(Cheerful piano music begins)
♪ You are the best you the world will see ♪
♪ Come along now and share you with me ♪
♪ Let's learn something new and share feelings too ♪
♪ 'cause these are the things to do to be the best you ♪
(cheery music continues)
(magical chime)
- Hello, friends! Hello, Possum!
- Oh, hi, Auntie Lena.
- What you munching on, Possum?
- Oh, it's slug stew. One of my favorites.
It's always so yummy, but...
- But, what's wrong?
- Well, I was asked to be captain of my soccer team.
- Oh, well, congratulations.
But what does that have to do with slug stew?
- Oh, I only have a week to choose my team,
and I was thinking about who I want on my team,
and then Frog stopped by with some slug stew.
- Oh, well that was nice of Frog.
- Yeah, it was.
But well, he's never made me slug stew before.
And it's not even my birthday.
- Oh.
I think I know what's bothering you.
Do you think Frog may have made slug stew
so you will pick him to be on your team?
- Maybe.
But he is really good at soccer
and I was gonna choose him anyway,
but, well now it doesn't feel fair.
- Do you feel like Frog might be trying to bribe you?
- Bribe? - Yes.
Bribing is when you offer someone something,
so they will do you a favor in return.
- But we're friends. Frog doesn't need to do that.
- You know, this reminds me
of Piper Sky's Pink Popsicle Shoes.
- What? Popsicle shoes?
Those sound awesome!
- They sure do.
And just like you, Possum, Piper had a sticky situation
with her friends that she had to work out.
Would you like to hear the story?
- Uh huh.
And I wanna see those shoes.
- Me too, Possum.
Let's go to Fairwood Library and listen with our friends.
As Miss Antoinette reads, "Piper Skies Pink Popsicle Shoes"
by Rashan Ali.
(magical chime)
- [Both] Hi friends.
- I'm Miss Antoinette.
- My name's Imaani.
- And today we're at the Fairwood Library in Renton.
Imaani, what are we reading to our friends today?
- Today we're gonna be reading
"Piper Sky's Pink Popsicle Shoes."
- Written by Rashan Ali and illustrated by Ahad Pace.
"Look how far I can kick that ball.
I jump so high, I can even touch that stop sign.
I run as fast as a track star.
I'm Piper Sky, the coach's daughter,
and my Pink Popsicle Shoes make me do some amazing things
in this town of Terrantodd."
Piper Sky loved her pink popsicle shoes so much
that she wished she could wear them forever.
Those shoes had the shiniest purple, orange,
and green rhinestones.
They even had popsicles stitched on the flap.
She absolutely adored them.
We both have something similar to Piper Sky's shoes.
- Yeah.
- [Miss Antoinette] We both have sparkly pink shoes.
- [Imaani] Yeah.
- [Miss Antoinette] All of Piper's Sky's friends wanted
to wear her spectacular shoes.
She wanted to share them,
but there was only one way she would give her
friends that chance.
It was really simple, but only Piper knew the secret.
One day, Piper Sky
and her little sister,
Charly Star were playing in the park.
She saw her friend Ella walking toward her carrying two
yummy smoothies.
Piper Sky loved smoothies.
"Hi Piper.
I brought us creamy strawberry pineapple smoothies.
If I gave you one,
will you let me wear your pink Popsicle shoes?"
Piper calmly answered. "No, my friend.
I wear these with pride
and you know that I won't take any bribes.
These shoes have powers I would like to share.
And those powers are only in this pair."
What kind of powers do you think those shoes have?
- To jump high, run fast and kick hard.
- And kick hard? Okay.
Ella was very angry
and stormed off, sipping her tasty smoothie.
Piper Sky waved goodbye
and returned to what she enjoyed most,
which was having fun with her sister.
After playing for a while,
she saw Jin from her swim team walking towards them.
She loves playing with her sister. Do you like playing?
- Yeah, I like to play with my
big sister at the park.
- At the park.
