddle friend. 

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The smallest noise starts a chain reaction that arouses the dog, whose kerfuffle wakes the baby, that startles the brother until the whole house is up! As Dad and Daddy finally get everyone back into bed, the sun is starting to peak when Sister announces, “Good morning!”

Season 2 starts with a fun story about a family and one crazy night. 

Pippa isn't your usual princess. She prefers petri dishes to perfecting her curtseying. And when she realizes that she doesn't like peas, she gets a bright idea that consumes her and almost the whole kingdom.

With permission from Albert Whitman & Company

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This is our final episode featuring stories written for kids by kids, original tales from a book of collections called Tales from the Wish Zone! Published by Flying Ketchup Press. Flying Ketchup Press is having another short story contest for Kids, so if you have written a story, submit it! See what happens! Links to the contest can be found on our website www.thestorytree.org. This episodes features two stories. "Billy, The Detective Duo" by Atkish Sharma, Age 11 and "WISH ZONE" by Maya Travino , age 11.

In this four part series, we continue to read from TALES FROM THE WISH ZONE, stories for kids by kids. This week we have a zany story about a genie from a snapple bottle and a dystopian tale about books being made illegal. I love this creativity. 

"DON’T TRUST A GENIE" by Aravah Chaiken, Age 11 is first up followed by "LOVE FOR BOOKS" by Masua Chaiken, Age 8.

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For the month of June, we will be reading from a book of short stories called Tales from The Wish Zone, stories for kids by kids, published by Flying Kethchup Press. This episode features two stories "Alien Ate My Homework", by Layton Edward Kelly, age 9 and "ZONDRAK" by Benjamin Gardner, Age 11.

Two fantastical tales that stir the imagination. 

For more information about this creative book of short stories written by kids for kids, go to our website www.thestorytree.org. There, you will also find info about Fly Ketchup Press' new short story contest for kids! 

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For the month of June, I will be reading from a book of short stories written by kids called Tales from The Wish Zone, stories for kids by kids, published by Flying Ketchup Press. This week we have an original folk tale called "Why There are Raspberry Bushes, and NO Raspberry Trees," By Simon Miller, age 11, and a holiday tale called "Snowflake: An Elf Story," by Faith Fawns, age 11.