01:29The thunder of the rolling balls and the clatter of the crashing pins that makes you want to play.
01:35And everyone who bowls brings their own personality to the action.
02:09Now, one of the most important strategies in bowling a good game is choosing the right ball.
02:35I already tried this one, so I'm going to get this one to try next.
02:39But it's very important to get the right fit.
02:44Uh-oh.
02:47Now, these holes are a little small.
02:51I'm either going to need a new ball or some different fingers.
02:55So, that leaves me with...
02:58Oh, boy.
03:00I like the feel of this bowling ball.
03:04Perfect fit.
03:06Now comes the best part of all.
03:09Watch me devastate the pins.
03:12When you bowl, one thing leads to another.
03:27You throw the ball, it knocks down the pins, the pins are reset, the ball comes back to you, and you're ready for another turn.
03:35When one thing leads to another, it's called a chain reaction.
03:40And here on the lanes, it all starts with the bowling ball.
03:43And here on the lanes, it's called a chain reaction.
04:13This chain reaction begins and ends with a bowling ball.
04:30But a chain reaction can start with anything.
04:37And in this book, it all starts with one little cookie.
04:42It's called, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
04:46If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
04:52By Laura Joffe Numeroth
04:57Illustrated by Felicia Bond
05:00Read by Beth Howland
05:04If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
05:13If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
05:13He's going to ask for a glass of milk.
05:21When you give him the milk, he'll probably ask you for a straw.
05:26When he's finished, he'll ask for a napkin.
05:37Then, he'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache.
05:43When he looks in the mirror, he might notice his hair needs a trim.
05:50So, he'll probably ask for a pair of nail scissors.
05:54When he's finished giving himself a trim, he'll want a broom to sweep up.
06:06He'll start sweeping.
06:08He might get carried away and sweep every room in the house.
06:12He may even end up washing the floors as well.
06:17Then, he's done.
06:23Oh, you'll probably want to take a nap.
06:30You'll have to fix up a little box for him with a blanket and a pillow.
06:37He'll crawl in.
06:43Make himself comfortable.
06:47And fluff the pillow a few times.
06:52He'll probably ask you to read him a story.
06:55So, you'll read to him from one of your books.
06:59And he'll ask to see the pictures.
07:02When he looks at the pictures, he'll get so excited, he'll want to draw one of his own.
07:09He'll ask for paper and crayons.
07:13He'll draw a picture.
07:17When the picture's finished, he'll want to sign his name with a pen.
07:26Then, he'll want to hang his picture on your refrigerator.
07:29Which means he'll need scotch tape.
07:40He'll hang up his drawing and stand back to look at it.
07:46Looking at the refrigerator will remind him that he's thirsty.
07:54So, he'll ask for a glass of milk.
07:58And chances are, if he asks for a glass of milk,
08:04he's going to want a cookie to go with it.
08:07So, we all know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie.
08:23But let's see what happens when you give LeVar another truck.
08:27Oh, I didn't want to do that.
08:39Sometimes, it seems like the ball has a mind of its own.
08:42Once you let it go, you never know what's going to happen.
08:46But one thing's for sure, bowling balls are made to take a pounding.
08:50And here's how they're made.
08:57This is the Ebonite Bowling Ball Factory in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
09:02More balls are made here than anywhere else in the world.
09:12A bowling ball has two parts.
09:15A tough outer shell and a heavy center, or core.
09:18The core gives the ball its weight.
09:26The core is made first.
09:28Workers clip plastic molds together
09:30and send them one by one down the line.
09:34A gooey plastic cement pours into each of the molds.
09:55Fill her up.
09:56Once the molds are dry, they're cracked open like giant eggs.
10:07And the cores pop right out.
10:10The cores are round, except for an extra knob on the end.
10:14The D-Nobber machine solves that problem.
10:36Now the cores take a trip through the factory.
10:39Looks like a giant pinball machine, doesn't it?
10:49Then the cores are weighed on a digital scale.
10:55And sorted into bins.
10:57The next step is to make the outer shells.
11:10Each core is put into the center of a larger mold.
11:15A liquid plastic called polyester is added to the mold.
11:19It's the same polyester clothing is made from,
11:23only in a different form.
11:25Polyester comes in lots of bright colors,
11:28so bowling balls can be stylish.
11:38After the plastic hardens,
11:40each ball goes to the grinder.
11:42This machine smooths the surface
11:55and gives the ball a bath.
12:06Every ball is rubbed and buffed
12:08to a perfect shine.
12:12Time to test for bumps or cracks.
12:37Bowling balls have to be perfectly round
12:39to glide down the lane for a strike.
12:42A special machine stamps each ball
13:00with the company name.
13:07When you add a dash of color,
13:09it really stands out.
13:11These balls are sanded down
13:23for a rough surface.
13:25That's for bowlers who like a ball
13:27that really curves.
13:31Other balls are left slick and shiny,
13:33so they'll roll straight down the lane.
13:35But not until the last spray of polish
13:43for the perfect shine.
13:45At last, the balls are ready to roll.
14:02They're shipped to bowling centers and stores,
14:04where finger holes will be drilled
14:07and each ball custom fit.
14:09And each ball custom fit
14:09just for you.
14:19I love watching the balls smash into the pins.
14:23Sometimes they explode.
14:25And sometimes they barely topple over.
14:33But if you hit them just right,
14:35they look like they're dancing.
14:38I love to see them.
14:50Okay.
14:52Go long.
14:52Go long.
14:53Move Jahreiese.
14:54Go long.
14:54Let go.
14:54Go long.
14:59Come out.
15:01I don't know.
15:31In other games, falling pieces can create a spectacular chain reaction, like in dominoes.