"Hello Jin. How are you?" She asked.
"I'm great, but I could be better.
I brought your favorite warm peanut butter cookies
and a tall glass of milk.
I'll give you my cookies and milk if I can
wear your pink Popsicle shoes."
Piper Sky smiled and said, "No, my friend.
I wear these with pride
and you know that I won't take any bribes.
These shoes have powers I would like to share.
And those powers are only in this pair."
Jin angrily walked away, eating her warm cookies.
She thought Piper Sky was being so mean.
Piper Sky and Charly Star continued to play.
But Charly wondered why Piper did not let her
friends wear her shoes.
Ella and Jin had offered her a smoothie
and her favorite cookies, yet she didn't budge.
She knew her sister always loved to share.
"There must be something really special about those shoes,"
Charly thought.
So Imaani, if you were Piper,
would you have traded your shoes for a smoothie
or cookies and milk?
- Not if they bribed me.
- [Miss Antoinette] After a long day,
Piper and Charly headed home.
During dinner,
their dad affectionately called Coach,
asked about their day.
Piper told him about Ella and Jin's gifts.
He reminded her.
"Always share,
and never expect anything in return."
"I know, Coach.
I know," Piper chuckled.
That night
before they drifted off to sleep,
Charly Star asked her sister if she could wear her pink
Popsicle shoes.
Piper Sky answered with a smile.
"Sure, little sister.
Of course you can."
Charly Star was surprised.
Hadn't Piper refused to let her friends Ella
and Jin wear her shoes today?
Then Charly smiled.
She was sure Piper agreed to let her wear the shoes
because they were sisters.
Each year in Terrantodd, there was a huge festival.
It was a family fun day with games, races,
face painting, rides and jumpy houses.
Piper Sky and Charly Star were walking toward the colorful
jumpy house when they saw Ella and Jin.
The girls were surprised to see
what Piper's little sister was wearing.
Charly Star was wearing Piper Sky's pink Popsicle Shoes.
The girls could hardly believe their eyes.
"Why did you let Charly wear your beautiful pink shoes?"
Ella asked.
Piper calmly replied
"Because she didn't want anything in return.
And most of all, she did not try to bribe me.
She just asked politely. So I let her wear them."
"That's all she did? That's the secret!"
blurted Jin.
"Yes, the shoes mean a lot to me,
but not more than my friends do.
The next time you want something from someone,
including your friends-"
- Just ask!
- [Miss Antoinette] The girls hugged
and walked over to the jumpy house to play.
By the end of the day, Piper Sky gave Ella
and Jin a chance to wear her special shoes.
- So they all got to wear them.
- They all got to.
The girls ran faster, kicked harder,
and jumped higher with Piper Sky's Pink Popsicle Shoes.
They were amazed.
And the best part was that Piper finally got a chance
to share with her friends.
All they had to do was...
- Ask.
- Imaani, thanks for reading with me today.
Are you ready to say goodbye to our friends?
- Yeah.
- [Both] Bye friends.
(magical chime)
- I was right. Piper's shoes were so cool.
- They were.
And all of her friends got a chance to wear them.
- So since Piper let her friends wear her shoes,
does that mean that I should pick Frog to be on my team?
- Well, remember what Piper's dad told her.
- Oh, ah.
Always share and never expect anything in return.
- Exactly.
If you want Frog to be on your team, you should pick him
and let him know that he doesn't need to make you anything
to ask for a favor.
- Yeah. I do nice things for my friends all the time.
Well, remember when I made Raven that calming jar?
- I sure do. It's an important part of friendship.
Finding ways to let our friends know that we think
and care about them, just because.
There's a difference between doing something
for someone to be kind and doing something for someone
because you'll want a favor from them.
- How can I tell the difference?
- Well, it might not be easy,
but asking Frog why they made you the stew is the best
way to find out.
- Oh yeah. That does sound hard.
And well, I don't want Frog
to think I'm mad at him.
- Sometimes having a tough
conversation is an important part of friendship.
