National Simultaneous Storytime  with special guest Dr Kate Grarock - video Dailymotion

National Simultaneous Storytime  with special guest Dr Kate Grarock at Dickson Library reading Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker

Transcript

00:00 All right, look at this beautiful blue bird.

00:04 I'm a collector.

00:06 Always looking, finding and keeping.

00:13 Swooping, snatching, scouring, scavenging.

00:24 Oh, how I love blue.

00:29 A skerrick, a scrap, a piece of blue.

00:33 If only I could find the perfect hue.

00:36 Ah, treasure, magnificent cobalt.

00:42 Brilliant, vibrant blue.

00:47 Down, down, down, deeper into the blue.

00:51 No, this can't be it.

00:53 Too frosty, my tears.

00:57 Will I ever find it?

01:00 Whoa, finally a place of my own.

01:06 Made from the wonderfulness of blue, from far and wide.

01:10 I feel stronger too.

01:12 And closer to discovering what's missing.

01:15 Hush, a crackling, a rustling,

01:19 and a rustling in the leaves.

01:21 What could it be?

01:24 This is it, I've found it at last, all this time.

01:28 It wasn't blue.

01:30 Dun, dun, dun.

01:32 It was you.

01:32 Always you.

01:36 Wow, isn't she magnificent?

01:38 Look at her.

01:39 I think it's a female bowerbird.

01:43 Doesn't she look different?

01:46 Wow, pretty fun.

01:47 You are more than blue can ever be.

01:53 - And who are some of them?

01:54 - They're in love.

01:55 And look, they had a nest and made lots of little babies.

02:00 How about that?

02:02 - Wow.

02:03 - The end.

02:04 - Great work, thank you Dr. Kate.

02:06 Can we give Dr. Kate some feedback on the scores?

02:10 (baby babbling)

02:12 [BLANK_AUDIO]