15:51Once they start to go, it's impossible to stop them.
16:01This is Bob Spekka.
16:08When he goes to the gymnasium, he's not thinking basketball.
16:12He's thinking dominoes.
16:14This is a domino, a little piece of wood painted black with white dots.
16:29I have dominoes of many different colors.
16:35I have red, blue, white, green, yellow, orange, and of course black.
16:42And I spray painted them myself.
16:43I use a ruler to lay out the patterns.
16:51I measure the distance, and then I set up the dominoes along that line.
16:55I just set them up so many times that I know exactly how they're going to fall.
17:04A little bit closer on the turns, a little bit further away on the straightaways.
17:09Well, this special effect is called the centipede, and that's because it looks like a little bug scurrying along the floor.
17:15The dominoes are triggered by one line falling down the middle, and the legs branch out from the center body.
17:27You have to be really careful when you set them up, because you might accidentally hit some dominoes over,
17:32and that'll topple all the other dominoes.
17:34Then you have to reach out and stop them before they knock all the other ones over.
17:45I like toppling dominoes because it's my way of painting something or sculpting,
17:53except it's on a hard, flat floor instead of on a canvas.
17:57It makes me feel really good to topple them over.
17:59They kind of create an art form, and as they fall over, it's kind of a, uh, just a fun way to express myself.
18:11This design is called the diamond effect.
18:13The dominoes fall in four different diamonds.
18:17The first one is about three feet wide, then two feet, then one, and then a little bit smaller.
18:23The dominoes will look like they're falling faster as they go.
18:32My favorite trick is the six days till Sunday.
18:35It has all the colors of the rainbow, and they fall in a fancy pattern.
18:43This black row topples across the bottom.
18:48It hits a domino here, which allows this little pinwheel to spin.
18:53This black domino then flies all the way up to the top.
18:56On its way, it triggers this red row, then it triggers the orange row, then the green, then the yellow, then the blue, and silver.
19:08And at the end, the last six dominoes, one of each color, all fall off at the same time.
19:14Dominoes, an art form in motion.
19:19Dominoes, an art form in motion.
19:19Dominoes, an art form in motion.
19:49Dominoes, an art form in motion.
19:56Dominoes, an art form in motion.
19:59Chris, Jacky, who'd you like.
20:06com
20:07Joseph, Mike, ofince,
20:11the considered sleep.
20:13Oh, thank God.
20:15Oh, thank God.
20:17Thank forth.
20:18Let's go.
20:48Let's go.
21:18Let's go.
21:20Let's go.
21:22Let's go.
21:24Let's go.
21:26Let's go.
21:28Let's go.
21:30Let's go.
21:32The house that Jack built is a fun book to read out loud.
21:36It starts off with one sentence.
21:39This is the house that Jack built.
21:42The rhyme gets longer with each page.
21:46Listen.
21:48This is the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.
21:56The pictures are really neat.
21:58The colors look like they were put on with sponges.
22:02This is no ordinary book.
22:05I'm Catherine David, and I'm recommending this book to my friends.
22:09And my friends are going to recommend this book to their friends.
22:13In other words, this is a great book.
22:20Hi.
22:21I'm Serena.
22:22I'd like to take you on a journey to a place no one has ever seen.
22:26You can only find it in this book called This is the Key to the Kingdom.
22:31This is a beautiful story.
22:35The girl in the story lives in the city.
22:39Beyond that city is the town.
22:42That town has a lot of people and lots of things you see every day.
22:49Only better.
22:51Everything is clean and colorful.
22:54And there's no pollution.
22:56The key to this kingdom is no ordinary key.
23:00You can only get to the kingdom with a magical flower.
23:04A flower that you give to someone else.
23:07I think this is a great story for sharing.
23:10Why not share with a friend?
23:12Hi.
23:13I hope you're in the mood for a crazy book.
23:16It doesn't start out so crazy, but it gets really crazy as it goes along.
23:21It's called Smart Dog.
23:23The man in the story sits on the porch with his sleepy dog.
23:29If you were Smart Dog, he says, you'd chase that rabbit.
23:36You'd dance on a drum.
23:39Then he tells the dog if he were smart,
23:43he would juggle while he conducted his own string quartet.
23:47Would you look at this?
23:49This dog is hysterical.
23:52This book is kind of like a circle.
23:55It ends up where it began.
23:57I'm Tommy and I say go get it.
24:00Smart Dog.
24:14Let's go.
24:15This.
24:16Let's go.
24:17Ah, ok pan.
24:18I'm down to my land.
24:19It's true.
24:21Let's go get this!
24:22Okay, I'm down to my last shot.
24:43I need one more strike to make this my best game ever.
24:47Cross your fingers, this is it.
24:52Yes, oh boy, did you see those pins fly?
25:09I did it, my best score ever.
25:13You know, I started out a little slow, but now I'm on a roll.
25:19This calls for another game.
25:21A fresh set of pins, a new scoreboard, my favorite bowling ball, and guess what?
25:28I'm right back where I started.
25:33See you next time.
25:44It's all over.
25:55It's all over.
26:09It's all over.
26:20It's all over.
26:32It's all over.
26:36It's all over.
26:47It's all over.
26:51I can go anywhere.
27:02I can go anywhere.
27:06Today's reading rainbow books are If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond, published by Harper Collins.
27:18The House That Jack Built, Pictures by Jenny Stowe, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Books USA, Incorporated.
27:29This is the Key to the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Warfuck, published by Little Brown and Company.
27:36Smart Dog, written by Ralph Lemus and illustrated by Chris L. Demeris, published by Boyd Mills Press, Incorporated.
27:46You and I are now sitting here.