So you and your friend can understand each other better.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
This is a hard situation,
but we know we can do hard things
and when we have hard situations to think about,
we also know that we can take a break and shake things up.
- Oh yeah. Let's shake things up.
What should we do?
- Well, I don't know about you,
but I've still got popsicles on the brain.
- Me too.
Are we gonna make Popsicle shoes to wear?
- I was thinking about making something to eat
to go along with your slug stew.
- Yippee-ay-yay!
- Let's join Miss Alex in the kitchen with our friends
and see what ideas she may have.
- [Both] Hi friends.
- I'm Miss Alex.
- And I'm Riah. What are we making today?
- We're gonna make chocolate covered banana pops.
- Ooh.
- Do you wanna know what the ingredients are?
- Yes, please.
- Alright, so we've got bananas, we've got coconut oil,
a cup of chocolate chips.
And what we're do is we're gonna melt these into this melted
chocolate, have some sprinkles,
as well as some popsicle sticks.
- Okay. - So should we
go ahead and get started?
- Yeah. - Alright.
So we've got this banana here.
Why don't you go ahead and peel it
and then we're gonna cut it in half.
- Oof.
- And we've got these wonderful kid friendly knives.
- I'll pop it right here.
- Okay. - And then I'll cut in half.
- That's right.
Oh, good job. It's pretty equal there.
- Yeah. - All right.
So we're each gonna
take part of the banana.
So why don't you put one on your plate. Alright.
And I'll put one on mine
and then we're gonna put the sticks in the banana.
So let me give it a try first.
And I see if we kind of put it in the middle. Alright.
That's about right.
Good. Good job.
Alright, and then the next step is my favorite part.
I love chocolate. - Me too.
- All right, so what we're gonna do is twirl it
around in the chocolate and let's give it a try here.
Oh, look at that. Oh, yum.
Oops. See if it stays on the stick.
There we go.
- Okay. - All right.
Good job. Here we go.
And then we get to add some sprinkles.
And we've got a couple different options.
We've got colorful ones and blue ones.
What do you think? - What are you gonna choose?
- Gee, I think I'm gonna do both.
- Okay. Me too then.
- All right.
So now they're ready to go to the freezer.
Okay Riah, I've made some earlier
and they've been in the freezer for three hours,
so let's give it a try here.
One of my favorite parts about making this was shaking
things up and putting the sprinkles on.
How about you?
- My favorite part was doing this with you.
- Wow. Thank you so much.
Here.
- [Both] Cheers.
- Let's try it.
- Hmm. - That's pretty good.
I love the chocolate and the mix with the bananas here.
- Yeah. - So do you like
to cook at home?
- Yeah. - Yeah? What kinds of things?
- I make cookies, cakes, sometimes I make pizza.
- Whoa. All my favorite foods.
Cookies, cakes and pizza.
And that's lovely. And do you share with your family?
- Yeah. - Oh, that's wonderful.
So Riah, thanks so much
for making these chocolate covered banana
pops with me today.
- Thanks for showing me how to.
- Alright, let's say goodbye to our friends.
Ready? Okay. - Alright.
- [Both] Bye, friends.
(chimes ring)
- Yummy.
Auntie Lena, would you help me make banana pops
for my new soccer team?
- Of course, Possum.
And don't you forget to talk with Frog
and tell him he doesn't have to give you anything
when he wants a favor.
He can just ask.
- Why do you think Frog didn't just ask me
in the first place?
- Frog probably meant well when he made you the slug stew.
Many people try and bribe someone without even knowing
they're doing it.
- Really? - Of course.
Have you ever really wanted something
and didn't know how to ask for it?
- Yeah.
Yesterday, I wanted to stay up later so I could play.
- And did you find yourself being a little nicer
to Mama Possum when you asked her to stay up longer?
- I may have hugged her a little tighter
and helped her clean up the tree without her asking.
- Well that was nice of ya, Possum.
