Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. During this time of Covid, many people aren’t able to use the library in the same way as in the past. To help bring more stories to more readers, many publishing companies are allowing books that are normally unavailable for copyright reasons to be read out loud and shared with others until December 31, 2023. The stories that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! Today’s story is shared with permission of HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Today’s story is A Toad for Tuesday, by Russell E. Erickson. Warton and Morton are two little toads who live under an old tree. Warton does all the cleaning, and his brother, Morton, does the cooking. One day Morton makes such a delicious batch of beetle brittle that Warton wants to take a box of it to their Aunt Toolia. The only problems are that it is winter, and a big fierce owl lives in the wood between the toads’ house and Aunt Toolia’s. But Warton is brave, and after he builds himself some skis, off he goes!
Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life!
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