But see, sometimes we just do a little extra
and we don't mean any harm by it.
We're just excited to have our wishes come true.
- Hmm.
So what should I do next time someone tries to bribe me?
Just ask them what they want?
- Yes. Just ask.
- Okay.
Well can I just ask you to do some art with me?
- Well, of course you can.
You know, there were some extra Popsicle sticks
from the banana pops.
It'd be great to find a way to use them.
- For art?
- You know it.
Our friend Mr. Isaiah has a knack
for finding ways to use everyday items
to make cool art.
Let's join him at Arte Noir to see what he can make
with Popsicle sticks.
(magical chime)
- Hi friends, it's Mr. Isaiah.
I'm at Arte Noir in the Central District
in Seattle, Washington.
And today we're gonna make some Popsicle
stick picture frames.
So today for our materials we have a paintbrush
that we're gonna be using to spread some glue.
We have eight Popsicle sticks.
You can get these at any kind of craft store.
We have some glitter and some gems
and different types of tape that we're gonna use
to decorate our Popsicle sticks.
Paper plates to kind of help with the drying process
and some pictures that are gonna go in our frames.
All right, I'm gonna start
by decorating each Popsicle stick.
This is gonna be the really fun part
where you can be creative
and think about using your favorite colors
or some of your favorite materials like gems, jewels,
glitter, or tape or anything like that.
So I'm gonna start with my glue.
I'm gonna put a really thin layer
of glue on this Popsicle stick.
It can be great to use a paintbrush to spread this out
so you have a thin even layer
and no kind of clumpy areas of glue.
Now you're gonna want to go a little fast
'cause glue can dry quickly.
So I'm gonna grab some glitter
and I'm just gonna sprinkle it on my popsicle sticks.
You can use different types
of glitter if you want different colors or different sizes.
I'm gonna use different shades of blue and yellow
'cause those are my favorite colors.
All right, there's one.
We're gonna let the glue dry a little bit,
but what's cool is we can work on the other ones while we're
waiting for the first ones to dry.
You could try doing this project with some Popsicle sticks
that you even ate over the summer.
Can use them in a fun project in a way that we can reduce
and reuse and recycle.
Okay. And don't forget to just ask for help if you need it.
An adult can really help with the gluing process.
It can get a little messy.
Alright, now that we've given our Popsicle sticks a little
bit of time to dry,
we're gonna start constructing our picture frame.
So let's grab our pieces of paper that we're gonna use
as a mat and also some wipes if you have any glitter
on your hands like I do.
Now, this one, especially glitter
and glue can get a little messy.
So make sure you're taking care of your space
and keeping your area clean.
So I'm gonna start by constructing my outside of my frame.
I'm gonna take two of my Popsicle sticks
and I'm gonna lay them out perpendicular.
That means that they're going the same direction
but they're not touching.
Next we're gonna take two more popsicle sticks
and we're gonna construct the outside of our frame.
I'm gonna take my glue, I'm gonna put a little bit of glue,
kind of like a nice dot of glue on the edge of each
of my popsicle sticks that I've laid out.
This is gonna tell me where I'm going
to lay down my other Popsicle sticks.
So I'm gonna start with one side, line it up,
do the other side.
There we go. That's one.
Let's do the second part.
So that's our outside frame.
Let's go in and make our inside frame.
So I'm gonna grab my four other popsicle sticks
and I'm gonna put two more dots on the inside,
right underneath my top popsicle stick.
And I'm going to put my popsicle stick
just right under there.
And I'm gonna do the same thing for the bottom now
and I'm kind of lining up so it's right next to my
bottom popsicle stick.
There we go.
And now I'm gonna wanna do the same thing
but for the sides.
So still kind of lining it up
even though one's gonna be a little bit higher
'cause it's sitting on top
of the other popsicle sticks.
So I kind of wanna imagine where those are gonna be first.
Then I'm gonna grab my glue.
I'm gonna put two dots right on the inside
where my Popsicle sticks are gonna go.
There we go. Line it up.
Press down. Perfect.
Now we have the base of our picture frame.
The next step is we can go in
and we can add even more different types of decorations.
I have all these fun gems that I picked out.
You couldn't tell. My favorite colors are blue and yellow.
So I'm gonna put all these kind of different blue
and yellow gems on my picture frame.
It's kind of looking like the ocean to me,
which is my favorite place to be.
We're gonna let this dry for a little bit
and then we'll put the final touches
by putting our picture frame in.
Alright, now that we've given our picture frame a bit
of time to dry, it's time to put our picture in.
So I'm gonna very carefully flip my picture frame
over like that.
We're gonna use our glue again.
So I'm gonna use a little bit of glue on just on the
outside edge of my photo.
We go right around the corners
and this is actually a photo of me
and two of my closest friends.
They're my friends 'cause they're really honest.
They, if they need something, they just ask
and they're kind of my closest family friends.
And there we have it.
Our finished picture frame,
there might be some glue on the sides.
Don't worry about that. It's gonna dry clear.
Let's leave it alone so we can let it dry.
Thanks so much everyone. Bye for now.
- It's time for Movement Minute.
(Possum bounces)
- Hello friends.
My name is Miss Angie with the Double Dutch Divas.
Welcome to Movement Minute,
and we are at the Midtown Plaza.
Today we're going to show you different ways
to use your jump rope.
You can use it to stretch, you can put it in the air.
Go from left to right, five times
2, 3, 4, 5.
Then you can take it down to the ground,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
and the last one.
You can wrap it around you and go from right to left.
1, 2, 3, 4,
and five.
Thank you for hanging out friends. Have a good day.
- Look, Auntie Lena. I'm a picture.
- Oh, that's so nice.
May I? All righty.
Thank you.
You know I love using leftover things to make art.
- It's fun.
And I'll show frog how to make them too.
And we can make one to put the team picture in.
- That will be wonderful, Possum.
Then you and Frog can show your teammates
that you care about them just because.
- We will, Auntie Lena.
- I'm glad we learned more about friendship today.
It's important to remember that it takes courage
to be a good friend.
It means telling the truth, knowing what you want
and asking for what you want, right?
- Right.
Because friends don't bribe friends.
- But you know what, Possum.
- We can do hard things?
- Yes, we can.
But what I wanted to remind us that the thing friends like
to do most is have fun together.
- Oh, just like you and me, huh, Auntie Lena?
- Just like you and me, Possum.
- Oh, thank you Auntie Lena for being my friend.
- You are welcome, Possum.
And friends, thank you for taking the time to look,
listen and learn with us today.
Remember, you are the best you that the world will ever see.
- Bye for now. - Bye-Bye.
Today's story, "Piper Sky's Pink Popsicle Shoes" talks about
what it feels like to want something that someone else has.
And like Possum's friend Frog, we may beat around the bush
to get it rather than just asking for it.
What makes it hard to speak up
and just ask for what we want?
My guess is we're afraid we won't get it,
or we may not know what we want.
And sometimes we don't believe we deserve it.
As caring adults, it's our job to help teach early learners
to ask for what they want.
And a great way to do this is to practice with them.
Encourage them to recognize
and ask for help when they need it.
Talk with kiddos about asking for what they want and why.
Introduce them to the concept of bribery.
Do they know what it is?
Sharing stories such as "Piper Sky's
Pink Popsicle Shoes" provides examples so they understand
what it means to offer someone something
for a favor or a bribe.
As Auntie Lena says,
conversations about bribery can be hard to have.
Yet they are necessary to help our early learners
to be kind, to be good friends,
and to be the best that they can be.
(bright music)
- [Announcer] "Look, Listen to Learn"
is brought to you in part by Thistle Theatre.
Thistle Theater is a local professional puppet
theater for families.
We feature an ancient Japanese style
of puppetry called Tabletop Bunraku.
Learn more at ThistleTheater.org.
(cheery music)